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Re: AC/DC latest available only through Wal Mart
Jun 10, 2008, 13:23
IanB wrote:
riotmaster wrote:
IanB wrote:
You'd think AC/DC would be looking at Prince for guidance in rebuilding their audience and building a vibe rather than the bleedin Eagles and James Taylor.

Prince hit the nail on the head by giving his record away, making the tickets reasonably priced and then watching the ticket money roll in. How many nights at the O2 could AC/DC do at £30 a pop with a free cd? Ten? More? Think of the buzz that would generate. They'd rule London for a fortnight.



i know what you're saying Ian. But AC/DC have never had a problem filling venues (one notable exception being the Milton Keynes Bowl last time which was strangely held on a Friday starting at 4pm!). they always pull a crowd and there are always tons of little kids there with their brothers/dads whatever. the kids love AC/DC!

as long as the new album is worth the wait (although it'll obviously never be a classic) they'll be giving a lot of these kids that've grown up listening to their dads albums a first chance to see em live

but i'd hope they'd never go down the multiple nights at the 02 route

they need to stick to the tried and trusted Arena circuit with the odd summer outdoor gig where they can



Tried and trusted is fine and they do really well but there is a huge untapped audience for them as well. They could be crowned as the "people's band". A role currently and dubiously occupied by the likes of RHCP and Muse. No one else does what ACDC do as well as they do it and still have any kind of credibility. Aerosmith, The Stones etc have blotted their copybooks with too many bad moves and Floyd & Zep are absent from the field. Purple, the Pistols and Sabbath are too much a parody of themselves. Yes and Genesis too irrelevant. Guns and Roses and The Clash are not playing any time soon. Radiohead are too up themselves to rock and REM have lost the plot.


Why are Pistols and Sabbath a parody of themselves, and AC/DC aren't, when the latter are a band who feature a guitarist still wearing the same stage clothes as he was thirty odd years ago?

And why are Yes and Genesis singled out as irrelevant when you could say pretty much the same about them all, with the probably exception of Radiohead who - regardless of whether anyone likes them - are at least trying to be contemporary?

You believe all this rock myth nonsense, don't you Ian! ; )
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