The Beatles Appear in iTunes Store

[oahazmatt]

Did you read the teaser page?

Yes. I did. And most seem to be reading two sentences as one.

 

[epo]

And let the whining start...

You're too late, they started without you.

 

[MacHiavelli]

If that was it, this won't be a day to remember, Apple will be a company to forget.

 

[powerless]

Then you have to rip all those CDs in to iTunes...

That's what I did. And?

 

[lazyrighteye]

Post. Of. The Year.

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

 

[colmaclean]

So a million people d/l the box set. That's $150m only a third of what Call of Duty: Black Ops made in 24 hrs.

Was CoD only available from one retailer?

 

[sishaw]

30 years too late....... who cares anymore....... bought the cds many years ago

what's steve's obsession with the beatles?

It's not so much an obsession with the Beatles, as getting the Beatles on iTunes because they played so hard to get.

Most Beatles fans who didn't already have the CDs would have bought the highly-publicized and well-reviewed 2009 mono and stereo box sets. I'm in that category, so this is a big non-event for me. And many others.

 

[xray]

Finally Yoko has come to her senses.

 

[scboyd]

Wait, who are the beatles? Are they a new characters on jersey shore?

 

[locust76]

That was sofa king wee todd id.

 

[Zimmy68]

I know a lot of you are thinking: "What I waited 24hrs for THIS!"

Wether you like the beatles or not, this is a HUGE milestone for Apple. They have been in discussion with Beatles copyright holders for years. I think you will start to see more iTunes resistants artist jump on the bandwagon.

I will be a little disappointed if this is the only announcement. But on the bright side a new generation of listeners will be exposed to "The Beatles" incredible catalog of music.

I agree that this is huge for Apple.
I just can't get my head around how its a day I'll never forget.

These CDs came out (and I bought them) on 9-9-09.
Only Apple can celebrate being over a year late to the party.

 

[iBungie]

1 minute to go till the announced time - wonder what is coming......

 

[tallyho]

"Tomorrow's just another day." is what they imply you will never forget, referring to song lyrics. The second sentence, "That you'll never forget", refers to the first.

Holy mangled syntax batman! Seriously, that syntactic analysis simply does not work. Nice try though.

 

[colmaclean]

If that was it, this won't be a day to remember, Apple will be a company to forget.

Overblown statement of the decade.

 

[teemast]

Big Announcement Today!

Say it ain't so, Steve, say it ain't so! (Now let's get on with iOS 4.2...THAT, I will not forget (for at least a week or two).

 

[backdraft]

Its the beatles, who cares? Not a fan.

 

[urbanmacUser]

1 minute to go till the announced time - wonder what is coming......

Nowt else

 

[Tha Professor]

I like how the homepage is overloaded right now.... who else clicked exactly at 10:00 ?

 

[Amazing Iceman]

Lol... at 10:00 sharp the page is having trouble loading..

 

[mrblack927]

Well all this means is we won't take Apple's marketing as seriously next time.

There was a time when they actually understated most things. When they finally did the big reveal you were surprised (in a good way). I guess that time has passed. Now they're just going to abuse hyperbole like all the other consumer electronics companies.

 

[Bodypainter]

VERY disapointing. apple sucks!!!

 

[unclepunk]

*Y*A*W*N*

This announcement has actually made me dislike the Beatles!

 

[eddtr1]

what a anti-climax

 

[Poll Smoker]

Yay. The overrated Beatles. Who cares.

I want to hear more from the Star Wars nerd!

 

[essex sound lab]

I was secretly hoping for lossless tracks. I already own all the Beatles I need on CD and vinyl.

This is NOT exciting news for me.

I do wish Apple would make lossless versions available, even at higher cost (ala Musiczeit, what artists can choose todo on Bandcamp, etc.).

This doesn't feel like purchasing The Beatles collection, to me, if it's lossy. Not exactly the Beatles purchase of a lifetime. Boo.