Now I get that AC/DC is a wickedly popular band. But holy moly is Brian Johnson out of touch. He slams iTunes with one breath and in his next hands Wal-Mart an exclusive for the new record Black Ice.
There is so much wrong with his logic, it would take me all day to go over it. And I also fully appreciate that most AC/DC fans don’t care, but as a man that:
A) admittadly enjoys the odd AC/DC track and wants the escape to simple musical excess like anyone else
and
B) still pays for his music and my weapon of choice is iTunes
It is wrong and Greg Sandoval explains why better than I ever could. God bless ya Greg.
AC/DC’s iTunes Boycott is on a highway to hell (get it? its an AC/DC lyric)
The moral of the story… I don’t care if you don’t want to sell your music on iTunes. I just won’t buy it.
The Morning After 
lol. i never though acdc was known for being particularly cutting edge… so this comes as no surprise to me. i mean really. when were they last relevant? like 1986?
then again, i:
a – don’t like acdc
and b – don’t pay for music.
sooooo… this decision on their part has zero effect on me.
and i picture the hard core acdc fan as the guy in surrey driving a truck to his blue collar job. so i think that guy probably is more likely to buy his music at walmart over itunes anyways.
i really don’t think this will have much of a negative impact on acdc’s career.
i’m not an itunes lover either… so i enjoy when big bands give them the finger.
damn it.
that’s “i never THOUGHT… ”
me type good.
I have no problem where they sell their tunes. just don’t take a moral stance on it. Wal-Mart is “killing” the album more than iTunes.
Wal-Mart continues to drive the cost down on artists. Reserves limited shelf space for bands and sticks to the most mainstream of artists. Their a business, I don’t care how they do it… but for AC/DC to say Wal-Mart = good and iTunes = bad is wrong.
iTunes did something dreat, they made buying music really easy. I buy tons of music off their every week. I couldn’t get the AC/DC tracks I wanted so I “took” those off the internets elsewhere.
when a band gives the middle finger to iTunes, they are really giving it to me.
oops, my spelling is shit poor too ahaha
well of course walmart only stocks the most mainstream of artists… it’s walmart! i don’t think anyone expects to see indie artists available in a big box store.
and i don’t really think that “for AC/DC to say Wal-Mart = good and iTunes = bad is wrong.”… i think it’s more misinformed, and as per your original post, it’s clearly out of touch.
but, i do see how a band would dislike their albums being divided and sold as singles in that itunes format… and really, i think that’s the choice of the band whether or not they’d like their music sold in that way.
and i (clearly) come from the school of thought that digital music isn’t worth money anyways. so, in a sense, i agree with the band to not charge for people downloading it.
especially for a band that came of age in the era of the mixtape… people downloading tunes for free is the new mixtape. so if you look at it that way, they’re just staying true to their roots, yes?
and in any event, it worked out best for you, because you got the album for free instead of paying $.99 a song… and really, it’s ac/dc. it’s not like the music sounds “new” or “different” anyways, lol. may as well take it for free.