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The writer calling pop stars "heroes" for continuing to live despite no longer being famous is a bit of stretch. Pop stardom is a marketing fueled, collective d
by boh 4y ago
The writer calling pop stars "heroes" for continuing to live despite no longer being famous is a bit of stretch. Pop stardom is a marketing fueled, collective delusion that we snap out of when the money dries up. These people are ultimately made from same mundane cloth as everyone else, it's the advertising that's special. Believing the hype at the height of fame is the depressing part, not having to live a "normal" life.
- smitty1e 4y agoThis sort of fame--irrespective of medium--is a mountain top experience. Little grows, much less, survives, at altitude. The physical and spiritual maintenance routines of anyone in 'the biz' is of great interest. "Limelight" you know: https://youtu.be/ZiRuj2_czzw https://youtu.be/ZiRuj2_czzw But check out "Headlong Flight": "Some days were dark \ I wish that I could live it all again \ Some nights were bright \ I wish that I could live it all again!" https://youtu.be/EA-yqCCbTF4 https://youtu.be/EA-yqCCbTF4 #RIPNeilPeart
- stemlord 4y agoI feel the same, and people will misinterpret this outlook as jealousy, which of course, I often feel but try to be conscientious about, when really it's frustration that we endorse a system that plays so unfairly to the huge population of talent in our society who not only do not receive this kind of success but are fully impoverished. It's severely unbalanced and I believe it hinders our creativity as a whole.