No Internet for the next five years...

[TheBuzzSaw]

[size=+2]Elton John Wants The Internet Shut Down For Five Years... For The Sake Of The Music[/size]
It's always fun when someone famous decides to spout off on a topic in a bizarre manner. Witness Elton John's tirade against the internet (found via News.com). Apparently, he believes that the 70s were a great time in music (no, seriously, he means it) and that today's music sucks -- and it's all the internet's fault. It's got nothing to do with downloading (though it doesn't sound like he's a fan of that either), but because he somehow thinks that the internet means that people don't communicate with each other any more -- and musicians are all producing music by themselves in their basements. I guess no one has clued him into the fact that the internet is a communications medium, and it's generally used more to connect people than to isolate them. He also is apparently unaware of a growing number of tools that actually let musicians collaborate online, such as eJamming. He admits he's a Luddite and unfamiliar with the technology -- and his quotes confirm that. Try these on for size:

* "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."

It would be easy to refute each of these somewhat laughable points, but, honestly, why bother? Since Sir Elton John apparently doesn't recognize that most people use the internet to communicate, it's unlikely that news of how uninformed he is will ever get back to him. Either he's completely out of touch, or he's decided that trolling is about the only way to get anyone to pay attention to him any more.

source -- http://techdirt.com/articles/20070802/011353.shtml

What an idiot...

 

[Mr.GAW]

Lmao. We would all die if they shut down the internet for five years. (At least I would....)

Jeez. What a ******.

 

[Pit 42]

What do you expect from someone who wears pink glasses?

"I hope you don't mind...I hope you don't mind...that we shut down the internet..."

 

[Keitaro]

Wow, I guess this statement is gaining him some more popularity. ****, he's being talked about on Smashboards for christ sake. SMASHBOARDS!!!!

 

[commonyoshi]

How would I copy and paste Wiki articles for my school essays then? This man is a quack.

 

[Shazz]

Well he would certainly have his riot if that ever did happen.

 

[Sugoi]

Wow, Elton John's just an idiot for this one, his comment about the internet stiffeling art is just so foolish.... the internet helped music to get the audience it needed. Just goes to show you that the reqirments for knighthood are nothing these days based on this and some of his past actions.

 

[pikachun00b7]

Someone doesn't like the inteernets.

 

[Dibs]

Where the hell am I gonna get my free porn from then?

 

[tmw_redcell]

While his stupidity here is mostly obvious, he's extremely dumb for thinking there's 'too much new technology' and it's hindering artists somehow and a grand experiment would be to see how people produce music when they do not have any new tools. Gee, maybe it'll be like when they didn't have those tools. A better, actual experiment would be to give artists even more new tools to work with to see what they come up with. As a famous artist, I propose we give everyone free internet access for five years.

 

[Metà]

Where the hell am I gonna get my free porn from then?

Ditto. Only a fool would pay for porn. >_>

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

[size=+2]The Buzz Saw Wants The Music Shut Down For Five Years... For The Sake Of The Internet[/size]

 

[Shazz]

Wow, Elton John's just an idiot for this one, his comment about the internet stiffeling art is just so foolish.... the internet helped music to get the audience it needed. Just goes to show you that the reqirments for knighthood are nothing these days based on this and some of his past actions.

You mean like being apart of one of the biggest bands in the world, ever? I just see frustration, I don't necessarily think you should deem him ******** for life because of this, he did alot of cool things too.

 

[Sugoi]

You mean like being apart of one of the biggest bands in the world, ever? I just see frustration, I don't necessarily think you should deem him ******** for life because of this, he did alot of cool things too.

Okay where in my post did I "deem him ******** for life".... I called him an idiot for this idea and I stand by that, he is a cool guy whos done a lot but this is simply dumb.

 

[Skywalker]

Umm... no? Killing my favorite source of entertainment is not justified by "today's music sucks."

I thought this would be about pirating music, lol.

 

[Shazz]

Okay where in my post did I "deem him ******** for life".... I called him an idiot for this idea and I stand by that, he is a cool guy whos done a lot but this is simply dumb.

Well from your post it would imply that even ******* can be knighted, and that was some time ago, but maybe I just missunderstood.

Ah well, carry on.

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

Ah well, carry on.

But HOW??? The Internet will be down for FIVE FREAKIN' YEARS!

 

[Red Exodus]

Where the hell am I gonna get my free porn from then?

That was my second thought. My first thought would be how the **** am I gonna talk to people? You mean I have to get UP AND go outside? AT THE SAME TIME???

**** you Elton John. **** you.

 

[DH_Ninja]

haahahahahahhahaha.........just try it john. he will fail. This is probably the dumbest thing ive heard ever.

 

[Dibs]

My first thought would be how the **** am I gonna talk to people?

Phone. =] 9 10

 

[Red Exodus]

I almost forgot about that >.>

But I can only talk to one person at a time! We have to prepare ourselves, exchange phone numbers and stock up on free porn before it's too late.


In other news: I think this made me dream about the world ending. I remember standing up watching the sunset and suddenly this ring of light extended from the sun and started spreading. I looked at my friends and said 'oh well, see ya in the afterlife, and we looked back and the explosion just before it engulfed us.

****ing Elton John gave me a ****ing nightmare >.<

EDIT: So isn't this 'cycle' john is talking about going to continue AFTER the 5 years is up? Maybe he's gonna kill himself in 5 years or something, his logic is FUBAR.

 

[Impact009]

I wonder how he's going to plan his course of action.

 

[Bassoonist]

I'll agree that most of the music today sucks, however I can't blame the internet for it.

 

[Tallgeese*]

LMFAO

This sounds like my friend's parents...

 

[Xsyven]

This is a stab in the heart for nerdy musicians everywhere.

Don't judge us because of him.

 

[inside]

I don't even download Elton John songs, I think he's well respected enough that people actually buy his CDs.

 

[Eor]

To clarify, he did not say he wanted the internet shut down. He said it would be interesting to see what music would be created if the internet was shut down. He wasn't calling for it to happen

 

[flicker]

I wonder how much chaos no internet for one WEEK would cause.

5 years. Hah, it isn't April 1st yet Elton.

 

[Shazz]

To clarify, he did not say he wanted the internet shut down. He said it would be interesting to see what music would be created if the internet was shut down. He wasn't calling for it to happen

Your post will remain ignored, as people will just copy the opinion of the one above them, and mix the words around a little .

 

[Rx-]

I like how OP said he was "Trolling". That was probably the best part! Elton John: Knighted by the queen, Trolled by SmashBoards.

 

[flicker]

Your post will remain ignored, as people will just copy the opinion of the one above them, and mix the words around a little .

Oh my fault, I guess I didn't read it clearly.

Still imagine 1 week.

 

[a1j2h5]

Shutting down the internet will have no negative outcomes in todays society at all T.T

 

[flicker]

Shutting down the internet will have no negative outcomes in todays society at all T.T

Are you kidding? The internet is used for work, communication, games, downloads, movies, and many peoples' main source of income.

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

Let's just cut electricity altogether for five years.

 

[inside]

And shove our heads into each others ***** while we're at it.

 

[LightningStrike]

I don't think it's a coincedence that the decline of music coincides with the rise of Elton John's Disney movie soundtracks.

Seriously, Elton John is a big influence on some of today's "sucky" music artists. Maybe that should tell him something about himself.

 

[Nintencore88]

imagine if he succeded though imagine the world

 

[LightningStrike]

imagine if he succeded though imagine the world

"Total chaos" sounds about right.

A question, though, how would someone actually shut down the whole internet? Wouldn't you have to get every ISP to shut down, or is there one root source for everything?

 

[Eor]

Your post will remain ignored, as people will just copy the opinion of the one above them, and mix the words around a little .

Hey look, it's a prophet

 

[Meleeruler]

If they shut down the intherwebs for five years, how the crap would I play Brawl online?

*Explodes*