Lethal Weapon
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By now, you’ve undoubtedly heard the news that Simon Cowell, official Crass British Judge of FOX’s ratings behemoth “American Idol,” and perhaps the richest man on Earth to rock a $3 haircut, will be leaving the show at the end of this year, and moving over to become executive producer and judge for “The X-Factor,” a singing competition FOX will air next year.
Perhaps they could even improve upon Cowell, and find a judge who offers a similar attitude, but doesn’t hit on the other judges and sport v-neck shirts 24 hours a day. Here are a few ideas, offered with little or no concern for practicality.
W. Axl Rose: With “Chinese Democracy” finally released to the world, the Guns N’ Roses frontman has little to do all day except indulge his own paranoid fantasies. Rose is completely and utterly INSANE, even more so than Paula Abdul. So imagine the joys of seeing him lord over a live telecast. Would he show up? Would he throw things? Would he jump into the crowd and hit someone with a glass bottle? Not only would I watch “American Idol” if Axl Rose was a judge, I’d go back to school and write term papers about it.
Would Axl consider ONE benefit / reunion show with Slash if it meant saving thousands of Haitian's lives?
in 2010
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Ok, here's a hypothetical question ...
By now we've all seen Slash's Haitian "benefit concert" twitter / Axl paranoia twitter debacle. Let's say - just for the sake of argument - the potential to raise mega millions was there if the original lineup of GN'R were to take the stage together only once. Keep in mind, all of this money raised would go to provide relief for the recent Haitian disaster. It could help these people to re-build - it could in fact save thousands of lives. Slash, Izzy, Duff, and Steve all publically say that they are down for the cause, but that in the end it is Axl's decision. What would Axl say / do? In last year's Billboard interview when asked about a reunion Axl stated, "Anyone putting his own personal entertainment above everything else is sickening." What would his stance be on a reunion if it meant helping save or rebuild thousands of lives?
The perceived importance of the cause can lead musicians to temporarily set aside disagreements that had led to estrangements. Examples of this include the one-time reunion of Roger Waters with Pink Floyd for their 2005 Live 8 performance; and the first post-break-up reunion of Simon and Garfunkel at a 1972 concert in support of presidential candidate George McGovern.
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