{"id":182,"date":"2010-11-16T11:24:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T16:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/wpblog\/?p=182"},"modified":"2012-07-15T19:57:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T23:57:51","slug":"we-can-work-it-out-john-lennons-prophetic-words-were-never-more-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/we-can-work-it-out-john-lennons-prophetic-words-were-never-more-true\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe Can Work it Out\u201d: John Lennon\u2019s Prophetic Words Were Never More True"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So you \u201cCan\u2019t Buy Me Love,\u201d but now that iTunes carries Beatles tunes, fans (read: everyone) can come close to it.<\/p>\n

Today, seven years after iTunes first opened its music catalog in April 2003, searching for \u201cBlackbird\u201d doesn\u2019t exclusively turn up an unfortunately operatic and very discernibly not<\/em> Paul McCartney cover by Evan Rachel Wood. <\/span><\/p>\n

While the news of full availability of Beatles music is enough to make anyone forget their credit card debt and click the iTunes \u201cPurchase\u201d button one too many times, the bigger news is that the full anthology, including every studio album, all A and B sides, the Past Masters <\/em>collection, and a collection of photos, liner notes, and documentaries, is available for $150. Christmas came early this year. <\/span><\/p>\n

Naturally, iTunes is milking this for all its worth (which is, admittedly, probably a lot). But who can blame them?\u00a0 Just two years ago, Paul\u00a0McCartney intimated to \u00a0Billboard<\/a> that those seeking a deal between Apple Computer and EMI, the label that previously had exclusive rights to the Beatles catalogue, had a long road ahead of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good thing those in the Beatles camp know a thing or two about \u201cA Hard Day\u2019s Night.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a teaser of the types of things iTunes is now offering on the Beatles, see the Apple<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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