Comments on: Elton John hates the Internet

He may have a lot of fans on the Internet, but he's no fan of it.

[Hardrada]

what an idiot ?

does he even own a computer ?

[Stating]

If You Wore Blue Glasses

you'd be a whack job too.

[montex66]

Embrace the Future

Too bad that Elton John has jumped feet first into becoming a
curmudgeon. I really expected a more enlightened point of view
from him.

Far from stifling art, the internet has spawned fascinating new
avenues for new artists and other people whose artistic abilities
are not up to John's level. It inspires artistic expression to many
millions who had no outlet before. Elton John should not poo-
poo the internet and appreciate it for the amazing invention that
it is.

[Xenolan]

Hypocrisy

I'm a big fan of EJ's music, but as far as this statement goes, he's being something of a hypocrite. Last time I checked, his official website at http://web.eltonjohn.com/index.jsp is still up and running! If Elton wants to shut down the web so badly, he should start with his own website.

[CBWolf]

Wow

Wow, ummmm. wow.

The internet is the most important invention since, arguably, the
automobile. Aside from all the superficial benefits it has made
an unbelievable amount of knowledge freely available to the
common man, from obscure trivia to the state of things on the
ground in Iraq. Perhaps, as a celebrity with the funds to hire
people to do this footwork for him, he does not appreciate the
revolutionary implications the internet has for everyday people.

[jouvina]

MPFree

I do think it would be an incredible experiment to shut down the whole music industry for five years and see all those fake artist (the few that monopolize the media space) to get some decent occupation. Then, perhaps, we could find in the media all the amazing artists that exists and perform their art despite of any money they could get for that.

In terms of music art production, EJ wants to get back 1 decade. In this direction, I'd prefer to get straight to 60's or even XVIII century.

[Dr_Zinj]

Opinions are like buttocks, everyone has them.

And like buttocks everywhere, most of them are full of it.
In my not so humble opinion, the lack of brains and common sense in Elton John, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, et al. are the perfect examples that money can't buy everything.

[TJM5150]

Elton is truly a retard....

Shut down the WHOLE internet? This queer has totally lost it. You gotta remember that some people called automobiles "devil-wagons" in the early 1900's and predicted nothing could beat a horse & wagon and that cars wouldnt last more than a few years...most likely old curmudgeons like Elton John who are afraid of technology and long for the "old days".

[mikele11111]

Consider the source

Consider the source

[jhoeforth]

Elton John hates the Internet

Good one!

[Levon83]

Personally, I'm sorry to hear that Elton doesn't like the internet. But I also don't really care, I just love his music. There's probably a lot of opinions he and I wouldn't agree on, but I love him for his music.

[Dingbattie]

Whereas, David Bowie loves the web,

and was an early adopter of it's possibilities (and he is a superior artist to EJ).