Kim Gordon, best known as a rock icon from Sonic Youth, has crossed over into the fashion world. Urban Outfitters will definitely have more costumers cuing behind the doors, but was it a right thing for a bass goddess to do?
There’s a weird tendency taking over the world – music idols, which had always been about attitude (attitude that made the bands big and the songs epic), are becoming as mainstream and “poppsy” as possible.
It is honestly scary that Johnny Rotten is spotted on TV saying: “Do I buy Country Life because it’s British? No I buy it because it’s great butter”, while Iggy Pop, the king of punk is now performing a role of car insurance salesman, advertising Swiftcover Company.
Kim Gordon is one of them too – fashion line is not the only cliché and “Britney Spearsish” thing she’s done. We could close our eyes and try not to think about this one. But what was the fact of appearing in a most mainstream show Gossip Girl and even saying a little pathetic line there (oh my God, now she’s an actress too)? – pure humiliation and nothing more.
You can’t help yourself, but stop for a moment and grieve for these poor musicians who are dying from starvation and have no choice but to refuse all the ideals they have fought for during the decades, but is that the motive? It is not very believable that they are in lack of money or fame. The problem is in not knowing when to stop, always wanting more and not caring where this extra comes from. In the 21st century musicians have definitely lost their selves, their dignity
to corporate greed.
Rock and attitude come hand in hand (as do attitude and women). Now, as attitude is burning out, it seems that rock is already standing on the brink of emptiness, struggling for life.
You can only wonder how long it has left to stand.
Read more about Kim Gordon and Sonic Youth in “70 Minutes of Spunk Prawl and White Noise” in Cherry Lips magazine
