The Beatles now on iTunes
 

As some know already, the Beatles are now on iTunes. This is good news to a lot of you, but I don't really care. :)

Remember on April 1, Rob made a joke post about defaults commands. One of these was enabling the Beatles on the iTMS.

Looks like we can scratch one off now…

It's Beatlemania all over again albeit of a virtual kind ;)

I would be excited if I didn't already own a good portion of their discography.

But hey, it's a new way for the younger generations to discover some really good music.

(Was REALLY hoping for those 90 second previews...but meh.)

AU$21 an album? Maybe if they're ever under $10 otherwise I can wait.

My dad commented in the car how there was another Beatlemania in the '90s because of the re-releases. Now, 20 years after… do you see a steady pattern?
- In the 60s and 70s, Beatlemania on vinyl
- In the 80s and 90s, Beatlemania on CD
- In the 00s and 10s, Beatlemania on MP3
Ha!

So Paul got a big enough cut or (more likely) someone slapped some sense into Yoko.

Yawn.

That brings to mind .... Elvis was big in the 50's, he was huge in the 60's and he was bloody enormous in the 70's!

no offence meant to any online Elvis fans ...

AU$36 for the White Album?? WTF?

Never heard of it :p What's on it anyway?

aus$20 = us$20 ... ??

Got to be off your nut to buy iTunes versions of Beatles.
You can pick up most of their CDs at charity shops for next to nothing !

I personally have never bought a single tune off iTunes.....but hey...that's me ( 3000 Vinyl records is more my thing ;-)

I agree, I have only purchased 1 song and 1 music video from the iTunes store. Geez, you must have an interesting collection ... how much room does 3000 LPs take up, I wonder?

;-) Too much....my good lady has made me whittle it down so only about 1500 in the living area ! Have it all stacked up very neatly and lots of bespoke storage which saves arguments....from time to time ;-) Most of the Punk, Metal, Rock and Goth is stored out of sight nowadays !

Overall.....Biggest Apple non event & flat as a pancake hype The Beatles on iTunes...yawn !

My older brother is a huge Beatles fan ... he is old enough to remember it all ... my other half, well she can't stand them ... me ... well, Paul McCartney's RAM was very influential during my teens.

Obviously the reason that Apple has made such a big deal about this is because of the bitter litigation history between Apple (Computers) Inc. and Apple (Beatles) Corp.

The Beatles remain as popular as ever. They were really the first band to pursue different musical styles; they also incorporated a lot of Liverpool/Irish folk music tradition; and with George Martin, they embraced a lot of innovative production techniques. There are very few pop bands that one can't trace some influence back to the Beatles. In a sense, they formalised what became pop music for decades.

I don't know how anyone can say they dislike The Beatles -- for one thing, they are so varied that you can't possibly dislike all of it; and if you did dislike it, you would have to rule a huge amount of other music too.

The other observation is about how Lennon & McCartney together were phenomenal; but apart, pretty ho-hum. The same can be said for a lot of song-writing duos.

I'd like to hear Christian material come out of the Fab Four.

Lady Madonna?

What is it about the prefix "Christian" to music that causes such an unfavourable reaction? "Christian Rock", etc.

It's interesting that music written for the church by composers such as Mozart, Palestrina, Bach, etc is rarely described as "Christian", unless in comparison to music of other religions.
Similarly, most Renaissance art is not termed "Christian" art, even though it may be pushing an agenda through the art.

I guess people don't like to think they're being preached to.

That overreaction conveys a colorful opinion (and is protected by free speech, etc.), but runs totally contrary to the actual facts.

There was very little "hype" other than that in the minds (and the mouths) of folks who wanted to feel their clouded perception was even relevant...

Tomorrow is just another day.
That you'll never forget.

Apparently people have forgotten how to read. There are two separate sentences there. The main message is clearly that "tomorrow is just another day". And the next sentence simply indicates that that fact will be remembered. [it's a bit of humor and irony... that's all.] But folks saw what they WANTED to see, and then worked themselves into a frenzy (for almost 24 hours).

The fact that some folks are ignorant of history does not alter the true significance of that history. Getting Beatles on iTunes was a huge score for Apple. HUGE! [in the context of the decades-long battle between Apple Corps. and Apple Inc.] Pluswhich, ether Google or Amazon could have been the first one to cross that victory line.

Most likely, folks who flamboyantly profess their dislike of the Beatles fall into one of two categories:

• non-musicians: those who don't play an instrument and probably don't compose music themselves. [i.e., unqualified to judge with any actual authority other than to express an opinion based on personal "taste".]
  
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• musicians: and ones who must be extremely unaware (ignorant) or simply unappreciative (egotistical a-holes).

[well... that's my opinion anyway. :rolleyes:]

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But i'm delighted that many people didn't "get it".
That just makes the occasion all the more special.

So few word that speak volumes ...

@ Hal Itosis ... It would have been outstanding if you had captured all of what you wrote into as few words as agentx ...

By its very nature, the Gospel endangers the world and therefore no one wants it - unless they're desperate. So therefore, Christian music is well hated by some people, tolerated by others and enjoyed by still others (like me).

You can have Christian music that sounds good. Anyone remember the metal of Stryper?

Volumes of nonsense.

So a clever teaser that sat online for less than 24 hours is "hype" now. [?]

Methinks thou doth protest too much.


Okay... here ya go: “It’s all in the mind.” —R. Starkey


Edit:

But actually, having to at least mention the decades-long battle between Apple Corps. and Apple Inc. to provide some proper perspective (and context) takes more than a few words.

Perhaps it was all the "volumes" of pooh-poohing that i've sifted through since the 16th that may have motivated the extended verbiage in my reply. Compared to those original two sentences Apple put up on their homepage, the mind-boggling reactions by millions of posters is what qualifies as "hype". [in my mind anyway.]

"Oops, I did it again" / "I never meant to hurt you"
 

@ Hal Itosis ... I must confess I haven't a clue what that meant ^

... I just liked that other members post more than yours I guess ... for a reason that's of no consequence now.

I do like however, fully comprehend the addition at the bottom of your post ... it has helped to resolve the sudden paranoia that gripped me as I read the first few sentences of your post ...

I don't like rubbing people up the wrong way and apologise if it came across that way in my previous post.

I'm going to add "The Beatles" to the list of things one should never talk about:

1) Religion
2) Politics
3) The Beatles

Fourth thing to add: problems with Apple Computers ;)

1. Politics
2. Religion
3. The Beatles
4. Problems with Apple Computers

Hey wait on a minute ... that would put an end to macoshints.com :(

Well, the forums perhaps, but… I meant around Windows and Linux likers ;)

@Hal Itosis
"overreaction" no "opinion" yes.
"hype" everything Apple does is pretty much hype.
"The fact that some folks are ignorant of history" I am not just completely not interested in ploughing any money into iTunes or Apple Corps.
"but i'm delighted that many people didn't "get it". I did i just dont give a **** about it ;-)

Anyway a lot of hot air over nothing is always great to see !

In the context of Beatles and Apple, i'm wondering why so many even think their opinion matters. What are your accomplishments (relative to those two entities)?

LOL. Well if they reformed at this stage to release some new material I think the half of the band that are actually deceased should be able to shed some light on the afterlife.

Hey, they could incorporate songs of angels and demons. Or write "Heaven and Hell" ;)