My gut feeling is that it won't bear detailed examination - that's not the surrealist way so broadly we have a classic tune which expresses fondness for past times and regret (perhaps a bit strong) about past times played on a mechanical device.
I see it as a statement from EF saying - I still believe in what some fans regard as the classic olde stuff, and I'm still doing it, but while the process is always changing, the spirit of TD remains core.
We recognise the tune whether delivered by the fab four in vivo or on wind up gizmo and the tune conveys meaning. A different experience, of course, but if this was a statement then it is the meaning that's important.
And that's the genius - if we'd been given a TD cover of Yesterday that's all we would take it for. The presentation asks us to focus on the meaning of the song and is also part of the message.
Pseud's corner awaits !!
