This evenings topic for most ridiculous news item of the day is brought to us by The Times and an interview they had with John Bonjovi. It seems John here hasn’t learned past classic rockers’ mistakes. That is, he spends a good chunk of his interview lambasting Steve Jobs (and in a more broader sense, the digital music scene) for “killing the music experience/business”. According to John, the days of saving up money to buy an album based on the jacket (that’s cover art for you young-ins) and spending an hour or more listening to a said compilation without distraction is gone — all thanks to Steve Jobs.

First of all, buying music because the cover art is cool is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Music is about…the music, not the pretty pictures. Being able to preview music before purchasing it is a logical, smart decision. Why spend money on junk which in turn allows the artist in question to continue pumping out more junk? It’s poor logic. Another good example — why spend $10, $15, or $20 on a full CD when one or two songs are worth buying? It’s called consumer choice and the aging music business hates it.

As far as John’s rant about “getting lost in an album” — that can still be done just as easily as it was 25 years ago, so we have no idea what John is talking about in regards to that statement.

Finally, John shows his age and ignorance (he admits the former) by blaming the digital music business for killing a dying, rigid, unadaptable business model — the physical music scene (read: CDs, albums, etc.)

In the end, all we are hearing is another aging rocker making the same mistakes as so many before him — blaming a dying industry that is unwilling to adapt to change and consumer choices and then turning around grilling the very visionaries who pioneer the next generation. Steve Jobs didn’t kill the music industry. He killed the dying business model of overpriced physical mediums, lack of consumer choice, and the support of garbage. To that we say bravo Steve, bravo.

Via: MSN