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How young is to young to be a Pop Star

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By *nytimeade OP   Man
over a year ago

Skegness

just listening to plan B on radio , and got me thinking about a few tragic early deaths and wasted lifes who perhaps could'nt handle the fame ,and the X factor wannabes ,are we exploiting them?..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

are WE exploiting them ??

think simon cowell is

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Off the top of my head, although im sure i can only think of two people where becoming famous at a young age contributed to their death and neither where in the last 10 years.

The only two i can think of is lena zavaroni and karen carpenter

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By *nytimeade OP   Man
over a year ago

Skegness


"Off the top of my head, although im sure i can only think of two people where becoming famous at a young age contributed to their death and neither where in the last 10 years.

The only two i can think of is lena zavaroni and karen carpenter"

Amy Winehouse had a tuff time coping i think , Britany , isn't as level headed as she might be , but maybe it's the meds that dont help ?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire


"Off the top of my head, although im sure i can only think of two people where becoming famous at a young age contributed to their death and neither where in the last 10 years.

The only two i can think of is lena zavaroni and karen carpenter

Amy Winehouse had a tuff time coping i think , Britany , isn't as level headed as she might be , but maybe it's the meds that dont help ?"

Still nothing to do with the xfactor though.

I dont think its someones age its there personality.

Look at donny osmond, same ages, same young fame, same large family. Comletely different lifestyle choices

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

It's nothing new.....Musical talent has for many years been nurtured from a young age.

If you compare the number of 'young stars' who have faired badly to the many who have prospered and grown as artists then you will find most adapt and handle it well.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

That should be look at donny osmond and micheal jackson

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I think there where far more child stars around in the 60's, Lula, cilla black, dusty springfield, helen shapiro. Just going of the top of my head as havent got my thinking cap on tonight

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

sid vicious, was only 22

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By *nytimeade OP   Man
over a year ago

Skegness

i've just been reminded of Charlotte Church , who i suppose you could say is an exception to the rule , she seems to be coping with fame quite well, i shall not mention her ex , lol

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire


"i've just been reminded of Charlotte Church , who i suppose you could say is an exception to the rule , she seems to be coping with fame quite well, i shall not mention her ex , lol "

why is she the exception to the rule, im finding it really difficult to think of some that havent coped

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Then you got people like boybands, boyzone not everyones cup of tea but they where only 16 when they got in the spot light and although stephen died nothing to do with his age. This one direction seem to be doing well and i cant stand jedward but they seem happy enough

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

leann rymmes look at her she was only about 13

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

id say 16, thats still probably too young to handle fame and fortune though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Isn't this a little pointless as most people with musical talent gets spotted when young! Well apart from the odd Suzanne Boyle that gets missed. In life young people can't cope but there are a hell of a lot of Ozzys, Richards, Jaggers in this world who aren't spring chickens who cant cope with fame in their dotage.

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

The Bee Gees first started appearing on Australian TV as a singing group when Barry was 14 and the twins (Maurice and Robin) were 13....they coped

Stevie Wonder had a number One record at the age of 13 and went on to establish a major career that has so far lasted 49 years....he coped

Smokey Robinson was penning multiple number One records with Berry Gordy at Motown at the age of 18, some 54 years later he has continued in the industry and has been highly succesful....he coped

Maybe people just got on with things and coped better in the past?

Or.....maybe the problem isn't as bad as the Op thinks it is?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i've just been reminded of Charlotte Church , who i suppose you could say is an exception to the rule , she seems to be coping with fame quite well, i shall not mention her ex , lol "

So what is your assessment that she's coping quite well based on?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It's nothing new.....Musical talent has for many years been nurtured from a young age.

If you compare the number of 'young stars' who have faired badly to the many who have prospered and grown as artists then you will find most adapt and handle it well."

Agreed, some people fuck up in life. Fame and fortune just enables some people to fuck up much more spectacularly and publically. I don't think that fame is that big a factor in that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *ushroom7Man
over a year ago

Bradford


"The Bee Gees first started appearing on Australian TV as a singing group when Barry was 14 and the twins (Maurice and Robin) were 13....they coped

Stevie Wonder had a number One record at the age of 13 and went on to establish a major career that has so far lasted 49 years....he coped

Smokey Robinson was penning multiple number One records with Berry Gordy at Motown at the age of 18, some 54 years later he has continued in the industry and has been highly succesful....he coped

Maybe people just got on with things and coped better in the past?

Or.....maybe the problem isn't as bad as the Op thinks it is?"

Maybe the difference is that the ilk you mention above, plus countless others, had real talent and worked bloody hard. It endures.

Whereas to be used in an entertainment show and then later be effectively dumped, or even worse disregarded, must be hard on the psyche.

Who knows?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A lot of it is to do with the pressure and the fortune they get and ultimately being in a dominant adult industry I know Drew Barrymore was not a pop star but a child star yes she has come out the other side but she did fight some demons. And the Harry Potter stars I think are very level headed.

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By *waymanMan
over a year ago

newcastle


"sid vicious, was only 22 "
Are we including talentless junkie thugs in this thread?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"sid vicious, was only 22 Are we including talentless junkie thugs in this thread?"

Dunno... What d'ya want to add to the discussion??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember watching that young girl on a britains got talent live show crumble with nerves and breaking down saying something along the lines of 'no mummy you said this wouldnt happen mummy'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I remember watching that young girl on a britains got talent live show crumble with nerves and breaking down saying something along the lines of 'no mummy you said this wouldnt happen mummy' "
yeah cowell gave her a 2nd shot too

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By *waymanMan
over a year ago

newcastle


"sid vicious, was only 22 Are we including talentless junkie thugs in this thread?

Dunno... What d'ya want to add to the discussion??

"
It's a threadd aabout musicians and pop stars; Sid Vicious was a talentless junkie thug who got lucky and pretended to play basss in the luckiest and since the beatles.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scrap that there was a young girl from britains got talent who messed up... but i was also mixing it up with an american idol contestand when she got voted out and couldnt take the rejection.

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By *waymanMan
over a year ago

newcastle


"I remember watching that young girl on a britains got talent live show crumble with nerves and breaking down saying something along the lines of 'no mummy you said this wouldnt happen mummy' "
They should have had a separate number you could ring to have her mother publicly executed. I'd have voted....

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