So today (or yesterday I guess) is Paul McCartney's birthday.
Happy Birthday, McMarketing!
Hope you sell more of your crappy new album.
I got thinking last week while I was writing my blogs on The Beatles, and during my usual digs about Paul McCartney and his never-ending desire to be loved by millions and make more money, I came to a startling conclusion:
Paul McCartney is the George Lucas of the music industry!
Think about it...
George Lucas is famous for making a movie 30 years ago (Star Wars) that was revolutionary and captured everyone's imagination. After that, he oversaw 2 sequels to that movie (The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi), and although he wasn't the director he still seems to get the most recognition for the films. After that, he managed to come up with the occasional story (Willow, Labyrinth), but soon realised that the best way for him to make lots of money was to capitalise on the success of Star Wars and find ways to market it in various forms; toys, clothing, lollies, games and action figures - anything fans would pay a dollar for. Not satisfied with his millions, and unable to think of anything new due to complete lack of talent, he then surrounds himself with 'yes men' that will tell him how great he is, begins reworking the original Star Wars movies to be more like his original vision and releases more Star Wars movies that not only stink up the screen, but should be destroyed from all existence so that humanity may be spared. And then he forces even more marketing saturation on us, putting the Star Wars name on everything in the world.
Paul McCartney is famous for making music 40 years ago that was revolutionary and captured everyone's imagination (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band). After that, he was part of more legendary albums by The Beatles (The Beatles, Abbey Road), and while he wasn't responsible for the greatest songs of these albums he still seems to get the most recognition for them. After that, he managed to write the occasional good song (Jet, Band on the Run), but soon realised that the best way for him to make lots of money was to capitalise on the success of The Beatles and find ways to market himself and The Beatles in various forms; toys, clothing, lollies, games and action figures - anything fans would pay a dollar for. Not satisfied with his millions, and unable to think of anything new due to complete lack of talent, he then surrounds himself with 'yes men' that will tell him how great he is, begins reworking original Beatles albums to be more like his original vision (Let it Be... Naked) and releases more solo music that not only stinks up the airwaves, but should be destroyed from all existence so that humanity may be spared. And then he forces even more marketing saturation on us, putting the McCartney name on everything in the world.
So what I'm trying to say is this:
Both men are incredibly rich and famous for things they accomplished decades ago. And while both were very talented, they have both gotten so wrapped in their own egos that they haven't made anything worthwhile since their heyday, and as such continue to pump out material void of any creativity because fans are stupid enough to still give them money - just because of who they are! It's amazing just how much George Lucas & Paul McCartney fans continue to support their heroes, no matter how terrible their work gets.
So I just have a few messages for some people...
George Lucas: leave the original Star Wars movies alone - they were fine the way were and no one likes Hayden Christensen, so keep him out of Return of the Jedi. No one is going to forget who you are, just please let the saga go. You can still enjoy your billions of dollars and surround yourself with people who think Jar-Jar was a great idea.
Paul McCartney: The Beatles were 4 people - they weren't called Paul McCartney & The Beatles. And you haven't written a halfway listenable song in a decade, so it's time to let it go. There are still plenty of people out there willing to say you are great, and you've shown us that with your money you can still get a young wife.
And to the fans of these two "icons": STOP BUYING THEIR RUBBISH AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO MAKE MORE!!!
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I hear you and I concur.
A similar vein are the publicity-cravers who play on past achievements to try and keep themself on the A list. I saw a prime example last night in the stupid UK tv series that has Janice Dickinson mentoring a wanna-be model (who is, of course, a peroxide WAG who thinks she's fat and repeatedly says so in the series just so as to make sure that eating disorder rates continue to rise).
Janice repeatedly talks about having been the "World's First Supermodel" and pumps out an ego bigger than even Mr McMarketing. Yes, she was hilarious on ANTM. But she's misguided in thinking she's hot right now for her past career and not her involvement in ANTM.
And how does she maintain her fame? They showed a clip of her on the red carpet say to a hired help "who is that?" about the woman next to her getting more attention from the paps. Her help quickly provided the name (Jenna Jamison) and she quickly jumped on her, saying "Jenna! I love you! I love this woman! Jenna's the best!" etc, whilst huggy huggy kissy kissy with her eyes always on the paps.
Sad.
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