In an article by Anmar Frangoul for The Sunday Times, Jon Bon Jovi states:
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.
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MacDailyNews Take: Johnny Bongiovi misses the time when children were cajoled into parting with their allowance money for wildly overpriced, forced bundles of sight unseen, or rather, sound unheard, crapshoots; 99.9% of which were packed to the gills with filler. Ah, “the good old days.”
Johnny’s also probably upset that in order for him to sell a full album nowadays, he’d have to come up with 10-12 good songs, a feat he hasn’t accomplished during his entire lifetime. Yes, the magical, magical times certainly are over for Johnny.
Today, thanks to Steve Jobs, a good portion of music consumers still actually pay for music and also actually have – *gasp* – consumer choice! Music consumers can now buy exactly what they want while not paying for things they don’t. Imagine that! Consumers can also still buy a full album via Apple’s iTunes Store, complete with artwork and more, if they so desire. Nobody’s stopping them. And, oh by the way, artists are still getting rich. All of this is thanks to Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs is personally responsible for saving the music business, you vapid twit.
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What is he…like 5′ 4″ or something. Nuf said.
Jon Bon has a case of the good-ole-days-syndrome.
I don’t even need to formulate an opinion on how the world is changing and moving forward. YOU ALL KNOW IT!
Slight correction: Bop Til You Drop was the first DIGITALLY recorded rock album, not the first CD.
According to Wikipedia, the first CD pressed was “The Visitors” by ABBA, and the first released was “52nd St” by Billy Joel.
I also remember saying to the wife in the pre-iTunes days: “The problem with ‘Roy Orbison’s Greatest Hits’ is that they aren’t all great. Mr Bon Jovi should shut up and sing (something people want to buy).
Wow, he’s right — he is an old man.
I think that’s just fantastic and wonderfull news,
especially getting informed by Bon Jovi.
I’ll cancel my iTunes account right away,
and will go back to buying CD’s
Thank you, Steve
Yup Jon,
Your right. Your old. Please just fade away. Wait, you already did. hahaha.
LOL….. Poor Jon Bon Jovi. The music industry just loved it when we had to buy the entire album with two good songs with ten filler songs that no one wanted. Now, musicians have to actually produce a good album. My heart bleeds for you, it really does.
How does he listen to HIS favorite music? Vinyl? Cassettes? Zunes? And how many THOUSANDS of mp3’s do you think he owns as of today??? I’ll bet he can justify his own hypocrisy pretty well.
The industry killed itself. It also might have a little to do with MTV not playing music anymore?
The Good Old Days?
Whatever happened to Bo Diddley’s money?
According to Bo he never got a royalty cheque.
“BTW, who bought an album based on the jacket, anyway?”
Well, the art and the information on the jacket, sure. What has changed is the _way_ we get information about the album now. FWIW, I bought several albums back in the day based solely upon the jacket and the info, same as now….
Who is Jon Bon Jovi? Was she married to Woody Guthrie?
Napster and Limeware where already pervasive before iTunes came to the rescue. If anything Steve Jobs made it possible for this clown to sell his music at all. If Apple would have not shown the way, this and all artist would be relegated to playing concerts and giving there music out for free.
What happened? Wake up, man. It is 21st century. Everything goes with technology. It is the trend people want. If you don’t like it, don’t even use damn cellular phone. Do you?
Hey Jon, Take a Hike & go write some Good Music 4 a Change.
No wonder those Last Couple of CD’s A’int Flying off the Shelves, Having only 1,or 2, songs that Music Lovers like me can Gravitate Towards.
Thanks to Steve Jobs, for Looking out 4 All of Us, Now we have the Option of Buying Exactly what we want instead of the Music Industry of which ur a Part of Forcing all that Crap on us.
(Yeaaaaaaaaaaa)
I always thought this guy was a looser. And so was his music.
This statement just solidifies he is a looser!
Let’s see…holding an album vs. no music at all since artists would not want to work if music is free. Thank God for Steve Jobs providing a way for people to PAY for music and SUPPORT the artists!
The record companies are to blame as they never look to the future – If they did they could make this new download model just as great as it was on vinyl.
Can we stop this madness? 131 comments and counting? Bon Jovi’s gonna think he’s more relevant than he really is.
I guess Jon Bon Jovi doesn’t want to sell any more songs on iTunes.
How many adults today with hearing loss wish they had a device when they were younger that parents could set volume limits. Nothing like the good old days of cranking it all the way up and losing your hearing later.
Steve Jobs took away the power from the record companies, and business sleaze who gave people careers based MORE on how they look or the “package” than real talent. Bonjovi represented the hair bands, which myself, as a musician of the same age back then, was completely against, and I was certainly not alone. I have nothing against Bonjovi personally, he was irrelevant back then, and is irrelevant right now. Since 2004 (or a little earlier), thanks to Steve, I can make music and sell it on iTunes, at minimal cost to me. Also, thanks to Steve and Apple for making Macs, Logic, and etc. (and thanks to Ableton and others) for making affordable music production software so that many of us non-glam, pensive, hard-working musicians can be heard and can make our fair share of money with complete artistic freedom – no producers, no middlemen, no studio sleaze and no “shareholders”.
To any real musician, Steve Jobs is a hero, and I’ll pass that along to my children and their children.
This is great to hear from a real musician, MacMusician. Thanks for sharing your perspective. What is your band name? I would like to take a listen.
Thanks Dan. Much appreciated. I’m not in a band anymore, I just do session stuff every now and then for all kinds of music. I’m just a drummer/percussionist, but I make my own music (thanks to Ableton Live, synth plugins and my Macs). I’m almost done with my next release, which will hopefully be on iTunes soon. It will be under my name “Joseph D’Aqui” and linked from my website at http://www.josephdaqui.com. Take care man – all the best to you!
“Bonjovi represented the hair bands, which myself, as a musician of the same age back then, was completely against, and I was certainly not alone. ”
LOLOLOL how full of yourself you are. If you BOTHERED to listen to and follow Bon Jovi you’d know that a term like ‘hair band’ means NOTHING. Just like the term ‘grunge’ didnt either. Dont write about things you know nothing about. You being a musician doesn’t mean you know every bit of music or its value to people. It just means you were an easily influenced musician who sees things in black and white.
You are obviously a fan, sorry, meant no disrespect to you. I like all kinds of music, regardless of genre an I would not call myself the best musician or claim to know everything about music – quite the opposite. However, I did teach music/drum/percussion theory in my early twenties, played every NYC/NJ club in several genres, so i have some experience.
I actually met him way back when, He was a nice, down-to-earth guy, and he was very forthcoming about his ambitions, he was a serious businessman and bandleader. He was honest about capitalizing on the image of music back then (the way they looked) as part of the package, and obviously, he was successful, and being a good businessman, adapted as the music landscape changed over the years. I respect him for that and all he has done to “give back” to NJ and the communities instead of squandering or holding on to all his wealth. That’s a good man in my book.
Now, his statement, the topic of this discussion, is ridiculous and also, as I stated, a slap in the face of young, struggling musicians, maybe even people who want to be like him.
In the “big picture” or when referencing the legends of our time, Led Zep, Jimi Hendrix, Stevey Ray V, Bowie and etc. come to mind in the music realm, not BonJovi.
As far as humans who have changed the world, Steve Jobs come to mind immediately, and will be for many years to come.
I really miss the time when I would but an album of 12-14 song and find I only ever listen to 3-5
Who is Jon Bon Jovi? Was he a member of that Beatles band thing that Apple was advertising a while ago?
There are still live concerts to enjoy… Plus: i’m an old man too, but i never “hold the jacket” to listen to music. Closing eyes: yes! Of course! But not “holding jackets”…