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Published: 2006-04-23 19:27:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1544; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 27
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Please smile,It’s only fair,
The fans won't like it,
If you don't seem to care.
Now could you, add a bit of sparkle,
To those bleary little eyes,
And now look like,
You know your mother dies.
No wait, that’s not right,
How about a cousin?
Maybe three of your dogs,
No, make it a dozen.
Ok, now hold this starving child,
And get rid of all that bling,
We wouldn't want them to think,
You don't mean what you sing.
No, you can’t eat that,
What would the vegans think?
And remember once you've eaten,
To spew it down the sink.
What’s everyone else doing?
Well you'd better play along,
You don’t want to be left behind,
So write another love song.
Yes, I know your husbands left you,
What’s that got to do with it?
Just scribble something down,
The lawyers will make it fit.
What’s that? You've blown all your money,
On a hard drugs addiction,
I'll inform the press,
They love an image contradiction.
You'll comeback in six years,
In a different image context,
As the bad girl of rock,
Ok, who’s next?
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Comments: 30
IsabellaMichel [2008-10-05 23:59:16 +0000 UTC]
Terrible but true.
I think it's normal to conform to a certain point but everyone robotically follows the same codes nowadays....
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jazblack009 [2007-10-11 00:27:24 +0000 UTC]
depressing indeed ._.
but when you see the world with open eyes, how could you avoid the subject?
and you've written what you have seen, great work!
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favocal [2007-10-07 13:44:04 +0000 UTC]
well chosen title...manufacture me...exactly what society does, doesn't it? horrible...but all so true, great poem
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StuartR In reply to favocal [2007-10-07 17:03:47 +0000 UTC]
Thank you Not one of my personal favourites but a lot of people seem to like it, glad you did!
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Dragonfly2093 [2007-01-15 16:28:19 +0000 UTC]
It sounds like something a secretary at a big music business would think... I like it!
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StuartR In reply to Dragonfly2093 [2007-01-26 17:35:03 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for the fave, and yeah, thats what i was going for
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ThornyEnglishRose [2007-01-15 12:41:41 +0000 UTC]
Definitely satirical. Very witty, and very true.
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StuartR In reply to ThornyEnglishRose [2007-01-26 17:34:21 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, and thank you for the favourite!
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BlueEyesCryNoMore [2006-04-26 16:30:17 +0000 UTC]
well, the tone is almost cruel, its very tell-it-like-it-is. i would feel bad if i were the client/victim.
its good!
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BlueEyesCryNoMore [2006-04-25 23:58:32 +0000 UTC]
amazing, short and cruel but very very real. excellent capturing of a concept.
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StuartR In reply to BlueEyesCryNoMore [2006-04-26 08:15:57 +0000 UTC]
Cruel? Hmm, ok fair enough. Thank you!
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StuartR In reply to Garnet-43 [2006-04-25 11:22:26 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, cynical works for me
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Schlimazel [2006-04-24 20:30:32 +0000 UTC]
Very honest, excellent description of what goes on in the world of being a rock star.
I like how this is from the POV of who would be considered the "enemy", rather than the "victim." Gives an interesting change of perspective and doesn't drown out the concept in self-pity.
Ok, now hold this starving child,
And get rid of all that bling,
We wouldn't want them to think,
You don't mean what you sing.
My favorite verse. It just flows really well, and conveys what artists in the music world will do to cover up how insincere they may be in their songs.
As usual, very nice work from you.
<3,
Lenny
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StuartR In reply to Schlimazel [2006-04-25 09:55:05 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much, you've hit spot on what i was tryin to say! Have a cookie
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Schlimazel In reply to StuartR [2006-04-25 10:11:17 +0000 UTC]
Yay, cookie! *munches* ^____^ Glad I was able to interpret. I just love meaningful poems like this. <3
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StuartR In reply to Neutral-Artist [2006-04-24 09:19:09 +0000 UTC]
Yeh Thank you for teh fave though
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StuartR In reply to christines-life [2006-04-24 09:18:50 +0000 UTC]
It is very deppresing yes.
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painted-in-blood [2006-04-23 19:42:37 +0000 UTC]
it's so sad that everybody conforms...but it's undoubtedly true...
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StuartR In reply to painted-in-blood [2006-04-23 20:13:54 +0000 UTC]
Yeh, especially true in popular culture, we could really do with another Kurt Cobain right about now.
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