Did You Ever Want to Be a Rock Star?

LUCY BURDETTE: Oh let me first assure you this is never going to happen--I have a minimal amount of musical talent and I'm really quite a homebody and I can't stay up past ten PM. As for drinking and drugs, one glass of wine generally does me in. However, there's a little part of me that yearns to be a rock star. And that part was awakened this past year by two movies that I loved, A STAR IS BORN and BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. Watch this clip of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper singing Shallow, and tell me you don't want to be Gaga...



And then along came Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody. Did you watch that one? I was a fan of Queen's music but I didn't even realize it. Wasn't the rise of Freddie Mercury amazing? (Of course, his fall was equally spectacular and tragic.)




And years before those came out I was obsessed with the movie ALMOST FAMOUS:




I think it's the yearning of these characters to be successful and happy and famous, and the adulation of those enormous crowds set in what's ultimately a terribly destructive environment that feels thrilling. I know it wouldn't be thrilling in reality, and I promise I won't run off. Even if Brad comes calling...

But how about you? Any secret rock star yearnings? Or favorite movies about rock stars and singers?