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…well, for musicians anyway. The grand old queen of rock pointed his tiara at the Internet today and accused it directly of crimes against music.

People in glass houses should never throw stones, Elton.

Yes, the man who wore some of the largest glasses in showbiz ironically claims that people sitting at home making their own records “doesn’t bode well for artistic vision”.

Bloody hell. Get a grip, Elton. The Internet has opened up a whole new avenue of content distribution, from peer to peer networks to YouTube to Pandora and Last.fm.

Advances in computing have leveled the playing field and allowed aspiring artists to lay down tracks on their home computers and distribute their tunes either via personal homepages or MySpace.

I will grant the rock dinosaur one thing: there’s an awful lot of dross out there. But dross doesn’t often float to the top. Only the best or most interesting artists will capture people’s hearts and receive those all-important word-of-mouth recommendations. Remember, pop music by its very nature is popular music. If the general public don’t like it, they don’t buy it, talk about it or sing it in the shower.

Frankly, I’m appalled that a man who publicly calls Victoria Beckham a friend can come out and criticize the Internet for propagating poor quality music. Perhaps Mr John should start wearing those oversized specs again…

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