Celebrity Death Syndrome
The modern symptom of the death of “celebrities” can be shown perfectly by this news story:
Michael Jackson has topped the UK album chart and made six new entries in the singles top 40, six years after his last number one.
Greatest hits album Number Ones rocketed from 121 to the top spot after a surge in sales since the superstar’s death on Thursday…
Four of his other hit albums also made a reappearance in the top 20, the Official Charts Company said…
Jackson’s albums have dominated sales at music retailers and download sites across the world since his death. Earlier on Sunday his songs topped Apple’s iTunes download charts in every country except Japan. (BBC)
Because Jacko has died, his music has suddenly become more desirable. It immediately began to be played on TV and radio shows across the country and sales spiked on and offline – but only because he was dead. But had Michael Jackson still been alive…
This shows precisely how Celebrity Death Syndrome (CDS) works. As soon as they die, everyone suddenly cares about them or wants to buy their stuff. The death of a celebrity suddenly increases the desirability of their stuff.
I feel sorry for the people who are effected so strongly by the death of a celebrity – are their own lives so boring that they can only live through celebrities?
Those affected by CDS need to grow up and look at themselves. Was the deceased part of their family? No. Were they their friend? No. Did they even know the deceased? No. So why they massive overreaction?
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When Kurt Cobain shot himself, my brother was at the local record shop first thing the next morning buying up all the Nirvana 12″ picture discs he could lay his hands on. Not CDS in his case, he just knew that they were on sale and fortunately the manager of the shop hadn’t heard the news yet. Apparently, the guy was really confused when so many people suddenly came in wanting to buy Nirvana stuff on the same day until someone fatefully said, “Haven’t you heard..?”
My brother turned a rather healthy profit on that one. Now, I must see whether my parents still have my old vinyl copy of Bad in the attic..
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