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BLOG: Should AC/DC be on iTunes?
Australian rockers continue to boycott music service
Joe Bosso, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 2:54 pm UTC
Classic will always sell - that's why they're classics
Would masterpieces such as Highway To Hell and Back In Black (and your brilliant new record Black Ice) sell in their unexpurgated form? Of course.These are must-haves, must-owns, go-to records that have magical charms. But if a fans by the score download Hard As A Rock, the one real gem off of 1995's Ballbreaker, and leave the rest alone, c'mon, are you really really losing out? Will you not be able to add on those addition to your mansions? Please.
AC/DC, you can still join the club and remain in a league of your own. You've already made the music, now let the fans have at it - in all ways possible.
User comments (8)
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And I bet you have a lot of albums that totally blow - records that were only worth buying because of the single. So it's a crap shoot.
Depends on the quality of the album. I know a great album gives me an erotic thrill. A serious body charge. But a lame album that stinks, forget it, man. I'm not feeling anything, only the money I lost.
If a song is great, I'll take it. If an album is great, I'll take it. Save the filler. Know what I'm saying? -
I would say its their music, their product. Its no different that selling anything else, if you want to sell through a certain channel only that is entirely your decision. Maybe if more bands stood up to be counted the march of the download would be halted.
To me you cant beat having an album in your hands wether it was in vinyl before or CD now.
I have a few albums where songs I didnt rate initially have grown on me the more I listened. If I had cherry picked this would not happen -
In what sense is an album a complete art? Granted, concept albums may be complete tellings of a story through music, but the LP or CD is a collection of songs recorded at roughly the same time and released as a package because that's what the physical medium demanded. Where's the art in that? It's just contingency and nostalgia talking.
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In what sense is an album a complete art? Granted, concept albums may be complete tellings of a story through music, but the LP or CD is a collection of songs recorded at roughly the same time and released as a package because that's what the physical medium demanded. Where's the art in that? It's just contingency and nostalgia talking.
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It's their music so it's their choice. If I went to buy a painting and decided I only wanted one part of it I'm sure no-one would expect the shop to cut out the bit that I wanted and only charge me for that.
Perhaps they should recorda verions of their albums as one continuous track - they could then put that on iTunes. -
I want AC/DC to be on iTunes. It's a long drive to Best Buy and the gas is too expensive. Oh wait the new album is going to be at WalMart. I don't even have a WalMart near me, so nix that idea
Anyway I can't always get to a music store and it takes too damn long to order CD's on-line. I want to buy music and have it instantly like everything else.
AC/DC, you rock. But you should really be on the iTunes. I'll still buy your records. -
I think they're naive if they believe people aren't downloading individual AC/DC songs anyway. As I type this, someone is probably putting "You Shook Me All Night Long", alone, on an iPod.
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Good for them. I think they have a great outlook on it. An album is a complete art, especially albums such as Back In Black
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thedude5
Mon 29 Sep 2008, 1:11 am UTC