That kind of makes me sad because it reminds me that even though things may not have been weird on stage, they were weird for that little boy off-stage at home. Sad.
THANK YOU!!– for saying this so eloquently; as usual, music says what words cannot. Why is it the most tortured souls make the most heartfelt music? And which came first anyway, the fame or the weirdness? Who can say….
Excellent question. I’ve often wondered if artists have to be tortured in order to make art — like turning bullets into butterflies. If you don’t have the bullets, can you have the butterflies?
I don’t think it’s a necessary condition. I think it makes for great art, or can drive the artist to great achievements.
As a Missouriphile, you should be acquainted with Pat Metheny (Lee’s Summit). There’s some great art, not so much torture. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:difwxqy5ldhe~T1
Good point. I don’t see torture in that music, but — and this probably says something about me — the artists I most admire often had patchy personal lives.
Dating Jesus 
That kind of makes me sad because it reminds me that even though things may not have been weird on stage, they were weird for that little boy off-stage at home. Sad.
100 years ago there was a made-for-TV movie (I think) and it made me stop and think about how rotten it must have been for him as a kid.
Wow. That was like a prayer.
It could be Jesus talking.
THANK YOU!!– for saying this so eloquently; as usual, music says what words cannot. Why is it the most tortured souls make the most heartfelt music? And which came first anyway, the fame or the weirdness? Who can say….
Excellent question. I’ve often wondered if artists have to be tortured in order to make art — like turning bullets into butterflies. If you don’t have the bullets, can you have the butterflies?
I don’t think it’s a necessary condition. I think it makes for great art, or can drive the artist to great achievements.
As a Missouriphile, you should be acquainted with Pat Metheny (Lee’s Summit). There’s some great art, not so much torture.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:difwxqy5ldhe~T1
Good point. I don’t see torture in that music, but — and this probably says something about me — the artists I most admire often had patchy personal lives.
Sounds like a bluegrass ballad to me.
We all have patchy personal lives, are you kidding????
I’d like to think mine is among the patchiest, though. I’m competitive that way.
Just call me Crosspatch from Dogpatch. And I aint no Daisy Mae.