Louis Proyect wrote: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/michael-jackson-elvis-presley-and-the-perils-of-fame/
Great article! I think it's quite common for working-class (or even middle-class) musicians to fall apart after they are catapulted to stardom. They lose all their friends, either literally or via their conversion into toadies. They have success but it seems meaningless: it doesn't buy happiness. They're always at the center of others' attention and expected to regularly conquer new worlds. So they get into drugs. Or fundamentalist religion (like Dylan). -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
