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My understanding of "the

LisB — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:14:39 +0000

My understanding of "the Lennon estate" is that Yoko has most rights, and carefully chooses what images, etc. get out there. There was a controversy over a Citroen ad this year, for instance:

http://www.nme.com/news/john-lennon/50054

But from what she has said in interviews and in the PBS documentary this week, I get the feeling that Yoko has a lot of control over how and why John's images, et.al. are used.

And, quite frankly, I trust her judgment.

I had never heard that

Orion — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:51:52 +0000

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I had never heard that Beatles songs were not allowed in movie soundtracks, but it does make sense. I have to wonder about John Lennon's appearance in Forrest Gump, though. Was that a deal with the Lennon estate?

For being largely absent from much of my generation's entertainment, the Beatles have maintained a strong, strong following.

Thanks, Lis.I think we'll all

Doctor Cleveland — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:05:00 +0000

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Thanks, Lis.

I think we'll all have a lot of reminders about John in two weeks. But sad anniversaries aside, every iPod could use some Instant Karma.

I had recorded the

Oxy Mora — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:24:04 +0000

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I had recorded the Masterpiece thing and tried to watch it tonight--it was awful, couldn't finish it. But the other piece, How the Beatles rocked the Kremlin was great.

I laugh in the face of

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:54:34 +0000

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I laugh in the face of Itunes..... she raises her fist in the air! Hah, I put all my Beatles on my music server a long damn time ago, transferring from albums to my software then upload to the music server. I paid once long ago for that music, and I won't be paying for it again, thank you very much. Let me just add, it took forever to do the transfers the rendering, etc.... but it was well worth the effort.

I heard the same thing about

Donal — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:03:00 +0000

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I heard the same thing about Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Deano's stuff is in all sorts of commercials, Sinatra's is much harder to find.

I spent $10 last week buying

LisB — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:00:25 +0000

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I spent $10 last week buying a few of my most favorite Beatles songs for my iPod and then left it that. One, a lot of people I know have already got a good CD collection I can rip from, as you pointed out, and two, I'm kinda broke right now. I also happen to have bought the entire soundtrack of Julie Taymor's film "Across the Universe" about two years ago, and am not into duplicating songs in my library. I happen to like the treatment that the songs got in this film, so I'm happy with what I got.

On another note, I do know that I have to add to my Lennon collection, especially after watching PBS these past few nights. I saw the god-awful Masterpiece Contemporary film "Lennon Naked" on Sunday night, and felt like I needed a shower afterwards. Luckily, PBS redeemed itself by airing "Lennon in NYC" on American Masters a night later. I'd forgotten how many of his songs my iPod is lacking. And I'd forgotten, after watching that awful Naked film, just how important John was to us all. Luckily, "Lennon in NYC' reminded me.

Thanks for this post.