It marks the anniversaries of first Bond film premiere and release of Beatles ' debut single . Such blinkered reverence is at odds with the world in which the Beatles and Bond came to stardom , when the spending power of neophyte teenagers dominated pop culture and a song or movie could be top of the pops or a box office hit one week and gone the next . For some this offers an unmissable chance to engage in nostalgia , says Simon Hooper . But Hooper thinks we should n't dwell too much on the past . Perhaps it 's time to leave the films and re - releases behind , he says .
It marks the anniversaries of first Bond film premiere and release of Beatles ' debut single . For some this offers an unmissable chance to engage in nostalgia , says Simon Hooper . But Hooper thinks we should n't dwell too much on the past . Perhaps it 's time to leave the films and re - releases behind , he says .