I paid to hear you sing not preach

I would like to touch upon a comment that Brian Johnson from AC/DC made last week, and he is getting a good amount of flack for it. It is in regards to U2's front-man BONO, and his never ending need to bring poverty and world affairs to light.

"I don't tell everybody they should give money — they can't afford it. When I was a working man, I didn't want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa. I'm sorry, mate, do it yourself, spend some of your own money and get it done."

I couldn't agree more with this. Don't get me wrong, I believe in donating one's money and one's time to charitable organizations; and I believe that Brian does too, however some artists just take it too far. Frankly some of us are not in the position to give a little extra money or time when we can't even handle our own bills, more importantly our own country's needs. I don't want to pay for a $100 dollar ticket to hear some self righteous front-man give us a speech about others in need. I am in need; I am in need for an environment that will help me forget about my problems; that is why I am at the damn concert! We want / need entertainment to help us escape from the bad around us; not be reminded of it. Use your celebrity for good; I get that; just don't make me pay for you to do it.

This comes in the wake of the largest earthquake this world has ever known, and the Haitian relief efforts are all abound. The million dollar question has always been; "Where does all this money go?". In a perfect world it would all go to the desired charity, however it saddens me that Haiti's own native son, Wyclef Jean's organization; Yele Haiti; is under investigation for misappropriation of funds. The fact of the matter is that funds from event's such as the relief concert, do not go to where they are supposed to go.

Artist should be there to entertain and entertain only, especially when I am there paying for it. If I am not paying for it then donate your time off camera. That broadcast concert was free for everyone to watch; and free publicity for any high-level artist to come off as a good guy; giving us all that warm and fuzzy feeling.

Do good things like no one is going to give you credit for it like the rest of us BONO.