High Fidelity
Josh Learn
Issue date: 2/9/10 Section: Arts & Entertainment
It is tough to remain optimistic finding a job in times like these. As I have mentioned in previous articles, I am looking for a job. If you have leads, please send them to Arts & Entertainment. Also, if you have any spare change, I am usually on St. Paul Street between 1 - 4 a.m. Thursday through Sunday. I am a dead give-away, as I am the only individual dressed as a mime.
While looking for jobs, I was curious to see where the most recognized entertainers got their starts. In many instances, there was a correlation to certain characteristics of the personality and their previous job. For example, Ozzy Osborne worked in a slaughterhouse (go figure). It was also somewhat gratifying to see some very accomplished people failing miserably at their jobs. Mariah Carey was fired from several positions as a waitress and coat-check girl for having a bad attitude. With that in mind, here are the top-five jobs held by entertainers. The complexity of the job, the impact it had on the individual's career, length of employment and sheer absurdity of the job were used as criteria for ranking.
5.) Chestnut Salesman - Bill Murray
Before Bill Murray was tending greens as Carl Spackler at the upscale Bushwood Country Club, he sold chestnuts outside of a grocery store with his brothers (actors Joel, John and Brian Doyle-Murray).
4.) Tie - The Rolling Stones - Various Jobs - Keith Richards and Mick Jagger
The Rolling Stones are undoubtedly one of the biggest musical acts of all time. Before they were "rolling" in the dough, Richards worked as a ball boy at a tennis club. Mick on the other hand worked as an ice cream salesman, than as a porter in a mental hospital. Richards would visit Jagger, sometimes as a patient of the mental ward itself …
3.) Grave Digger - Rod Stewart
Stewart had a multitude of jobs before becoming one of the most successful solo acts of all time. Some of these jobs included: a silk screen painter, amateur football player, newspaper delivery boy and finally a grave digger. Part of his motivation behind this career move was that he wanted to face his childhood fear of death. Who knew that by 65, he would some-what resemble the grim reaper?
2.) Make-up and Set Designer - Adam Jones (Guitarist from Tool)
To think that Tool was Jones' side gig is astonishing. Jones studied art and sculpting and his techniques have been displayed in various Tool videos. Jones also has worked on a number of movies including: Ghostbusters 2, Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, Dances with Wolves, and a number of films in the Nightmare on Elm Street series.
1.) Senior Product Design Engineer - Tom Scholz
(founder and guitarist of Boston)
Scholz founded Boston and built a professional studio using the money he made as a design engineer at Polaroid. He went on to write countless hits, and even design the Rockman guitar amplifier, which is used by a variety of musicians today. I've got "More than a Feeling" that his innovations and hit songs will make him wealthy for a "Foreplay/Longtime". Hey now!
While looking for jobs, I was curious to see where the most recognized entertainers got their starts. In many instances, there was a correlation to certain characteristics of the personality and their previous job. For example, Ozzy Osborne worked in a slaughterhouse (go figure). It was also somewhat gratifying to see some very accomplished people failing miserably at their jobs. Mariah Carey was fired from several positions as a waitress and coat-check girl for having a bad attitude. With that in mind, here are the top-five jobs held by entertainers. The complexity of the job, the impact it had on the individual's career, length of employment and sheer absurdity of the job were used as criteria for ranking.
5.) Chestnut Salesman - Bill Murray
Before Bill Murray was tending greens as Carl Spackler at the upscale Bushwood Country Club, he sold chestnuts outside of a grocery store with his brothers (actors Joel, John and Brian Doyle-Murray).
4.) Tie - The Rolling Stones - Various Jobs - Keith Richards and Mick Jagger
The Rolling Stones are undoubtedly one of the biggest musical acts of all time. Before they were "rolling" in the dough, Richards worked as a ball boy at a tennis club. Mick on the other hand worked as an ice cream salesman, than as a porter in a mental hospital. Richards would visit Jagger, sometimes as a patient of the mental ward itself …
3.) Grave Digger - Rod Stewart
Stewart had a multitude of jobs before becoming one of the most successful solo acts of all time. Some of these jobs included: a silk screen painter, amateur football player, newspaper delivery boy and finally a grave digger. Part of his motivation behind this career move was that he wanted to face his childhood fear of death. Who knew that by 65, he would some-what resemble the grim reaper?
2.) Make-up and Set Designer - Adam Jones (Guitarist from Tool)
To think that Tool was Jones' side gig is astonishing. Jones studied art and sculpting and his techniques have been displayed in various Tool videos. Jones also has worked on a number of movies including: Ghostbusters 2, Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, Dances with Wolves, and a number of films in the Nightmare on Elm Street series.
1.) Senior Product Design Engineer - Tom Scholz
(founder and guitarist of Boston)
Scholz founded Boston and built a professional studio using the money he made as a design engineer at Polaroid. He went on to write countless hits, and even design the Rockman guitar amplifier, which is used by a variety of musicians today. I've got "More than a Feeling" that his innovations and hit songs will make him wealthy for a "Foreplay/Longtime". Hey now!
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