"We disagree..."
Posted on 06/14/2012 11:49:34 AM PDT by Why So Serious
Sorry that I do not have a link to this. Paul Stanley was on CNN [I turned it on because I saw him on the TV in the corner of the room]. The last part of the interview Carol said to Paul that Gene Simmons has expressed his political view, and offered Paul the opportunity to chime in.
Paul's response went something like this ... "I think it is stupid for people think that just because they have a knack to record a number one song, or make a good movie that it qualifies them as some sort of expert in other areas. Just because you can sing well does not make you politically astute. You are stupid if you think it does, and others are stupid if they think that your political opinion matters just because you can sing or act. I would not sit here and pretend like my opinion matters, nor will I sit here and tell you that other people's opinions matter. It doesn't!"
Finally glad to see someone admit it!
Paul Stanley has demonstrated higher IQ than 99.999999999% of the entertainment industry.
Good on him!!!!
Simmons has always struck me as the brains of the outfit but maybe that’s because I see him on TV more.
... and about 40-something percent of the general public.
Unlike other celebrities who feel they must "share" their "wisdom" with the masses at the drop of a hate (or their panties).
(On a side note. I think its ironic how Paul Stanley, KISS' front man, is always out of the media. Meanwhile the bassist, is the off stage front man. Usually bassists are the least known of band members.)
Paul, I think, is all about KISS. Simmons is a different animal, so when he speaks I hear a businessman not the kooky blood spitter on stage in makeup.
Simmons of course got his fame via KISS, but today his persona is much more. I pray for his soul....he is very smart but lost.
"So when I see all these rock stars up there talking politics, it makes me sick. .... If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons. We sleep all day, we play music at night and very rarely do we sit around reading the Washington Journal."
-Alice Cooper
Didn’t Alice run for Governor of Arizona with the slogan “A Troubled Man for Troubled Times.”?
was it Bernard Goldberg who wrote the book “Shut Up and Sing”?
Paul Stanley must have read it apparently.
:: Usually bassists are the least known of band members. ::
Seriously! Like so few people know of that McCartney fellow from the 60s < /snark >
I thougt it was Laura Ingraham?
"We disagree..."
Stanley is a rocker. Simmons is a businessman who used rock and roll to become rich. His real passion is clearly making money, not music.
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A friend of mine who worked in PR has alluded to similar statements about Paul. Prayers for him are definitely warranted, IMO. Like you said, smart, but lost in some ways...
I didn’t know Kiefer Sutherland was a bassist?
There is great wisdom in knowing that you know very little, and that your opinion means little... even more impressive when it’s a celebrity, whose life is filled with sycophants who make it seem like the opposite is true, 24-7..
[Simmons is a businessman who used rock and roll to become rich.]
Rock and roll and his tongue.
Don’t even ask what Jack Bauer would do for a Klondike bar...
“...Usually bassists are the least known of band members....”
There was a guy name McCartney who played the bass that was pretty well know in certain circles.
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