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The Beatles Are Coming to Apple Music on Christmas Eve
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I'd actually go on to say that they were the first rock group rather than first boy band. Boy bands don't tend to write their own songs and play instruments, they tend to just have good singing voices, have their songs penned for them and dance around on stage because they have to fill the void left by the instruments.
They really don’t though. They are three very talented musicians and a drummer.
They are however, not as good as people will have you believe.
Oh please...
Apple's ability to turn the most mundane into "news" that's "exciting" never ends
This isn't just apple news.. streaming on other platforms as well.
Does anyone know if Paul Mcartney music will stream as well?
It all began with, Lisztomania
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/22/141617637/how-franz-liszt-became-the-worlds-first-rock-star
So many hot takes on the Beatles ITT.
I finally realized I have made a mistake enjoying their music for 20+ years now, but I will rectify it by listening to more influential and talented groups/artists such as Iron Maiden, Damon Albarn, and the RHCP.
It's okay, once the ignorant people in this thread finally go back to what they think is more influential than the Beatles, perhaps they will finally realize virtually everything they listen to had somewhat of an influence from them.
Why all the hate? Because front page macrumors articles are full of the whiniest people on earth. It's insufferable lately.
The Beatles were talented, creative musicians but I don't see them as being super influential.
I think as artists the Beatles peaked with Revolver, tossing Mr Roberts, which sounded like an earlier session outtake and including For Know One from the Peppers album which was obviously recorded during the Revolver sessions. This was pop/rock realism with a happy tune, Yellow Submarine, tosses in for a little diversion and ending with probably one of rock's greatest accidental masterpieces, Tomorrow Never Knows. I also think Day In The Life was a subliminal hold over from Revolver. This album will always stand as their best work. One cannot talk about the Beatles without mentioning the huge contribution by George Martin. Without George Martin the Beatles floundered.
There were more influential musicians in pop/rock than the Beatles.
1. Don Van Vliet.
2. The Ramones
3. The Velvet Undergtround
4. Elvis Presley(Sun Records)
5. Buddy Holly
6. And many more.....
The Beatles had their moment and brought joy to many. They do deserve a certain amount of respect from all in music no matter one's tastes.
I think as artists the Beatles peaked with Revolver, tossing Mr Roberts, which sounded like an earlier session outtake and including For Know One from the Peppers album which was obviously recorded during the Revolver sessions. This was pop/rock realism with a happy tune, Yellow Submarine, tosses in for a little diversion and ending with probably one of rock's greatest accidental masterpieces, Tomorrow Never Knows. I also think Day In The Life was a subliminal hold over from Revolver. This album will always stand as their best work. One cannot talk about the Beatles without mentioning the huge contribution by George Martin. Without George Martin the Beatles floundered.
There were more influential musicians in pop/rock than the Beatles.
1. Don Van Vliet.
2. The Ramones
3. The Velvet Undergtround
4. Elvis Presley(Sun Records)
5. Buddy Holly
6. And many more.....
The Beatles had their moment and brought joy to many. They do deserve a certain amount of respect from all in music no matter one's tastes.
I love the Beatles.
I was over in Manhattan for my 40th last week and had to visit Central Park, Strawberry Fields on the anniversary of his death. What a sombre tone, yet people were paying their respects (as they do every day). People playing beatles music, even went to the location where JL was shot
I was over in Manhattan for my 40th last week and had to visit Central Park, Strawberry Fields on the anniversary of his death. What a sombre tone, yet people were paying their respects (as they do every day). People playing beatles music, even went to the location where JL was shot
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I'm hardly an audiophile but 128kbps still sounds like garbage. 256 AAC and better is good for me.Don't worry, majority of people who claim to be audiophiles will not know the difference. If you can afford reference grade headphones, and the right dac/amp, yeah bad recording come out....]
For most with apple buds.....HD music or a bad rip sounds about the same
I believe that copyright is not a natural property right. You cannot own what someone else has in their head. Once you express music, it will be beyond your control and can be a source of inspiration and enjoyments for others. The only thing that prevents people from just making copies of the same work is the law itself. With digitalised music, it's literally just bits that make up a work. Compare this to a painting, you can make a copy of a painting, but it will never be the original work. You can hold on to a painting forever, just as you can hold on to a vinyl, but you can never control the music itself.
To some extent that is reasonable, to protect and nurture the artistry, but for works that were made in the 60s, there should be no one who owns the rights anymore, especially with something as culturally important as Beatles' songs. Copyright nowadays extends to 70 years after death of the artist. This is beyond ludicrous and does not promote the artistry as such. In fact, copyright is doing a disserve at this point when it prevents people from getting access to music that society at large benefitted from, especially considering that a lot of wealth has been generated for the artists already.
Did you know that you can download lots of ebooks at Apple iBooks that are now in the public domain? Important books of science and philosophy and lots of classic fiction. I really like the concept of public domain and it is so underused in digital media. Think of all the media that you will never see again, because copyright owners do not make it available. Should society not a have right to those works after a while?
FLAC doesn't sound noticeably better than MP3. Main reason people love FLAC is for archiving music, and people who say they hear a difference with FLAC are sound snobs.