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... to ask if there are musicians you admire for their work outside music?

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WayToMemphis · 09/04/2023 17:38

I've always loved music, and still listen to a lot (of mostly old stuff!) on my work commute. Just wondering if there are musicians you admire, like or respect for something other than music. In real life, I know no famous musicians, but two that stand out for me are:

  • Joni Mitchell. After finding out her own paintings were used as album covers, I've always liked her paintings.
  • Bob Geldof. Really don't like his music, and find him annoying in the few interviews I've seen, but I do have some admiration for his efforts around Live Aid, etc. I don't know if they were successful or not, but his interest and efforts seemed genuine and coming from a good place.
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HirplesWithHaggis · 09/04/2023 17:39

Dolly Parton.

BabaBooPuffinsRock · 09/04/2023 17:43

Bernard Cribbins.

WeedKnife · 09/04/2023 17:44

Feargal Sharkey for the work he is doing for our rivers.
Dolly Parton of course.

ScreamingBees · 09/04/2023 17:46

One that stands out for me is Tori Amos and her work with RAINN.

Of course I don't know her in any way, but liked her music, and have seen here may times live in the 90s and 00s. Reading/hearing detailing her own experience really helped me not feel alone.

There is an recent article about Tori Amos and Life Before The #MeToo Movement https://fionadodwell.medium.com/why-were-we-silent-all-these-years-tori-amos-and-life-before-the-metoo-movement-4008f2401375

Why WERE We Silent All These Years? Tori Amos and Life Before The #MeToo Movement

I take a look at the way in which artist Tori Amos has helped pave the way for survivors of abuse to be heard, and her work with RAINN…

https://fionadodwell.medium.com/why-were-we-silent-all-these-years-tori-amos-and-life-before-the-metoo-movement-4008f2401375

NotAScot · 09/04/2023 18:05

There are some autobiographies by musicians that I've really enjoyed, and learned a lot more about them and their music. I enjoyed the books by Patti Smith (Just Kids) and Viv Albertine (Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys)

SpinCityBlues · 09/04/2023 18:09

Professor Brian Cox, the physicist and tv science presenter. He was also lucky enough to marry Gia Milinovich, the jammy sod.

mathanxiety · 09/04/2023 18:09

Rod Stewart for paying for MRI scans for patients in Essex, for calling for a pay rise for nurses, and for calling on the Tories to step down.

Also, for his epic model railway.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 09/04/2023 18:22

Brian May is really nice to hedgehogs.

Mightyouandiconfabulate · 09/04/2023 18:27

Feargal Sharkey. He campaigns hard about preservation, cleanliness and care of waterways and rivers.
lovely fella.

John Bonjovi has a restaurant that people can pay what they can toward their meal. Everyone welcome no matter what their circumstances.

LammasEve · 09/04/2023 18:45

Brian May, for the Save Me trust and his work with wildlife especially badgers.

Capitulatingpanda · 09/04/2023 19:10

Willie Nelson.

memoriesofamiga · 09/04/2023 19:13

I was going to say Dolly Parton but been beaten to it by several!

Unfortunately I've met Bob Geldof (I used to live nearby) and he was not a nice person. Witnessed him haggling pretty aggressively in a second hand book shop and the words 'you know who I am' were used.

MWNA · 09/04/2023 19:16

Annie Lennox.

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