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toooo little totoooooo late

Aren't they speaking about "Apple Records" and not "Apple Inc"?

@Viktor

Exactly.

..Apple reinvents the album...

Agreed, way too little way too late. Maybe they can sell us another boxed set of re-re-remastered Star Wars movies too.

The Beatles (as a group) have been gone almost as long as the Studebaker.

The Stude-who? You get the idea.

Sep 04, 08 - 06:01 pm Comment from: nekogami13

I and any Beatles fans already have the Beatles in iTunes and on our devices.

Why does the press keep trotting this out near any Apple event?
Who really cares about this?

Sep 04, 08 - 06:03 pm Comment from: joey

And on a related note, the "Acme Buggy Whip Company" has decided to release the remastered photo of their storefront on the day they closed shop.

I'd say that 90% of anybody who really wanted the Beatles has already found a way to get them. They screwed themselves out of millions. Maybe they were getting advice from RIAA?

Sep 04, 08 - 06:10 pm Comment from: alansky

@nekogami13:

The availability of Beatles music at the iTunes Store will help to introduce the Beatles to a new generation to music lovers, many of whom do not own any Beatles CD's and may know very little about the Beatles' music. Seeing "Across the Universe" does not qualify as a proper introduction to one of the most gifted musical groups of all time.

Sep 04, 08 - 06:20 pm Comment from: Mac-nugget

Good point alansky!

They better be good. On the bootleg side, Dr. Ebbets remasters are light years of anything Apple has put out. One would think they should be at least that good...

Sell it to Kwame. Wait, that asswipe is in jail.

Sep 04, 08 - 06:26 pm Comment from: DRM sucks

Nice for fans of the Beattles.

Otherwise meaningless.

Who Cares? If you are a fan...I suspect you ALREADY have them and if you aren't a fan I suspect you never will be. Besides I bet half those under the age of 30 don't know who they ARE!!

If it's DRM free they may have something.

If not, they may be surprised by the backlash it will generate.

Sep 04, 08 - 06:32 pm Comment from: MacRaven

Yeah, I've hauled my ass to Macworld too many times already in hopes of a Beatle sighting at a Keynote.

Sep 04, 08 - 06:33 pm Comment from: joey

They waited WAAAAY too long!

Everybody who enjoyed the Beetles is starting to die off. All to say, nobody cares what Apple Corps does with the Beetles because Apple Corps pulled a Butthead Astronomer (look it up) when they sued Apple Computer when the Steves names Apple Computer in honor of the Beetles and Apple Corp.

I care about Beatles as much as I care about last year's snow.

Enough of those Beatles already.
Haven't they made enough money? Isn't it time to give it all away for free?

Sep 04, 08 - 07:05 pm Comment from: Mac Daddy

The only benefit of having the Beatles catalog would be to expose the music to younger people and make some sales there.

Those of us who were born before they broke up probably bought the CDs when they (finally) came out. That took forever, too.

I certainly wouldn't buy any Beatles songs from iTunes - I have them already.

So many false starts, and now we hear of a 2009 release!? What's the point of this? Yes, the music is brilliant, but won't their (Apple's and the Beetles' estate) greed backfire to where people will avoid this en masse?

Unless, perhaps if they come up with a pre-installed iPod with a yellow submarine motif. That may have a sort of retro coolness about it.

Sep 04, 08 - 07:35 pm Comment from: lmack

As an older baby-boomer, I think that it's likely that a pre-loaded iPod Touch with some decent Beatles videos would sell well in the $500 range...

Sep 04, 08 - 07:48 pm Comment from: MacBill

Who cares about The Beatles at this point.

My ten-year-old daughter had her birthday party a few weeks ago. The girls wanted to karaoke so they were thinking of groups and songs they could sing to. One of the girls insisted a play The Beatles for them because they were her favorite group.

More people than you might imagine care about The Beatles.

WAY OFF TOPIC:

I just saw the first Gates/Seinfeld Microsoft ad. It was cute. Just an image ad telling us the "future" is gonna be good. Maybe Obama's team wrote it. Won't sell much.

Oh, and the ad ended with the Windowpane logo centered on a blank white screen.

Seemed familiar somehow.

More important to get it right, listeners will notice how much better the new Beatles stuff sounds. Reminds me of something else from the 60s, the early James Bond movies. The restored versions of Thunderball and Goldfinger, for example, look better and sound much better than they ever did in the theater.

ppl need to stop with the "Apple" Record against our company crap! please!

Sep 04, 08 - 09:28 pm Comment from: MizuInOz

@nekogami13

to respond to your query about dragging it up -

If they haven't got anything to report, then they report on what they haven't got!

Seems to be the way jorunos work today!

As for the Beatles on iTunes... Yaaaaaaaawwwwwnnnnnnnn...
I have everything they have ever produced... why buy it again? And I have it on my iTunes.

As for the youngens getting to be exposed to it - I am sure they have been already.

Koo koo ka shooo

Sep 04, 08 - 09:31 pm Comment from: iDon't

Do the Beatles do rap?

We're now complete. No Apple iPod event is complete without rumors of The Beatles coming on board.

Bring on the Macbook Touch.

Disapponted with AC/DC for not getting onboard with iTunes. They are only releasing it in two places. AC/DC's website and Wal-Mart offline.
I would have bought it.
Key word "would"

Sep 04, 08 - 10:13 pm Comment from: TheConfuzed1

I'm really getting tired of this rumor.

Apple and The Beatles just kiss and make up, if for no other reason, to make this stupid rumor go away!

I'm glad the Beatles are coming to iTunes. I am of the generation that grew up listening to them. I currently have 227 songs on my ipod touch. A few more might be nice. Thanks Paul and Apple Records.

Sep 04, 08 - 10:17 pm Comment from: Cubert

Holy crap, MDN!!! 35 articles today (and counting?)!!!

Man.....I'm not getting much sleep tonight.

Sep 04, 08 - 10:59 pm Comment from: MacBill

I didn't mean who cares about The Beatles in terms of their music (I love their music)... I meant who cares about them coming to iTunes at this point. It's been rumored for years and it's just a moot point this late in the game. Everybody who wants The Beatles on their iPod or in their iTunes collection already ripped it from a CD.

The Beatles could have generated considerable excitement by validating legal paid downloads about 3 years ago...but at this point...who cares...the validation occurred without them...they lost the opportunity to be viewed as forward-thinking...kind of a shame, because I love their music.

The Beatles are an evergreen product. They will always sell music.

Who? Never heard of them. Maybe the band should find a way to have their generation shove their music down all the younger generations throats, over and over and over and over and over.

The Beatles are an anomaly in that their influence is so pervasive they don't have to market to younger generations to sell their albums. My daughter and most of her friends are now into The Beatles at different levels but all of them became fans simply because of the all encompassing coolness of the Fab Four. They certainly didn't see or hear them on MTV or anywhere else. That said, The Beatles on iTunes isn't necessarily about sales but rather about image. And as far as remastering the albums, that will mostly appeal to music nerds (and I use that term with all due love and affection).

Sep 05, 08 - 01:04 am Comment from: Bitjockey

The Beatles collection should be made available on iTunes whenever it is ready and irregardless of how some individuals feel. Their music is now considered 'classic standard' and needs to be accessible to all. Thus it is news whether or not you feel like buying it. Personally, I would purchase the collection (maybe even a loaded iPod) because I never bought in to the $38 CD debacle and miss listening to their music in a modern format.

Sep 05, 08 - 01:12 am Comment from: Always Right

If you don't like the Beatles, you are FOCKED.

(Jeez, even 10 year olds like 'em)

BTW, it's "goo goo ga jube".

Asswipe.

Here's a really good version, though. By the Master.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVF66GVj8zU

Paul and Ringo, on the other hand, would rather cash in.

Sep 05, 08 - 08:17 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

The Beatles on iTunes will happen right after I open my bigfoot & chupacabra petting zoo on the shores of Loch Ness. Coming ± 2012

Sep 05, 08 - 09:07 am Comment from: Dude

Yawn is right.

I'm a fan of the Beatles thou no-where near what I once was.

My take: This is basically Paul trying to re-fight or at least gun shy of getting screwed over on the publishing rights in the 60's (originally) and the 80's (by Michael Jackson).

The other possibility is they are waiting (or were) for the divorce proceeding to be final from Heather.

Beatles on iTunes 5 years ago, major coup, today? not so much

To be honest I was more excited when Zeppelin finally made its way to iTunes.

He's a real nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.

Doesn't have a point of view,
Knows not where he's going to,
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere Man, please listen,
You don't know what you're missin',
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command.

He's as blind as he can be,
Just sees what he wants to see,
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?

Who is that cutie wearing the Snorg tee-shirt

Check out the you tube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37mFQwS3_zI

This is an excerpt from a WSJ story on 7/10/08:

Bloomie's Magical Mystery Tour

Bloomingdale's will be reviving the 1960s this holiday season with an assortment of apparel and accessories tied to the Beatles. The department-store chain signed a contract with Apple Corps., the London-based company that owns the Beatles music library, allowing it to sell exclusive Beatles-themed merchandise in its stores. The products -- including scarves, T-shirts, sweatshirts and a limited-edition Beatles iPod loaded with every Beatles song ever recorded -- will hit stores in mid-October. "There's also such a '60s music influence in fashion right now," says Bloomingdale's men's fashion director Kevin Harter.

I have all the Beatles album.....what I do is trying to teach my grandaughters about them as well as my students in High School. GOOD MUSIC, CLEAN LYRICS!!!!!!!!!!!

Sep 06, 08 - 07:16 pm Comment from: pocketRocket

@HeavyD

Thanks for the link. I really like the music from 'Lit'. Never heard of them before but am considering getting a couple of their albums now, not iTunes of course - until lossless becomes the prevalent format. Having the original CD to import future proofs me against audio codec advances. Not that I'm paranoid, I just like to buy my music once only.