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Originally Posted by Stuff.co.nz
he British financial system is on a highway to hell, and it is reportedly all the fault of AC/DC.
Ignoring the credit crunch and the "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" by subprime mortgage peddlers in the United States, British newspaper The Guardian yesterday placed the blame for the country's looming recession on guitar strings of the Australian rock band.
"Britain is on the verge of recession - right on cue, AC/DC, who have featured in UK charts at every downturn for the last 35 years, return," the newspaper reported solemnly.
"British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Mervyn King, the Bank of England's governor, admitted that Britain was on the verge of recession. Then food sales were reported to have seen their biggest fall for 20 years. Last night came final and irrevocable proof that the country is entering tough economic times, unseen since the '80s: AC/DC have returned to the top of the album charts for the first time in 28 years."
THE British financial system is on a highway to hell, and it is all the fault of AC/DC.
Ignoring the credit crunch and the "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" by subprime mortgage peddlers in the United States, British newspaper The Guardian yesterday placed the blame for the country's looming recession on guitar strings of the Australian rock band.
"Britain is on the verge of recession - right on cue, AC/DC, who have featured in UK charts at every downturn for the last 35 years, return," the newspaper reported solemnly.
"British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Mervyn King, the Bank of England's governor, admitted that Britain was on the verge of recession. Then food sales were reported to have seen their biggest fall for 20 years. Last night came final and irrevocable proof that the country is entering tough economic times, unseen since the '80s: AC/DC have returned to the top of the album charts for the first time in 28 years."
As it claimed the No. 1 spot on the ARIA charts this week and achieved triple platinum sales with over 200,000 copies sold in Australia, the band's 18th album, Black Ice, shook the British charts, all week long. At one point last week, the album was outselling its nearest competitor, the Kaiser Chiefs' Off With Their Heads, by two to one, despite the fact the band declined to release it as a digital download, preferring vinyl and CD.
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