CRS
Chandler, Arizona, United States

There's an old saying. If you don't want someone to join a crowd, you ask them, "If everyone were jumping off of a cliff, would you?" Well, I have. So my answer would be "Yes". True story.
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Ashamed Rock Stars Admit to Telling Audience How Much They Rock Just to Get Applause

Friday, November 17, 2006

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LOS ANGELES-- It's not much of a secret that most of those in rock music crave attention. Making platinum sales, getting steady radio play, and critical acclaim is normally not enough. Rock stars will often go to great lengths to get attention, including dating models, making wild videos displaying their decadence, and dropping their pants for the click of paparazzi.

But the latest wave of rock star indulgence in order to get people's attention may shock you. "Sometimes during a show," said one multi-platinum star we spoke to under condition of anonymity, "I'll say, 'I just gotta tell you guys how much you guys rock. This has been the best fucking audience this band has ever seen.' But they're really not-- not at all. In fact, I said it to the audience just the previous night, and I didn't mean it then, either. But the audience cheers so fucking hard after I say shit like that, and it totally gets me flyin' like a kite. But then after the show when I come down, I can't believe I whored myself like that, and I just start crying."

Audience cheer addiction has gotten so widespread that it worries some psychologists. Dr Franklin Ward had this to say: "Rock stars get so hooked on the thrill of thousands of screaming fans that they quickly sink to depths the likes of which they would never before even think of doing just to get their fix. From things like sticking the microphone in the audience's direction so they can sing the chorus, to something as depraved as shouting 'Let's hear how loud you guys can fuckin' be!' The next thing you know, they're found dead in a hotel room. This is a disturbing trend that has got to stop."

Perhaps more disturbing? The artists we spoke to weren't all jaded, experienced rock n' roll artists who had seen it all. Another rock star we spoke to who had only recently turned the tender age of 28 about the subject agreed."Sometimes I am so desperate I'll just repeatedly shout the name of the city I'm in to get cheers," he said. "Just a few days ago I found myself yelping 'Cincinatti! Cin-ci-naaaaaa-ti! Cin-ci-na-tiiiiiiiiiii!' And the audience just kept eating it up. When I realized what I was doing, I thought, 'I don't even know who the hell I am anymore.'"
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on this day last year a really thoughtful entry i wrote about how parents deal with god and their kids. this was inspired by a conversation i overheard where a little boy insisted that praying to god didn't work and that he must be bad because god doesn't listen-- and i was really frustrated with his parent's insistence on having blind faith rather than trying to actually have an honest answer to a situation most kids go through eventually.
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with love from CRS @ 11:12 PM 

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