“Compelling evidence has surfaced that 1 Infinite Loop and Abbey Road are almost ready to bury the hatchet, as both Apple firms drop hints that they may at last bring the legendary music catalogue of The Beatles to iTunes,” Aidan Malley reports for AppleInsider.
Malley reports, “Potentially ending decades of pent-up animosity, Apple Inc. and record label Apple Corps may be on the verge of announcing a crucial deal that would give the Cupertino-based iPod maker the first shot at online distribution of Beatles songs, according to discoveries made by Electronista.
“Citing a source speaking with Beatles news outlet Abbey Road Best, the technology news website claims that the once bitter opponents have mended fences and are preparing an exclusive campaign that would further cement iTunes’ position at the apex of the online music industry,” Malley reports.
Malley reports, “Under the terms of the purported deal, Apple Corps would make at least some of the British rock group’s music collection available through iTunes on Valentine’s Day, providing a convenient means of promoting the band’s recent Cirque du Soleil project, Love. The deal would not only grant Apple Inc. one of the most coveted distribution agreements in modern music history, but would also afford the company a valuable weapon against its challengers, according to the report.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Bev M.” for the heads up.]
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All of those Beatles music demos – “look at that beautiful album art” – at the iPhone introduction should have been a big indicator that this was coming.
Did anyone other than me notice Steve Jobs’ music picks when he was demoing the iPhone? “Lovely Rita” and “With a Little Help from My Friends” from Sgt. Pepper’s…
Let it be…
Steve should have made Phil Schiller dress up as a walrus.
Mac n’ cheese — Indeed, I was expecting Steve to announce they were adding the Beatles to iTunes after that keynote. It really looked like they were setting that expectation intentionally.
No, Mac n’ Cheese, you were the only one who noticed.
Mac n’Cheese: everyone in my entourage noticed that. Heck, we were actually also expecting – as duper above – the announcement that “you can have those beautiful album arts from Beatles NOW”.
Indeed, those hints were quite too explicit: we asked exactly who is this Rita in Apple Corps that must have been instrumental and helpful to iron out all the kinks and heal old wounds between the two Apples.
is a Limitd edition Beatles iPod
just a little help from my friends
steve is not gonna wait to release this until when he’s 64.
All (Apple Inc. and Apple Corps) need is love!
ntro, to the opening bars of “La Marseillaise” (French National Anthem):
Since they took away my credit card,
Now I find life is… very hard
Cash, cash, cash
Cash, cache, stash
Cash, flash, splash
There’s nothing that you want that can be bought
No way should you steal; you might be caught
Nothing you can swipe when you don’t have the card with the stripe
Feels queasy
Nothing you can make that can’t be spent
No way you can save a single cent
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to pay due on time
No freebies
All you need is cash
Yes, indeed, Ms., cash
What you bleed is cash, cash
Cash is all you need
Cash, cash, cash
White trash: cash
Hash bash: cash
All you need is cash
Pay for weed with cash
Must proceed with cash, cash
Cash is what you need
Nowhere you can go on looks alone
No place out of which you won’t be thrown
Nowhere you can be that’s worth a hoot and yet, is free
Believe me
Fill their greed with cash
Pay for deed with cash
Can’t you read, Bud? Cash! Cash!
Cash is what you need
All I use is cash (All together, now!)
I buy booze with cash (Everybody!)
Pay for screws with cash, yeah,
Cash is all I use
Cash is all I use (cash is all I use)
Cash is what I choose (cash is what I choose)
Cash is how I cruise (cash is how I cruise)
Cash is what I ooze (cash is what I ooze)
Cash, I much diffuse (cash, I much diffuse)
Cash, I got the blues (cash, I got the blues)
Cash, I pay my dues (cash, I pay my dues)
Cash is what I lose (cash is what I lose)
Cash, I pay what’s whose (cash, I pay what’s whose)
Cash, they can’t refuse (cash, they can’t refuse)
Cash is all I use
Yee-hai!
Cash, I much abuse
Cash, in greenish hues
It’s payday…
Cash, no debt accrues
Oh…
Cash, like blood transfuse
Oh, yeah!
You need cash, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pay heed: cash, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cash inside my shoes
Cash, I much misuse
Cash, they all enthuse
Cash gets rave reviews
© 2007 Tommy Turtle
ntro, to the opening bars of “La Marseillaise” (French National Anthem):
Since they took away my credit card,
Now I find life is… very hard
Cash, cash, cash
Cash, cache, stash
Cash, flash, splash
There’s nothing that you want that can be bought
No way should you steal; you might be caught
Nothing you can swipe when you don’t have the card with the stripe
Feels queasy
Nothing you can make that can’t be spent
No way you can save a single cent
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to pay due on time
No freebies
All you need is cash
Yes, indeed, Ms., cash
What you bleed is cash, cash
Cash is all you need
Cash, cash, cash
White trash: cash
Hash bash: cash
All you need is cash
Pay for weed with cash
Must proceed with cash, cash
Cash is what you need
Nowhere you can go on looks alone
No place out of which you won’t be thrown
Nowhere you can be that’s worth a hoot and yet, is free
Believe me
Fill their greed with cash
Pay for deed with cash
Can’t you read, Bud? Cash! Cash!
Cash is what you need
All I use is cash (All together, now!)
I buy booze with cash (Everybody!)
Pay for screws with cash, yeah,
Cash is all I use
Cash is all I use (cash is all I use)
Cash is what I choose (cash is what I choose)
Cash is how I cruise (cash is how I cruise)
Cash is what I ooze (cash is what I ooze)
Cash, I much diffuse (cash, I much diffuse)
Cash, I got the blues (cash, I got the blues)
Cash, I pay my dues (cash, I pay my dues)
Cash is what I lose (cash is what I lose)
Cash, I pay what’s whose (cash, I pay what’s whose)
Cash, they can’t refuse (cash, they can’t refuse)
Cash is all I use
Yee-hai!
Cash, I much abuse
Cash, in greenish hues
It’s payday…
Cash, no debt accrues
Oh…
Cash, like blood transfuse
Oh, yeah!
You need cash, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pay heed: cash, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cash inside my shoes
Cash, I much misuse
Cash, they all enthuse
Cash gets rave reviews
© 2007 Tommy Turtle
ntro, to the opening bars of “La Marseillaise” (French National Anthem):
Since they took away my credit card,
Now I find life is… very hard
Cash, cash, cash
Cash, cache, stash
Cash, flash, splash
There’s nothing that you want that can be bought
No way should you steal; you might be caught
Nothing you can swipe when you don’t have the card with the stripe
Feels queasy
Nothing you can make that can’t be spent
No way you can save a single cent
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to pay due on time
No freebies
All you need is cash
Yes, indeed, Ms., cash
What you bleed is cash, cash
Cash is all you need
Cash, cash, cash
White trash: cash
Hash bash: cash
All you need is cash
Pay for weed with cash
Must proceed with cash, cash
Cash is what you need
Nowhere you can go on looks alone
No place out of which you won’t be thrown
Nowhere you can be that’s worth a hoot and yet, is free
Believe me
Fill their greed with cash
Pay for deed with cash
Can’t you read, Bud? Cash! Cash!
Cash is what you need
All I use is cash (All together, now!)
I buy booze with cash (Everybody!)
Pay for screws with cash, yeah,
Cash is all I use
Cash is all I use (cash is all I use)
Cash is what I choose (cash is what I choose)
Cash is how I cruise (cash is how I cruise)
Cash is what I ooze (cash is what I ooze)
Cash, I much diffuse (cash, I much diffuse)
Cash, I got the blues (cash, I got the blues)
Cash, I pay my dues (cash, I pay my dues)
Cash is what I lose (cash is what I lose)
Cash, I pay what’s whose (cash, I pay what’s whose)
Cash, they can’t refuse (cash, they can’t refuse)
Cash is all I use
Yee-hai!
Cash, I much abuse
Cash, in greenish hues
It’s payday…
Cash, no debt accrues
Oh…
Cash, like blood transfuse
Oh, yeah!
You need cash, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pay heed: cash, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cash inside my shoes
Cash, I much misuse
Cash, they all enthuse
Cash gets rave reviews
© 2007 Tommy Turtle
64 and still be working at Apple Inc.
Phil is dead.
and in the end
the love you get is equal to the love
you make
Much better than last year’s Valentine’s Day present – Oompa Loompa.
Does that mean we get the solo stuff as well?
“Yeah, Baby!” The new “Beatles” limited edition iPod will appropriately have the iPhone form factor.
the walrus was steve
effwerd: LOL!
I’ll go out on a limb and wager that there will be Beatles songs on iTunes before there is ever a Beatles reunion tour. Wouldn’t it be ironic if Paul becomes the last living band member?
Am I the only one who thinks The Beatles music is overrated?
Nowhere Man, please listen, you don’t know what you’re missin’…
No, MacBill, you are not the only one…there are a few other numbskulls out there, besides you. Now, go listen to more of your Justin Timberlake record.