Jon Bon Jovi Says It’s All Steve Jobs’ Fault

The Bon Jovi frontman discussed his thoughts on Jobs’ role in the demise of the music industry in a recent interview with the U.K.’s The Sunday Times Magazine. He admitted that his views may make him sound fogey, but added that he is an old man now.

The 49-year-old singer nostalgically reminisced about picking out new albums in a record store and holding the physical album in your hand. He doesn’t like the convenience iTunes offers of letting users sample singles or albums before hitting purchase. Instead, he wishes we could return to the good ol’ days of blindly buying music based on the album cover.

Here’s what Bon Jovi told The Sunday Times Magazine, via San Francisco Chronicle:

“Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the headphones on, turning it up to ten, holding the jacket, closing their eyes and getting lost in an album; and the beauty of taking your allowance money 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. 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?’ Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business.”

Do you think Bon Jovi makes a good point? How many albums have you purchased based on the cover art?

Click here for the San Francisco Chronicle story.