Home Taping Is Killing Music - A Warning From History....
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Musician Dan Bull, whose letters to Lily Allen and Lord Mandelson both become huge hits on YouTube, has penned another ditty; this time about the music industry's consistent refusal to accept or adapt to new technology, from the gramophone to the jukebox to commercial radio to the internet. His song, and accompanying video courtesy of TalkTalk, focuses on the most famous campaign, the ill-judged 80s classic; Home Taping is Killing Music.
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Comments (4)
'Choose FILE' classic shirt on the George Michaels look-alike.
Very entertaining.
That's a fun one!
Industry A&R hacks were killing music long before the magnetic tape - and now, it's Simon Cowell and his "Idol" cronies, the country-music establishment in Nashville, Clear Channel programmers, VH1, etc.
sweet. Hysterical!
Love the Rick Astley line.