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04-06-2006, 12:51 AM
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I sometimes joke to people that I wish I could be Morrissey, minus the whole part about having been molested as a child and sexually confused ever after. I have a voice somewhere approximating his--gimme a few cases of pomade and a better falsetto and I could definitely front a Smiths tribute band--but I would just kill to have that kind of command of language. It would almost make being a mopey killjoy worthwhile. 
Given the chance, and what we know about various stars' public personae, who would you become? I'm not talking about well-adjusted (if phallomaniacal) types like Gene Simmons and Mick Jagger; I'm talking about the guys who invariably have substance abuse or mental health problems but whose aesthetic perspectives are utterly unique. Someone like Trent Reznor, Kurt Cobain, John Frusciante--hell, even Jaco, who was as close to a rock star as jazz fusion was ever gonna get.
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04-06-2006, 12:58 AM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | My favourite tortured rock star would definitely be Phil Collins with electrodes attached to his bollocks.
But I wouldn't actually want to be him.
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04-06-2006, 01:05 AM
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04-06-2006, 01:09 AM
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well without the moneys and the fame and the utterly unique talents & perspectives   |
04-06-2006, 01:18 AM
|  | I Fink U Freeky | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Portland, OR | | | I'll go with John Frusciante... he seems to have pulled through most of it at this point. While the others mentioned are dead, molested or bi*
*not that that's a wrong choice for everyone, just not appealing to me. |
04-06-2006, 01:23 AM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | | This thread brings to my mind what I've always thought and felt about Eddie Van Halen. I admire that guy so much as a musician. He's the biggest guitar genius on earth to me. It's a shame that his life has been consumed by so many years of alcohol and nicotine. I'd love to be him minus his dark side. |
04-06-2006, 02:20 AM
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04-06-2006, 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by brothernewt I'll go with John Frusciante... he seems to have pulled through most of it at this point. | To an extent, but he is still badly schizophrenic, and probably not terribly well-medicated. It was incredible to hear him talking about his behaviors on Steve Jones' radio show a while back; it was quite nonchalant.
He's over the horse, but the voices are still very much in his head. 
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04-06-2006, 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Toasted I'd be Peter McFerrin. | 
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04-13-2006, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter McFerrin To an extent, but he is still badly schizophrenic, and probably not terribly well-medicated. It was incredible to hear him talking about his behaviors on Steve Jones' radio show a while back; it was quite nonchalant.
He's over the horse, but the voices are still very much in his head. |
I had the feeling he was a littel different but I really didint know he was clinical.
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04-13-2006, 06:48 PM
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04-13-2006, 06:58 PM
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04-13-2006, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Folmeister Pink from The Wall. I guess that would really mean I want to be Roger Waters. Ooooh, creepy! | I believe that was also Syd Barrett, as the concept of The Wall was his descent into schizophrenia, I believe. |
04-13-2006, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott Zoltok I believe that was also Syd Barrett, as the concept of The Wall was his descent into schizophrenia, I believe. | Alright, I'll stick with Waters though. He has his own issues.
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04-13-2006, 08:28 PM
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04-13-2006, 09:50 PM
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04-13-2006, 09:54 PM
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04-13-2006, 10:09 PM
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04-13-2006, 10:26 PM
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You were expecting that, though. |
04-13-2006, 11:08 PM
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That's pretty tortured. Although ... I'm kinda attached to my head. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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