Jon Bon Jovi Says Steve Jobs and iTunes Have Killed the Music Business!

JON BON JOVI enjoyed discovering and experiencing new albums when he was younger, but he says that adventure is dead to kids today, thanks to iTunes.

Jon explains, quote, "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 [to the record store] 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."

He adds, quote, "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?'

"[Apple CEO] Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business."

(Well, I'm not sure about that.  The digital evolution was going to happen with or without iTunes and the iPod, because it was already happening.  And besides, the current model has a lot of pluses for consumers.)

(For instance, it was fantastic when you took a chance on an album based on the artwork, and it turned out to be AWESOME.  But when the album SUCKED... well, you were out your $7.99, and there was nothing you could do about it.)

(Now, you can listen to a whole album before deciding whether to buy it.  Of course, that doesn't give an album a chance to grow on you . . . and a lot of my favorite albums when I was younger had to do just that.)

(But in this economy, I'll err on the side of NOT WASTING MY MONEY ON CRAP... especially since the music industry is turning out so damn much of it these days.)

(JeffOnRadio)