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The Beatles Appear in iTunes Store

notjustjay said:
It seems to me that all Apple did was put up one graphic (granted, the copy was a little hyped), and the tech blogs did all the rest.
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Apple put up one graphic with the tagline of "Tomorrow is just another day. . .you'll never forget." Hyped is right!

I'm not a PR person, but I know it's not smart to put that kind of statement up if you're a hardware (computer and phone) company unless you're going to announce something that you believe will be a game-changing new device or a new service that will fundamentally change the way the devices you make work and how people will use them.

This was a content announcement only. . .which is a shame for a primarily hardware-driven company. I'm sure there will be "Beatles" themed iPods now a la U2 style right around the corner. They will sell pretty well, I'm sure. However, this announcement is so disappointing for those of us who are waiting for Apple to make some real "game changing" announcements where iTunes is concerned (wi-fi syncing of iPods/iPhones/iPads, streaming subscription service, etc.)
 
rwilliams said:
I find their music and lyrics to be rather pedestrian. I find the music of the Rolling Stones and the Jimi Hendrix Experience to be far superior. But I've talked to a lot of people who were around during that era, and I can certainly understand how the Beatles changed the way pop albums were written, produced, and recorded. Unfortunately, those innovations don't translate to interesting music for me. But to each his own.
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weren't the Stones a copy of the Beatles like everyone copied Nirvana in the 1990's?
 
Jonny Skyves said:
Steve: Hey Bulldog
Paul: Good Morning Good Morning
Steve: I Wanna Be Your Man
Paul: Tell Me Why
Steve: I've Got A Feeling
Paul: Tell Me What You See
Steve: I Need You
Paul: If I Needed Someone
Steve: You Really Got A Hold On Me
Paul: Do You Want To Know A Secret
Steve: I'm Down
Paul: Money (Thats What I Want)
Steve: I Should Have Known Better
Paul: Strawberry Fields Forever
Steve: Tell Me Why
Paul: Baby You're A Rich Man
Steve: I Am The Walrus
Paul: I'm A Loser
Steve: Your Mother Should Know
Paul: From Me To You, Got To Get You Into My Life
Steve: Please Please Me
Paul: Two Of Us, Revolution
Steve: Any Time At All
Paul: With A Little Help From My Friends
Steve: Dig It
Paul: Till There Was You, The Long And Winding Road
Steve: Why Don't We Do It In The Road, Come Together
Paul: I Want To Hold Your Hand
Steve: You Can't Do That
Paul: I'll Cry Instead
Steve: Cry Baby Cry ... It's All Too Much
Paul: All You Need Is Love
Steve: Can´t Buy My Love
Paul: Love Me Do
Steve: Not A Second Time, Don't Bother Me
Steve: I've Just Seen A Face

Along comes Yoko...

Paul: Act Naturally
Steve: Lady Madonna
Paul: Let It Be
Steve: A Taste Of Honey
Paul: Slow Down, Day Tripper
Yoko: Oh! Darling, You Never Give Me Your Money
Steve: We Can Work It Out
Yoko: Honey Pie, Don't Let Me Down
Paul: Words Of Love
Steve: Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Yoko: Ticket To Ride, I Need You
Steve: All I've Got To Do, A Hard Day's Night, Eight Days A Week, When I Get Home
I Wanna Be Your Man
Paul: Things We Said Today, Every Little Thing, I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
Steve: You Like Me Too Much
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
I'll Be Back
Paul & Yoko: All Together Now.... Help!
Steve: I Will, I Feel Fine, I'll Follow The Sun, Tomorrow Never Knows, When I'm Sixty-four Mr. Moonlight, Magical Mystery Tour, Taxman, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Wild Honey Pie, Polythene Pam, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Rock and Roll Music..... Happiness Is A Warm Gun....
Yoko: The Inner Light, Good Night
P.S. I Love You
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Wow! This was brilliant; great story!
 
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The announcement isn't about the people who already own the beatles albums. The current and next two generations only know to buy music from iTunes, this is for them and the future owners of music. Every teenager and younger should be the ones who are excited.

That said, why is MR so full of negativity these days? If you're just going to complain go somewhere else.
 
CplBadboy said:
Your ignorance is unbelievable. Sir Paul McCartney is still alive and well.

This is an anti climax of an announcement yet there is no denying that The Beatles changed the world of music. A truly great British export that has never been or will be rivaled. Im enjoying the free content viewing in light of the poor announcement though.
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No no no... He's dead because he has no shoes!
 
theosib said:
I swear, I've never understood why people liked the Beatles so much. They weren't especially good instrumentalists, they weren't good volcalists, they didn't harmonize well, and their tunes weren't especially catchy, and their lyrics weren't especially interesting or deep. Why the hell were they so popular?e.
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Oh God. This is wrong on so many levels. Where to begin?

Tell, me. On which songs to they not harmonise well? The three-part harmonies on She Loves You? The reverse call and response on Help? The dramatic minors in relation to majors on If I Fell?

Which style of Lennon's vocals don't you rate? The rasping hoarseness on Twist and Shout? Or the softness of his voice on Julia?

Which bass lines do you think have more power than Rain and Paperback Writer? Were the riffs on I Feel Fine and Daytripper not up to your standards?

Were the lyrics on Strawberry Fields Forever, Within You and Without You, Tomorrow Never Knows and Eleanor Rigby a bit too facile for you?

Did composing the most recorded tune in human history (Yesterday) not impress you just a tiny bit?

Does a band being collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people not give you the smallest hint that you are possibly the wrongest person from the wrong side of town in Wrongsville?

Look, ask your Mom and Dad to give you a few more bucks pocket money this week so you can download a few of the 256 Beatles songs. Think of it as an investment in your musical education.
 
Meandmunch said:
Awesome for Beatles fans, lame for the other 95% of us.
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This is not even big news for Beatles fans. Please find me a Beatles fan that doesn't already own the CDs. I'm a huge Beatles fan and I have, of course, already ripped my CDs in lossless.

But if I didn't have the CDs and I really wanted to buy Beatles songs as audio files, Amazon has sold a box with everything in 24-bit 44.1KHz lossless Flac for ages. Buying AAC on iTunes? No thanks.

It's great that new and old fans can now buy individual Beatles songs on iTunes. But it certainly didn't warrant a surprise event.
 
I agree the announcement is pretty pathetic, but guys lighten up it's kinda funny it's not like they did a keynote for it, it was just a thing on the front page. Also in reality who gives a ****? Great for the people who like the Beatles, people who don't? Oh no! I just wasted time worrying about an announcement by apple even though it probably wasn't gonna be anything that good anyway.

Get over yourselves, guys.
 
This is a sad day.... This day will go down in infamy with the killing of yet another famous repetitive rumor.

All the rumor-mongering that went into wondering if the Beatles would finally be included in iTunes with EVERY single iTunes announcement are now gone. Just as when Apple switched to the Intel chips so went the chance of ever getting a PowerBook G5.

*sigh*
 
alm99 said:
The band is irrelevant to some of the previous generation, most of the current, and all future generations musical tastes.
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You realize the band essentially redefined what rock music was and could be, yes? The vast majority of modern music owes a debt to the Beatles, their stylistic wanderings, and their studio production.

Read a book.
 
Well, whether you like their music or not, this is a big deal.

It's a big deal because one of the last major holdouts to digital distribution just signed on.

Sure, there are other groups, performers, and organizations that aren't embracing digital, but The Beatles are probably the best known. They were a large exemplar the others could rally around.

This day marks the beginning of the end of the very long realignment from physical media distribution to digital. (The "end" of the end will be when the final CD is pressed -- that's a few years off though...)
 
winstano said:
OK, so the announcement was somewhat overstated.

Unless I'm mistaken, iTunes is now the only place in the world to get the complete Beatles back catalogue digitally. That's a bit of a coup.
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Actually there is the limited edition of the box set which comes on a usb apple which includes ALL the discography remastered in flac 24 bit and in mp3 320 kbps, flac 24 is a lot better than itunes crap at that price!
 
Great! I don't even like Beatles

Give me LOSSLESS MUSIC and they i will buy music on itunes for now i only buy on CD and then rip to itunes.

For me Evolution is for better and for now better is lossless (16bit 44.100 or more) or CD. itunes don't have any of these. Steve give people studio master was a option. I have a good system connect to my computer Genelec Monitors. So compressed sound is a BIG NO.
 
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WTF! 10 people care apple!
 
Just like everything else on iTunes, it's still cheaper to buy the CDs than download some compressed version. Thanks Apple :rolleyes:
 
I can't believe I spent all that time ten years ago importing my Beatles collection into iTunes. After today that all seems such a waste. I will never forget 11.16.10.
 
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