AC/DC boycotts iTunes
posted by roberta — Sep 26th, 2008
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AC/DC are refusing to sell their music through iTunes, because they fear that their fans will only buy “a few tracks”. The band wants us all to buy the entire album as a package because they say the songs “belong together”.
Angus Young says, “We don’t make singles, we make albums. If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album. We don’t think that represents us musically.”
I love AC/DC, but if I can’t buy only the songs that I want, then they can keep their album. I hate to be one of those people that would buy the album just to find that it sucks except for a few good tracks.
I have to agree with you on this one. AC/DC are being very short-sighted with this action. The future of music is digital distribution and choice… get with the plan!
Comment by DaveP — September 26, 2008 @ 11:11 pm
Exactly! If their album is so great, then they wouldn’t have to worry about whether or not people would buy only a few tracks.
Comment by Roberta — September 26, 2008 @ 11:13 pm
Bon had said that first “We don’t make singles, we make albums”. I actually like they still believe that. I guess that also means they’re not after the $$$, and they have NOT sold out. They’re what they always were.
Comment by Goof — October 25, 2008 @ 12:00 am