The difference is that Amaterasu isn't just a pop goddess in Smash Hits terminology, she's a pop star who claims that she really is a goddess and she's not alone. Paul Morley is a very clever man, but he can also be the world's most crashing bore. Also: generating all the cynical, scornful nay resentful press coverage that can come with it. I love Amaterasu there, her black eyes blazing with the corona of a solar eclipse.Īmaterasu is a relatively new pop goddess already catalysing the sort of tearful, screaming crowd hysteria formerly generated by the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Duran Duran commanding a Bowie-like level of devotion which inspires one to dress up and make up to match. The boy to my right falls to his knees, cum leaking from his crotch. "The girl to my left passes out, hyperventilating. "Her eyes scan the front row like the sun rising and setting. There is little more likely to drive me to ecstasy than a gig. Add in unhealthy hubris and the confluence of ideas here makes perfect sense. Popstars on their pedestals: that's where we place them in order to worship, just as we used to old gods.
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