I've been a huge Beatles fan since my early 20s, I can recognize and sing almost every song, but somewhere in the last 5 years the relevance of their music just

I've been a huge Beatles fan since my early 20s, I can recognize and sing almost every song, but somewhere in the last 5 years the relevance of their music just fell off a cliff and I never listen anymore. Some of it is probably life stage related but I can't help but think a lot of it is just that they describe a time that now bears little resemblance to our own. We're entering some dark times, and hearing songs from the golden age of the 60s can create a kind of visceral rejection. I'm glad to see Abbey Road surpass Sgt Pepper though, past cultural relevance aside it's just a better album to listen to. I'm fully in support of ranking What's Going On much higher, musically its fantastic and its themes are unfortunately still so relevant. As a ranking criteria I'd say a mix of music & timelessness or relevance are the most important, followed in distant third by how groundbreaking or influential they were in their time, as that feels more like an intellectual footnote than a judgment of the music.