"Why Should CDs be $12.98. They should be HALF THAT!" And nobody cares!

Remember when people were bitching about the high cost of CDs?

They were recalling how records were $2.98 or $3.98 and now a CD was $12.98. Or higher. (Forgetting they were in COLLEGE TWENTY YEARS AGO when the price of vinyl was that low).

It was all an excuse to steal the music. The "sharers" insisted they'd buy IF music was "reasonably" priced. They didn't even think "Nice Price" back-catalog titles were "reasonably" priced enough.

Now?

Amazon just sent me an e-mail shouting that all the new releases from established stars were a mere $6.99

Oh how nice of Amazon. Except...Deep Discount is doing the same fucking thing!

First off, new albums by Manilow, Diamond, Streisand, Grande or the rest of the bunch are NOT worth a dime to me. Secondly, there are blogs and websites giving this shit away. They are ALL well known, have been "in business" or years, if not fifteen years, and if the RIAA doesn't give a damn, why should I? If I wanted to hear what Neil Fucking Diamond is up to, I could find out for nothing.

The truth here is that it's too late. People are out of the habit of buying CDs. The idea of giving bargains to established multi-millionaires like Streisand and Manilow and Diamond rather than putting indie albums on sale, does not help matters.

PS, instead of 6.99 consider 6.66 because the music industry is in HELL.