I don’t normally pay attention to national days as most of them feel more like a marketing gimmick rather than any real celebration. But coming up to The Beatles Day, I found myself thinking about the connection between Apple and the iconic group that brought us “Yesterday”, “Get Back”, and “Here Comes the Sun”.
The Beatles and Apple have had a bit of a storied past. The iconic sound your best Mac makes as it boots up was inspired by the glorious C chord played in “A Day in the Life”, and Steve Jobs once compared his business model to The Beatles’ dynamic. These are all interesting homages, but the connection between Apple and The Beatles goes much deeper than this, and it led to one of the greatest blunders in British TV history.
