Comments on: Elton John: ‘Close Down the Internet!’

By: axlman

axlman — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I don’t even care enough to read what the dumbass has to say but all I know is that EJ can go screw himself!

By: Boomer The Dog

Boomer The Dog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I’m glad that Elton is shaking things up a bit that he has an opinion and is willing to share it. Notice
that his views are more fundamental he doesn’t bring up the BPI record companies or revenues.
It sounds to me like he is above all of that and that shows class.

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

@Boomer
Yah he doesnt talk about piracy but just that he misses the days when bands and people interactd with one another on a more personal level.

By: Tanuki0

Tanuki0 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

That’s a point of view…I believe that the internet allows people from all around the world to communicate with each other but as far as music and bands are concerned yeah maybe the internet has changed things but I still see a lot of people in concerts and in festivals and I still hear good music I even hear more because the internet allows everyone to post their music and I personnally discovered a lot of new bands on the internet it’s a good way to reach an audience.

By: nobodaddy

nobodaddy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

irregardless != a word

By: ejonesss

ejonesss — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

if the internet is taken away then we will go back to watching tv and loafing

By: baronian_cecil

baronian_cecil — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

@nobodaddy

Actually FYI irregardless is an actual word. I use it constantly and it’s even in the dictionary (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irregardless).

By: Burd

Burd — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

O.K. I was a long-time Elton John fan. I am no more (no not because of this article.) I am of Elton John’s generation but Elton has–as they say–”Jumped the Shark.” (That’s a reference to the television show “Happy Days” which–just before it was canceled–tried desperately to improve ratings by having ridiculous episodes like the one in which Fonzie jumped a shark on a dare.) Many singers have “jumped the shark:” Neil Diamond Paul McCartney Linda Ronstadt etc. Singers who have not “jumped the shark”: Tom Jones the Rolling Stones Bob Dylan etc. What I mean by not “jumping the shark” is that they have maintained the original flare for doing an excellent performance. They also know how to change with the times.

The Internet has opened up such a world to me that I would fight to the death anyone who would try to take it away. What’s Elton afraid of? Competition? The more musicians the better as far as I’m concerned. Today I have so much to choose from. Back in the 1970’s–which I assume Elton is talking about–radio stations had ridiculously limited play lists and you’d hear the same artists on and on. Elton of course was one of them. “Crocodile Rock” is a great song but I’m sure that there were many others that we never heard.

Now with the Internet we can. And we–not some program director–can choose what we want to hear. I guess it’s all in how you look at it. But take away my Internet? You’ll have to pry my cold dead mind from around it!

By: Boomer The Dog

Boomer The Dog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Ugh I sure don’t want to go back to a time when it was just TV for home video and radio for music. Wait until TV is gone for a while folks will look back and be pining for simpler times watching the lonely old TV sitting there. That’s what I don’t like about the TV it just sits there but the computer is interactive.

Another thing I wonder if Elton’s opinion came from something that was posted on his blog if he has one..

By: biffazorcho909

biffazorcho909 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

well HE can have HIS opinion BUT my friends live TOO far and the price of Airplane tickets are insane.
so I’ll keep sending my “Pro tools/Logic/Live projects” in the mail on over the net on to our FTP servers.
I don’t care WHAT HE says.
crap music has existed before the NET so he must realize that he doest speak for everyone.
hes getting old and HIS artistic OPEN MIND is fading due to the many slow songs that came out of his mouth in the past 10 yrs.
he’s thinking TOO much and that alone destroys creative flow so in the process hes “Nitpicking” things that DON’T fit HIS vision.