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Saturday, March 12, 2005

You know what I hate?

What I really really hate?

Taxes. But I think I made that quite clear, and frankly, it's besides the point I'm currently trying to make.

You know what I hate? Famous people bitching about their fame, moaning about how difficult it is, nagging about how they never have any privacy. Take Good Charlotte, for example. A rather crappy, Greenday-lite, band, whose latest hit is called I just wanna live - here's a quote:
"It's getting hectic everywhere that I go -- They won't leave me alone -- There's things they all wanna know -- I'm paranoid of all the people I meet -- Why are they talking to me? "
Now, they sing (or whatever they do) this bit rather early in the song, and it is usually at this point that I think to myself .. "Shut the fuck up, you ungrateful son of a bitch!", or something to that effect.

Robbie Williams once won an award for something, a few years back, and he gave a great acceptance speech. Whenever I hear above song, I'm reminded of that speech:
"I'd like to thank [my fans] for my three houses, my five cars and my supermodel girlfriend. Long live the dream."
Are you listening, Good Charlotte? Thát’s the right fucking attitude!

Cheers

5 Comments:

Blogger Silence said...

Feeling a bit angry today Martin?

People whining about their fame should just crawl back into whatever hole they came from.
I have to say though that I don't understand why people even care about "famous" people.

12:23 am  
Blogger Martin said...

Angry? Me?

Did you happen to read the post about the tax return?! Yes, I'm angry!

Cheers

12:50 am  
Blogger Silence said...

Yeah I read the tax return post. It always comes as a surprise to me that they can't figure out how much I have to pay in taxes. Last year I had to pay money back, but not more than about 50 dollars. The year before that I got 500 dollars back, so I don't really complain to much about it.. yet.

2:44 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Weren't they the Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous ones?

10:30 am  
Blogger Martin said...

Yup.

Cheers

1:03 pm  

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