# The Beatles are on iTunes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873 "2010-11-16T17:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/1 "2010-11-16T17:20:36Z")
Finally! I have most of their albums on CD and look forward to being able to grab the remaining tracks I like and not have to then rip them to my hard drive. Unfortunately, iTunes seems slow as molasses at the moment and already crashed twice (bloated, horrible iTunes). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/2 "2010-11-16T17:27:00Z")
Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/3 "2010-11-16T17:34:05Z")
They even have the box set! At $149.00 with 14 albums, that seems like a steal. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/4 "2010-11-16T17:34:16Z")
So Apple’s day “we’ll always remember” is that the Beatles main catalog — the music we’ve all heard a billion times over — can now be purchased on iTunes! And I know the Beatles main catalog has been heard to death, but you really owe it to yourself to check out the gems in the _Live at the BBC_ and \*Anthology 1, 2, \*and _3_. And… though some people don’t care for it, their _Love_ mashups really do breathe some new life into these old standards, so… uh… oh. I guess none of these recent releases are available. O-kay. Well, since digital music on MP3 players is such a song-by-song experience, I’m sure that they’ll offer “single” versions of some of their music like “A Day in the Life,” “Dear Prudence” etc. for which I won’t have to hear the abrupt clipped fade-out into the mix… no? Well, I suppose that was unrealistically optimistic. Even though the late-80’s [John Lennon: Imagine](http://www.amazon.com/Imagine-Original-Soundtrack-John-Lennon/dp/B000002UTI) soundtrack included a _Day in the Life_ in that form. Well, with iTunes being one of the few(only?) ways to buy high-quality music videos, I’m actually thrilled that I’ll finally be able to buy a full set of Beatles music videos! I’ll just do a quick search… and… oh. So this announcement is just “Hey we mostly plugged the most obvious glaring omission in our catalog since it’s launch, but there’s nothing here that you haven’t been able to get anywhere else.” This will be one to tell the grandchildren about. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/5 "2010-11-16T17:52:33Z")
Frankly, I’m psyched (see my thread post a few minutes before this one). I have a lot of their albums already. What I don’t have are a few songs from other albums and love that I can buy them and not the whole album (like only getting a few tracks off the White album). So, for me, it’s a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/6 "2010-11-16T17:56:13Z")
FoxNews are all excited about it too: [http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/15/apple-itunes-gets-rights-beatles/](http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/15/apple-itunes-gets-rights-beatles/) Manchester? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/7 "2010-11-16T18:19:43Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > So, for me, it’s a good thing. For me, it’s certainly not a _bad_ thing. Merely an irrelevant thing. Maybe I’m just too young to realize how important the Beatles were but I just have to say “So What?” By the time I started becoming musically aware, John was already dead, we had Yoko making a steady stream of annoying sounds and _“Wings”_ was filling the airwaves. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/8 "2010-11-16T18:23:14Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > For me, it’s certainly not a _bad_ thing. Merely an irrelevant thing. > > Maybe I’m just too young to realize how important the Beatles were but I just have to say “So What?” By the time I started becoming musically aware, John was already dead, we had Yoko making a steady stream of annoying sounds and _“Wings”_ was filling the airwaves. I’m 35 and still love The Beatles. I can listen to their stuff over and over, get bored with them, then listen over and over again in a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/9 "2010-11-16T18:23:21Z")
Exactly. Tell me when the Bee Gee’s catalog is available! ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/10 "2010-11-16T18:31:16Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > I’m 35 and still love The Beatles. > > I can listen to their stuff over and over, get bored with them, then listen over and over again in a few years. More power to you then. I’m not known for my good taste in music and I’m certainly not going to begrudge you your happiness. I just simply don’t see it though. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/11 "2010-11-16T18:40:36Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > They even have the box set! At $149.00 with 14 albums, that seems like a steal. For that money I’d want an actual box. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/12 "2010-11-16T18:54:11Z")
Merged **B. Serum** ’s thread into **sparky!**'s. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/13 "2010-11-16T18:54:41Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > For that money I’d want an actual box. For that, you have to pay…less. The actual physical media boxset is on sale at Amazon for $130 right now in both stereo or mono, free shipping. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/14 "2010-11-16T18:58:09Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > So this announcement is just “Hey we mostly plugged the most obvious glaring omission in our catalog since it’s launch, but there’s nothing here that you haven’t been able to get anywhere else.” No, it’s more along the lines of “Hey, we finally convinced the Beatles’ trademark holders that selling the music online isn’t some scary boogeymonster to be afraid of.” For years they were convinced that once it went online, everyone would immediately be able to steal it. They seemed to be fully unaware of the fact that you could digitize music directly from CDs and share it with your friends. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/15 "2010-11-16T19:07:01Z")
Gee, If only John and George were alive to see it. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/16 "2010-11-16T19:45:44Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Gee, If only John and George were alive to see it. And Paul. He was the first to go. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/17 "2010-11-16T19:54:46Z")
Any idea how long it’s an iTunes exclusive? I really don’t want to give any of my money to Steve Jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/18 "2010-11-16T20:14:50Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Any idea how long it’s an iTunes exclusive? I really don’t want to give any of my money to Steve Jobs. If you want to buy it, why wouldn’t you just buy the physical media and make your own mp3s? For less money? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/19 "2010-11-16T20:21:40Z")
> [@Promethea](#): > > FoxNews are all excited about it too: > > … > > Manchester? :dubious: Don’t complain: at least they got the country right. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873/20 "2010-11-16T20:24:40Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > If you want to buy it, why wouldn’t you just buy the physical media and make your own mp3s? For less money? The convenience is nice. I hate going to a store, buying the CD, ripping it to my hard drive and then storing that plastic CD that I will never again touch, or take the time to sell it used somewhere. I long for the day when all media is digital. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-are-on-itunes/560873.md?page=2)