Personally, I love me some Elton John. I like “Tiny Dancer.” I like the entire Lion King soundtrack. Hell, I even like that “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” duet he did with George Michael (and let me tell ya, I could get murdered for that if the wrong sort found out). But let’s face it, he’s probably descending slowly into madness.
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I’d say it started when he decided that Princess Diana should have a re-purposed Marilyn Monroe song… why people didn’t riot on the streets about this I’ll never know. It was offensive to both women. And now, we’ve got some fun with quotes from him, based on this happy article in The Sun:
First off, his impression of music and the damage the internet has done:
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.”
I don’t know about this. Wouldn’t you have more access to music, and people, and thus perhaps have a wider range of experience which would then preclude you from making something horrible such as “Get back Honky Cat?” I’d say the internet knowledge is more shallow, but waaaaay wider across. And that’s ok. We can’t all be Garfunkle.
Sir Elton continued:
“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.”
Why you hating on the blog Elto? Also, how does one begin to “tear down” the internet, even with a movement? The truth is more artists are making more money off the internet than ever before. You can listen to a house band from Duluth on your computer now, that’s got to be a positive right? At least for Duluth house bands?
“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.â€
Well I’m quite sure it wouldn’t be. Plus, that wouldn’t be called an “experiment” it would be called “a meteor has smashed into the Earth leaving only a few dozen hearty survivors behind with no more internet.” And I guarantee that music wouldn’t be better in those conditions. Okay, maybe the Blues would be a little better but I don’t think that’s much of a trade-off.
Sigh. Sometimes it’s fun when crazy people rant.
Nobody is buying his junk or going to his concerts or following him about like worshipping zombies.. so he blames the internet.
He’s an Aries…they’re all crazy, but I love ’em.
instead of shutting down the internet, he could shut up, for a change.