This Blog Post Will Change Your Life

Yesterday turned out to be quite an eventful day. Not for me personally, all I did was go to a lecture and prepare the worst presentation of my life. But as far as news goes, the day was action packed. There was an engagement in the royal family, which somehow warranted blanket rolling news coverage. God knows why, were BBC News 24 hoping that William was going to decide 'actually, I don't think I proposed in quite the right manner, maybe I should ask Katherine to marry me in front of all these TV cameras?'.

Unfortunately (for Apple, anyway), the engagement shoved aside all other news. So the announcement that The Beatles music is finally available to buy on iTunes was put further down the world news agenda.

Yes, you heard right, The Beatles' back catalogue can now be purchased digitally for the first time ever. After years and years of disputes between their record company, Apple Corps, and the computer giants. I have most of the Beatles' material anyway, and I definitely didn't pay as much for it as I would have to on iTunes, but that's not the point. One of the greatest bands ever have finally gone digital!

I do have one slight gripe though. Not so much with The Beatles, but more with Apple and iTunes themselves. They provided a little teaser for this big announcement by saying that yesterday would be "just another day. That you'll never forget." I can't help but feel that they exaggerated a bit too much. Yesterday was average for me, I did some work, went to a lecture, did some more work and went to bed. Maybe if Katy Perry had appeared on my doorstep in a tiny bikini with a bottle of champagne singing 'Love Me Do' then I would feel differently. But she didn't. So I don't.

If Apple thought putting the Fab Four on iTunes was so big, why didn't they resurrect John Lennon to break the news to us all? After all, they can do amazing things with technology. I'm sure no one would have forgot the day Lennon rose again, with it backing up his statement that The Beatles are bigger than Jesus. He could have done an acoustic rendition of 'All You Need Is Love' just to make it that extra bit memorable. I would definitely tell my grandkids about it then.

Anyway, with my issues with promotion aside, I appreciate that having the band available online is a brilliant move. After all, if you're trying to get into the band, their material is so vast that it is a real job to work out what to buy first. Having them on iTunes allows people to find what they want in much simpler terms.

However, I'm about to make the whole process even simpler by suggesting 15 songs that you should definitely download, or in other words, my favourites. Here they are:

• Taxman (from Revolver)
• Help! (from Help!)
• I Am The Walrus (from Magical Mystery Tour)
• She Loves You (from Past Masters)
• A Hard Day's Night (from A Hard Day's Night)
• You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (from Help!)
• Strawberry Fields Forever (from Magical Mystery Tour)
• Come Together (from Abbey Road)
• And Your Bird Can Sing (from Revolver)
• Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
• All You Need Is Love (from Magical Mystery Tour)
• Revolution (from The Beatles 1967-1970 (The Blue Album))
• I'm Only Sleeping (from Revolver)
• Eight Days A Week (from Beatles For Sale)
• A Day In The Life (from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)