Out of the Blue

R.I.P.: Singer Amy Winehouse Dies at Age 27. Some just shrug, but I find this very sad, as she wasted a lot of talent. And as is widely noted, she is other addition to the unfortunate "27 Club" (thanks nin). Years ago iconoclastic baseball statistician Bill James did a study that showed that the age of 27 was the most likely point for a player to have a standout season compared with the rest of his career, and in a later study found that player's defensive skills began to decline at the age of 27, as well, suggesting this is some sort of peak age. I'm not sure that there's a connection there, but every time the spate of dead 27 year-old musicians comes up, this pops to mind.

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Re: Out of the Blue Jul 26, 2011, 23:21
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There's plenty of musicians who just wanted to be musicians, and weren't really looking for fame and all that. Just because it happened to them doens't mean they wanted it to and are orchestrating it all. I'm pretty sure celebrities also have money problems - why are you thinking about it in almost totally financial terms??

Musicians are not forced to do photo shoots, music videos or interviews on late night talk shows. If you simply want to be a musician, there's nothing stopping you from recording your music and releasing it on the net. The people who sign with big labels and appear on shows like American Idol don't just want to be musicians. They want to be celebrities.

I'm certain you haven't the slightest clue as to what true addiction really entails. Even bringing in the concept of "natural selection". You have no idea how stupid that sounded. Natural selection works on a lower level than choosing to do drugs, not to mention it doesn't really happen with humans any more.

You can't become addicted to something you've never tried. Taking your first drink or hit requires you to make a choice. Taking the second drink or hit also requires you to make a choice, unless you can somehow become addicted after a single try, which I highly doubt.
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