Rock 'N' Roll Has Destroyed Us All
Back in the day, it was fine to grow up and be a teacher, or a construction worker, or a doctor. Rock stars have ruined all of that. I'm convinced that ever since the late 50s, a sizable portion of the world's youth has embarked upon hopelessly deluded and bitter lives due to the notion that they could be rock stars.
It used to be that if someone was famous, they had to do something relatively hard. Becoming the "next Benny Goodman" wasn't an option. All of that changed when rock and roll music came along with its three chords and a lot of shaking. Now almost anyone with a little talent could practice for about a week or so, and play the same three chords, and be exactly the same as Elvis, Buddy Holly, etc...
This situation was made far worse by the "rock star as tortured artist" phenomenon. We have Bob Dylan and John Lennon to blame for that. Ever since the mid-60s, introspective and depressed young males around the world have envisioned themselves as the "next John Lennon" or God forbid the "next Donovan".
Then came the 70s rock star such as Robert Plant. And with it came openness about groupies and orgies. And then punk came along to make rock music even easier and dumber. Jesus Christ, learn a few a chords, scream a bit, and get tons of poon? "Really? Its that easy?! Well to hell with math then!"
Being a rock star became a career option. Of course, being a rock star is not exactly like learning a trade. First of all, there is actually very little demand for rock stars. Secondly, rock stars are random and very attractive; facts ignored by 98% of Sam Ash customers. Consequently, millions (I'll bet) of young people have spent their lives fruitlessly aspiring to be rock stars, and then living out the rest of their lives as bitter old men, angry that they were never discovered and appreciated, and that idiots like Scott Stapp and Fred Durst are banging porn stars and giving long interviews in Rolling Stone espousing all of their political opinions.
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