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The Beatles Appear in iTunes Store
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Not what I'm saying, but I see you just did the exact same thing again: assuming that your habits and ways of looking at things are universal. Wrong.
Every major news website begs to differ with your opinion on their front pages right now.
omg
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?
Of course, my favorite band is They Might Be Giants, so there's no accounting for taste.At least their songs are catchy, they have good instrumentals (even if some of them are electronic), they harmonize well, and their lyrics have meaning below the surface.
Apple should have just put a banner on their webpage saying, that the beatles are now on itunes.
Because most people (like myself) thought it would be something very exciting(because of the words "You'll never forget"...
Because most people (like myself) thought it would be something very exciting(because of the words "You'll never forget"...
Yawn
Not a big deal for me, but it's always good to see the iTMS store expand, and this was a major missing piece for a while. I hope more independent and foreign artists start making their way onto the iTMS in a worldwide fashion. It would be nice to be able to buy music from Japan and Europe on the iTMS with no weird country restrictions.
Also, while lossless would be nice, not only do I not have the hard disk space for it, I also lack the audio equipment needed to appreciate it. 256kbps - 320kbps is fine for me.
Not a big deal for me, but it's always good to see the iTMS store expand, and this was a major missing piece for a while. I hope more independent and foreign artists start making their way onto the iTMS in a worldwide fashion. It would be nice to be able to buy music from Japan and Europe on the iTMS with no weird country restrictions.
Also, while lossless would be nice, not only do I not have the hard disk space for it, I also lack the audio equipment needed to appreciate it. 256kbps - 320kbps is fine for me.
What hype? The hype that your and others created? This ad was posted ONE DAY before the announcement. What hype? The typical delusional Apple fanbase hype? Please. There's no other hype than what you created for yourself. There was no one month or hell not even a one week lead up to let the irrational Apple fanboys run and make up rumors but they sure as hell tried in the under 24 hours the ad was up.
Jobs totally lost it, we already see the signs of his dementia, who cares about beatles, those beatles fans already own their music in every format imaginable. He really should step back, otherwise we are going to see more of this idiotic announcements.
To all of those saying there wasn't a lot of hype generated by Apple:
A multi-million dollar company dedicating the entire front page of their web site to advertise a "day you'll never forget" is a LOT of hype. Think of how many millions of hits that page gets every day. It's easy to say, "it's just a silly graphic on their front page," but it just doesn't work that way.
A multi-million dollar company dedicating the entire front page of their web site to advertise a "day you'll never forget" is a LOT of hype. Think of how many millions of hits that page gets every day. It's easy to say, "it's just a silly graphic on their front page," but it just doesn't work that way.
just had a quick look through this thread, not read everything that everyone has put.....
I'm getting the same sort of vibe as the original iPod thread and we all know how that turned out.
I think some are missing the point. There are watershed moments for media formats both visual and audio. For much of the public VHS, DVD were only considered to have 'arrived' when certain titles became available. For me and many others it was when the Star Wars films came on the format. Blu-ray is waiting the same for the Star Wars films and thats the point its going to be considered as a must have.
Same here for digital download. We've had in the UK for first Top Ten including digital download sales, the first Christmas No 1 that was purely download last year. Now The Beatles have arrived on the format. CD was walking wounded yesterday. Today it died.
I'm getting the same sort of vibe as the original iPod thread and we all know how that turned out.
I think some are missing the point. There are watershed moments for media formats both visual and audio. For much of the public VHS, DVD were only considered to have 'arrived' when certain titles became available. For me and many others it was when the Star Wars films came on the format. Blu-ray is waiting the same for the Star Wars films and thats the point its going to be considered as a must have.
Same here for digital download. We've had in the UK for first Top Ten including digital download sales, the first Christmas No 1 that was purely download last year. Now The Beatles have arrived on the format. CD was walking wounded yesterday. Today it died.
Assist me in life? lol
You said to use in a sentence correctly... usually a sentence is in a paragraph...hence paragraphs get formatted.
Anyhow, I am done going back and forth with you. Please move this to PM's and then educate me wise one. I am sure your credentials would warrant it based on your mighty MacRumor Forum stature and the complete and concise sentences you use on blogs and chat rooms, get real.
At the extremely high price they are in the Australian iTunes Store, it will lead people to buy else where and stealing it.
Very Very Very poor pricing.
Very Very Very poor pricing.
Oh...*Bats eyes...
Thank you Apple...thank you for allowing me to buy things from you!
Thank you so much!!
Thank you Apple...thank you for allowing me to buy things from you!
Thank you so much!!
Or do what HDtracks.com does, and offer downloads in full, uncompressed format (AIFF, in its case). Don't know if the record companies will allow this to become too widespread because then who needs CDs?
Nice sarcasm, but yesterday morning no one did see this coming, road.
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