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Those 46 ers...
Posted: 28 Mar 2005, 09:25
by canon docre
Posted: 28 Mar 2005, 09:38
by nodubmanshouts
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.
Posted: 28 Mar 2005, 16:35
by James Blast
46 is a very dangerous age, I know
Posted: 28 Mar 2005, 20:14
by canon docre
Have you got any internal knowledge of being an 80s popstar yourself, Blast, or is the 46-blues something that will eventually plague everybody?
Posted: 28 Mar 2005, 20:34
by James Blast
the latter
canon, sadly
Posted: 28 Mar 2005, 20:52
by canon docre
I 'm glad you survived that fateful year, Blast! Unlike Mr. H.
Mr E. has yet to prove his endurance.
Posted: 29 Mar 2005, 10:28
by Black Biscuit
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"
Posted: 29 Mar 2005, 10:54
by Mrs RicheyJames
Bloody hell!! Sad news indeed.
Posted: 29 Mar 2005, 11:11
by emilystrange
James Blast wrote:46 is a very dangerous age, I know
i'm not getting any keener to achieve it..
Posted: 29 Mar 2005, 13:02
by andymackem
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?
Posted: 29 Mar 2005, 13:22
by emilystrange
que sera sera!
no, but it doesn't bode well...
i might BE 46 by the time i've written this essay.
Posted: 30 Mar 2005, 00:26
by Black Biscuit
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...