Those 46 ers...

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html

Is anybody mourning?
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Well its sad when anyone resorts to this...

I remember the lead singer of Big Country doing the same thing 1/2 a mile from my place in Hawaii... I think there's something about being an 80s popstar which can really f**k you up... all the success and then nothing. Gotta mess with the head.
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46 is a very dangerous age, I know
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
~ Peter Steele
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Have you got any internal knowledge of being an 80s popstar yourself, Blast, or is the 46-blues something that will eventually plague everybody?
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the latter canon, sadly :(
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I 'm glad you survived that fateful year, Blast! Unlike Mr. H.
Mr E. has yet to prove his endurance.
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Interesting. Only heard about this a couple of hours ago myself. Crowded House were part of a lengthy interview show on Aussie TV ("60 Minutes", I think) after the band split up. Hester seemed the most 'sensitive artist' one of the lot.

Finn, during the band's farewell gig on the steps of Sydney Opera House, had the eyes of a guy going through overload stress levels that mirror battle fatigue. I've seen that look before and it is instantly recognizeable.

Hester said the sychophant aspects of fame "scared the s**t out of me". It was okay when people said "great album, Paul", but the star system in America took it to a stage where houseguests would suck up to him with comments like "grreat cup of tea, Paul" :notworthy:
.... there is no semblance of rock 'n roll around here!
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Bloody hell!! Sad news indeed.
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James Blast wrote:46 is a very dangerous age, I know
i'm not getting any keener to achieve it..
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
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emilystrange wrote:
James Blast wrote:46 is a very dangerous age, I know
i'm not getting any keener to achieve it..
Which is your prefered alternative? Failing to achieve it?

:?
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que sera sera!

no, but it doesn't bode well...

i might BE 46 by the time i've written this essay.
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
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A friend who was not into music not very much at all once began discoursing earnestly on the blandness of Crowded House lyrics: staring out the window while doing the dishes, walking around the flat, etc...
.... there is no semblance of rock 'n roll around here!
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