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Cue the comments about no one caring about the Beatles' music, either as a group, or solo.

(What's up with the "Sorry, we can't accept your comments at this time?)

That should earn Apple some instant karma.

Well, at least Steve is probably very happy today and a happy Steve can only mean cool stuff for us in the future.

Ha. Take that, McCartney. The solo catalogue from the Beatle that actually mattered.

MDN I am deeply offended that you used the Y--- word in this article. Please keep this site work safe.

Y _ _ _ O _ _ - gawd how I despised her. Sadly many of his solo efforts have her yowling like a scalded cat in the background. It still sends chills down my spine.

Whatever gets you through the night...

Are these 256bit or 128?

Happily, iTunes is not carrying John and Yoko's "Two Virgins" album.

I never got the "I hate Yoko" thing.

Yoko was cool. She was certainly no musician, but she did interesting things... performance art, etc. By the time she came along, the B's were already starting to move in separate directions.

So, what's the beef with Yoko?

I dig Yoko. She's an artist. But would gladly support a moratorium on, say, Stevie Nicks....

I was on the bay bridge when I heard the sad news back in '82. Then Philip K. Dick wrote a book where the main character was on the bay bridge when she heard the sad news of John Lennon's assasination.

(singing) Where were you?

Yoko is cool!

and apparently she brought Lennon much love and happiness!

http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/showstickets/love/diary/redcarpet.htm

Welcome aboard, John (and Yoko)! The world needs more artists like you today.

Semaphore - It was 1980.

not 82.

Lennnon on iTunes, Imagine that...

Okay, we got Lennon. Now where's Lenin?

Don't you hate these fakey, stale, nonsense press releases manufactured by a group of morons in the PR office? Damn, and get rid of that awful word 'thrilled'.

New on iTunes: The Complete Ono

1: Eeeeeee
2: yaya Ya!
3: Don't sit on it, Don't sit on it, Don't sit on it, Don't sit on it.
4: Razor Pig
5: Variations on Ooo ahpee ahpee
6: The Darkness of Ouch
7: White Noise, More White Noise
8: Chalk Board Symphony
9: Blood Glass Death Flower
10: 56 minutes of Overhead Fan
11: Ono Louder

Bash Yoko all you want, but her music made possible a lot of the music you hear today. Curent musicians constantly refer to her as a major influence in their music.

"Bash Yoko all you want, but her music made possible a lot of the music you hear today."

That explains the hives. THANKS!

And yet, you may be on to something. Audio engineers need strong samples for developing quality sound filters. Too bad so many dogs had to suffer needlessly.
I'm still waiting for that film on wind.

From the Foundation of Bowlers Filled with Perfume and a Floating Plum.

"So, what's the beef with Yoko?"

A lot of the emnity for Ono comes from the perception that she "broke up the Beatles." A careful reading of the group's history shows that the Lennon/McCartney relationship was essentialy disfunctional before Ono and Lennon became a couple, but for the general public it's a more compelling storyline to say that it was the woman's fault.

On top of that, Paul was hardly blameless. He pushed for his father-in-law to become the band's new manager, and made them record songs they couldn't stand, like "Obladi, Oblada" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer".

I'll be buying some of these albums. Some of Lennon's LPs were my favorite to check out of the library when I was a kid.

We are thrilled to be thrilled

OK, 1982. Sorry. Metric to English conversion always confuses me, just like the Mars rover engineers.

@ 1980

so he did not hear about it for 2 years - give the guy a break! He was busy.
LOL

We landed on the moon?

John Lennon is cool. What about Jack Lemon?

@ChrissyOne

You know, Diet Coke forced through the nasal passages hurts...

MDN MW = 'bill' - No shit! How do they do that?

@ChrissyOne

LMAO! Thanks, tears in my eyes.

I have a problem with Yoko Ono, but it has nothing to do with her relationship with John. Instead, it is the way Julian Lennon has been treated following John's death. She has deliberately attempted to shut him out of the Lennon legacy instead of embracing him as an equal Lennon son to her own Sean.

Of course, we as outsiders can only base our conclusions on what information is available.

Imagine,

I totally agree with you. I am sick of hearing the word "thrilled" in press announcements.

"Bash Yoko all you want, but her music made possible a lot of the music you hear today. Curent musicians constantly refer to her as a major influence in their music."

Now that's funny!

Hey, if John loved Yoko, it isn't up to me or you to question it. She maybe wasn't my cup 'o tea, but you gotta respect the man his own choices. Besides, most of John's good solo stuff that was really memorable wasn't ruined by her yowling. Definately worth catching up with on iTunesMS.

BTW Steve J - I'd be more "thrilled" if the stock wasn't taking it in the shorts right about now...

For the record, I *love* Yoko for her freakish weirdness. Her new album of collaborations is actually pretty good! If not for Yoko and her ilk, I'm sure there would be no Björk. And that would be a sad world indeed.

John thought Yoko was great and she lead him into some interesting places for his head.

As visualist, I know that she was a brilliant conceptualist & an important 20th century artist that would be remembered in the Art world if she would have never met John.

"Sometime in NYC" is brilliant and Yoko adds an intensity that John was looking for.

John was sometimes too obtuse for the general public, but Yoko got the "joke" and played along when he went way out there. That alone makes her cool.

@ ChrissyOne

You actually used the umlaut in Björk? You are a MAC lemming. You Apple heads think you're so superior with your accurate use of special characters and fonts and such. Whatever. It makes me miss DOS that much more. At least with DOS you don't have all that namby pamby typography to deal with.

The best part about the Lennon thing is the music is DRM free so I can play them on my magnificent Zune.

Your potential. Our passion.™

John Lennon was a self absorbed arrogant pop-star who was not in touch with reality. Have you been watching the Beatles documentary on BBC?

He was not anti-establishment. He was part of the establishment.

Nostalgia always clouds perceptions of reality.

That's it, Yukko Oh-No! Fight the power and stick it to the MAN!

You all know who the MAN is, right?

I already have Lennon Legend and love it, but glad to see it on iTunes. John was the philosopher/artiste of the group and sometimes went way off the reservation. Try reading his books. But he stayed true to himself to the end and Double Fantasy is a beautiful tribute to his family.

Yoko didn't break up the Beatles. They were already acting as solo artists on the White Album and Let It Be. I don't care for her "vocal stylings", but I love Bjork.

Did anyone see Green Day sing "Working Class Hero"? They hit it right on the nailhead. I was surprised by how they captured the grimness and desperateness of the song. Made my hair stand up on the back of my neck. John would have been proud I think.

"John Lennon was a self absorbed arrogant pop-star who was not in touch with reality. Have you been watching the Beatles documentary on BBC?"

Nope, I know how he affected me and the people around me...

"Nostalgia always clouds perceptions of reality."

Knowing the past by having lived it is not the same as nostalgia, & probably a better measure of His impact than some muck raker expose done 30 years later.

Now go ask mom for a poptart & leave the musical discussions to those with more knowledge than a TV show to make their opinions.


kids these days

Now go ask mom for a poptart & leave the musical discussions to those with more knowledge than a TV show to make their opinions. kids these days

I was alive and well. Your assumption that I have no real living history with the Beatles' music and times is presumptuous and inaccurate.

My comment was on Lennon the man, not music.

It's time for John and Elvis to come out of hiding and start working again. Yeah, yeah...I know they left the room.

"I was alive and well. Your assumption that I have no real living history with the Beatles' music and times is presumptuous and inaccurate."

More presumptuous than calling someone a "self absorbed arrogant pop-star" from stuff you learned second or third hand from TV and some articles?

"My comment was on Lennon the man, not music."

Did you hang out with him & make up your own mind from experience???

Or are you just trying to be "hip" by pissing on the image that other knowledgeable people revere?

not impressed.

[Ah, if Zune Tang's subconcious could speak out]

The best part about the Lennon thing is the music is DRM free [THANK YOU APPLE] so I can play them on my magnificent Zune [OR THE MANGANAMOUS Ipod.

Your tunes. My Zune.™

@ Zune Tang
"You actually used the umlaut in Björk?"

Hmmm... Interesting that you would notice that (not to mention the irony of using it yourself). I wonder if this is a clue to your real identity, or just random internet synchronicity? Or maybe we both just read the same blogs.

Interesting.

-c