what fame can do

[thealphajerk]

first off a question to you:

do you think becoming famous turns people just a little bit fruity
or
is it more likely that you would do better at being famous if you where a nutbar to begin with?

but don't answer just yet, that would be jumping the gun just a tad.

although i am not yet buyist on this and there is plenty of evidence to suggest that both answers are probable but it is still a fact that getting famous obviously suits some people alot more than others and the pressures of stardom are too much for some people to stay sane

i have a few examples of this, but unless otherwise stated in sarcastic or other means, this is no way a personal stab at these people, well ok.. maybe just a little... but you can guess who.

the most obvious example of a person changing with stardom would have to be michael jackson although by the looks of the rest of his family and the childhood he endured it's probably not entirely his fault.. but anyway, way to go mike




or an artist's impression




people like to predict things




another obvious selection has to be good old ozzy..
after all he did go from being at least semi normal:




to completely unintellegable, prematurely senile and/or completely insane




next may be the greatest example of what fame can do to people in this way.. daniel johns.. starting his rise to fame at just fourteen and being thrust into relentless touring left him spent, dealing with fame proved well too difficult for him which resulted in annorexia and various other ailments... fame physically changed him.
although he did get through it ok phisically we must use this as a warning.. fame can steal talent, make you whine and leave you dillusional enough to think anything is a masterpiece.

fame: robbing us of good music since 1997.




note the eye shadow..ON ONE EYE! did he forget halfway?




sidenote on johns: does this look familiar to you?




yeah, me too




elton john, would you possibly believe he ever looked or acted slightly normal?
ok, it;s not too normal




but it's not an overwieght bitchy queen on rollerskates or a douche in a duck suit




billy corgan, just a great writer/most things that went from normal:



to something that scares children and satan alike.. or at least make you think he wants suck your neck in a not so passionate fashion




sidenote: interesting question
do you think this plus this:



equals queermance singer gerard way?



ahh, ben lee.. i thought i'd never get to him.
look at young ben frollicking with his boyhood friends




and as an adult




ok so nothings changed but look at his giant stupid head, he is and always will be the slightly human equivalent of a shit sandwich that can talk in a pitch likened only to how shit enya is.




ahh, that was refreshing.. a little bit more of a witch hunt then i intended but you get the idea..

whadda ya reckon digger?