Hero worship

[Loch-Ness-Monster]

I've never understood the hero worship of celebrities. I've never understood how people can get so worked up about somebody they've never even met and wouldn't give a shit about them. Musicians in particular. There are plenty of artists and bands I like but that doesn't mean I have any personal attachments to them. I just like the music.

Something that was really evident of this was John Lennon. Obviously I wasn't even alive when he snuffed it, but even now you still get his fans remeniscing and talking about him as if he was a member of their own family. The way these people talk about how much they cried when he died. Even I have more dignity than these people and I'm a teenager.

And of course there was the death of Princess Diana. The press were more than happy to portray her as a saint when a couple of weeks earlier they had been printing all sort about her. Then there were the thousands of pathetic mourners who turned to turn public greif into the nation's favourite pastime.

I just can't understand how people get this way about people they don't know. Has anybody here ever felt this way about a celebrity?

[Mind-Edge]

At 12/8/06 11:21 AM, Loch-Ness-Monster wrote: I've never understood the hero worship of celebrities.

I have never understood the worship of god either.

I don't really get it either, although I have my idols like anyone else does. This celebrity worshipping though is just...eugh.

[Loch-Ness-Monster]

At 12/8/06 11:23 AM, Mind-Edge wrote:

At 12/8/06 11:21 AM, Loch-Ness-Monster wrote: I've never understood the hero worship of celebrities.

I have never understood the worship of god either.

Argh, let's not bring religion into this!

[Worthless-Wisdom]

LOL JUST LIKE BORIS JOHNSON!!! LEGEND!

He printed about how everyone was mourning over the guy who got his head chopped off in Iraq. He was saying how everyone was going over the top, and everyone hated him for it. Cept me cos hes a ledge!

[DanAbnormal]

People are different though, for example the music of John Lennon could have changed someone's life, or made them believe that it had changed their life.

Some people are just more emotional, and maybe these people who they look up to made a difference to them personally.

But I suppose in most cases you're probably right.

[Slapdamonkeyaz]

At 12/8/06 11:23 AM, Mind-Edge wrote:

At 12/8/06 11:21 AM, Loch-Ness-Monster wrote: I've never understood the hero worship of celebrities.

I have never understood the worship of god either.

I worship my god, but He never listens. I'm still in the Mental Hospital.

[Loch-Ness-Monster]

At 12/8/06 11:27 AM, DanAbnormal wrote: People are different though, for example the music of John Lennon could have changed someone's life, or made them believe that it had changed their life.

Some people are just more emotional, and maybe these people who they look up to made a difference to them personally.

Yes, John Lennon. A guy who brought us such lines as "Imagine no possessions" and wrote a song called "Working Class Hero". All while being a multimillionaire and living in a mansion. If people get so emotional about music, particularly music as puerile and pathetic as imagine, then they need to get a grip.

[snayk]

At 12/8/06 11:21 AM, Loch-Ness-Monster wrote: I've never understood the hero worship of celebrities. I just can't understand how people get this way about people they don't know.

I think it's because (in the case of musicians) music is such a personal thing. Sometimes you might feel really down, like nobody understands you. Then you hear a song, and it relates in so many ways to how you feel at that moment. It gives you comfort where a person cannot. However, there is a person behind the music, and listeners may feel a kin-like bond to him/her.

[DanAbnormal]

At 12/8/06 11:39 AM, Loch-Ness-Monster wrote: Yes, John Lennon. A guy who brought us such lines as "Imagine no possessions" and wrote a song called "Working Class Hero". All while being a multimillionaire and living in a mansion. If people get so emotional about music, particularly music as puerile and pathetic as imagine, then they need to get a grip.

Yeah but like I said people are different from you, and think differently.
You can't just base it on one celebrity either.

[CaptainQuartz]

At 12/8/06 11:24 AM, Loch-Ness-Monster wrote:

At 12/8/06 11:23 AM, Mind-Edge wrote:

At 12/8/06 11:21 AM, Loch-Ness-Monster wrote: I've never understood the hero worship of celebrities.

I have never understood the worship of god either.

Argh, let's not bring religion into this!

Yeah, don';t be going there...O.o

[All-Hallows]

John Lennon was fucking awesome and being shot by some crazy guy was an unfortunate way to go. Still, no skin off my back.

Princess Di had no redeeming qualities, though. She spent some time on charity but most of the time she was a skank.

I like how a lot of people hated Reagan when he was alive. He basically got off scotch free for the Iran shit while others got life in prison.

Don't you know? When someone dies, teh stork takes their soul up to heaven and they become shining starz.

[Loch-Ness-Monster]

At 12/8/06 11:41 AM, snayk wrote: I think it's because (in the case of musicians) music is such a personal thing. Sometimes you might feel really down, like nobody understands you. Then you hear a song, and it relates in so many ways to how you feel at that moment. It gives you comfort where a person cannot. However, there is a person behind the music, and listeners may feel a kin-like bond to him/her.

I can't really see how that feels like because I've never felt that way about a piece of music in my life. But I just think that people should be able to see through all this crap and realise that that these musicians don't understand or care about them. People shouldn't feel kinship towards people who don't know them and only want one thing from them - money.

[Preternatural]

At 12/8/06 11:21 AM, Loch-Ness-Monster wrote: I've never understood the hero worship of celebrities. I've never understood how people can get so worked up about somebody they've never even met and wouldn't give a shit about them.

Me neither. Just because some of them are making movies, that makes them someone important and worth at least 1 million dollars/year.

[HandsomeJake]

So should I take down my Super Flash Bros. Shrine?

[snayk]

At 12/8/06 11:48 AM, Loch-Ness-Monster wrote: I can't really see how that feels like because I've never felt that way about a piece of music in my life.

I have, but I know better than to think irrationally about my relationship with the performers.

But I just think that people should be able to see through all this crap and realise that that these musicians don't understand or care about them.

You seem to be frustrated with musicians. Why, I don't know, but it's kind of unfair to say that musicians don't care about their fans. Understand them? Okay, that's fair because they don't know each other. However, fan base is very important to musicians because it gives them pride and allows them to provide for themselves by doing what they love.

People shouldn't feel kinship towards people who don't know them and only want one thing from them - money.

Again, that's a little harsh. You can't just label all musicians as greedy and leave it at that. The greedy musicians are usually the shitty ones, the ones that lack any sort of substance. Good musicians can be greedy too, but it's not fair to generalize like that.

At 12/8/06 11:39 AM, Loch-Ness-Monster wrote: Yes, John Lennon. A guy who brought us such lines as "Imagine no possessions" and wrote a song called "Working Class Hero". All while being a multimillionaire and living in a mansion. If people get so emotional about music, particularly music as puerile and pathetic as imagine, then they need to get a grip.

I kind of agree with the mansion thing despite being a John Lennon fan. It's like when Phil Collins wrote "Another Day In Paradise" about the homeless and how we should give money despite the fact he lives in a mansion with the millions.

Imagine is awesome though.