Last week we had Gordon Brown and Mervyn King, the Bank of England’s governor, admitted that Britain was on the verge of recession: they actually used the dreaded “R” word. Then food sales were reported to have seen their biggest fall for 20 years.
Then, to prove things just can’t get any worse AC/DC are back at the top of the charts. This is apparently a bad omen for Gordon because if he looks back at his history books he will discovery; firstly it is the first time for 28 years, and secondly they always enter the charts at tough economic times.
1973: AC/DC form in Sydney, Australia.
Economy: Start of the oil crisis, which saw the price quadruple
1980: AC/DC release breakthrough album Back In Black
Economy: Inflation in UK reaches 20% and unemployment nears 2 million
1990: AC/DC score comeback with The Razor’s Edge
Economy: Recession in UK imminent
2008: AC/DC top UK album charts
Economy: Biggest world recession in decades looms
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