Off Topic....I was driving home from Tucson, AZ to my home in Phoenix one evening. I had the top down, the heat on and the radio on. It was a cold clear desert evening and it looked as though you could see every star.
Without any intro, Paul McCartney's 20 second song, Lovely Linda came on. A song you never here on the radio....and I knew Linda had passed away. I thought it was so classy of the station to do that. And then there was a little bit of silence but still no mention or words from the DJ.
Made me cry!
FYI: for those of you who don't know they had a ranch in Tucson and that is where she chose to spend her last days. Also, in the '70's Paul just bashed that song out while setting his recording equipment up. What a talent!
Anyway back on topic...glad the Beatles are on iTunes
nice post
nice that the world can now feel the love of the beatles music
Actually she is a cheap bitch and not that "smart" when it comes to deals like this. It's rather well known that Yoko Ono cost Paul from owning the Beatles catalog and while she "haggled" over price M.Jackson swooped in and bought it. Yes it's another reason Paul hates Yoko and it's quite extensively reported on. Paul was willing to pay the asking price (which MJ ended up paying), but yoko wanted to go in as a partner and swore up and down she could get a deal, it's her trying to low ball the price that lost Paul the rights to his music.
I don't know if what you say is true, but what also happened is that McCartney told Michael Jackson that he was about to buy back the rights to the Beatles songs, and Jackson then went out behind Paul's back and bought them first.
I don't know if what you say is true, but what also happened is that McCartney told Michael Jackson that he was about to buy back the rights to the Beatles songs, and Jackson then went out behind Paul's back and bought them first.
E. That's how I remember it, too! Oh well. Paulie needs to write a memoir and make another billion and let's hear the truth about Yoko...my guess she was jealous of the hold over John that Paul had and He never really knew or used it!
I don't know if what you say is true, but what also happened is that McCartney told Michael Jackson that he was about to buy back the rights to the Beatles songs, and Jackson then went out behind Paul's back and bought them first.
I heard MJ asked Paul what he should invest his money in. Paul said song rights. I'm pretty sure that's true.
That kind of happened after Apple gave Fred Anderson the boot and pinned the whole back dating scandal on him. Anderson was Elevation Partners CEO or something to that effect.
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Definitely not after the crap Elevation Partners pulled with Palm, it's Pre and iTunes music syncing!
Having taken so long to get the Beatles' music onto iTunes, I doubt sales will be very high. Users, including myself, could simply import their CDs into iTunes. If so, the additional royalty compensation rate described in the report won't matter very much. It does give Apple a (minor?) marketing point for its devices.
Jesus Christ, are you serious?
The Beatles took over the top spots in iTunes album sales for several weeks after the launch.
Same deal with Michael Jackson. The people who said, "No one will buy this; all the MJ fans have already acquired the songs" were completely wrong.
It reportedly took a one-of-a-kind deal in which the band is directly paid royalties from song sales to bring the entire digital catalog of The Beatles to iTunes.
"That suggests the royalty split could be more lucrative for the Beatles than it would be under the typical provisions of a standard artist contract, which treat digital downloads as a retail sale," author Ed Christman wrote.
"In addition to a potentially more lucrative royalty rate, iTunes' direct payment of U.S. royalties to the Beatles and Sony/ATV would give the band greater accounting transparency over their iTunes sales than they would if EMI distributed the royalties," the report said.
So for all the social ills, the power of "the man", and protests and causes that they either wrote songs about or used their fame towards, when all was said and sung, the bottom line was M.O.N.E.Y.! Look at all the beguiled dolts, myself included, who believed and hyped them as something they were not. In the end, they were and still are just out for the buck!
Talented? Absolutely!
Entertaining? You bet!
Hypocrites? Apparently!
Kind of takes the wind out of your sail. Wonder how much John got paid by the non-military complex for his bed-sleep-in with Yoko to protest the war?
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Off Topic....I was driving home from Tucson, AZ to my home in Phoenix one evening. I had the top down, the heat on and the radio on. It was a cold clear desert evening and it looked as though you could see every star.
Without any intro, Paul McCartney's 20 second song, Lovely Linda came on. A song you never here on the radio....and I knew Linda had passed away. I thought it was so classy of the station to do that. And then there was a little bit of silence but still no mention or words from the DJ.
Made me cry!
FYI: for those of you who don't know they had a ranch in Tucson and that is where she chose to spend her last days. Also, in the '70's Paul just bashed that song out while setting his recording equipment up. What a talent!
Anyway back on topic...glad the Beatles are on iTunes
nice post
nice that the world can now feel the love of the beatles music
"The arrival of The Beatles on iTunes was a long and difficult road,"
But was it winding?
grrr you beat me to it ...
Wow if that's true about MJ willing the rights back to Paul...what a magnanimous gesture on MJ's part!
I suspect it's an old internet leg pull sadly.
http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/07/08...ackson-rights/
Uh, might want to check the batteries in your calculator, 20 to 25% of $1.29 is not 17 to 22.5 cents........
It's 20 to 25% of what the label gets from Apple - said to be 90 cents for a $1.29 song. So the 17 to 22.5 cents figure is right.
Actually she is a cheap bitch and not that "smart" when it comes to deals like this. It's rather well known that Yoko Ono cost Paul from owning the Beatles catalog and while she "haggled" over price M.Jackson swooped in and bought it. Yes it's another reason Paul hates Yoko and it's quite extensively reported on. Paul was willing to pay the asking price (which MJ ended up paying), but yoko wanted to go in as a partner and swore up and down she could get a deal, it's her trying to low ball the price that lost Paul the rights to his music.
I don't know if what you say is true, but what also happened is that McCartney told Michael Jackson that he was about to buy back the rights to the Beatles songs, and Jackson then went out behind Paul's back and bought them first.
I suspect it's an old internet leg pull sadly.
http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/07/08...ackson-rights/
Yep, D. You're probably right!
I don't know if what you say is true, but what also happened is that McCartney told Michael Jackson that he was about to buy back the rights to the Beatles songs, and Jackson then went out behind Paul's back and bought them first.
E. That's how I remember it, too! Oh well. Paulie needs to write a memoir and make another billion and let's hear the truth about Yoko...my guess she was jealous of the hold over John that Paul had and He never really knew or used it!
nice post
nice that the world can now feel the love of the beatles music
Thanks B. It was a really moving experience! BTW it's one of my favorite songs!
Nice of you to say!
Best
PS. Where exactly, are the, "Methane seas of Neptune?" Neptune, right?
I don't know if what you say is true, but what also happened is that McCartney told Michael Jackson that he was about to buy back the rights to the Beatles songs, and Jackson then went out behind Paul's back and bought them first.
I heard MJ asked Paul what he should invest his money in. Paul said song rights. I'm pretty sure that's true.
This is a big who cares story! I don't know why Steve Jobs cares so much about this.
They're the biggest selling music group ever. Some may not be interested but to not recognize it's worth is silly.
Definitely not after the crap Elevation Partners pulled with Palm, it's Pre and iTunes music syncing!
Having taken so long to get the Beatles' music onto iTunes, I doubt sales will be very high. Users, including myself, could simply import their CDs into iTunes. If so, the additional royalty compensation rate described in the report won't matter very much. It does give Apple a (minor?) marketing point for its devices.
Jesus Christ, are you serious?
The Beatles took over the top spots in iTunes album sales for several weeks after the launch.
Same deal with Michael Jackson. The people who said, "No one will buy this; all the MJ fans have already acquired the songs" were completely wrong.
Jesus Christ, are you serious?
The Beatles took over the top spots in iTunes album sales for several weeks after the launch.
Same deal with Michael Jackson. The people who said, "No one will buy this; all the MJ fans have already acquired the songs" were completely wrong.
Yes I am, and thanks for calling me Jesus Christ
It reportedly took a one-of-a-kind deal in which the band is directly paid royalties from song sales to bring the entire digital catalog of The Beatles to iTunes.
"That suggests the royalty split could be more lucrative for the Beatles than it would be under the typical provisions of a standard artist contract, which treat digital downloads as a retail sale," author Ed Christman wrote.
"In addition to a potentially more lucrative royalty rate, iTunes' direct payment of U.S. royalties to the Beatles and Sony/ATV would give the band greater accounting transparency over their iTunes sales than they would if EMI distributed the royalties," the report said.
So for all the social ills, the power of "the man", and protests and causes that they either wrote songs about or used their fame towards, when all was said and sung, the bottom line was M.O.N.E.Y.! Look at all the beguiled dolts, myself included, who believed and hyped them as something they were not. In the end, they were and still are just out for the buck!
Talented? Absolutely!
Entertaining? You bet!
Hypocrites? Apparently!
Kind of takes the wind out of your sail. Wonder how much John got paid by the non-military complex for his bed-sleep-in with Yoko to protest the war?