Geezers rule!
I love that the 10 Billionth iTunes music download was by a Geezer, Louie Sulcer.
The 10 billionth song, “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Johnny Cash, was downloaded by Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s 10 Billion Songs Countdown contest, Louie will receive a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card.
Louie was unimpressed saying he can’t imagine who would need 10,000 songs. He is 71. When he got the call from Apple icon, Steve Jobs, he was skeptical.
“He was real nice, I told him I can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed iTunes and the iPod. I really enjoy country music. He asked me if I played the guitar, and I said, ‘Oh my goodness. That is my life-long frustration.”
Sulcer did not bother to go on the Apple website to see what $10,000 can buy. He called his daughter in Mississippi to tell her the news and she asked him what he wanted.
“I said I don’t even want to look right now. I just went to bed,” he said.
UPDATE:
I can’t find the video, but it shows Louie sitting at his kitchen table in his recliner fiddling with his iPod Nano. Cool. Steve Jobs introduced Louie to Johnny Cash’s daughter Rosanne Cash via telephone.
In case you are interested, here are the top 20 songs downloaded from iTunes since day one.
I Gotta Feeling
Black Eyed Peas- 2.
Poker Face
Lady GaGa - 3.
Boom Boom Pow
Black Eyed Peas - 4.
I’m Yours
Jason Mraz - 5.
Viva la Vida
Coldplay
- 6.
Just Dance
Lady GaGa & Colby O’Donis - 7.
Low (feat. T-Pain)
Flo Rida - 8.
Love Story
Taylor Swift - 9.
Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis - 10.
Tik Tok
Ke$ha
- 11.
Disturbia
Rihanna - 12.
So What
P!nk - 13.
I Kissed a Girl
Katy Perry - 14.
Single Ladies (Put…
Beyoncé - 15.
Hot N Cold
Katy Perry
- 16.
Stronger
Kanye West - 17.
Live Your Life (feat…
T.I. - 18.
Hey There Delilah
Plain White T’s - 19.
Right Round
Flo Rida - 20.
Party In the U.S.A.
Miley Cyrus
What a kicker to see you as a grand prize winner.
To bad it wasn’t the 190 million Lotto.
If it was you would have 1,000,000 comments from folks wanting to borrow a few grand.
Glad you won and pick out a good prize.
Hope to see you at the Buckhead boys.
Drop the “OLD GEEZER” you are a young STUD.
What a lucky guy. I think he’s going to be very popular with his grandkids
I only recently got an Ipod and although I didn’t think I needed it, it is nice to have my own portable personal collection of music
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Taylow Swift truly should have won some awards from CMA (Country Music Awards). It’s so rediculous.
That’s a lucky guy with a twist of fortune. Any young kid would’ve enjoyed this prize but at his age, I don’t see any confort for him.
i had an ulcer last year because i am fond of skipping meals and working too hard. it was quite painful,;*
Haha, what a funny old dude!!
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