Jack Black High Fidelity

Is it better to burn out than to disappear?

When Neil Young wrote the song "Hey Hey, My My 'in 1978, he would have had no idea of the consequences that one of the words would have on music and society. Spoken in full only in the acoustic version of the song, the young states of the famous quote that still resonates today - "it's better to burn out than to fade away."

The song proved to be a favorite of a young singer in a rock band based in Seattle called Nirvana. When Nirvana became a global phenomenon and the young man's forehead hard to cope with his celebrity status named Kurt Cobain committed suicide and left a heartbreaking note with the last line saying "it's better to burn out than s turning off at the gap. "

The sentence would become allegorical of Cobain's suicide and his memory is kept with him at the peak of his career in terms of success and popularity. It is through this reference that the line has become synonymous with the careers of musicians and used to highlight the deterioration of a formerly great artist in a mediocre performer.

In the film High Fidelity, the character of Jack Black's quote the famous Neil Young line when a customer tries to buy the latest song by Stevie Wonder "I just called to Say I Love You". Stevie Wonder embodies the concept of almost erased the artist as he liked to critical acclaim, before seemingly sacrificing this for commercial success.

Wonder peak occurred during the first mid-1970s with classic recordings, including "Superstition" and "Higher Ground", which helped elevate him to a famous artist of the 20th century. However, in the 1980s approached Wonder began recording more pop-influenced tunes with sentimental lyrics including the sugar-coated 'Happy Birthday "and" I Just Called To Say I Love You ".

So many questions in black in High Fidelity "It is indeed unfair to criticize a formerly great artist for his sins of the past few days, is it better to burn or die?". It is certainly a personal choice that even they do not like it's working Wonder, we must remember the impact he has made on modern music.

In direct contrast with the example of Stevie Wonder, who has continued to make music throughout his long career, there are many examples of artists who were burned in their prime. Four of those who died, all at the age of 27 years are Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain. These musicians careers were short lived when they were still in their first and he asks the question - would they have continued to occur during or would they have deteriorated until they became hosts of reality TV ?

It would be uncomfortable viewing, with anything that happened with the euphoria of the post-Cobain Nirvana to imagine it as one of the prominent guests on the loose called "rock 'episode of American Idol. By committing suicide, sadly, Cobain has cemented his place in rock history as the leader of one of the most influential bands of the last thirty years.

Upon the death of Jim Morrison, The Doors recorded LA Woman (released May 1971) to strengthen the group's position as one of the most important rock bands of the era. Following the recording of the album, Morrison moved to Paris where he died July 3, 1971. LA Woman would go to sell massively worldwide, record the most popular The Doors "from their debut album.

After the death of Morrison, The Doors continued to perform and produced two albums with the votes divided between two of the original members of the group. Inevitably, the albums sold considerably less than those published with Morrison and The Doors disbanded. If Morrison had not gone to Paris and the doors had continued to make music, the album would have certainly changed, but what would have been Morrison's musical destiny.

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