why so many negative ratings? it's like 10 negatives per positive? is it because people are disappointed that the announcement wasn't something better or because there is something wrong with the pricing or what?
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The Beatles Appear in iTunes Store
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I think Apple made to big of a deal about this at a very sensitive time. Apple has made some curious decisions on there "roadmap" lately and people where hoping this announcement would make some sense of it all. Alas, it hasn't. A lot of longtime Apple fans know the Beatles on iTunes was always more of a personal thing to Stevie J than anything.
This thread will be hitting 1000 posts soon - within the space of a couple of hours. It's certainly got everyone talking - so I guess, based on that, Apple were right in saying this will be a day we'll never forget
The question is, would it have hit 1000 posts and then some if Apple hadn't said this will be a day we'll never forget! Those are some smart PR cookies working for Apple there.
To be honest with you man, I think the Beatles stuff is bland and terrible. I hear a lot of it at university (where one is exposed to a plethora of different music) and every time I think to myself how I could have done the same thing if I was born earlier. They strike me as a poor mans CCR.
Why not every other band? Remember the U2 iPod? And they played live at an event at least once. Actually I was surprised they didn't release a Beatle Pod with everything preloaded. Anyway the reason they promoted this (only one day before the release) is that the Beatles have sold more records /songs than pretty much everyone else (in fact the last decade they sold more music than every one except Emenem (and that was 40 years AFTER they split up). They are the most iconic band in recorded musical history. The best is for the listeners to decided but you cannot deny their impact on not only music but popular culture.
I think it's hilarious how many people were saying no one cares because everyone who wants the Beatles already has them. Yet at the moment many of the Beatles albums have already moved into the top 20 on itunes, including the $150 box set.
Well, they made it such a big deal about the announcement that they had to also have it on apple.com homepage where people were expecting something more rather than just making this only on iTunes homepage (even though The Beatles has been a long time waiting to be on iTunes).
The statement on the apple web site will turn out to be true, just perhaps not for the same reasons some people thought or hoped for.
Think of the amount of people viewing the web site today. It is news for some and not for others. Some will buy the music some won't.
Everyone who is getting hot under the collar about this most certainly needs to relax a little bit more.
Think of the amount of people viewing the web site today. It is news for some and not for others. Some will buy the music some won't.
Everyone who is getting hot under the collar about this most certainly needs to relax a little bit more.
Even if you are not a Beatles fan, if you are an Apple fan, this is great news for Apple, iTunes and digital music in general. I will certainly be getting a good number of these tracks.
Remember, many of us are young enough to not have collected all the albums, but have now come to love much of the music. This will be the first time I have purchased almost any Beatles' music. In the Apple versus Zune (and other music players), this is another knockout punch by Apple.
Remember, many of us are young enough to not have collected all the albums, but have now come to love much of the music. This will be the first time I have purchased almost any Beatles' music. In the Apple versus Zune (and other music players), this is another knockout punch by Apple.
Yeah, that's the SJ I know: WHAT a loser that guy is, LOL, being the CEO of a BILLION dollar company!! When WILL the World only see that guy for the iPhony he really is!!
Let me just say how refreshing it is to read a thread that doesn't include the cliched and hackneyed phraseology as used by lazy Jobs haterz everywhere: I'm referring to Jobs' "reality distortion field". I mean, can someone be MORE unoriginal?
For a second, I thought you were going to go there (one dollar).
Ah, well, I dare say Jobs (being the self-actualizing, successful individual that he is) couldn't really care a whit about what you or I post about him on some internets forum. No, he's actually DOING things with HIS life (which is more than any of us can probably say)....
The funny thing is that for everyone who said that Metallica or AC/DC would be a bigger deal, there would still be the same arguments. I know Metallica is probably more current than AC/DC, but couldn't we still say that any REAL fan would already have their CDs and would not need the iTunes digital download?
I also agree that the media has made a bigger deal out of this, but the fact that they dedicated their homepage versus a banner to this announcement is significant.
I can't see my company putting up a page like this on their homepage and I'm quite sure they get billions of hits a day (no exaggeration).
At the end of the day, it is what it is. Those who wanted it got the Beatles. Those who did not care, got nothing but time to wait until what they want, I.e., iOS 4.2, cloud, streaming, browsing iBooks in iTunes, etc.
I'm glad you can recognize true awesomeness.
I also agree that the media has made a bigger deal out of this, but the fact that they dedicated their homepage versus a banner to this announcement is significant.
I can't see my company putting up a page like this on their homepage and I'm quite sure they get billions of hits a day (no exaggeration).
At the end of the day, it is what it is. Those who wanted it got the Beatles. Those who did not care, got nothing but time to wait until what they want, I.e., iOS 4.2, cloud, streaming, browsing iBooks in iTunes, etc.
I'm glad you can recognize true awesomeness.
This thread will be hitting 1000 posts soon - within the space of a couple of hours. It's certainly got everyone talking - so I guess, based on that, Apple were right in saying this will be a day we'll never forget
Interesting. For me RodThePlod's post is listed as #993 on page 40 of this thread. Am using Chrome 7.0.517.44 in 10.6.5 (10H574).
I think it's hilarious how many people were saying no one cares because everyone who wants the Beatles already has them. Yet at the moment many of the Beatles albums have already moved into the top 20 on itunes, including the $150 box set.
The $150 set is #8 here in Canada.
No, I meant the whole design and focus of the site is identical now to Apple's splash page. It's mainly about iTunes content.
Music doesn't have to be complicated or need a full band to speak to people. If music speaks to people, and you don't understand, then who are you to judge?
...and no I won't be hanging off my computer to read your ignorant response.
How do you know it was the Beatles that caved in?
It could be it was Apple that capitulated and gave the Beatles what they wanted?
see:
http://www.amazon.com/Beatles-USB/dp/B002VH7P4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1289930589&sr=8-1
it is ~$270, so $150 makes sense
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Look. If Apple really wanted to hype this they would have held a live event and not used one of Paul McCartney's solo songs that was only actually a B-side to a single (Another Day). Yes later tacked on to a CD reissue. They would have written something like: Tomorrow Never Knows or A Splendid time is guaranteed for all (except all you nay sayers here).