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sometimes people really piss me off…. so then I watch a movie

• 20 August 2009

OK.  Now this REALLY pisses me off… how come musicians today don’t have ANY SOUL?

I was listening to loads of famous artists from the 60s, and they were just being themselves and it was like they didn’t have an ego, they were just focusing on being talented and trying to make things better in the world.

I mean listen to this interview where Janis Joplin says shes successful but success doesnt change her because she just keeps the idea to stay true to herself and be real.

Take a look at Jimi Hendrix in this interview on the Dick Cavett Show in 1969. He says that compliments distract him and he says that you have to remember your artistic roots. Then he says like, you can sing more blues the more money you make, because some young people lose their soul when they start making money and getting successful.

This is what George Harrison who was my  favourite Beatle, said in an interview with LE FIGARO about the state of music today man:

“You know what irritates me about modern music, it’s all based on ego. Look at a group like U2. Bono and his band are so egocentric… The more you jump around, the bigger your hat is, the more people listen to your music… The only important thing is to sell, and make money. It’s nothing to do with talent.”

Yeah, now, we have U2 and stars like Beyonce who says she is planning to be a legend and get all these awards. That’s not what it’s about!!!! And look at Katy Perry, taking off her clothes and pretending shes into girls so people will buy her albums?! JLo wanting people to buy her stuff and concentrating more on her clothing line and perfumes and her butt, instead of actually playing good music!

Even like now, all my friends are running around pretending to be rock stars and everybody wants to be a movie star so they can be famous and rich but why?!?! The REAL, original rock stars didnt even like the WORD rock star! They just wanted to be honest people and reach out to other people and wake them up with their art.  That’s what I want to do too somehow.

People are so forgetful, its like we learned the lesson years ago, but then we forgot the lesson and just started wearing the clothes they wore in the 60s and listening to rock and messing up our hair but underneath it all we just don’t get it.

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