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More Speculation for Tomorrow: Beatles on iTunes

Nobody cares about Beatles. Their music sounded like crap then, and sounds like crap now. What's the big deal? :rolleyes:
 
johnhope said:
The proof

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-beatles/id136975
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If you look closer, you'll see user comments there from 2006.

[that stuff is not from Apple Corps. (or even Capitol).]

I'm not saying tomorrow isn't about The Beatles... i'm saying your "proof" is bogus.






karolynaz said:
Nobody cares about Beatles. Their music sounded like crap then, and sounds like crap now. What's the big deal? :rolleyes:
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"All the lonely people... where do they all come from?"
 
Hal Itosis said:
If you look closer, you'll see user comments there from 2006.

[that stuff is not from Apple Corps. (or even Capitol).]

I'm not saying tomorrow isn't about The Beatles... i'm saying your "proof" is bogus.








"All the lonely people... where do they all come from?"
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Where do they all belong?
 
pdot said:
But.. but.. you didn't tell me why I was wrong :(
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-because you existed.

chaosconan said:
Dude, give up already with the Bieber. You're repeating yourself.
I'm the king of my house and my woman. :D
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Are you kidding me with the woman thing? We all get it. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE GAY. We get it now. You can stop trying to push it in everyone's face. You're more of a joke with every post. Stop while you're not entirely behind the 8 Ball.

chaosconan said:
Not sure why you would make an assumption that I'm a homofob just because I don't find any entertainment from men singing and dancing. Maybe you like it. ;)
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I don't know what's wrong with you, but there's a lot. I do like men singing. I think Green Day is the greatest American band touring today. *Opinion, kiddies* - and if you haven't seen any of their shows, it's an energy that's rivaled by KISS and Alice Cooper. They put a lot into their tour.

chaosconan said:
Yes, how could I have forgotten. The Beatles advanced our scientific understanding in mathematics, physics, and astronomy. And solved the world energy crisis. They're amazing!
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vipergts2207 said:
No one said they did. Exaggerate much?
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So you really like to blow things out of proportion, don't you?

There's a whole lot that you need to work out within yourself. Follow the Dalai Lama on Twitter or something.

Sam Yikin said:
Double post! Triple post! Overpost! Posttacular!
Good find, though! :)
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As a Halo fan, I loved that.
 
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i wouldnt of guessed they would make an announcement like this. but then again, if it were a bigger deal for their company like iTunes in the cloud, they would of had a more advanced notice and sent out invitations to see a demo. so i guess just a one day in advance, and a message on their home page qualifies as a minor announcement.
 
SkippyThorson said:
Are you kidding me with the woman thing? We all get it. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE GAY. We get it now. You can stop trying to push it in everyone's face. You're more of a joke with every post. Stop while you're not entirely behind the 8 Ball.



I don't know what's wrong with you, but there's a lot. I do like men singing. I think Green Day is the greatest American band touring today. *Opinion, kiddies* - and if you haven't seen any of their shows, it's an energy that's rivaled by KISS and Alice Cooper. They put a lot into their tour.





So you really like to blow things out of proportion, don't you?

There's a whole lot that you need to work out within yourself. Follow the Dalai Lama on Twitter or something.



As a Halo fan, I loved that.
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:p
I'm pretty sure your chaos friend is a troll.
Or should I say, Trolltrocity! Trollimanjaro! Trolltastrophe! Trollpocalypse! Trollionaire!
 
The Beatles said:
i wouldnt of guessed they would make an announcement like this. but then again, if it were a bigger deal for their company like iTunes in the cloud, they would of had a more advanced notice and sent out invitations to see a demo. so i guess just a one day in advance, and a message on their home page qualifies as a minor announcement.
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You would know!
 
How about an announcement by Jobs, followed by a LIVE concert with the remaining members of the Beatles, who close the mini-concert by announcing a Beatles reunion tour?

Remember, a long-running joke was that SNL producer Lorne Michaels tried to get The Beatles to reunite by offering $1,200 (a paltry sum) to appear on SNL.... If Jobs could broker the reunion, that would be a career highlight for Jobs.

A Beatles reunion for a tour would be a bigger deal, and iTunes would be poised to profit from the release of the ensuing live recording from any tour.... (It's not like Paul hasn't been touring as of late, either.)

Although, I tend to agree that the announcement will be rather anti-climactic, except for those customers who are as old (or older than) the generation of contemporaries of Steve Jobs. The Beatles are not relevant to at least two generations of youth, where rap has dominated the music business (and Beatles are classic rock, with the music of the time being fodder for Time/Life's oldies collections).
 
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jettredmont said:
Really?

1. Insert CD in side of iMac.
2. Wait until it ejects.
3. Tell iTunes to fetch album art.

Sheesh. Doesn't seem much more labor intensive than finding the Beatles in the (increasingly cluttered) iTunes Store, clicking 'buy' and waiting for them to download.

The advantage, of course, being that the CD gets ripped at whatever quality I want, and I don't buy again what I already bought twice (cassette and/or LP, then CD).

For what it's worth, back when I cared about the Beatles' catalogue, I ripped everything to my iPod. Haven't played any of the songs in years, though. I seriously doubt that this will be a big seller for Apple not-Computers or for Apple Records. Certainly not the level they both seem to expect given the negotiations they've put each other through.
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There are many out there willing to pay the money to avoid putting CD into their Mac or even have a Mac. If you are good at using computers, you are already in the minority.
 
Boomchukalaka said:
Zappa died in !993, a decade before iPods were around...:confused:
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I'm quoting his kids and "What Frank would have though about it." There are enough articles about it on the web. Frank was very much an analog purist and couldn't stand any of this digital stuff going into his music.
 
Sam Yikin said:
:p
I'm pretty sure your chaos friend is a troll.
Or should I say, Trolltrocity! Trollimanjaro! Trolltastrophe! Trollpocalypse! Trollionaire!
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:p Only a dedicated fan would remember the correct order. As I read that, I hear the deep voice saying each one.

I'm so used to trolls actually griping and whining about something, that I have to say, that never occurred to me. A troll trying to profess his straightness is new to me.
 
feefer said:
How about an announcement by Jobs, followed by a LIVE concert with the remaining members of the Beatles, who close the mini-concert by announcing a Beatles reunion tour?

Remember, a long-running joke was that SNL producer Lorne Michaels tried to get The Beatles to reunite by offering $1,200 to appear on SNL.... If Jobs could broker the reunion, that would be a career highlight for Jobs

A Beatles reunion for a tour would be a bigger deal, and iTunes would be poised to profit from the release of the ensuing live recording from the tour.... (It's not like Paul hasn't been touring as of late, either.)

Although, I tend to agree that the announcement will be rather anti-climactic, except for those customers who are as old (or older than) the generation of contemporaries of Steve Jobs. The Beatles are not relevant to at least two generations of youth, where rap has dominated the music business (and Beatles are classic rock, with the music of the time being fodder for Time/Life's oldies collections).
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The Paul and Ringo Show?
 
rprebel said:
...Are there any Beatles fans out there that don't already have their entire collection?
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No, but there are an unlimited number of children yet to be born that might one day grow up to be fans. I bet they said the same thing about every artist going back centuries ago to when they made many by selling sheet music.

Your great grand kids don't have this, Apple will be there to sell it to them.
 
Apple OC said:
The Paul and Ringo Show?
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Hey, better to split the proceeds 2 ways instead of 4.... :)

Apple Corp owns the rights to the name, "The Beatles", so they obviously could legitimately and legally use the name.

Heck, Elvis' background band staged a tour, playing along with a virtual performance by Elvis (using modern technology to sync old footage and recordings with live performances). It's not unreasonable to think a similar technological approach could be used to pay tribute to the deceased members of the Beatles (it worked for Natalie Cole to perform a duet with her father, Nat King Cole).
 
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Although I really enjoy Beatles music, this will be a day "That [I'll] never forget" only because of how crappy the announcement was.

Come on... a band appears on iTunes and they have to announce it like it's just the greatest thing in the world?

People have been buying Beatles CDs for years and converting them into MP3s. This is hardly something that Apple should be shouting about.

Ethan
 
i really doubt they'll waste a whole day of frontpage advertising new macs/ipods/iphone4 just to tell ppl they got the beatles.

for a second there, i forgot steve jobs owns apple :apple:
 
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