They should make that video before Steve came up a commerical with all that info about songs and all that stuff.
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iTunes Europe Music Event Quicktime
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mmmbop said:Note to Apple UK for their next press event. Plant a load of mac zealots throughout the audience to get the whooping and clapping factor up.
Lol! I sent someone in to try and 'blag' (is that the word for it?) me entry into the event, and they were having none of it..
i hope steve comes to the london opening store opening though. i'm sure the press will be loving that.
mmmbop said:Note to Apple UK for their next press event. Plant a load of mac zealots throughout the audience to get the whooping and clapping factor up.
or... better yet, give away iPod minis to anyone who claps
damn them english for not clapping j/k. i guess dubya is the reason why they were not enthusiastic.
Boy that audience was cold. It was kinda depressing to watch.
"Introducing the iTunes Music Store into the UK, Germany, and France."
Dead silence.
What's up with that? That's "whack."
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"Introducing the iTunes Music Store into the UK, Germany, and France."
Dead silence.
What's up with that? That's "whack."
Chase
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redAPPLE said:or... better yet, give away iPod minis to anyone who claps
damn them english for not clapping j/k. i guess dubya is the reason why they were not enthusiastic.
Well if it was just the press, as someone mentioned earlier, that might explain it. They were probably busy trying to get things down for their stories, instead of applauding and doing a sing-along with Alicia Keys.
They definitely should have had some Mac fans in there in addition to the press.
rendezvouscp said:What kind of remote is Jobs using?
Chase
It looks like a garage door opener.
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g4cubed said:Did you mean crowd or were you refering the the bird
If you listen very closely to the sound of the Quicktime stream, you can definitely hear "caw! caw!"
greenmonsterman said:
haha! got the same problem, except I tell my g/f i'm gonna be geeking out for a while before i start watching the keynotes ;D
Windowlicker said:
heh, same problem here too. it's like im obsessed.
btw, is it considered sad if you smile when an ipod ad comes on tv? i think its really cool that we mac users have some cool ads to brag about
cc bcc said:Not exactly the usual Steve-Jobs-worshipping audience.
Yea, it was really strange listening to them. Very quiet. Almost no pulse.
my 2 pence
I'm more surprised the crowd didnt kill Alicia Keys. 3 songs of hers is enough to drive anyone loopy.
I'm more surprised the crowd didnt kill Alicia Keys. 3 songs of hers is enough to drive anyone loopy.
rendezvouscp said:Boy that audience was cold. It was kinda depressing to watch.
"Introducing the iTunes Music Store into the UK, Germany, and France."
Dead silence.
What's up with that? That's "whack."
Chase
I expected someone to yell out "IT'S ABOUT BLOODY TIME!!!"
i ain't no journalist, but isn't it a fact, that they digitally "jot down" their notes now? i mean, with a dat recorder (or a tape recorder, which is analog ) or an iPod with a voice recorder?
i guess we know now which guys are not getting invited to the opening of the "Pan European iTMS" in october, don't we?
) or an iPod with a voice recorder?i guess we know now which guys are not getting invited to the opening of the "Pan European iTMS" in october, don't we?
Deggy said:
Steve could have had Powerbook G5's less than 1 inch thick running at 3 Ghz with his best sales pitch and that crowd would be the same. People they didn't understand English.
asif786 said:heh, same problem here too. it's like im obsessed.
btw, is it considered sad if you smile when an ipod ad comes on tv? i think its really cool that we mac users have some cool ads to brag about
No, it's not sad. Or I don't think so, because I do it too. My girlfriend makes fun of me too. But they just don't understand! They may never know the pure joy of Apple products (not using them, but something like smiling when an iPod ad is on TV), but hopefully they will see the light some day.
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silvergunuk said:
Oh come on. She blew me away. I mean I had no idea she was a real musician. She can actually play piano extreamly well and sing very very well. She doesn't just play piano, she appears to be classically trained. That's more than I can say about a lot of people with hit records these days. I do have to admit, I don't like her "falling song". She probably hates it herself. Artists hate when labels push certain songs onto the public to make it a hit when in actuality it appears it is one of the worst songs on her albums. I wouldn't ever buy an album of hers based on that "falling song". But on the other two, for sure.
Eh, the audience was just not very Apple oriented. Mostly music-journalists, who interviewed the local indies before. Some quoted as saying "agreeing to Apples term would be commercial suicide". Basically they had this image of Apple as a big monopoly bullying the local indies, trying to squeeze as much money as possible out of them. "Apple, the Microsoft of the music industry".
It doesn't help if you start of your presentation with proving how much of a monopoly you are, and ending the presentation with a not very convincing "we love music, we love working with artists". That was just like Bill Gates saying "security is very important to us".
Just compare the emotional, honest "we love music"-speech of steve in the announcement of the ipod minis, to the fake-sounding one in this keynote.
Poor Steve, you'll have to work on Apple's image in Europe. Get european indies on board, get them to say how much they love itunes, how Apple has given the music industry a new life,.. It's hard to be loved if you aren't in the underdog position. But cheer up, WWDC is coming, and it will have the best public ever!
It doesn't help if you start of your presentation with proving how much of a monopoly you are, and ending the presentation with a not very convincing "we love music, we love working with artists". That was just like Bill Gates saying "security is very important to us".
Just compare the emotional, honest "we love music"-speech of steve in the announcement of the ipod minis, to the fake-sounding one in this keynote.
Poor Steve, you'll have to work on Apple's image in Europe. Get european indies on board, get them to say how much they love itunes, how Apple has given the music industry a new life,.. It's hard to be loved if you aren't in the underdog position. But cheer up, WWDC is coming, and it will have the best public ever!
Yes, it's the press
I'm a reporter for a newspaper, and a huge Mac fan, but if I was there I wouldn't be applauding either. I'd be writing things down as fast as I could. I would also be recording the event, but you never put all your eggs in that basket!
They're not applauding because they are working. And I think Jobs was toning down his presentation for them too. Not as much showmanship as at a Mac event.
I'm a reporter for a newspaper, and a huge Mac fan, but if I was there I wouldn't be applauding either. I'd be writing things down as fast as I could. I would also be recording the event, but you never put all your eggs in that basket!
They're not applauding because they are working. And I think Jobs was toning down his presentation for them too. Not as much showmanship as at a Mac event.