Confession time. I watch the X-Factor, there I've said it!
The show has been criticised for catapulting people to huge musical fame without the long battle that "proper" bands have to go through. Like that didn't happen before with Motown or Phil Spector's bands. But the expulsion of young (and as far as I could make out talentless) Frankie Cocozza highlights a new issue.
Many young people clearly believe that success can and should be easy and instant. Frankie seems to have taken this attitude a step further by trying to live the Rock n Roll lifestyle without even doing the Rock n Roll bit.
At least the Stones, The Who etc. had some big hits before they shagged groupies, binged on boose and drugs and smashed up hotel rooms.
P.S. Frankie you forgot to smash up the hotel room.
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So is it okay for rich, famous, or talented people to take drugs and smash up hotels, but not for young people who you don't believe have sufficient talent or fame to behave in the same way?
The problem that you fail to address is that of role models for young people. The fact is that the Stones and the Who are incredibly wealthy and successful despite their anti-social and possibly illegal behaviour.
The X-factor idolises the likes of Amy Winehouse and encourages contestants to imitate her, and then kicks them out when they go too far.
Just to help get the message across that this type of behaviour is tolerated or encouraged, I doubt that the police will be charging Frankie Cocozza (or many other pop stars for drug use) despite his confession.
With such mixed messages from rock stars on drugs, politicians pocketing money, bonuses in the city for failure, newspapers hacking phones of dead girls, and longer prison sentences for setting up a facebook group than attacking the Prince of Wales or Rupert Murdoch, are we surprised when normal young people do not conform to our ideals of humility, chastity, and temperance?
I'm just fed up with the hypocrisy of the whole thing.
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