October 31, 2009
Rock Star for a Day
Most people don't like to admit it - but many of music lovers have fantasized of being a rock star. I mean really - haven't you ever been driving your car listening to a great band and imagining yourself on stage in place of ____________. ?????
I will admit to pretending (in my mind of course) to be Eddie Van Halen, Neal Pert, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Page and a few more...I dare you to share ....
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I guess I have. I know that when I was in my late teens, I had an idea about me as a singer bleeding on stage - and this was before Iggy and the Stooges. My hero, though, was Keith Richards and, what with my drug use, I took the act a bit too far.
i always do ! whenever i pick up my guitar , i feel that i m standing in front of a huge crowd and imagine myself 2 be slash( from GnR) and ,eric clapton, and steve vai ! lols
No hesitation on this one.
Stevie Nicks.
Yup, I definitely dream about being a smidge over five feet and 110 pounds, twirling on stage in all my layers of chiffon shawls, completely going crazy singing "Rhiannon" circa 1977... *sigh* haha
Actually, I've never really wanted that. I find the idea of total strangers knowing me too well, too intimately rather unnerving.
When I was younger I did want to have a voice like Peter Cetera's. I didn't want to be him, or be a star like him. I just wanted a singing voice that was that damned good! Because, literally his voice gave me chills. Whether you dig him or not, I don't think there's any denying that he has one of the most distinct singing voices in rock/pop music.
Jack Cassidy (I was a bass guitar player)...standing off to the side or in the back...just banging out bass lines that thunder and keep the music afloat...
Neil Peart, in a heartbeat.
There's an interesting article over on Popdose that delves into some of the less glamorous aspects of the rock & roll lifestyle. The author even interviewed Dawayne Bailey (ex-Silver Bullet Band, ex-Chicago), Shaun Murphy (ex-Little Feat), and John Payne (ex-Asia) to get their perspectives.
I'm with Dr John - I can't really play any instrument but Neil Peart gets me air drumming every time.
Back when I was a student, my flatmate came to complain that my stereo was too loud and caught me drumming along to YYZ by Rush. It took me a long time to live that one down. :-)
Bono in Red Rocks 1983,
Jimi Hendrix burning the guitar in Monterey 1967
Dave Gahan in Devotional Tour
So glad I'm not the only one?
Thanks for these fun comments!!
I dunno. I've wanted to be all kinds of guitarists or at least sound like them at one point or another. Clapton, Van Halen, Via all kinds of others. Just depending on what I was listening to at the time. I guess that just goes with being a musican.
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