Paul McGuinness, U2 Manager’s, nadir is early in his hysterical manifesto in Rolling Stone “How To Save The Music Business”.
Paul claims one of the reasons rock stars don’t speak out is because of bloggers “Those anonymous gremlins who wait to send off their next salvo of bilious four letter abuse whenever a well-known musician sticks their head above the parapet.
What a fucking moron.
Does Paul really wanna compare Lily or Bono or Jagger to poor wee musicians sticking their head out and running for cover?
really?
That is so ridiculous.
And does Paul really think bloggers (I am) scared of the fool? The problem with U2 is they suck and they are too arrogant to figure out the problem. If the music was any good I could forgive U2 anything: even this moron.
Paul recommends ISPs kick back buckss and some form of rental clubs like spotify.
Big fucking manifesto.
Here, let me save the music industry.
1) Lower the price of a single track to fifty cents. You would sell a fortune worth of tracks, people would listen again, and you could sell at venues.
2) Or maintain the $1.29 and lower the rate of an album to $6.99.
If there is no distribution and distribution charges why are we getting raped and pillaged?
And anyway, what has file sharing got to do with the collapse of the touring industry?Surely if everybody is swapping files they should be filling the stadiums.
And really, the problem is file sharing? Really, that’s it?
It is pathetic.
Paul is such an ingrained money head he can’t see that if the consumer is unhappy (and I certainly am) sales will fall.
Finally, if Paul wants to SAVE U2, that is easy. Stop indulging their increasingly, mind bendingly, lousy albums. These spoilt asshole rock stars need to show some self control, write a clutch of great songs and record em live. Don’t save the world, don’t save the music industry. Save U2.
If Paul was to do this, this anonymous gremlin will be first in line to buy their albums and go to their concerts. Hey maybe even buy a “one” tee shirt.