AC/DC is not down with iTunes.
Instead of allowing fans the one-click ease of digital music, along with the option to purchase just one track or the entire album, AC/DC devotees will have to schlep to either a Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club to pick up their new album, or purchase it off their official website.
Ewww, who wants to go to Wal-Mart????
Black Ice is the band’s first album in eight years and even though traditionally the band has managed to perform well despite their anti-digital campaign, a lot has changed since 2000 and Stiff Upper Lip.
Lead singer Brian Johnson thinks that digital outlets such as iTunes are going to kill music, because they are just in it for the money. “It’s a…monster, this thing. It just worries me. And I’m sure they’re just doing it all in the interest of making as much…cash as possible. Let’s put it this way, it’s certainly not for the…love, let’s get that out of the way, right away.”
Oh yeah, like selling through Wal-Mart isn’t selling out!
If he knew anything about music, he’d know that the single was actually one of the first and traditional ways to purchase pop music.
You know when you get that one song stuck in your head and you’ve just got to hear it? You can just go to iTunes or Amazon, and within just a few clicks, it’s yours! No trekking to Wal-Mart and battling bored teens.
We’ll see how their Luddite approach fares in album sales.
Personally, we love iTunes!
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