From the Sun UK:
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.
Elton, the concept of people not communicating and not talking to each other is as obnoxious as your hair piece. As you admit, you are a “Luddite”, one who is arguably making far more of touring and the sales of your back catalog rather than innovating and creating new music. Exactly how dumb do you think the audience is, anyway?
There’s some kind of Supply-Side Theory going on in some circles that the avalanche of mediocrity will swamp the “good” talent, at least “good” as agreed to by the established gatekeepers. The filthy, unknowing masses are totally incapable of creating anything worthwhile, and the loss of the filter will be horrifying to all.
And as far as people not “going out and communicating”, Elton should step out of his presumed insular bubble of celebrity and take a look around. The specific problem that many of those who were accustomed to controlling their messages have found themselves competing for attention with regular people via blogs, podcasts, vlogs, or garage bands. Let’s reframe the debate from the Demand Side – maybe if Hollywood and the Record Industry weren’t so lazy, relying on formulaic drivel, best of albums, demographic generated pop groups (mark my words, if there is a number in the bands name, odds are it was created by a record executive, and geezer rock, and actually innovated and made people think and feel, then maybe they wouldn’t be constantly worried about the sliver of business the lose at the margins to piracy. /rant
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