The Beatles are continuing to make history with ... a technology unavailable at the time of their Anthology project that yielded “Real Love” and “Free as a Bird” in the ’90s.

Sometimes, the best inspiration is hiding in plain sight, as proven by these great Beatles songs written about real-life events.

Free as a Bird is built around a demo recorded by Lennon in '77, and finished by the three surviving Beatles in '95. A few months later, another split-decade recording, Real Love, is released.

The track, billed as the final Beatles song, topped the charts in the UK and won Best Rock Performance at the Grammy Awards ...