"Close the internet" to save music

[patrick]

Sir Elton says the internet is destroying music

So according to Sir Elton, creativity is being destroyed by blogging, and the internet it sounds like as a whole. His very feasible solution is apparantly to shut the internet down.

He also thinks that music sucks now a days compared to the 70s, and this is the reason.

[Tom]

Sir Elton is a fucking stupid old man who cannot relate to today's audiences and needs to shut the fuck up asap.

Originally Posted by That Article

Sales of Elton’s last album The Captain & The Kid were disappointing — it barely shifted 100,000 copies.

[djeddy]

who the fuck is he to bitch that the internet is destroying the industry?

first off, sir elton hasn't had a hit since his diana's dead song in 1997. he still makes his royalty EVERY time a commercial or movie uses one of his songs. so he can retire and live like the royal queen he is.

second. why blame a new form of technology, when the ones he should blame are the clueless suits that keep conglomorating the major labels.

back in the 90's the industry was capitalizing on music sales by releasing lots of bad albums that had 1 or 2 good songs. i remember working at blockbuster music (95-99) that lots of customers snickered at the fact that they had to shell out an avg. of 16.99 for a full-length CD when all they really want is one song.

if label honchos werent busy snorting all that cocaine in 1999. they would have paid attention to this new thing called the internet. even more so, to that 19 year old college kid who created a little neat ftp program 'napster'

instead they were caught with their pants down and cucumbers up their asses. so they push desperate for 'anybody' who can make a song. and then fake-promote it to make such anybody popular..even if its just for one song, and try to make most of it sales from CD's..their only form of 'bloated' profit left since they still control those prices.

And as time goes on, such anybody has his/her own group or entourage who in turn get their shot at making a track. and so forth and so forth.

it becomes a downward spiral. which seems endless.

so some smart guy in england thinks of making a tv show in which he finds talent and lets the nation be the A&R. THAT has now become the phenomenon of this decade. and it further proves how distant corporate labels are to the people.

the internet wouldn't 'kill' the industry if the industry didnt listen to the people first right?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

All royalties earned from Elton's sales go to charity.

The internet comment is kinda strange. But I do agree the over free sharing robs from the artists.

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by djeddy

if label honchos werent busy snorting all that cocaine in 1999. they would have paid attention to this new thing called the internet. even more so, to that 19 year old college kid who created a little neat ftp program 'napster'

instead they were caught with their pants down and cucumbers up their asses.

surely that was Elton?

[Future Proof]

Originally Posted by Tom

Sir Elton is a fucking stupid old man who cannot relate to today's audiences and needs to shut the fuck up asap.

He's also a guy who ranked STITI as the 2nd best album of 1996 in a Rollingstone Magazine poll.

I'm not saying he's right, but given his contributions to music and also given his well-groomed music tastes, he's not exactly just one to slag off.

[Rog]

Originally Posted by Future Proof

He's also a guy who ranked STITI as the 2nd best album of 1996 in a Rollingstone Magazine poll.

I'm not saying he's right, but given his contributions to music and also given his well-groomed music tastes, he's not exactly just one to slag off.

you cannot be serious??????
I find his music tedious in the extreme in the most part and the internet would be better off without it....so maybe the bloated corporate hair transplanted buffoon should ban his own stuff from the net and leave the rest of us to get on with it...........

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Future Proof

He's also a guy who ranked STITI as the 2nd best album of 1996 in a Rollingstone Magazine poll.

I liked that album in 1996 also, and I'm completely full of shit.

Originally Posted by Future Proof

I'm not saying he's right, but given his contributions to music and also given his well-groomed music tastes, he's not exactly just one to slag off.

Writing a few good songs 20-30 years ago doesn't give you a free pass when it comes to being an irrelevant douche today.

Seriously. Look at what he said:

Originally Posted by Sir Elton

Hopefully the next movement in music will tear down the internet.

What the fuck does that even mean?!

AM I ON CRAZY PILLS?!?!

[Rog]

Originally Posted by Tom

AM I ON CRAZY PILLS?!?!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kowalski__]

well some of the amazing artists from 70s, like neil young, still selling records and having great reviews so sir elton should ask himself that why he wrote amazing albums like "tumbleweed connection" in 70s then become a self parody, writing royal family anthems.

but i agree with him digital killed many things, like, if you want a 70s style good quality vinyl of "prairie wind" by neil young, you have to pay 55 euro. horrible.

that music is definitely better on vinyl in terms of sound, its not comparable with itunes shite. i'm not an expert but i can say that as a music fan.