Apple Commercial for iTunes - The Beatles

Description

This commercial shows a variety of Beatles albums, but instead of having flat, 2D cover art, the commercial zooms in and out of the covers like they are real 3D worlds. It begins with the famous "Please Please Me" album cover with The Beatles looking down from a balcony. The camera moves up toward the singers and enters the landing above them. It gets dark and turns into the "With The Beatles" cover with the Fab Four's heads flying past. Next we see "A Hard Day's Night" with each row of faces flying past like an old film strip. Continuing the chronological order of album releases, we next see the photo from the cover of "Beatles for Sale" and then the Help cover with the semaphore flag pose. Help morphs into "Rubber Soul" and then quickly into the drawn "Revolver" cover. On top of the inked Revolver cover starts falling all the dozens of historical figures and characters from the infamous "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" cover. The "Magical Mystery Tour" then flips in followed by "The Beatles" (The "White Album"). The commercial turns animated again as the trippy "Yellow Submarine" cover is featured. The submarine flies by the "Let It Be" cover blowing away the singers' pictures revealing the "Abbey Road" album.


Voiceover, Dialog, Spoken Text, Script, or Lyrics

(Lyrics) Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour Roll up (that's an invitation), roll up for the mystery tour Roll up (to make a reservation), roll up for the mystery tour The magical mystery tour is waiting to take you away Waiting to take you away Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour


Written Text

Please Please Me - The Beatles - Stereo With the Beatles A Hard Day's Night Beatles for Sale Help (NUJV, or mirror image of LPUS with semaphore flags) Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles (White Album) Yellow Submarine Let It Be Abbey Road The Beatles on iTunes


Pop Culture Connections - Outgoing

It refers to these albums...

Abbey Road

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  • Type: Album
This Album is referred to by Apple Commercial for iTunes - The Beatles
  • Buy Abbey Road on Amazon
  • Buy Abbey Road on iTunes
  • Buy Abbey Road on GooglePlay

It refers to these movies...

Yellow Submarine

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  • Type: Movie
This Movie is referred to by Apple Commercial for iTunes - The Beatles
While technically just a reference to the album, since the commercial animated the Yellow Submarine cover, it is an indirect reference to this Beatles animated movie.
  • Buy Yellow Submarine on Amazon
  • Buy Yellow Submarine on iTunes
  • Buy Yellow Submarine on GooglePlay

Other Connections and Related Pop Culture

A Hard Day's Night
performed by The Beatles
part of A Hard Day's Night

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  • Type: Song

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performed by The Beatles

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performed by The Beatles

She Loves You
performed by The Beatles

  • Date:
  • Type: Song

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performed by The Beatles

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