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04-11-2010, 07:18 PM
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Thinkforyourself.
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Musicians that weren't cut out for fame.
Which musicians do you think just weren't cut out for it all? I mean artists like John Lennon and Kurt Cobain who just couldn't handle the fame.
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04-11-2010, 07:23 PM
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I think John Lennon handled the fame just fine. He just had one bat**** crazy fan.
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04-11-2010, 07:33 PM
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carpe musicam
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Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett
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 "it counts in our hearts" ?ºº? “I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac. “If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle. "If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon "I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards |
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04-11-2010, 07:35 PM
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Thinkforyourself.
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In reality it was Yoko who saved him. Sure he was like a dog on a leash with her, but she gave so much to him. After the beatles break up, he settled down, escaped the spotlight for a while, and started a family with Yoko, being a true father to his son sean. Unlike cobain, he didn't kill himself. In the end, he was happy. but i think his life would have been a lot better had he never joined the beatles or achieved the fame he did. but i'm selfish and am glad he did. his story was really sad. i could go into it in a lot more detail (i actually wrote a paper on him a couple years ago). I don't think he was cut out for the fame.
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04-11-2010, 07:58 PM
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carpe musicam
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It's always portraited that it was John who was the most ambitious to have The Beatles number one in Liverpool, the UK, then over-seas. I guess that was before what he knew what it was to be famous. After being locked up in hotel rooms, (and all the other things mentioned above.) But after the breakup he used his fame with the help of the press to further his cause for peace. I thought he was strong enough where he could take it or leave it, when he took a hiatus to raise Sean. Being famous is one of the toughest gigs out there, I thought even though he had his own troubles (like the excesses that come with fame like drugs etc.) but he handle personal side fame well, he wasn't haughty. I thought he embraced it by living in NYC not somewhere where he was isolated.
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"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº? “I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac. “If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle. "If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon "I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards |
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04-11-2010, 08:05 PM
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I always thought John wasn't cut out for fame, and it was Paul. Paul wanted to be Elvis and John shied away from it.. I never thought anyone had conflicting arguments about that. Oh MB you do throw refreshing surprises in my face on occasions.
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