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<blockquote data-quote="EldarOfSuburbia" data-source="post: 165198" data-attributes="member: 4106"><p>AC/DC have also essentially been writing the same songs (with the same chords) for the past 40 years. Want half an album filled with songs about drinking beer and sexual conquest (both innuendo and explicit)? There's AC/DC in a nutshell. This is also why I love AC/DC and have half a dozen of their albums and will consistently list them as one of my Top 5 Musical Acts Of All Time, if I was the kind of person to write lists.</p><p></p><p>If you want to accuse Metallica of "selling out", trace it back to the video for "One". That was their real MTV breakthrough. After that, they needed shorter songs to play live sets to a wider audience, hence the Black Album. Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning were Metallica establishing their sound, Master Of Puppets was Metallica perfecting their style, ...And Justice For All was over-produced and over-wrought ("One" being the prime example), the Black Album half-great and half-filler. After that, meh. Still, they recorded some of the most influential metal tracks ever, which is why I love Metallica and have half a dozen of their albums etc.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not just how much the music costs, it how much the likeness of the band costs, etc. Different bands have different ways of doing business. AC/DC, for instance, own their entire catalog. Do you know why there's never been an "AC/DC's Greatest Hits" or the like? Because they own their catalog, and don't want to do a compilation album, ever. Metallica are in the same boat, but Metallica are far more likely to pimp themselves. For instance I don't see AC/DC doing one-off songs at baseball games, just on the off-chance people have forgotten they exist since MTV stopped playing music videos. AC/DC appear to be far more protective of their "brand" than Metallica, and are more likely to be highly selective over who gets to use it, for what purposes, and how much it costs. Metallica seem to be more willing to put their name to anything these days, as long as there's a buck or two in it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EldarOfSuburbia, post: 165198, member: 4106"] AC/DC have also essentially been writing the same songs (with the same chords) for the past 40 years. Want half an album filled with songs about drinking beer and sexual conquest (both innuendo and explicit)? There's AC/DC in a nutshell. This is also why I love AC/DC and have half a dozen of their albums and will consistently list them as one of my Top 5 Musical Acts Of All Time, if I was the kind of person to write lists. If you want to accuse Metallica of "selling out", trace it back to the video for "One". That was their real MTV breakthrough. After that, they needed shorter songs to play live sets to a wider audience, hence the Black Album. Kill 'Em All and Ride The Lightning were Metallica establishing their sound, Master Of Puppets was Metallica perfecting their style, ...And Justice For All was over-produced and over-wrought ("One" being the prime example), the Black Album half-great and half-filler. After that, meh. Still, they recorded some of the most influential metal tracks ever, which is why I love Metallica and have half a dozen of their albums etc. It's not just how much the music costs, it how much the likeness of the band costs, etc. Different bands have different ways of doing business. AC/DC, for instance, own their entire catalog. Do you know why there's never been an "AC/DC's Greatest Hits" or the like? Because they own their catalog, and don't want to do a compilation album, ever. Metallica are in the same boat, but Metallica are far more likely to pimp themselves. For instance I don't see AC/DC doing one-off songs at baseball games, just on the off-chance people have forgotten they exist since MTV stopped playing music videos. AC/DC appear to be far more protective of their "brand" than Metallica, and are more likely to be highly selective over who gets to use it, for what purposes, and how much it costs. Metallica seem to be more willing to put their name to anything these days, as long as there's a buck or two in it. [/QUOTE]
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