IIRC, “Yesterday” was voted THE greates single of the 20th century. This was about 20 years ago.
Times change, things move forward (and backward) like the tides. I can accept that.
But, some old geezer posting about the “decline” of music because styles and considerations have changed is ridiculous.
Of course, if he was talking about “Hip Hop” ....
My father-in-law is a professional jazz/swing musician (trumpet) and I’ve been forced to go to old geezer concerts for the past 11 years. Some of it’s OK, but after a while, I start to long for an audience that isn’t using a walker or depends. But, that’s just me.
Pay attention, now. Reading counts. I explained: I was born after the Beatles became famous. I am not a geezer, not yet.
I notice that you have not yet attempted to contrast the lyrics from the two songs. I await your analysis.
The thing that bugged me is that he compared a Cole Porter song to I Want to Hold Your Hand. Admittedly, it wasn’t one of the Beatles’ finest tunes, although the melody has been recorded as an instrumental by the Hollywood Strings, and it sounded just beautiful.