NEWS: Quick! Shut Down the Internet, That Singing Dinosaur Doesn't Like it

If you follow the comments back, you may notice that she was being sarcastic.

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Then again, since you're from Texas, maybe you won't.

MISTER GORBACHEV TEAR DOWN THIS INTERNET!! LOLZ

ha!

also, has he just not heard the pug song yet or what?

Oh really, Sir Elton? You say the music was much better when you were in your 20s and 30s? Well, I can't say I've ever heard that complaint from the old folks before.

Seriously...eat me raw with a side of ranch, k sweets? I know sarcasm doesn't really transfer well on the intertubes, but I'm pretty sure that the blatant sarcasm of my statement should be pretty well obvious.

that guy sucks

You're so gay, Vanessa.

-TM

*wants to see your girlcock*

-TM

Eh, Butt Otter's alright, I'm more a fan of your Crotch Domo-Kun.



-TM

i will admit that "bennie and the jets" is one of my favorite songs.

To the best of my knowledge, The Sun, the site I linked and based my commentary on, is the original source of the story. It was quoted as the source by numerous sites as well as the New York Times. If it was compiled from an "Interview," article, so be it, and feel free to post it. I doubt the quote "we should get rid of the internet for a few years" was followed by the statement "we should'nt get rid of the internet for a few years." And if it was, he's still a tool for saying it out loud, even once, to a reporter.

You're giving me way too much credit, making Elton NOT look like a tool would've been the more impressive feat.

Yes, we all know this. Everyone knows what he meant, he then went beyond that and made idiotic sweeping pronouncements. Getting rid of the internet for a few years is JUST as ridiculous and impractical as banishing it forever.

Yes, the internet killed activism, absolutely. He really nailed it. The only thing stopping people from protesting right now... is the internet.

You give the writer shit for posting John's quotes, quotes you feel were taken out of context, and yet, in the same breath you feel comfortable ascribing this man childish, bitter motives based on... nothing?

I bet Bill Shatner's singing career would have skyrocketed if there'd been an itunes back in the day.



Or if you prefer Vulcan...



Now that's the kind of quality entertainment an internet free environment provided!
Too bad the genie's out of the bottle now. It's all downhill from here.

Elton John is no advert for the old-style way of doing things.

his point,
We're not interacting anymore, we all sit around and stare at our own screens.
(have you seen a lan party? kinda like that.)

It's the stuff scifi was made of 50 years ago.

I vote for limited computer use and more being outside playing.

I would be willing to bet that Elton John has contributed more real art and beauty to this world than all of the combined people on this thread saying that he sucks.

Those days are gone now. It's not entirely a bad thing.

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Hmmmm... Maybe?

Doesn't his (lack of) beauty cancel out his art?

Have you been outside lately? It's like a hundred and five degrees out there! A hundred and five! And there's this giant bright thing when I look up that hurts my eyes... So, yeah... Elton John better not touch my internet or I'll have to make him cry in his bright, shiny, girly pants...