Talking about ranting, former Creation boss, former Libertines manager, current Poptones chief Alan McGee has been ranting about the music industry which, he says, is completely out of touch with the digital age. Apple, he claims, are pretty much the only company who have a clue when it comes to the future of music.
Well, I say all this, I am quoting Macworld magazine who claim McGee said all this on his MySpace blog. I can't actually find the blog post they reference, though McGee has subsequently posted said Macworld article, so presumably they quote him correctly.
Anyway, here's what he says: "The whole music business model as we have known it these last 30 years is completely out of date. The only people who are on top of the changes are Apple". Apple, he says, have a modernist, futuristic approach, while much of the rest of the music business is, he says, "pensionable".
Praising Apple boss Steve Jobs for his role in building the computer firm's music operation, he continued: "The majors hate him and he is so far ahead of them. They should just buy EMI - buy The Beatles and take it from there. Jobs should put the majors out of their misery".