[Slowhand] Booing and Wooing

[Almighty Geetarz]

> Sinead O'Connor wasn't 'booed off the stage'.  Yes she was booed, but 

> didn't leave the stage,  Instead she changed the rehearesed song to a 

> solo performance of Bob Marley's War, as (I would like to think) a 

> "fuck you" to all the narrow minded dipshits in the audience whose 

> understanding of the compexities of Ireland over the last few 

> centuries was limited to a single performance on Saturday Night Live.

>  


Perhaps I could have phrased what happened better.

With that said, this was yet another example of a self-absorbed 
performer falling into the "it's all about ME" trap.

O'Connor made a political statement at an inappropriate place and time 
(SNL), and she did it in a manner that did *not* help advance her ideas 
(as she herself has admitted).

This goes back to the "shut the fuck up and play yer geetar" discussions 
we've had in the past, to wit:

1) I don't go to concerts to hear about politics

2) I don't go to political events to hear music.

For some reason, these barely literate cretins feel that because they 
have a (somewhat) captive audience, they have the right to prosleytize. 
Namely, because if they held a
rally to speak about their personal views - no one would attend.  I 
don't know who said it but it's true, "politics is show business for the 
ugly", and to carry the phrase a little
further, "politics is for those who don't have the looks *or* talent for 
show business".

I'm not even sure the views of the majority of the audience were far 
removed from her own ... again, I don't think it had as much to do as 
what she said, as where/when/and how
she said it.  Not really a big difference between this and for instance 
some self-obsessed actor/actress using an awards ceremony to veer off 
topic and rant on about some
personal cause.

Some friends dropped by the Party Pad here the other day, I had "Concert 
For George" cranking on the big screen.  One of my friends would be the 
most casual of music fans
(i.e. radio only), she recognized Eric Clapton, watched a few songs, and 
made an observation that I thought was pretty perceptive, and again this 
was coming from somone with
*no* personal knowledge of the performers. She said "I get the feeling 
he's all about the music, no B.S., no talking, no dancing, no theatrics".

Sounds good to me!

~AG