Pete Dogherty: Dr Phil style diagnosis
The following was written when my irritation about selfdestructing media stars made out one night with my dislike of TV shrink Dr Phil. I don't really mean the last sentence (well, not all the time) but it needs to be there, or the entire thing wouldn't make any sense at all, in my view. And I am a Hendrix fan. And Pete really bugs me lately.)
What can I say about Pete Dogherty, that hasn't been said already? After the photo's that showed him shooting up one of his fans in hs house, even my imagination needs to stretch. I was planning to make up a story on how he sprays his blood around in public, but an MTV crew beat me to that one...
So, I am afraid it's time to play Dr Phil. If we get all the facts lined up neatly, and examin them wit a cool mind, a pattern is clear, and a conclusion is inevatible:Pete is not a happy man.This is very important, cause all the smoke and mirrors (of publicity I mean, not grass and coke, we are trying to be serious here okay?) obscure the reality.
There are those who call him a selfdestructing dopehead, or those who can't wait for him to put that extra large dose of smack in his arm, before he does it to his fans. I even heared some people calling him a great musician.
I searched my brain, but I cann't remember hearing any of his bands. So I leave that to people who did listen to him. But I understand there are some people doing that in England.
Getting back to the unhappy part, the guy is a successfull musician, was dating supermodel Kate Moss and received free designer clothes cause he was seen as an icon by some fashion people. Still, he keeps on messing up his own life, instead of enjoying it.
Now to explain this all, we have to assume two things. One, being a successfull musician is pleasant job. Two, banging a supermodel is as good as they say it is. Now, I know that some of us don't like the idea of sleeping with those ultra skinny gals, but forget about that for a while. Dr Phil ignores reality all the time, so w'll do the same here.
Why does a guy, who has all that a man could wish for want to destroy himself? He feels he is living a lie. He cann't face himself any more. Kurt Cobain had the same problem. But Anybody who wakes up next to Courtney Love on a regular basis will feel a bit unhappy in the long run. But Pete is not in the same musical league, and Kate is not that ugly. Now I hear people around me discuss the possibility of Pete going six feet under this year, and how in that way he would join the list of famous, dead artist who died at 27 in that way. You know, Hendrix, Cobain...
Now, remember that the most important part was that Pete is unhappy? It doesnt have to come this far. Maybe deep down in his heart Pete just doesn't like girls that much. He surely doesn't treat them like he does. But he is afraid to admit it to himself and the world. That would make anybody unhappy. Pete, drugs are not the answer to that. Take a nice boyfriend, and dont devaluate the memory of Hendrix, Cobain and Janis Joplin by dying this year on an overdose...
There is always next year if you really don't like life.
What can I say about Pete Dogherty, that hasn't been said already? After the photo's that showed him shooting up one of his fans in hs house, even my imagination needs to stretch. I was planning to make up a story on how he sprays his blood around in public, but an MTV crew beat me to that one...
So, I am afraid it's time to play Dr Phil. If we get all the facts lined up neatly, and examin them wit a cool mind, a pattern is clear, and a conclusion is inevatible:Pete is not a happy man.This is very important, cause all the smoke and mirrors (of publicity I mean, not grass and coke, we are trying to be serious here okay?) obscure the reality.
There are those who call him a selfdestructing dopehead, or those who can't wait for him to put that extra large dose of smack in his arm, before he does it to his fans. I even heared some people calling him a great musician.
I searched my brain, but I cann't remember hearing any of his bands. So I leave that to people who did listen to him. But I understand there are some people doing that in England.
Getting back to the unhappy part, the guy is a successfull musician, was dating supermodel Kate Moss and received free designer clothes cause he was seen as an icon by some fashion people. Still, he keeps on messing up his own life, instead of enjoying it.
Now to explain this all, we have to assume two things. One, being a successfull musician is pleasant job. Two, banging a supermodel is as good as they say it is. Now, I know that some of us don't like the idea of sleeping with those ultra skinny gals, but forget about that for a while. Dr Phil ignores reality all the time, so w'll do the same here.
Why does a guy, who has all that a man could wish for want to destroy himself? He feels he is living a lie. He cann't face himself any more. Kurt Cobain had the same problem. But Anybody who wakes up next to Courtney Love on a regular basis will feel a bit unhappy in the long run. But Pete is not in the same musical league, and Kate is not that ugly. Now I hear people around me discuss the possibility of Pete going six feet under this year, and how in that way he would join the list of famous, dead artist who died at 27 in that way. You know, Hendrix, Cobain...
Now, remember that the most important part was that Pete is unhappy? It doesnt have to come this far. Maybe deep down in his heart Pete just doesn't like girls that much. He surely doesn't treat them like he does. But he is afraid to admit it to himself and the world. That would make anybody unhappy. Pete, drugs are not the answer to that. Take a nice boyfriend, and dont devaluate the memory of Hendrix, Cobain and Janis Joplin by dying this year on an overdose...
There is always next year if you really don't like life.
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