All We Are Saying Is Give Thinking Outside The Box A Chance
New and valuable information I took from this Variety article about the trials and tribulations of liscensing many, many Beatles songs for the upcoming Across The Universe: “The timelessness of the Fab Four has defied the laws of celebrity physics, finding favor with several generations of fans — not just those who came of age in the ’60s.” Also, Beatles songs are very, very expensive to liscense ($250,000) thanks to hurdles like crazy ol’ Michael Jackson, but if you try a little “smart, lateral thinking,” as the filmmakers did, then “As John Lennon advised us in “All You Need Is Love”: ‘It’s easy.'” Also, Variety writer Martin Lewis has no shame.
Sony Exploits Its Beatles Catalog [Variety]
