# Now the Beatles want to buy the rights to their songs back from MJ

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 23, 2001, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-beatles-want-to-buy-the-rights-to-their-songs-back-from-mj/94879 "2001-11-23T08:59:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-beatles-want-to-buy-the-rights-to-their-songs-back-from-mj/94879/21 "2001-11-24T03:10:50Z")

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Wow, that _is_ a good idea! 😉

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**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-beatles-want-to-buy-the-rights-to-their-songs-back-from-mj/94879/22 "2001-11-24T03:40:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by tevya \*
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> > \*Originally posted by jaimest \*
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> > \*\*It wasn’t simply a case of…
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> > Paul: I’d fancy a new Bentley…lets sell “She Loves You” and get a gear one.  
> > John: I’m game, we could always write more ya’ know.  
> > Ringo: I don’t like where this is headed…  
> > George: Me neither, I’ve only got “Don’t Bother Me” left.\*\*
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> …but if this conversation were to have taken place in 1984 then you’d have to substitue Yoko for John. Unless someone was channeling him from beyond the grave. \*\*

No I was alluding to the hypothetical original decision to sell the songs in the 1960’s, as related to me from a deleted scene in “Help!”…I have my sources!

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**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-beatles-want-to-buy-the-rights-to-their-songs-back-from-mj/94879/23 "2001-11-24T06:28:59Z")

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Feeling sorry for Paul is a bit like feeling sorry for A-Rod. [sub]Gee, sorry you didn’t get 300 mill, but…uhhh, you know how it is. [/sub]  
Artists tho they may be, but they need to get a handle on **bidness** , don’t ya know!

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-the-beatles-want-to-buy-the-rights-to-their-songs-back-from-mj/94879/24 "2001-11-24T07:09:46Z")

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i think “maggot” is a perfect description for Maggot Jackson. and that was a damn fine use of “indian-give” as a verb. keep up the good work, but don’t be using chainsaws for scooters. waste of material…

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