Forbes Top Earning Musicians Revealed

Wanna be depressed? Aw, c’mon, you know you do.  So Blabbermouth.net had a link to an interesting article on Forbes about the top earning musicians over the past 12 months.  No. 1 is Madonna, which surprises me since no one I know gives a damn about her anymore.

No. 2 is Celine Dion – color me surprised again for the SAME reason as for Madonna.  No. 3 is Beyonce – ok, that chick is everywhere so it’s not surprising that my future second wife, I mean the lovely Queen B, would be puttin’ away the cabbage.

AC/DC is in a three way tie for 6th place with Rascal Flatts (who at least have members from my hometown) and Coldplay.  Each group cleared 60 mil this year.

Now here’s the kicker – Bon Jovi is #11.  WHAT!?  Not ‘Van Has-Been’, not KI$$, not even the Crue.  But Bon Jovi?  CLEARLY either I am out of touch with the tastes of the masses these days, or I’m out of touch with what is sold at Wal-Mart. I mean NAME a Bon Jovi song from the last album! Name the damn album if you don’t know any of the songs!?

Exactly. You don’t know and neither do I.  So how the hell did he get to be #11, earning $50 million this year?

Somewhere out there, Alec John Such just kicked a dog.