It'd be terrible to introduce kids to the Beatles by giving them versions sung by loud, shrieky kids. Then the kids grow up thinking THAT is what the Beatles' music really is, and the originals don't "sound right."
It happened to me; my first exposure to the Beatles' music was -- urgh -- the Sgt. Pepper movie. Then there were the Beatles cartoons being repeated on television, which, though they featured the original music, were not the best context for it. Then there were things like Motley Crue's version of "Helter Skelter" (double urgh) and Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Dear Prudence" (which, to be honest, I actually quite like, though it's not as strong as the original). With all that, it took me a LONG time to warm up to the Beatles at all. Fortunately my mother moved in with a roommate who had all the original records and played them for me properly, and THAT was when I became a fan.
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