Posted on 11/25/2007 1:02:18 AM PST by gpapa
One of the most popular rock bands of all time has finally managed to offend--not for its songs, but for how it sells them. There's a lesson here in technology, new business models, and hidebound "progressives."
The first new album from the Eagles in over a decade, "Long Road Out of Eden," has already sold more than a million copies, hitting Billboard's #1 in its first week. It's the kind of blockbuster that used to pay Christmas bonuses at the big record companies, only this album wasn't produced by a big record company. The Eagles released it themselves and are selling it exclusively through Wal-Mart.
This isn't going down well in certain elite precincts. Music blogs accused the group of selling out, while a review in Rolling Stone opined that there is an "inevitable contradiction in buying a record that attacks corporate greed . . . from a superchain with a bleak record on employee rights and health care." A piece in the Boston Herald noted that "The deal will make the Eagles richer. But it could cost them cool points (if the aging rockers have any left)."
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No problem. Consider it put to rest. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Accepted. Hopefully we can let it go and get back to getting behind the conservative cause.
I never said I was going to buy this album. I just said I liked the Eagles music, but hate Henley’s politics.
Well, there's no history on a case like this one where they'll go to Wally World or go without.
Has Henley spoken out in the past against WalMart? If so, maybe this release isn’t hypocritical on his part. Perhaps he was overruled by the other members or maybe he’s starting to see the other side.
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