Work-related hazards

Subject: Work-related hazards
From: michaelr
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 12:32 AM

Yikes

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 12:59 AM

5 g NaCl + large glass of water.

John

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: Sooz
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 04:32 AM

Thats a big pinch John.
It isn't a valid figure if it doesn't include all rock stars. (You would get the same results for football players etc) The ones that are still going strong will push up the average.

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: Leadfingers
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 06:44 AM

I always thought work was a hazard ! Thats why I gave it up .

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 07:39 AM

Rick Danko of the Band is not in the list.

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: pavane
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 08:04 AM

Something that may skew the statistics: (as noted by Sooz)

Rock is relatively new, and many rock performers haven't died yet, so don't appear in the list. We will get a more representative sample in 50 years time!

So don't give up music yet

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: Effsee
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 08:05 AM

Karen Carpenter, Nat King Cole....Rock Stars?? Didn't bother reading any further!

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 09:36 AM

Work is the curse of the drinking class.

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: GUEST,Jack Campin
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 07:36 PM

The average age of death for redeemers of the world is 33, I think.

Rock stars live to a ripe old age in comparison.

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 09:07 PM

I've heard of a fair number of porn stars still working at ages more advanced than that site reports as the "average lifespan" for rockers. Does that mean porn is a "more Christian" line of work?

John

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: frogprince
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 09:36 PM

Who compiled that crap? Fred Phelps? Does he think everyone who logs a lot of miles in small aircraft is out of the will of his version of god, or does he think his god stomps on the planes and cars of people who play that nasty rock music (like "Mona Lisa" and "Close to You", for example). I started out just laughing at the damn thing, but I've had it so "up to here" with hatefulness like that passed off as Christian preaching that I have a hard time not seeing red.

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 03:51 AM

A long long time ago, I once read a Christian book that was basically a diatribe against 'Rock 'n' Roll'.... it had similar statistics and crap in... there was a whole chapter on how musicians "work themselves into a sexual frenzy and frequently orgasm as a result of playing" - usually aimed at the drummer. As this was the era of punk (doesn't that date me!) there were some bits of it that did actually seem fair comment. Of course, now, it would appear ridiculous.

Experience (and living with a musician for 16 years) has taught me that the only frenzy I'm likely to experience is the frenzied dash for the door when someone gets the banjo out....

LTS

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: Bill D
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 03:21 PM

"I burn my candle at both ends'
It will not last the night.
But, ah my friends and oh, my foes-
It makes a lovely light."

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: Janie
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 03:33 PM

Valid or not--it is still sad. I think it may have some validity about life in the fast lane--not just rockers-but combination of fame, money, etc.

As an aside, I think at least two of those heart attacks were drug induced.

Janie

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: Dead Horse
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 04:09 PM

What would those folks have died of had they not been in the music business?
Anybody compiled a list of Popes yet???

Subject: RE: Work-related hazards
From: frogprince
Date: 19 Apr 06 - 04:46 PM

Liz, I guess music-induced orgasm or sexual frenzy didn't start with punk rock. Way back when a young Harry Belafonte came on the scene, it was generally acknowledged (at least in the southern U.S.) that it was common for young girls to "become women" on the spot when exposed to his appearance and performance. I never asked exactly how "beome women" was defined in the context. In this case, I'm sure that the "christian" outrage that spawned the idiocy was more about the popularity of a very handsome black male than about the music.