Today I tried to download "Sweet Dreams" by The Eurhythmics on Amazon. $1.29 for a 20+ years song. C'mon! What the heck is Annie Lennox or the record label going to do with that extra 30 cents?
Bono has prided himself on helping the world's poor. The cheapest tickets for U2's No Line On The Horizon tour I could find were $95. It's not a beautiful day for me, Bono. What are you? Robin Hood?
Has anyone noticed how CDs don't sell anymore? That's because when an album is five bucks cheaper downloaded than disc, people will download. If the record industry wants CDs to sell, it needs the retail price to be lower than that of iTunes and Amazon. At Best Buy and WalMart, I see download cards for Viva la Vida that cost $13 bucks while the tangible album is only $10.
Indie music is great because it's cheap.
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