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2007-02-28 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-02-28 11:45|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Its a shame so many have passed on. We could have been blessed with their understanding of societal woes and political stances.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-02-28 11:57|| 2007-02-28 11:57|| Front Page Top

#2 I have no problem at all with my entertainers being loony and crazed, or even self-destructive in amusing ways (for us customers of that big freaks show), that's when they try to pretend to be Moral or Intellectual Authorities (and that they're taken seriously - !!! - by the media complex) that I feel something's wrong.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-02-28 12:29|| 2007-02-28 12:29|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm disappointed. Madona isn't even on the list! I guess you really have to try hard if you want to make the top 50.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-02-28 12:58|| 2007-02-28 12:58|| Front Page Top

#4 ..As good as that article was (and for my money, Brian Wilson is the great underrated nutcase of American pop music)the other top lists on there are just as good.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-02-28 13:02|| 2007-02-28 13:02|| Front Page Top

#5 They didn't even mention Franz Liszt, who was probably the first pop star. A totally brilliant nut who was not attractive, but drove women mad with lust. Throwing underwear and hotel room keys on the stage mad.

For years, his adventures crisscrossed Europe, with the likes of Lola Montez in hot pursuit, who smashed every piece of furniture in a Paris hotel room when he locked her in after she demanded sex; and she also did a disrobing dance on the table of a royal banquet given in Liszt's honor.

He took the lowest level of holy orders to escape from his female pursuers, but even the Catholic Church couldn't handle that level of scandal. He ran off to Russia and into the clutches of a Russian noblewoman who hated the smell of fresh air, so filled her mansion with smoke.

And kept her ex-husbands, mummified, in closets around the house.

It went on like that. He is such an icon of Rock 'n' Roll style musical excess that Ken Russell made a bizarre movie about him called "Lisztomania"--a real term used at the height of his popularity to describe fan fanaticism.

During his life, many professional pianists swore that some of his music was too difficult to be performed at all. Today, to win in a major piano competition, you almost have to play Liszt.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-02-28 13:45|| 2007-02-28 13:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Sly Stone. Saw him at Boston Garden. After every song he would introduce the band again.
Wonder what ever happened to him?

Posted by tu3031 2007-02-28 13:49|| 2007-02-28 13:49|| Front Page Top

#7 You ever watch ManHunter or Red Dragon. Agent gets into the mind of a serial killer in order to catch him and goes half nuts himself?

Now imagine you are an actor trying to get into the mind of character after character. Some are evil, others just abused or stupid or whatever.

Now imagine you go to job interviews (auditions) over and over. Even if you get the job it won't last and you'll be looking again in a few months.

I can't explain the pop stars but it's no surprise that many actors go a little off.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-02-28 14:48|| 2007-02-28 14:48|| Front Page Top

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