Tempest In a Teacup

A recent announcement (or, at least, recent to me...) indicates that there is a mashup release of many hit Beatles' tunes - which is authorized by the surviving Beatles and the widows of the departed ones.

There is a great deal of furor and noise over this... even CNN picked up the story.

One point of view is that the mashup does wonders to reinterpret and refresh the Beatles' timeless sounds.

The other point of view is that the original Beatles' tunes are as they should be, and shouldn't be tinkered with. This point of view indicates that the mashup diverges from the original point of view of the tunes.

I think it is interesting, conceptually. Perhaps McCartney and Starr (and Ono and Harrison) would have been upset if they thought it wasn't a good idea?