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wax works · Post by **wax works** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:55 am

pheek wrote:
iainkerr7 wrote:
jackbrazzo wrote:why on earth would anyone actually buy tunes from a group and are disbanded over 20\30 years ago.

Suprised they havent been offered for free - they disbanded 20\30 years ago!
Do you think that in 20/30 years Drexciya's music should be free? Or Gangstarr's?
Good point. Although I doubt the profits Drexciya did over the years don't come close to what the Beattles did but that's not an excuse.

Oh for godsake... let's not get into the 786th thread about digital vs vinyl. Sooooooo fed up!

I was reading that the beatles still generate 10% of EMI's total income.
And have made over 1 billion record sales, wtf.

Their lyrics don't even mean anything!

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 10:20 am

iainkerr7 wrote:
pheek wrote:
iainkerr7 wrote:
jackbrazzo wrote:why on earth would anyone actually buy tunes from a group and are disbanded over 20\30 years ago.

Suprised they havent been offered for free - they disbanded 20\30 years ago!
Do you think that in 20/30 years Drexciya's music should be free? Or Gangstarr's?
Good point. Although I doubt the profits Drexciya did over the years don't come close to what the Beattles did but that's not an excuse.

Oh for godsake... let's not get into the 786th thread about digital vs vinyl. Sooooooo fed up!

I was reading that the beatles still generate 10% of EMI's total income.
And have made over 1 billion record sales, wtf.

Their lyrics don't even mean anything!

After 24 hours, 5 albums are now in the top 20 in USA of itunes. So I guess many people were looking forward to this (of course these people are not 'real' fans because they buy them digital, but they still buy them )

EDIT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8411741.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11013353

if it wasn't for Beatles, EMI would be more than dead by now, even 30-40 years after the last album.

ChrisCV · Post by **ChrisCV** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 10:41 am

i bet the resale value of the mp3s is massive. you get lyrics and pictures with em.

ChrisCV · Post by **ChrisCV** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 10:46 am

iainkerr7 wrote: Their lyrics don't even mean anything!

HELP!
HELP! I NEED SOMEBODY,
HELP! NOT JUST ANYBODY,
HELP! YOU KNOW I NEED SOMEONE, HELP.

I think lennon is trying to say he needs help?

ChrisCV · Post by **ChrisCV** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 10:54 am

have to also say.... don't mind a bit of the beatles... done some stone cold classics... and they got pretty experimental towards the end too...

favourites:
i'am the walrus
strawberry fields
yesterday
lucy in the sky with diamonds
sgt peppers lonely hearts club
etc
etc
etc

motf_118 · Post by **motf_118** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:15 pm

they've done some decent stuff but are overrated in my opinion

don't understand people who say they are the best band ever... we all know that accolade belongs to the stones

wax works · Post by **wax works** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:43 pm

motf_118 wrote:they've done some decent stuff but are overrated in my opinion

don't understand people who say they are the best band ever... we all know that accolade belongs to the stones

I would agree with everything you have said here.

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:54 pm

motf_118 wrote:they've done some decent stuff but are overrated in my opinion

don't understand people who say they are the best band ever... we all know that accolade belongs to the stones

they were the biggest band of the 60's, which was when pop music really got going.