80 s Fame Music Stars

Neurodiversity is evidently a ‘requirement’ in the show-business… whether real or staged, what role does Entertainment play in mental health?

I was deeply disturbed by the deaths of Tina Turner and Sinead O’ Connor. Most of the 80 s celebrities have died in the last decade.
Needless to say, they were human encyclopedias of mental illness.

I don’t worship celebrities, I honour the ones who played a role in my life, i.e. David Bowie, Madonna, Michael Jackson…

What role celebrities play?
Entertainment for sure, but not only.

Each celebrity, or ‘icon’ in the music industry, is associated with a particular audience.

The 80s saw the emergence of the Gothic movement.
David Bowie was the pioneer and the inspiration of all 80s musicians.
Peoples who grew up in those days, were inevitably influenced.
Song-lyrics were romantic, sad, reflective.
Dressing in black and purple was trendy between the young.
My generation still lives in that dimension.

Movements are a form of protection.
Gothic clubs for the middle-aged thrive as of today in America.
In Europe, they disappeared.

History repeating itself: everything borne in the Old Continent and move to the New World.

Tina Turner was the exception: she was born in America and moved to Europe in mid-life.
She downplayed her role.

R.I.P.