death of the superstars essay

Death of the SuperstarsHave you ever wondered what it would be like to listen to some of the greatest music stars of our time.. Anyway, it was called something like, "They Have a Great B

Death of the Superstars

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to listen to some of the

greatest music stars of our time I'm talking about the stars that never made it

to full prominence The list of players is alarmingly high and sad The

potential of these performers never met It would be something to see what the

music of today would be like

I was reading a book awhile back Don't laugh, I read sometimes It was

a book from I'm sorry to say, Stephen King All right I'm not sorry I like him!

Anyway, it was called something like, "They Have a Great Band There!" It was a

story of two young adults driving along a country road, the young man driving

was obviously lost but wouldn't admit it I'm told guys do that often As the

road continued to narrow and the brush continued to close in on them They

suddenly found a sign that had the name of a town that neither one of them heard

of They decided to go down and see if someone could give them directions They

soon were out of they're car and looking for someone to help them They both

noticed at the same time that the man behind the counter of the local pub that

they were in looked a lot like John Lennon They also noted the young lady

singing in the corner looked and sounded incredibly like Janice Joplin The book

or should I say short story continued on as only King could, people dying ,

strange conversations and just weirdness in general

Now, I told that little story because I wanted to give you a little

background on why I chose this subject What would have happened

if Jimi Hendrix

had lived? His music lives on even today When he was alive he only release 3

studio albums and if you go into the stores you probably will find no less than

10 different albums from him Today's kids and people supposedly

in the know,

like to put music into different categories Rap, Alternative, Rock, Jazz,

Classical Hendrix crossed all those I not being black wouldn't know for sure

but, would his living have spawned more black rock musicians Say that happened

Would it be possible that in today's music There might be more black people

listening to rock music and less whites I say this cause if he did live on and

became a role model for young black musicians There might be more interest in

rock than there is currently A little story about Jimi A couple

of the

Beattles' were going to a show where Hendrix was playing As they made they're

way to the front door Eric Clapton comes out Paul McCartney says, "Is he that

bad?"(It was Hendrix's first show in those parts) Clapton says,

"He's that

good!" And walked off He was an innovator Bought down by the vices of his time

On the other side of the scale Elvis Presley, yes the King, is loved by

millions of people around the world Now I'm thirty years old and

I personally

was never a fan I give my age because maybe it is a generation thing Anyway

Elvis lead a life of excess and it finally caught up with him But, lets say he

lived Would he be as loved today as he is now I say he looses a few million

fans along his drug infested way Sooner or later he would get caught doing or

buying drugs and would lose respect of some of his most adoring fans But, as it

happened he supposedly died Maybe King will write about that

Lets look at another what if James Dean although not a musician or

singer but, an actor Dies in a car crash at the start of his young career I've

seen Rebel Without a Cause, although a decent movie it wasn't that great He

made a lot of grimacing faces and the industry falls in love with him Let him

stay around and make a couple of flops Lets see him come back from a Bronco

Billy movie or even a Jungle to Jungle movie Most of his fans would yell,

"Travis your a year too late!" Get it, Giant?

Why is it that only the good guys and girls die young Remember that

song Why couldn't it have been some garage band that went down

in flames

instead of Lynard Skynard Shoot for that matter now that we're

on the airplane

kick I'm sure the Big Bopper and Richie Valens and the guy with the big horned

rimmed glasses wishes that it was someone else on that plane Does someone up in

heaven say wow he/they sound great get them up here I can just see a Don King

look alike up there promoting all new acts that will be

performing soon

I'm sure one of my favorite musician of all time, Stevie Ray Vaughn,

should have pulled a John Madden and traveled by bus that fateful night Instead

of part of some crash site from the gods I wish he was still around I'm sure

he had a couple hundred more songs in him There should be a law that says if

your a great musician, you cannot fly

I'm sure that everyone has there own favorites that never made it For

all the Salsa fans out there Don't worry, I haven't forgotten you Why would a

member of your fan club, shoot and kill you as did the woman that

shot Selena I

don't get it She might have made a big difference in the life of some young, up

and coming latina Then again maybe not Besides I loved the outfits!

Jim Morrison the now dead ex-lead singer of the Doors Although I was

never a fan of the Doors growing up I used to say death before the Doors But,

that's another story.He was a also a pioneer in his music lyrics

I think his

music made the movie Apocalypse Now incredibly good His music really set the

mood I think he would be good in today's music world The Doors would be doing

there 2nd reunion tour this year

I'm throwing out all these names to point out what a big loss society

suffered with all these premature deaths Today's music would be incredibly

different How, I don't know Wouldn't it be great if you could travel in time

and go back and stop some of those deaths Then go into the

future and see the

change If there was one at all

So what have we learned from this blurb We learned that

in the course

of our short little history Music history I should say We

learned that there

were a lot of very talented, gifted, stupid people I say stupid because Their

constant drug use and mind expanding experiments cost us all We never will see

the all-time band Sam Cooke on vocal, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye singing backup,

Keith Moon on Drums, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn on

guitar You'll have

to put your favorite bass player in there cause I can't think of one who died

Isn't that funny Why isn't there any great dead bass players.You know what,

that would make a great velvet painting! Sorta like the dogs playing poker!!