Comments on: “Idol” Contestants To Get A Little Help From The Beatles http://idolator.com/361812/idol-contestants-to-get-a-little-help-from-the-beatles Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:52:22 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/361812/idol-contestants-to-get-a-little-help-from-the-beatles/comment-page-1#comment-477202 Chris Molanphy Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:50:40 +0000 2f1341cbedf0e5c94c88b45dbd917273#comment-477202 <p>In recent years, the stuff that's been permitted with the old Northern Songs catalog would have been unthinkable just a decade or two ago -- think <i>Love</i> and <i>Across the Universe</i>. (The '78 <i>Sgt. Pepper</i> movie only exists because the parties were distracted with litigation back then.)</p> <p>Honestly, compared to the recent ancillary product, letting <i>Idol</i> do a theme week is one of the least controversial things they could do.</p> In recent years, the stuff that’s been permitted with the old Northern Songs catalog would have been unthinkable just a decade or two ago — think Love and Across the Universe. (The ‘78 Sgt. Pepper movie only exists because the parties were distracted with litigation back then.)

Honestly, compared to the recent ancillary product, letting Idol do a theme week is one of the least controversial things they could do.

]]> By: The Notorious T http://idolator.com/361812/idol-contestants-to-get-a-little-help-from-the-beatles/comment-page-1#comment-477212 The Notorious T Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:06:13 +0000 2f1341cbedf0e5c94c88b45dbd917273#comment-477212 <P>Yes, although it's leveraged to all hell as it's pretty much the only tangible asset he has left.</P> Yes, although it’s leveraged to all hell as it’s pretty much the only tangible asset he has left.

]]> By: extracrispy http://idolator.com/361812/idol-contestants-to-get-a-little-help-from-the-beatles/comment-page-1#comment-477222 extracrispy Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:46:03 +0000 2f1341cbedf0e5c94c88b45dbd917273#comment-477222 <p>Does Michael Jackson still own part of the Beatles catalog?</p> Does Michael Jackson still own part of the Beatles catalog?

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