It's all because of Metallica. Yup. You see they were the first to speak up against Napster as people, ok, some people downloaded a song here and there of theirs. People, musicians and their record companies they don't even realize, maybe never will in the fog of greed sticking all over their eyes and minds, that Napster actually revived music. That kid from his basement revived the whole industry, just to have musicians and their executives to crew themselves later by getting greedy , just like freakin' Wall Street.
So yeah, Napster was for the "hits" but for lotsa lotsa old stuff, rare stuff. Half forgotten bands got listened to again and they started touring again. Music crossed the ocean and through the iron curtain, off the black list, out of blue kids had access to music that went beyond what the locos were stuffing down their throat. Euro disco broke into America and , hell , just listen to it now, gosh, whew, eew; American blues and rock went across the ocean and suddenly Aerosmith sounds more than a dried out lake. American kids are going to rave and European kids are singing blues in English. All because of Napster.
Yes, music turned into a Wall Street. It's nothing but fake artists and their endlessly deep pocketed executives who want to go on Italian cruises. Yes I'm pissed, pissed for awhile now. You see David Guetta flies to his shows with his private jet, piloted by high precision by two German techs. Because he want to be sure that he will land for sure to that show and cashes in half million for an hour for something what I would call whistle and tribal drum mixture. And freakin' Metallica, who are the biggest sellers of all time without being able to write 3 decent songs. I just passed by a Sandman Hotel the other day. Yeah, I almost s..t myself laughing. Above the door was "Enter" sign. Enter Sandman , Got it? Cheap beds, cheap songs. Do I listen to Metallica? No.Scroo-em. Pardon. Whiskey in the jar, the remake of the remake of remake. Irish traditional song, anyways.
Anyways, sure, go ahead and reinstate FEUDALISM mr. political geniuses. We're on the way for sure. By all means and in all aspects. Well, Bruce Cockburn said it well: "they call it democracy". Hey, how bout shutting down the internet totally. Maybe people would talk to each other again. Yeah, talk. No text, no like, no email. Friggin' talk. yappadeedoodledoo.
On the big scale of things, yes, music should be like...um, church. You see, the priest yaps for an hour or so for FREE then people drop a penny , a tweny, fifty ('r u nuts?), everyone making their own decision how much God is worth today for them and what's is the price tag on this weeks forgiveness . Now just transfer the idea to the movies and to the concert halls. I guess Lady Gaga would be a cleaning lady then, not offering precious advises to the White House with 'r special visits. John Mellencamp would not complain about the paparazzi's anymore and he would not ruin the sound of his warm up band (Tom Cochrane) so he can sound "better", or Lenny Kravitz making us wait for an hour. If it would be by donationshe would show up for sure on time and I don't have to think about a million better ways to spend fifty bux. Yeah, let us decide how much you worth buddy. The Church didn't go broke for 2000 years, people keep on shoveling up dough for forgiveness , music will stay alive too.
The music and movie business is just like the Wall Street today: crooks.
I'll just whistle and stomp. Is that copyrighted yet? Maybe my genes soon by Monsanto....
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