Reflections on the Music Industry (and Tom Petty)...
...or as those like myself who hold a great amount of disdain for it, the "Industry."
I predict the Industry as we know it will die in five to ten years. They are reluctant to change. They will dig their heels in until they make a grave-sized hole. Then, once that hole is six feet deep and six feet wide, they'll say, "Why stop there? Our expensive Salvatore Ferragamo alligator shoes can dig this baby to China."
Artists have written songs about the evils of the music industry for years and years. "Hotel California" by the Eagles and "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd are two of the most recognized songs weaving stories about the godless Industry. Until recently the artists have been helpless to do much other than suck it up and be the big labels' bitch.
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I was going somewhere with this, but I got distracted by Tom Petty music videos (speaking of another musician who has written songs about the Industry). Holy crap, that
"Runnin' Down a Dream" video is fucking badass. And young Tom Petty was doable as hell. If I had been a teenager in the Eighties, there would have been tons of posters on my walls and, like typical teenagers with hormones all a-crazy, naughty thoughts as well. Oh mannnnnnnnnn.
""It's just not fair to the kids who buy records. It all comes down to greed - MCA doesn't need a new Tower. And if we don't take a stand, one of these days records are going to be $20." -Tom Petty, 1981
Holy shit, he called it. 26 years ago, he called it. <3
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