Why do so many people think music is about fame and fortune?

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reprznt wrote:famous people get to sleep with hot chicks and get free stuff all the time... that is why i desire fame and fortune...
so dont those in music retail :shrug:
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KVR's very own Good Humour Man wrote:If he's from Perth there is a good chance he's actually a Pom and all they ever do is whinge and whine.
yep! that's ALL I do! EVER!

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The answer is simple - most people deserve to be killed instantly.
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[quote="Hink"][quote="reprznt"]famous people get to sleep with hot chicks and get free stuff all the time... that is why i desire fame and fortune...[/quote]

so dont those in music retail :shrug:[/quote]

really... i am going to be 30 in March. I have decided to dedicate the remainder of my life to partying with hot chicks... i really need to buy a Virus, download OnePingOnly get a bunch of warez that the pros use and make some slammin CrunkTarnce... there will be no end to my female companionship....
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Andrew Vernon wrote:The answer is simple - most people deserve to be killed instantly.
bad day at work?
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I'm feeling ill Hunky Hink, got a cold, ao everyone is a c**t today - with the exception of you, Hunky Hink.

Um....

In all seriousness, my comments aren't that far from what I percieve as the truth. Ok, so no, not everyone deserves to die. But not everyone deserves to pick up a guitar either. Break their fingers then?

Poverty is a good thing. If you look throughout the entire history of the world, a common occurance is that people on the poverty line have brought so much innovation into the world, whilst fat lazy f**ks with all the money sit around and leech from that same innovation.

Maybe I'm just talking out my arse though... these are just my observations.
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If we knew the answer to that question, we'd never have to be subjected to boy bands and crunk and whatever the sound-of-the-week is...

Truth is, the majority of people see music as entertainment, and not as a form of art... And according to the status-quo, those who are famous are more entertaining...

See?

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the answer is that materialism is the new religion. I am guilty of following it mesself, but I try not to more every day.

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Because a number of artists have become rich & famous.
Don't know why they are famous, although some of them may be talented etc. at the end of the day they are just ordinary people same ways (although some i've met in the past have so forgotten that & started to believe in the hype & dissapear right up their own arses, especially one guitarist I met who wasn't even really 'famous' yet, just breaking through - fuckin arrogant prick).
Nowadays the worship of celebrity has become an epidemic, 'everyone' wants to be one - reason being is you do f**k all for lots of money, I reckon that making music etc. is only a means to an end for many now - the end being 'celebrity'.
These young people get interviewed & their goal in life isn't to create classic songs that people will still be listening to in 30 years time, it's to be 'famous', a 'celebrity'.
A couple of top 10 singles, shag someone, fall ouit of a few taxis outside nightclubs, do some tv presenting & then once dropped by the record company for lack of real dtalent just keep feeding off the carcass of your decomposing 'celebrity' status.
Better than working the 9-5 being grossly underpaid & undervalued for the work you do while ones company directors continually make cutbacks, lower real wages & 'centralise operations' etc. leaving one with no real job security whilst they drive around in rollers holidaying in aspen, awarding each other huge bonuses, share deals & golden parachutes whilst they suck each others cocks.
All sucking satans cock really aren't they? Bill Hicks would've loved it around here nowadays.

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fame rules. i get so sick of going to work everyday and at lunch seeing all these darn "super producers" walking around downtown manhattan wearing sneakers, jeans and sunglasses.... literally... it makes me ill. While i wear my suite and tie and sit in my cubicle making $20/her doing accounting... i go to lunch and see Moby or Arman Van Helden or Just Blaze or Rza or some rappers just walking around Union Square, Soho or Midtown Manhattan like life is sweet and good. I would love to have that feeling of elation. you should see the confidence these people have.... and they always have nice sneakers... like the limited edition ones...
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rep- it sounds like you are just more sick of the corporate life. I can completely relate to ya there. If I had a choice to be rich or famous tho, I would take rich over fame anyday. Fame just means you have no privacy. The only reason I want to be rich is so I didnt have to work, I dont want expensive cars, jewelry or other crap like that. I would be content(no make that ecstatic) in a small house with one modest car as long as I could sustain myself with food and beverages until I died with out having to work every day.
Last edited by Stupid American Pig on Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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you think theyr'e people just like you?
Your wrong, dead wrong.

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Stupid American Pig.... i 100% completely agree with you. I am sick of corporate life. And i agree about the fame being an imposition. Fortune will serve me just fine. : )

also... They live was a totally good movie...
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Frankly, I'm surprised anyone using the nick "P.T." needs to ask why so many people buy into the fantasy that music = fame, fortune -- and by extension, glamor and media attention and all that stuff.

After all, in folklore at least, legendary showman P.T. Barnum is supposed to have delivered the catchy little maxim "There's a sucker born every minute." (Those wishing to perform calculations should please note that the population growth rate has increased substantially since Mr. Barnum's heyday.)

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