That “exciting announcement” “that you’ll never forget”? Apple finally negotiated rights to distribute the Beatles on iTunes. Something I find forgettable and not exactly exciting. But maybe I’m just a cranky whipper snapper whose needs were met when Metallica went digital in 2006.
Regardless, this “news” will surely go mainstream and I fully expect my mom will catch it on television tonight or in the paper tomorrow. Like many of her generation, she’s a Beatles fan. And, as an iPod owner, she might be interested in making a purchase. However, I take issue with $1.29 iTunes track pricing when distribution costs are effectively zero. Nothing to print, ship, or store. Yet I wouldn’t want Mom to feel nostalgic but left out.
So I ordered her a compilation CD of 27 Beatles tracks from Amazon for 8 bucks. She’ll get it Thursday and, thanks to the aforementioned iTunes, will have no problem ripping the music and syncing it to her nano.
