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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Another Bealtes? |
| Date | Wed, 04 Aug 2004 01:03:27 -0400 |
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At 08:49 PM 8/3/2004 -0700, Barry S. wrote:
>Gee Jaimie, you have such great things to say . . . usually. These
>however make no sense to me at all.
>
>> 1) It was Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" that was sent up in the
>> Voyager explorer to the other side of the galaxy....NOT the Beatles.
>It's
>> all about frame of reference.
>
>So, a couple of dude at NASA liked the irony of that selection, or maybe
>they actually liked the record. That says zero about history.
Historical Accuracy Dept: It's "Johnny B. Goode" that was on the Voyager,
along with bits of Mozart's "The Magic Flute," a bunch of native folk
musics, natural sounds and, most interestingly for me, Blind Willie
Johnson's "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground." No Beatles, no Floyd.
>
>> 2) With the exception of Queen and The Dave Clark Five, The Beatles
>were
>> nearly the last hold out to join the CD revolution.
>
>There were CDs when the Beatles and the Dave Clark 5 were recording?
>Can't say that I remember that.
He's saying -- clearly enough, I thought -- that it took frickin' forever
for any Beatles records to be reissued on CD, and only Queen and the DC5
took longer among the major big-selling bands.
>
>> 3) The Beatles "template" will not survive the Internet.....as they've
>> balked at the idea of MP3 downloads on any website other than Apple
>Records.
>
>I know nothing about what is or is not on Apple Records' website (okay,
>I didn't even know there was such a site) but every Beatle recording
>imaginable is available all over the net.
And Apple Records will sue your ass off if they catch you downloading them.
The Beatles' music is not available for LEGAL download anywhere.
>I am no more a seer than you are, so you could be right. Richard and
>Howe were hardly cultural touchstones (at least in the US), so Gretzky's
>catapulting over them in hockey's recordbooks is not a good analogy.
I still consider Tim Horton to be hockey's premier cultural touchstone.
Screw the Leafs, gimme an apple fritter and a large coffee to go.
S
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