Rocker Jon Bon Jovi told The Sunday Times Magazine that 'Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business' in a recently published interview.
"Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the headphones on, turning it up to 10, holding the jacket, closing their eyes and getting lost in an album; and the beauty of taking your allowance money and making a decision based on the jacket, not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of still pictures and imagining it. God, it was a magical, magical time. I hate to sound like an old man now, but I am, and you mark my words, in a generation from now people are going to say: 'What happened?'. Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business."
One could argue the exact opposite in fact. iTunes lets many musicians get their music out to the world who otherwise wouldn't have had the means to do so.
Interestingly, CultofMac notes that Bon Jovi sits on the White House Council for Community Solutions with Jobs’ wife, Laurene Powell Jobs. Think she'll have a few words for him?
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Flobadob - March 15, 2011 at 9:23am
Im not sure if it applys but im sure there was something about years ago that stated "video killed the radio star" maybe bon jovi shud start lookin there.
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1000101 - March 15, 2011 at 6:41pm
LOL, yea that point does apply
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Dicktracy - March 15, 2011 at 12:51am
She was only 11 years old.
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1000101 - March 15, 2011 at 1:45am
Ahhh i stand corrected
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Joe Cole - March 15, 2011 at 3:47am
@ 1000101 & Dicktracy, do you guys mean 'Emily Bear'? If so, she's awesome.
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Emad - March 14, 2011 at 9:52pm
The music industry is not dead. It's just evolving as everything else.
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Carlito - March 14, 2011 at 8:00pm
jobs didn't kill the music industry . So called musicians who make lollipop music and music that sounds like everything else out there is what killed it.
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namedb - March 14, 2011 at 9:35pm
i agree with you! i hate hip hop and all its kind...
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? - March 14, 2011 at 7:25pm
Bon Jovi gay?????
is that also in history class :)
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Hal 9000 - March 14, 2011 at 6:45pm
Amen Bro.
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Mey - March 14, 2011 at 6:12pm
My God!! that one who thought Bon Jovi was dead doesn't know about anything! Did you really study history?
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Mey - March 14, 2011 at 6:06pm
I think you just are envious of him!!!
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BigRich - March 14, 2011 at 5:52pm
hmmm, Bon Jovi.......oh yeah, that's right! I remember learning about him in history class...thought he was dead.
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iPhonedo - March 14, 2011 at 5:49pm
no need to defend apple but if iTunes didn't get into music business people would be downloading music illegally. And I think that would have been worse. In some countries record labels pay the pirates to have their music because it reaches a wide audience. That's what's up in the rest of the world while one of the biggest rockstars ever finally aged and don't know where to attack because he doesn't get the new life style.
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nun - March 16, 2011 at 1:42am
But people still downloading illegally. LOL!
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David - March 14, 2011 at 5:34pm
Guess he doesn't remember that there were many MP3 players before the iPod and the free pirating pioneered by Napstet.
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Mey - March 14, 2011 at 5:33pm
Yeah right,I can imagine what kind of music you like... Bon jovi has been selected one of the best rock singer of the world and also sits on the white house council for community solutions with Steve Jobs wife. I don't think those disrespectful comments about his sexual orientation have anything to do with the music the gay community deserves respect as well!!!!
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Nick p - March 14, 2011 at 5:23pm
Who says that, that's garbage!! Most albums suck with the exception on 2 tracks so guess what make a better album has been
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Mey - March 14, 2011 at 5:14pm
I don't think that those disrespectful comments about the great Bon Jovi are fair to him and his music nevertheless I agree that apple is good for this generation as well
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