But Peter O... you're sat in front of your computer right now.... there seem to be a lot of pots and kettles around these days.
Elton is being a fool. He's not my wife now Dave.
I've noticed these past few years that Elton believes he's reached God status. Despite some homophobic and childish name calling in this thread, Elton is a legend and comtributed much to music. Doesn't matter whether you like his music, his career has been huge.
Sadly it seems to have almost made him into someone who then thinks that his opinion on matters outside song creation and performance means something more than the average person... it doesn't.
It isn't the internet that is killing music. It's the music industry. What does Elton have to say about manufactured bands? What about the huge crowd of artists that are here one day and gone tomorrow, half the people (I'm being generous when I can half!) can't even play an instrument!
The industry has transformed bands as a method of creating money, when they have been used up, they are thrown away, no promotion no nothing and move onto the next.
We have these diabolical shows on tv run by industry bosses that do nothing for music. They aren't there to spot talent, they are there to make money.
If Elton had a bit of common sense he'd have mention this long before the internet came along.