Hound Dog Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 It seems that so many times along with wealth and fame comes strangeness or a tendency to be eccentric. Prince became a symbol for a while, Michael Jackson thinks he is Peter Pan, I hear that Garth Brooks lost touch for a while. Marlon Brando made his oddities public, yet Brian Wilson spent a long time without leaving his room. Do you think it is that the power of money and fame allow these people to do what they really desire to do anyway, but never had the resources? Or is it that the power, wealth and fame have isolated them from reality? Or are they really not that strange? Yum, Yum! Eat em up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasher Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 I think it's B - sort of. Stars have agents, managers, roadies, corporate suits who serve, just by their existence, to isolate the star from the world. Eventually, this has to catch up with you, and when everybody you see day to day tells you how great you are, and how much they love your work, you start to get pretty full of yourself. hen comes the pressure - you used to write songs and perform because it was fun, and interesting, and gratifying. Now you've got 24 people on the payroll, and those new songs better be better than the last ones, and the road food is making you a bit chubby, and the women all look alike, and the record(?) company is pressing you to get that next CD in the can. Everything you do impacts a lot more people than just yourself. No wonder you go nuts... Dasher It's all about the music. Really. I just keep telling myself that... The Soundsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed A. Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Originally posted by Hound Dog: Prince became a symbol for a while, Michael Jackson thinks he is Peter Pan, I hear that Garth Brooks lost touch for a while. Marlon Brando made his oddities public, yet Brian Wilson spent a long time without leaving his room. A couple of other examples would be Howard Hughes and Syd Barrett. In Syd's case, I heard that all the acid he took kind of fried his mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymar Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Good question. Its sorta like becomming president, it can bring out the worst of your characteristics. Nixon was a good kid from Yorba Linda(a few miles from my place) raised in a humble abode with good parents then he becomes president bringing out the paranoid creep. It brought out the worst in Reagan, Bush, Clinton and now Dubya. Some people are better off without mega-success. Maybe that kind of success would bring out the worst in you. Don't know 'till ya get there then its too late. steve You shouldn't chase after the past or pin your hopes on the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Sayers Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 It's been said: You have 20 years to write your first album, 6 months the next and you write the third in the studio. Now that's pressure IMHO !! I don't blame them - their madness is why we love them - and we applaud them when they rise above it, but we must have empathy for their crazy experience. cheers john Studio Design Forum Studios Under Construction Home Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliengroover Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 I'm of the school of thought that you only do what you have in you to do. We may not admit it, but there are things that we'd do if we were in certain situations. Having a ton of money is the most obvious of situations. I tell people all the time that that 81" (or is it 82") Mistubishi (I think it's them) TV is the most ridiculous thing, and I'd never buy one. Drop a few mil in my bank account, and I'd be the first on my new block to have one. Look outside the window and you'd see that Maybach I'd never buy, too. But I'd still be just like I am now. I'm somewhat of recluse. I avoid crowds most of the time. I wear dark clothing and Matrix style sunglasses. Adding more money than I already have to do certain things, and my eccentricities will just be magnified. Peace If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking 'til you do suck seed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Dog Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 I highly suspect that had I attained a significant amount of success (accompanied by lots of fame and fortune) when I was in my mid 20's, I would have probably died of a drug overdose. I really don't think I would have handled it well. I experimented with substances back then and I think having to face reality on a daily basis kept that in check enough for me to survive it. If my "leash", so to speak, were longer, things might have turned out much differently. Yum, Yum! Eat em up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveMusic Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 If everywhere you go, all eyes are upon you, your every friggin' move, it's a wonder all of them aren't wacko. > > > [ Live! ] < < < Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Dog Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 Originally posted by LiveMusic: If everywhere you go, all eyes are upon you, your every friggin' move, it's a wonder all of them aren't wacko.I believe that! It is something that not many of us experience to the extent of the superfamous. That just has to be weird. Yum, Yum! Eat em up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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