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Thursday, August 2, 2007

Elton John Wants To Ban The Internet?

Sir Elton is a great musician but is a Luddite concerning technology. He reportedly wants the internet banned for five years so people can create art. You old faggy, foggie, get with the times or retire. There’s lots of great music on the internet. Check it out you might find someone who would love to sit by your piano and try out a few musical licks with you.
Anyway the following are Sir Elton’s words as found on PerezHilton,

“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. I don’t have a mobile phone or an iPod or anything. I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano. In the early Seventies there were at least ten albums released every week that were fantastic. 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.”
- Elton John
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