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Elton John Says Internet is Destroying Music

Posted by samzenpus on from the mtv-already-did-it dept.

Jared writes "Elton John says that the internet is destroying good music and "stopping people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff." He laments the way that the internet and the emerging industry of digital music has created a cold and impersonal world for artists to create new music in."

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  1. Sure, Elton, sure. by Kickstart70 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And Video killed the Radio star too, eh?

  2. This states it better... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news Music has stated that Elton John is destroying it.

  3. Experiment? by Tim+Browse · · Score: 5, Funny
    From TFA:

    "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."

    If only there was a period in history when the internet didn't exist, so we could make a comparison to it.

  4. Re:Sucks to be you, Elton by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, I do know Who actually wrote it


    - So who did?

    - Yes!

    (Sorry.)