Tuesday 3 July 2012

Here's the thing.....

It p**ses me off when people hate Bono.

I don't like his music and I don't know the guy, he might be a dick, but when he comes up in conversation, which is surprisingly often, people are very quick to judge him.

The main reason why people I know hate Bono is that he gets everywhere with his message. My dad says that he should just stick to music and not get so righteous about the world and it's politics. But then why don't people mouth off about Billy Conolly or Bob Geldof? What's so different about Bono? Is it his sunglasses? Do they really offend people that much?

The way I see it is the guy's got an international stage, a platform, to influence and affect positive change. And nobody can really say that his message is a bad one. Help poor people. Don't do bad things. Stop corrupt governments. And anyway he's allowed to have more than one passion in his life. He doesn't have to be a one-dimensional musician. He's passionate about the world, so why not use his publicity to channel that?

Maybe people are a bit envious of the fact that he's rich. I do understand that. I think there should be a lot more wealth sharing in the world, but why hate him more than anyone else?

I feel like the guy has been singled out, bless him.

The cult of celebrity is a crazy one. It's really scary how obsessed people get with public figures, me included. As an obsessed person, I mean, not as a public figure. Although this blog is really taking off. I got a follower from Russia today.

Anyway, the point is that people are influenced by celebrities to various degrees and it's scary.

If you read the comments on news pages sometimes the scariness is really explicit. I was reading some entertainment news the other day and there was something about one of those plastic Kardashians losing their rag about something. One of the comments was along of the lines of 'OH MY GOD, LIKE, KARDASHIAN BARBIE, I FRICKIN' LIKE LUV YOU AND UR AWESOMENESS!!!! I TOTALLY ADMIRE, LIKE EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND YOUR FASHION AND EVERYTHING!!'

Oh my. I despair of this. I really, really despair.

I wanted to find this girl and scream in her face 'WHAT?!?!?! WHAT THE F**K HAS KARDASHIAN BARBIE EVER F**KING DONE IN THIS WORLD THAT MAKES YOU LOSE YOUR DIGNITY IN THIS WAY?!?!? SHOW ME!! SHOW ME A LIFE CHANGED BY KARDASHIAN BARBIE!!!'

If someone can name at least three ways in which a Kardashian barbie has changed the world positively I will eat a fat slice of public humble pie, but come on, really? Is that going to happen? Yeah, they might have a perfume and a couple of promotional things going on and they are pretty in a kind of a Henry Ford, production line way, but they are contributing to this culture of brain drain, one dimension, shallow, vain, materialistic emptiness. I don't like it.

It's not just them, either. Yes, there are people who are vaguely talented, but so what? So is everyone I know. In fact, most of my friends have quadruple the amount of skill and talent that the Jessica Simpsons of the world have, but they manage to have quadruple the amount of integrity and depth as well.

The thing is, I'm not blameless here. I want to make a baby with Adam Levine for no other reason than he's handsome, he can sing and he can play guitar. How shallow is that?! I can't believe myself and I feel ashamed.

I have grown up weak to the cult of celebrity, just like stupid Kardashian fan and I hate myself for it. Adam Levine is just a boy, after all. He isn't a demi god. He isn't the best person in the world. He isn't better than anyone just because he's on the TV.

I had to think about that sentence before publishing it because I was considering whether or not it was misleading or false. I mean look at that face.....


...and those arms....

...and that smile....

Hmmm...I could quite possible be talking myself out of my point, here...

Well, anyway back to my original point - I really don't think it's fair to hate Bono. I personally think he's doing a good thing by promoting good, fair development in international communities. So there.


And while we're on the subject.........





2 comments:

  1. The problem with Bono is his arrogance. He comes across that that he's better than everyone because he does these good things, that in my opinion is not how it works. Adam Lavine also comes across as a pompous twit and he doesnt even do anything worth while....

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  2. Ah, that's a good point. So you mean he comes across as if his actions are motivated by indulgence more than genuine altruism? I haven't thought about it like that before. Thats a point well made.

    However, you and me are definitely going to fall out about your cruel taunts about Adam. Haha! Just kidding! You're a beaut!

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