What's Wrong With Music These Days?

Ticket prices, among other things. I won't go on a rant -- not yet -- but take this article from CNN.com as an example. The highest price for Norah Jones is $47.50. Don't get me wrong... I love Norah Jones. I've had her album for a LONG time, way before all the hype and really appreciate her as an artist, but for $47.50, my seat better be on the piano stool with her. There is no stage show to speak of -- no theatrics, no pyrotechnics, no elaborate stage decor -- and yet her tickets are priced as if we were seeing something more.

Personally, I blame "The Eagles". Those lying sacks of wrinkled bat shit created the "We're Quitting Music Forever" Tour a few years ago and jacked up the price of tickets on the false pretense that they were breaking up. Once the industry saw that people were willing to pay big bucks to see a concert, it affected all the other tours. Stupid Eagles... grrr.....

And don't get me STARTED on those friggin' bloodsuckers "Ticketmaster"...