[Tie-In] “Iron Man 2″ AC/DC Music Video

Above picture (c) 2008 Michael A. Pancier

So…

Iron Man 2 is shooting to not only be a successful sequel but to re-launch the creeky and tepid post 80s career of AC/DC? Color me crazy, but wouldn’t have some sort of Black Sabbath tie-in made more sense?

I like AC/DC OK. Especially in their time. I don’t see the point of letting a 20 year dead band latch onto a guaranteed box office hit. How does this help Iron Man 2? Hell, even the Twilight franchise got Thom Yorke from Radiohead. Couldn’t Iron Man 2 have at least held out for a more relevant hard rock band? “Shoot to Thriller” was originally released off of the Back in Black album in 1980. AC/DC had a smattering of lackluster but high selling releases throughout the 80s. Their 1995 release Ballbreaker was followed up in 2008 with Black Ice - the multi-platinum bestseller (I wonder if more or less than 50% of the sales were cassette tapes?). All this seems rather pointless to me.

I guess there is still an audience for an aged 70 dwarf running around in knee-length knickers.

For what it’s worth, below is the music video for “Shoot to Thriller.” I’m a little less than excited. This is the first step in the Iron Man 2 promotional campaign that I have not liked.

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