July 21, 2005

And the fastest-selling download of all time is...

"Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
Posted by Ann Althouse at 2:53 PM

8 comments:

Mark Daniels said...

My first music download ever...and the reasons are twofold: McCartney and U2!

7/21/05, 3:21 PM
Tripp Hall said...

This is especially interesting, given that none of the Beatles catalogs are available for (legal) download.

7/21/05, 3:36 PM
Ann Althouse said...

Paul: I think it's very low on the list of favorite Beatles songs.

7/21/05, 5:22 PM
Ann Althouse said...

My personal favorite, by the way, has always been "Happiness Is a Warm Gun."

7/21/05, 5:25 PM
Ron said...

I love "For No One."

I think McCartney now makes more of his money from non-Beatle stuff ( land holdings, artworks, etc.) than he does from Beatle stuff...sobering...

I think I read somewhere that Zak Starkey's daughter is a drummer, thus making three generations of Starr drummers...

7/21/05, 10:38 PM
Unknown said...

But the question remains: is the U2/McCartney Sgt. Pepper's any good?

7/22/05, 7:37 AM
SippicanCottage said...
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7/22/05, 7:52 AM
Ann Althouse said...

Lindsey: I know the Breeders version. I like them a lot.

Miklos: I'm glad you survived to tell the tale of "Yer Blues" being your favorite.

Scipio: It sounded very close to the original to me.

7/22/05, 7:58 AM

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