If you’re looking for that one Beatles song or album to complete your collection, don’t go searching for it on iTunes. The Beatles’ catalog has yet to land on Apple’s popular music store due to conflicts between the band’s record company and Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
“Steve Jobs has his own idea and he’s a brilliant guy,” Yoko Ono, John Lennon’s widow, told reporters in L.A. “There’s just an element that we’re not very happy about, as people. We are holding out. Don’t hold your breath…for anything.”
According to Entertainment Weekly, Beatles star Paul McCartney also spoke on the subject in February 2009. He indicated that the band’s remaining members are eager to strike a deal and give iTunes users access to the music.
“It’s a bit of a sticky issue. We want it to happen. The record company was taken over by new people quite recently, so there is a gridlock of sorts. I’d like to make it happen.”
“Though,” he added in jest, “I am not part of the negotiations, thank goodness.”
