End of an era.
You know how it is for humanities majors (though Bibi has an MBA; she will always be a French lit major/English minor--you thought cats couldn't do that?), what is the significance of this move on the part of the greatest living rock n roll band? No new albums need be expected? Future set lists will be Greatest Hits' Compendiums? Of course, that's what the usual show has always been, so not a stretch there. Only difference: no down time that the new songs gave you so you could go get a beer or go to the bathroom. And like any true, diehard fan: since all the hits are great, who cares which songs they play as long as they tour?
Angus always gives Malcolm props for being the brains in the group, so maybe Mal thought it was the optimum time for this moneygrab? Not that AC/DC shouldn't do this--their music is well worth every shekel it makes for them. If there were some easy way to track the revenue, another very interesting research effort.
There was some cachet for me about this kinda Luddite attitude AC/DC had about iTunes, though. I didn't buy that it was only because AC/DC wanted purchases made of entire albums; seemed more intrinsic to the AC/DC ethos of good old fashioned rock n roll that had to be heard as scratchy vinyl or cds that skipped every now and then. ahh, the good times.
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