Artists Should Not Profit

from Victim's Pain

Cody Flores, staff writer

From pain will come profit

You can’t profit off of tragedy.

No more songs about 9/11 or our troops.

These songwriters must stop pretending to be concerned and start admitting what they are doing is all for money. Even the most moronic sounding song can become a hit when it asks, “Where were you when the world stopped turning?”

It’s a big copycat type situation. One country music star does it, then others see how successful he or she was and they want to join in. We can support our troops and those who died in 9/11 in other ways that don’t involve boosting record sales. These songs are so sappy and pathetic, of course people are going to just eat it all up. That’s what Americans do.

We love to cry. We love to wallow in the tragic events of the past. It’s very sad to see that so many people are using the biggest attack on America as a way to boost their income. Using the stupidity of Americans and a tragedy that killed thousands of people is wrong. Smart, but wrong.

Is it possible that some artists writing these songs are doing it out of care and love? Yes, but highly unlikely. Famous people are all the same. They look for the quickest way to make some dough and go for it. They don’t care how low they have to stoop to do it either. I mean, if I hear one more “patriotic” Toby Keith song, I’m going to lose my lunch. This man has no talent. Stop supporting him people! Him and his conniving partner Alan Jackson need to quit while they’re ahead.

Can’t anyone else see what’s going on here?  From pain will come profit. It doesn’t stop with the 9/11 songs. This trend has been seen by many other artists too. There are those who have decided to tweak the idea just a little bit. From the 9/11 songs, comes the cancer songs and songs about starvation. Pretty soon every other song will involve somebody’s pain being exploited to get somebody pleasure. Let’s just go back to writing what songs used to be about, self-loathing, heartbreak, pain, frustration and the occasional suicide.