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That "Wasted Mystique" only seems to work if the druggy artist has actually put out quality work and died (Monroe, Cobain, Presley, Morrison, Joplin, Hendrix, etc.). I´ve never heard anything from Spears, that I liked (admittedly, I´ve only heard two tracks, that infamous 'hit me', and toxic in an episode of Doctor Who). And before Winehouse hit the press because of her problems (all of a sudden she´s on the cover of the german Rolling Stone), I had also never heard of her (but that may be, because I don´t listen to the radio. I´ve also never heard a single track of Beyonce, Limp Bizkit, Jay-Z or what else is on the air these days). So even if they should die soon, they will not enter that part of pop culture Walhalla.
I just don’t see the coolness in an artist getting addicted. I remember when I read about an incident at a rehearsal of the Stones, where Charlie Watts was on heroin and he fell to the ground and they had to help him to get up. That was just sad. I’ve heard some really nice tracks of Babyshambles/The Libertines and wish Doherty could get his act together. So he can put out some more music instead of screaming "I love you, Kate" while squirming in his pee in front of half a dozen reporters.
Maybe Im lucky, that most members of my favourite bands never had drug problems that kept them from releasing new records that are worth listening to (Im selfish that way). I remember one time though, when I heard on the radio that the scheduled Placebo concert I had a ticket for was off. And in the days to follow, it was on the news they didn’t want to do it, because they were too hungover. That’s unprofessional; like my colleague used to say "if you can drink, you can work".
All that attention that Hilton, Lohan etc get might be a mix of people being gleeful about people who have it all ruining it for themselves and the buzz people can get when they see a car accident and are glad it’s someone else instead of them. So those people might be the vent for some built up societal pressure as in "I’ll never be young, rich and famous but at least noone is taking a picture of my privates while I’m trying to score.". |
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