I come from Scotland, a place called kirkcaldy, a town of a 40,000 population. So what are the chance of I becoming famous? Not a lot.
But its prolly 10% talent and the rest image and personality. Think about it, take slash my hero, theres thousands of better players than him, my dads pal is just as awesome, but Slash has a unique image, a distinct look and thats one of the main reasons hes so famous. so when me and my pals sit in the pub talking bout one day being in an awesome big band , its the stuff we get up to, the things we learn, the crazy nights out that shape us as people who are more likely to become famous!!!
LYRICS!!!! are so underestimated!! Guns n Roses and Aerosmith are the best in that department, all the songs have cheeky lyrics and talk of crazy goings on!!! "pretty tied up" or "you could be mine" or "fever".
It seems to me that being a good player is obviously important but you've gotta have lived an interesting life!!
I dont think you guys out there really know just how awesome guns n roses were/are!!!
Anyway, duno i the post has any relevance to what you were talking about!! sorry
Torby