I'm Not the Only One Who Believes in the Curse of the J's lol

I'M A DORK SO I GOOGLED "THE CURSE OF THE J'S". Of course my curse of the J's is a bit different...nothing to do with musicians. ANYWAY, THIS IS WHAT I FOUND AND I FOUND IT HILARIOUS!!!

The Curse of J’s (Or, Why Do So Many Great Deceased Rock Musicos Have a “J” in Their Name?)THE CURSE OF J’S

[This piece was inspired by and is dedicated to Ed, whose twin I happen to be. Not that it was by coincidence, I don’t believe in coincidences; rather -- that’s what’s happening.]

By now everyone who knows anything of any real importance about rock music knows more or less two essential facts: 1) A lot of the most gifted rockers checked out early for that great Hall of Fame in the sky; 2) Many of these had a “J” in their first or last name (Jimi, Janis, Jim, John, Jerry, etc.) Until now, however, no one has come forward with a coherent, unified theory that could single-handedly tie together all the loose threads of dates and names and niggling little details, and present them to you, the reader, in an easy-to-peruse manner that would satisfactorily and definitively explain the “Curse of Js” once and for all time. Well, there still isn’t, but here’s a stab…

First off, let’s get some things straight here. We’re talking about rock music, not about any other musical genre like folk or rap or country, or any other category like rock movie stars. So if your man died young, had a J in his or her name, and happened to be a famous musician but not a rocker, fuggetaboutit. Django? Nice try, but doesn’t count. James Dean? One of the first celluloid rock stars (or “celluloid heroes” as Ray Davies called them – note, not dead, for obvious reasons) and actually an interesting case, but, well…let’s think about JD some more. There are some other notable in-between cases, as well. Like that other JD — John Denver – was he a rock star? Some would claim he was, and he was famous and died young (in a plane – pretty typical rock star fashion) and yeah, he clearly had the “J” happening in his name. Jim Croce? Well, despite the fact that songs like “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” and “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” do have some attitude, and the chord changes to “I Have to Say I Love You” were recently lifted for a Tenacious D song, similar problem — not clear whether he was rockin’ enough. You get the idea.

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