Itunes 7 freezes won't force quit

First Itunes quit unexpectedly. Now when I open it I get the spining wait wheel indefinately. If I try to force quite the itunes window closes but it doesn't quit. If I open the force quit window again it reappears. I tryed to download and install again but that didn't work.
Please help. I want to use itunes
G3 b&w Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I don't have a solution for you but I can commiserate with you. I have the same problem on a regular basis....freezing and refusing to force quit...but I had the same issue with the previous version, too. And it regularly "quits" on its own and asks me if I want to restart.
But, worse than that, since I "upgraded" to 7 I get the equivalent of the pc blue screen of death almost daily...the entire Mac just suddently shuts down....taking whatever I had open with it.
I'm afraid that Mac engineers are taking lessons from their pc counterparts and rushing software out the door without adequate testing.

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