10 SONGS BY ROCK STARS ABOUT HOW BAD IT SUCKS TO BE A ROCK STAR: Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon’s first real solo endeavor, his so-called “primal scream” album, was a dramatic gesture in 1970 with its skeletal rock and roll sound after the lush orchestrations of George Martin and Phil Spector on the Beatles’ last albums, Abbey Road and Let It Be, respectively. But Lennon’s introspective ruminations on how he became a self-described “working class hero” unintentionally sure set off a terrible trend in pop music, with rock stars grousing about how awful things are inside their chosen profession. (I’m surprised this VH-1 article doesn’t include Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing,” which is Mark Knopfler making the same whine one removed; from the point of view of his blue collar department store kitchen installation man who just can’t fathom how hard Knopfler works to produce his music.)