Paul McCartney On Music In the Digital World

Rachhpal writes "Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney will release his new album today — it's called 'Memory Almost Full.' In an interview with the L.A. Times, he talked about ending his long-time relationship with EMI and making the new album fully downloadable through his new relationship with Starbucks' Hear Music label. Some of his comments on the music industry: 'I was bored with the old record company's jaded view,' McCartney says... 'They're very confused, and they will admit it themselves: that this is a new world, and they're a little bit at a loss as to what to do. So they've got millions of dollars and X budget... for them to come up with boring ways — because they've been at it for so long — to what they call "market" it. And I find that all a bit disturbing.'"

Comments

Never in a million years....

[svunt]

I can't believe it, here I am reading Paul McCartney's words and nodding in agreement. I feel a little dirty, but that's ok.

Re:Never in a million years....

[CmdrGravy]

No ! No ! Luckily I had heard Sir Paul introducing his new song before they played it. I think he was saying something like this:

Yes, it's a great song - fantastic in fact. Like all the brilliant songs I've written it was based on a moments inspiration. I had a few friends around and as I was telling them how bloody amazing I was just tapping this fabulous beat out on the kitchen table and this little kid was just loving it and dancing to it and we all danced around and sang and it was the beat I was doing, it was amazing - a stroke of pure genius. So I made the record, it'll certainly be number 1 and is an amazing record. Of course the whole album is just awe inspiringly brilliant, without doubt I'd say it's certainly my and greatest work and therefore definitely much better than anything else anyone else has done but it's because I have such a great life you know, so great and totally deserved. A lot of people say I'm smug but I'm not, I just know I'm greater than they will ever be.

I thought the song was rubbish too.

Re:Never in a million years....

[Anonymous Coward]

It felt like that moment when the police tell you she was in fact 15... No, it's more like when you find out she's sixty-four.

Re:Never in a million years....

[heinousjay]

You have to hate anything that other people like if you want to be nerdcool.

Re:Bug Me Not

[elfin_spectre]

Proxy at work has classified that BugMeNot as "Criminal". I'm expecting the Internet Police any moment now...

Here's my solution to the whole msuic industry.

[F34nor]

We boycott the recoding indutry untill they are bankrupt. Once the companies are in liquidation we pool our resources, by up the IP, and sell it back to the artists who can then publish it in the format they want on the web. We make a profit, the artists get their art back, and a whole bunch of asshole have to look for new work.

Translation:

[C A S S I E L]

Sir Paul: I'm sick of this scene of corporate greed, market-driven business plans, aggressive practices and monopolistic behaviour, always pushing out the little guy and the independent ventures. That's why I've signed with Starbucks.

Re:Translation:

[zotz]

"In the end, I suppose Starbucks..."

And in the end....
The mug you take....
Is equal to the mug.....
You break.

All I need is a grande a day...

all the best,

drew

Good old Paul...

[hey!]

Going in and out of style, but still guaranteed to raise a smile.