Elton John Wants To Close The Internet
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Mandy @ Gone Hollywood | Thursday, August 2, 2007 |
Elton John might have beef with Al Gore after that whole inventing the internet thing. Yep, Sir Elton wants the world wide web closed down.
He claims it is destroying good music, saying:
“The internet has stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff.
“Instead they sit at home and make their own records, which is sometimes OK but it doesn’t bode well for long-term artistic vision.
“It’s just a means to an end.
“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.
“I mean, get out there — communicate.
“Hopefully the next movement in music will tear down the internet.
“Let’s get out in the streets and march and protest instead of sitting at home and blogging.
“I do think it would be an incredible experiment to shut down the whole internet for five years and see what sort of art is produced over that span.
“There’s too much technology available.
“I’m sure, as far as music goes, it would be much more interesting than it is today.”
Maybe Elton’s opinions come from his self-described technophobia. The man doesn’t even have a cell phone, let alone an iPod.
But his feelings are kind of contradictory to his actions. Elton’s 60th birthday concert was streamed live over the internet, and he’s also announced this year that his entire back catalogue of albums will be made available for digital download. So which is it, Sir Elton?
His complaint lies mostly in the the quality of the music being made these days:
“Now you’re lucky to find ten albums a year of that quality.
“And there are more albums released each week now than there were then.”
There’s some crappy music, sure, but that’s always been the case. And with the internet we have access to so many artists that it’s amazing. I have to disagree with you, Elton. There may be more to filter through to find the good stuff, but it’s worth it.
Source: The Sun
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