The person you think of when you hear "it's better to burn out than to fade away"

[Orrex]

Poll question: The person you think of when you hear "it's better to burn out than to fade away"

[DarkTirade]

1. I think Ramirez' blade did not cut deep enough.

[Orrex]

2. But it improved his voice

It's a damn good thing that they never made any sequels based on that film.

[DarkTirade]

3. Well they didn't really leave any room for it, what with him winning The Prize at the end.

I mean, what's left that they could do? Ignore continuity? Or maybe they coulda gone completely whacko and made the immortals turn out to be space aliens, so they could bring more immortals to earth... from SPACE!!! :rofl:

And while they're at it, they might as well bring back some of the characters that died, just for the fun of it.

[Orrex]

4. Clearly you've lost your mind

What lunatic would ever green-light such a production?

[DarkTirade]

7. Yeah, you're right.

It's be much safer to go with a TV spinoff series. Might even last a few seasons.

[JVS]

5. Christa McAuliffe

[Orrex]

8. Ouch. Too soon.

You ghoul.


That's so disgustingly tasteless that I refuse to admit that I laughed.

[JVS]

11. A mere 22 years.

[Orrex]

12. Protest all you like; I'm still not admitting that I laughed.

:rofl:

I mean, uh, :no-rofl:

[jobycom]

16. Maybe it was more of a tribute to her than a cheap joke?

Yeah, right. :rofl:

[JVS]

20. I'll have to remember that next time I'm at the bar and my friends start telling Hellen Kelller...

tributes. :rofl:

[quip]

14. Cabcere's birthday....

[Cabcere]

33. Yep.

:(



(OK, I have been known to make completely tasteless references to that from time to time, so I really don't have any room to talk here.) :shrug: :hi:

[Aristus]

6. Jim Morrison.

B-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Same

[alphafemale]

17. As well as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and others.

It's achingly sad that they died so young, but at least they didn't end up sliding down the cruel backside of fame, playing in half-empty halls and trying to stave off bankruptcy.

[triguy46]

9. MacArthur was a total dick. Read Halberstons book on the Korean war.

All ego, refusal to accept reality because of his self created image. Horrible outcomes.

[alphafemale]

18. heh. Dad was a WWII vet. I was in my teens before realizing his 1st name wasn't Thatsunnofabitch

And my Dad generally didn't carry grudges.

[x-g.o.p.er]

10. James Dean n/t

[MrCoffee]

32. He gets my vote.

[IndianaJones]

15. that buddhist monk. nt.

[Orrex]

27. Edgy! nt

[Vektor]

19. Joe Elliot, singer for Def Leppard

From the song "Pyromania".

[Mad_Dem_X]

25. Yep, that's where I first heard the phrase

I think of Def Leppard and then Kurt Cobain.

[Iggo]

36. That ain't the first place I heard it.

But it's the first one that came to mind.

[Jamastiene]

21. Kurt RIP n/t

[BlueIris]

22. Colin Farrell. Went from C-list to mega-star overnight then crashed and burned almost as quickly.

I'm still kind of amazed he's not dead yet. Yes, I know he's not the only celebrity to have flamed out after a meteoric rise to fame, but Farrell (I thought) was going places because he actually had a modicum of talent. And then...splat.

[Orrex]

31. Does he still exist?

I forgot all about him.

[Orsino]

23. Johnny Rotten, by way of Neil. n/t

[madinmaryland]

24. The guy who wrote this little ditty...

On January 24th, 2009, in the oval office of the new Democratic president:

The Secretary of Defense is giving the President the daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, three Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

The President's staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and says, "One Brazilian is too many! I am glad that we are beginning to draw down our presence in Iraq and put an end to this long national nightmare."

:hi:

[NoPasaran]

26. Icarus

[Tuesday Afternoon]

28. me

decisions.

Am I burned out?
Should I just fade away?

Poll.

[begin_within]

29. James Dean

[unpossibles]

30. all of the above BUT

I hear it in the Kurgan's voice.

[Cabcere]

34. Kurt Cobain

and then Neil Young. I first heard it in the context of Cobain's suicide note, though. :(

[mitchum]

35. Poe

[Fire Walk With Me]

37. Keith Moon.

[tigereye]

38. yes, Moon fits that very well

[Fire Walk With Me]

39. IIRC, he came to the Who Are You sessions in a wasp costume.

Absolutely hilarious.

[terrya]

40. Marilyn Monroe

[Rising Phoenix]

41. Kurt Cobain

[Deep13]

42. Bernie Faydaway

[Deep13]

43. MLK

Reminds me of that quote from Blade Runner.

A candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long, and you have burned so very brightly, Roy.

[Orrex]

45. I think that's Edna St. Vincent Millay

Though the two are often confused.

[Broken_Hero]

44. "I hope somebody chops your head off, you assshole"

The Kurgan, of course! :D

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