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AC/DC to sell new album through Wal-Mart
news.yahoo.com Sure, there's money to be made from Wal-Mart, but it's a dead medium being sold through a soul-sucking, vampiric big-box store. If AC/DC were to catch up to the 21st Century, they would release the album through iTunes or build their own site and release it privately. Long gone are the days when new music from the boys has meant anything but a fat paycheck, but they should at least catch on that there are much fatter paychecks available through staying in touch with current modes and mediums of distribution. The argument that they are an album band falls apart immediately after Back in Black. Since when have they ever played anything more than 3-4 songs (out of order) in a concert?
To clarify, 3-4 songs per new album per concert/tour...
I don't know, Journey sold their album through Wal-Mart and The Eagles hit #1 with an album that was sold only at Wal-Mart. Also, Wal-Mart recently had the 2CD+DVD "Sight And Sound Collection" and the 5 track bonus CD to Plug Me In. Maybe AC/DC has gotten to a point where, like many other artists, they don't care about the money (well, to an extent, they want a return on their investment) and just want to do what got them famous.
MOTHER BLEEPERS. I HATE WAL-MART. I Have never ONCE bought from that soul-sucking store. MOTHER BLEEPING BLEEPERS. Any news if they meant only the US release in Wal-Mart stores? I am assuming some other countries need a distribution channel
I agree dlaskey. I will never set foot in Walmart unless its absolutely necessary. The one time I was in Walmart, I saw a tranny. "It" was about 6ft 3, and was wearing a crapload of makeup. That scared me away from the store, and its probably why I havent been back since.
Danger101 "I saw a tranny" good reason !!!! ????? nice to see in a land of nearly 300 million citizens, acceptance is alive and well
Kidding about the for life thing, but it was really creepy.
"Scarred for life" by seeing a tranny? Dude, you have to get out more. Hell, you got to get out! A guy in a dress, big f'n deal! Probably what scared you is you found yourself half attracted to him/her, until you realized he/she had the wrong plumbing. Sounds an awful lot like Begbie in Trainspotting... I wonder how that tranny got into the Wal-Mart, anyways, Everyone knows that big-box vampire is owned by right-wing Christian fanatics. I guess there is no discrimination when it comes to making a profit...
Well, he said he was young at the time. He/She probably wasn't passing well at the time either. Nothing can be scarier to a kid than seeing something like that. It's like, I don't know. But going back to the topic of the thread, AC/DC, like a few other artists don't want their stuff on iTunes. AC/DC are too much of an album band to do it. And as for the "only getting 3 songs off the album done live" deal, well, they have to fill an hour and a half with the songs everyone wants. Let me see...the Highway To Hell tour kinda set the standard for an AC/DC set list. Fill it with the classic stuff, like Sin City, Let There Be Rock, etc., and then replace a few of the songs that didn't go over so well last tour with new songs this tour. When Phil came back, they tried one tour to use a song other than Bad Boy Boogie or Jailbreak, guess what, they went back to Bad Boy Boogie as the strip song. I guess the only other song they've used as a strip song is The Jack. Sure, AC/DC has a setlist that is as predictable as summer heat, but that's what makes them cool. They keep it fresh, but without alienating the older fans.
Notangus, I dont populate areas with gay/lesbian/Tranny people. Im not like that.
But here's a joke that was a Jeff Foxworthy joke on the Garth Brooks deal, just retooled a bit: "You know what'd go great with this chainsaw? An AC/DC album."
Foxworthy is a know-nothing fool... Wendy O-Williams of the Plasmatics was the one with the chainsaw... Not Angus..> Shesh... Doesn't anyone know 70s/80s rock any more... For those uneducated.... or at least for those who want to lower their tastes a little... http://www.boingboing.net/2008/04/09/wendy-o-williams-rem.html
I made that one up, his originally was "You know what'd go great with this sweatshirt, a Garth Brooks album." But it was poke at Jackyl's "The Lumberjack," Jackyl & Brian Johnson's "Locked & Loaded," and Brian Johnson being with AC/DC. Overall, it was a joke.
Come on... Admit it... You were entertained by Wendy O. Williams... And to think instead of Lip Synching all Ashley Simpson needed was a chainsaw, tight leather, and duct-tape pasties...
Take a look at the link I posted. She was a crazy nut blonde lead singer of The Plasmatics, I guess you could call a punk band... Seriously... Watch the video and see some crazy s^&t..