Rock Stars

August 21, 2004

oh, hmh, so true!

speaking of commercials, the one that sticks in my mind (still, and i haven't seen it in well over three years), was a guess jeans commercial. it took me a month to figure out they were selling guess jeans! or shorts, as the case may be. it showed a beautiful woman undressing next to a railroad track as a passenger train passed. cut to the people on the train staring out the train window. when the train passes, the woman is no longer in jeans, but in a pair of shorts. with BOOTS!

now what was the point of that commercial???

August 22, 2004

Let me begin by reminding everyone that Britney Spears is NOT A ROCK STAR. She is a pop singer. She doesn't have the relevancy of a rock star.

Shhhhhh, don't say that too loud. Britney might hear ya! She's already blown her knee out and if she gets wind of this, it will do her in. :oww:

Kat

BodhiDharma · August 22, 2004

They make money because record label owners know how to market to the desires of the general public.

Good hip hop is dead in the mainstream because White CEO's know that they have to market rappers as thug millionaires to sell to white suburbia. Kanye West is a slight improvement. And I have seen the Roots on MTV. But not much other than that. Oh yeah Black Eyed Peas.

Female singers have obviously hit bottom. They don't even write their own songs. CEO's know that they have to market them as sex kittens because adolescent males will be sexually attracted and adolescent females will want to replicate them in order to recieve the same attention from their male peers.

Rock n' Roll is horrible nowadays. Simply horrible. I don't even see the marketing scheme on this, it's just.........horrible.

Psuedo-Bubblegum-punk is the new thing now. I hate it so much. CEO's are just selling brandname-rebellion. "Hey kids, you can rebel, fight the power..... Here, heres a safe outlet for this teen angst." It's pathetic. Real punk died ages ago, they should just let it go and not disgrace it with the likes of Good Charlotte and Simple Plan.

well I'm done with my rant.

oh yeah, LadyC, I find it very curious that you profess an eclectic love for music, yet you have little to no knowledge of Bob Marley. I'm not doubting your taste or anything, but come on, It's Bob Marley.

August 22, 2004

i know who he is, and my husband likes marley, i've just never paid enough attention to his lyrics to know much about him. i do have diverse taste, but i guess for whatever reasons, marley just doesn't impress me so much. can't explain it.

truseek · August 22, 2004

I love Bob Marley!!! But when you think about it, he really wasn't all that successful. popular, perhaps, but not terribly wealthy. Perhaps that's because he wasn't a worldly man? I'm not sure what his religous belief was, though I'd assume he was rastafarian, . I have heard it said that he came to Christ shortly before he died in '81. Wouldn't surprise me as he quotes the Bible rather often.

In Christ

Truseek

August 22, 2004

The only people who listen to them are christians because they feel that's the only thing they should be listening to. Let me rephrase that. The reason they're not successful in the REAL music industry.

Wrong! They listen to it because they ENJOY their God. They have a personal relationship with Him. They adore Him. They want to be close to Him, and on and on. Our God is a joyful God. One we worship because He loves us and has done so much for us.

What has your god done for you lately?

And as far as real - Jesus said, "I am the truth (reality)."

BodhiDharma · August 23, 2004

I love Bob Marley!!! But when you think about it, he really wasn't all that successful. popular, perhaps, but not terribly wealthy. Perhaps that's because he wasn't a worldly man? I'm not sure what his religous belief was, though I'd assume he was rastafarian, . I have heard it said that he came to Christ shortly before he died in '81. Wouldn't surprise me as he quotes the Bible rather often.

In Christ
Truseek

RASTAFARI!!!!

He was wealthy. He moved from trenchtown (arguably worst jamaican ghetto) To an all white neighborhood in Kingston. He bought a huge house and had all the homies from the old ghetto come and stay with him. This obviously didn't please his white nieghbors, they tried to get him evicted constantly, but he had enough money to keep the authorities away. Until the CIA assasinated him.

He's not the most talented reggae artist by any means. Just probably the most well known to European culture.

Eek-A-Mouse.

New Ethiopians.

Peter Tosh.

Those our some of my favorites.

August 23, 2004

Actually, many are not as well off as one might think. And....they are not as happy as you might think either.

I dated a guitarist in a band when I lived in Southern California in the late 80's...they had an album out by Enigma Records, pictures in Hit Parader magazine, was playing concerts, played on the radio day and night....yet....he lived in a small apartment with roomates. They guy....had the mentality of a 5 year old. Loved those little army men with the parachutes on them and stuff. No brain whatsoever. They really didn't have much money at all, although society thought they did.

Through that guy I met many others in very well known bands....they too, wern't full of money like one would think. And backstage...all they do is argue who is going to run out and get beer. Their lives are really not that glamourous. The only "wild" moment I've seen backstage was when some band members decided to have a food fight with bananas and other fruit.

As far as Brittany Spears goes...she got famous by starting on the Disney Channel where she had her biggest audience. Parents then thought she was so cute and a good role model. Well, until she reached 18 anyway. LOL. We all know that if there was no such thing as "videos" that Brittany wouldn't be all that popular....

With videos playing such a big part these days in how the music sells, it's definatley become a priority for them to get "noticed". I doubt Brittany is even very happy.