(warning, offensive language, but hey! who cares?)
Is: (wait for it): “Rock Star”
It stands for everything I hate: Lack of individuality, lack of thinking, eager to please, elevating losers who should be gifted
If I hear the word without it being laced with enough sarcasm or cynicism to kill a normal human being, I instantly regard the source as being drop dead incompetent. (also referencens to the holy Rockstar game development studio, which churned out Max Payne, and the Grand Theft Auto franchise, is forgivable)
Here are a few translations for you, from moronspeak to english.
moronspeak: I’m a rockstar
english: I’m a fucking moron
moronspeak: You’re a rockstar.
english: I’m a fucking moron
moronspeak: I’m such a rockstar! LOL
english: no translation available at this time.
moronspeak: Let’s party like rockstars!
english: Let’s try to improve our self worth by consuming questionable quantities of alcohol, dance around and make general fools of ourselves, and try to convince ourselves we’re having fun. Also, please take note that I’m a fucking moron.
moronspeak: Dude, you party like a rockstar!
english: Firstly, I’m a fucking moron. Second: My friend, your disregard for your liver, self worth, and your life is admirable.
Any usage of the word is either in Moronspeak or for obscure 60s and 70s bands. The origin of the word is probably tracable to the Rock-and-Roll culture of the 60s.
Did anyone notice that “my generation” by The Who refers to “their generation” and they’re like fifty years old now.
If rock is truly dead, bollywood and morons around the world are keeping the damned word alive.
Throwing around the word Rockstar like some shit hit the ceiling fan is really annoying. I think it has got to do with the random proliferation of reality TV shows on digging out musical talent. You’d hear every other judge patting some participant in the back and saying “Wah beta, that was a performance like a rockstar”.
The good things end here. Firstly, why are you so concerned if some people are less concerned about their liver or whatever part of their anatomy gets fucked up?
Secondly, what you mention is popularly termed as the “Sex, Drugs and Rock’n'Roll” culture which is pretty ok too. It hasn’t been in anyway restricted to rock bands as demonstrated by Metallica, held in reverence by obscure headbangers the world over. I see more variety, energy and raw talent in songs from the rock’n'roll decades than whatever is being churned out today by the Foo Metal bands. Earlier, it used to be pure talent that carried forward a band. Now it has got to do more with faking, posing in black attire and bitching about how life sucks in general or some Norse mythological blabber than having some actual shit to present. Whining vocals and growling into the mic are tasteless. Both of them. Either of them is no indicator of the underlying talent of the band, even if they have some. I’m simply too minuscule to even possibly judge some of the legends who did everything you have objection to and more. Numerous bands and individuals kicked general, uptight wellness of the society in the face and gave us some music that we enjoy till this day. We won’t have those orgasm inducing Hendrix solos if it were not for the weed. Led Zeppelin gave unbelievably improvised performances on stage while being quite visibly high. There was one such performance of Stairway to Heaven in which both Robert Plant and Jimmy Page looked totally out of their senses yet gave a performance that was far superior to the studio one. As for Page, he was barely able to stand still yet he did something on a double neck which I’m yet to see from anyone else barring the virtuosos like Eddie or Steve Vai. So much for the liver. I could go on and on about this but I’d rather have some 50 blog posts dedicated to this stuff. At the end of the day, their concern for liver or lack of it got their creative juices flowing. So why complain?
Third, Rock isn’t dead. Whitesnake released an album this year which is too awesome. I won’t waste my time finding anymore superlatives.
Time and again the true artists have shown a middle finger to the established norms of the society and came up with creations that the uber-critical and judgmental ‘gentlemen’ would never have achieved with all their senses intact. This doesn’t apply to only rock’n'roll but rather for any kind of artistic expression.
we all know how to have fun. Folks in college doubly so.
what annoys me is when people forcibly try to make themselves have a good time. I’ve seen that side of culture and I spit on it.
Rock is dead. True, there is some good music coming out, but the spirit of it is long gone, and I’ll never have seen it in my life. People play it now for the sake of being a rebel, but the idea of writing music, and the talent, for the love of music solely does not exist.
That topic is rather debatable, but I love my music and care for it more than the culture or wether it’s alive or not.
As for the bodypart analogy, yes. I can go all out and say the things everyone knows. Heck, I can list out hundreds of synonyms for objectionable plants.
But…
I am very careful about what I write on the internet. I try not to leave room for interpretation, and do not mention any activities or criticize authorities, as it can only lead to trouble later.