Jan
21-05-2005, 05:51 PM
Of the BBC:
EMI responds to criticism
Fans encouraged to download
19 May 05 - Globalise Resistance, one of the leading anti-globalisation groups, is encouraging Coldplay fans to download the band's music free from unauthorised file-sharing websites.
The comments came after Chris Martin attacked shareholders and profits at EMI, the company that releases his records.
In a politically charged attack Martin said he didn't care that the corporation's profits might be dented by the delay in recording Coldplay's third album X&Y, due out on 7 June.
EMI's now issued a statement suggesting it's relaxed about his opinions: "We don't expect or want our rock stars to be stockbrokers," it said.
"Shareholders are the great evil of this modern world."
Chris MartinSpeaking to the media in New York, Martin said: "I don't really care about EMI. I'm not really concerned about that. I think shareholders are the greatest evil of this modern world."
Martin said the album X&Y was delayed because the group felt their first eight months of recording sessions had produced songs that lacked the "spark" of earlier hits Yellow, Clocks and The Scientist.
"It's very strange for us that we spent 18 months in the studio just trying to make songs that make us feel a certain way and then suddenly become part of this corporate machine," he said.
A spokesman for Globalise Resistance said: "He will have created more money for EMI than they will ever have created for him in return." He said Coldplay fans should respond by downloading the band's music for free from unauthorised file-sharing websites.
EMI responds to criticism
Fans encouraged to download
19 May 05 - Globalise Resistance, one of the leading anti-globalisation groups, is encouraging Coldplay fans to download the band's music free from unauthorised file-sharing websites.
The comments came after Chris Martin attacked shareholders and profits at EMI, the company that releases his records.
In a politically charged attack Martin said he didn't care that the corporation's profits might be dented by the delay in recording Coldplay's third album X&Y, due out on 7 June.
EMI's now issued a statement suggesting it's relaxed about his opinions: "We don't expect or want our rock stars to be stockbrokers," it said.
"Shareholders are the great evil of this modern world."
Chris MartinSpeaking to the media in New York, Martin said: "I don't really care about EMI. I'm not really concerned about that. I think shareholders are the greatest evil of this modern world."
Martin said the album X&Y was delayed because the group felt their first eight months of recording sessions had produced songs that lacked the "spark" of earlier hits Yellow, Clocks and The Scientist.
"It's very strange for us that we spent 18 months in the studio just trying to make songs that make us feel a certain way and then suddenly become part of this corporate machine," he said.
A spokesman for Globalise Resistance said: "He will have created more money for EMI than they will ever have created for him in return." He said Coldplay fans should respond by downloading the band's music for free from unauthorised file-sharing websites.