"Close the internet" to save music

[patrick]

many of those examples are bad in my opinion. the internet has given us a wider scope on news and information, and alternate sites for news as well. al-quaeda in many peoples opinion doens't even exist (in it's reported state) and is more of a unorganized group than you'd imagine....

anyways, this is diverting from the main point...

I am very suprised that you think things are worse on the internet. I would know about 1/10 of the music that i do know about today, not be able to obtain rare uw bootlegs, unable to order special edition albumns from japan or uk, be reliant on local radio, magazines, friends and movies to introduce me to new music, ...

the list goes on too. do you think that music out there right now is worse than 20 years ago before the internet? i could probably name more albumns that i love from this year (which has been a strikingly good year for music for me) than from the 80's in total... (obviously possibly because some would be fresh in my head vs the others which i have forgotten about temporarily) but i think there is still a point to be made there.

[mmm skyscraper]

Originally Posted by patrick

the list goes on too. do you think that music out there right now is worse than 20 years ago before the internet? i could probably name more albumns that i love from this year (which has been a strikingly good year for music for me) than from the 80's in total... (obviously possibly because some would be fresh in my head vs the others which i have forgotten about temporarily) but i think there is still a point to be made there.

It's probably about the same, with more access now to obscure stuff. But the internet does just have to be about the now, I've discovered great stuff from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s that I would have never even heard of (or have been able to buy) without the internet.

[kagenaki koe]

Originally Posted by patrick

the internet has given us a wider scope on news and information

Originally Posted by Elton John

“We’re talking about things that are going to change the world and change the way people listen to music and that’s not going to happen with people blogging on the internet.

next thing you know Elton will say we need to start handwriting everything and using telegrams instead of relying on cellphones/email/texting

[patrick]

Originally Posted by kagenaki koe

next thing you know Elton will say we need to start handwriting everything and using telegrams instead of relying on cellphones/email/texting

hahahah. you are right kagenaki koe, that is the most rediculous statement by elton john there, it almost seems to be a joke, as the internet did change the world for communication and HAS changed the way we listen to music...

he's just totally cooky

[koisk]

For one, I wouldn't be having this discussion if it wasn't for the internet.