Led Zeppelin Makes Bold, Artistic Decision to Put Catalogue Online to Promote Greatest Hits Album

We're all extremely familiar with Led Zeppelin, the most integrity-havin' band of cred-blooded artistes this side of Aerosmith, and their extremely vocal stance on not putting their catalogue online -- not because their physical cds still sell substantially, but because they prefer fans to listen to their music "as albums". Well, Zeppelin has taken yet another credful step towards heights of , announcing that they will, in fact, put their music on iTunes, coincidentally the same day their double-Greatest Hits album comes out: Jimmy Page said in a statement Monday... "The addition of the digital option will better enable fans to obtain our music in whichever manner that they prefer." The band has signed a separate deal with Verizon Wireless to offer their songs as ringtones and downloads to mobile phones, Verizon said in a statement. A lot of the inevitable Zeppelin haters need to understand something about rock music -- selling out isn't "selling out" if you wait a couple years after most people are doing something to do it. Zeppelin staunchly refused to allow their music to be co-opted into tv commercials all the way until 2004, when they made the brave artistic decision to allow Cadillac to molest "Rock n' Roll" three times per commercial break during every single NFL game over a two year span. You think Zeppelin releasing a Greatest Hits cd is the complete literal opposite of their hard-line stance against people listening to their songs individually instead of in album form? Uhhh, WRONG. Last time I checked, the Greatest Hits double album is technically a Led Zeppelin album, thus instantly bestowing the tracks contained therein with magic album power, making them suitable for official Zep-sanctioned listening. It's not like they just took a bunch of their most well-known songs and slapped them onto a cd in a vague order, you know? So what if they're gonna make some easy bucks selling their songs as Verizon ringtones? Bands have been doing that for like THREE YEA
	Publicado: 2007-10-15 Proveedor: Best Week Ever
Etiquetas: Entertainment