anti-m wrote:Honestly, I picture him delivering this diatribe armed with earhorn, shaking his cane... admonishing those damn kids to get off his lawn.
roymond wrote:And it seems he's more the voyeur than the man-ass lover, so back off on the irrelevant disrespect to sexual orientation, which only highlights your own insecurities about people-not-like-you.
If the party line is "Anyone who has anything bad to say about the internet is wrong", then I vote against the party line.
Music blogging is ass, in that it's more about being able to yell "FRIST!" than it is in promoting music. If you post about something that other people posted about 3 weeks ago, that might as well be a billion years ago. People on the internet get excited about something new and shiny for a very very short window of time. Elton John has a point, but unfortunately there is nothing that can be done about it.
erik wrote:If the party line is "Anyone who has anything bad to say about the internet is wrong", then I vote against the party line.
I was referring to criticism about how he presented his views, which is through broad, blanket statements about something he admits he knows little about. Of course I didn't make this clear, perpetuating the problem which is perhaps your point.
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roymond wrote:
He's primarily a performer and that's where he's coming from. While he makes records for fun and profit, he's been on the road his whole life (whether he should be is another discussion).
He's a damn good songwriter. He has written some of his own lyrics, but he's had an amazing partnership with a great lyricist. Saying he can't speak as a creative because he only writes the music is like saying Elvis Costello can't write shit because his bass player came up with the bass part. Come on.
Whether or not you personally like his genre, voice, piano playing, hats or eye glasses has nothing to do with the fact he's been able to communicate with millions of people over many decades. Pop music isn't about the music being the highest of art forms. It's about music as a vehicle for style, fashion, trendy accessories and occasionally some sort of relevant message.
He's obviously spoken out of his comfort zone (I know...none of you have done this). And he's at a stage where he can observe things with an ignorant indifference or he can lash out and sound the fool. Big deal. The fact that we spent this much time getting bent out of shape over his personal views about technologies ruining art is more about us than him.
And it seems he's more the voyeur than the man-ass lover, so back off on the irrelevant disrespect to sexual orientation, which only highlights your own insecurities about people-not-like-you.
Absolutely, I agree with you 100% - he's just a whiny old balding poof who should just shut up.
