阅读理解

Aroundtheworldyoungpeoplearespendingunbelievablesumsofmoneytolistentorockmusic．ForbesMagazinereportsthatatleastfiftyrockstarshaveincomesbetweentwomillionandsixmilliondollarsperyear．

“Itdoesn'tmakesense”saysJohanyMathisoneoftheoldermusicmillionaireswhomadeamilliondollarsayearwhenhewaspopularin1950s．“Performersaren'tworththiskindofmoney．Infactnobodyis．”

Buttherockstar'sadmirersseemtodisagree．Thosewholoverockmusicspendabouttwobilliondollarsayearforrecords．Theypay150milliontoseerockstarsinperson．

Luckisakeywordforexplainingthesuccessofmoney．In1972oneoftheluckiestwasKonMcleanwhowroteandsang“AmericanPie”．Mcleanwriteshisownmusicsoheearnsanadditional(附加的)twocentsoneverysinglerecordofthesong．

NeilYoungwhoperformsintornbluejeanssometimessingstoanaudience(观众)of10000eachofwhomhaspaidfivedollarsforaticket．AfterpayingexpensesYoungleaveswithabout＄18000inhisbluejeansattheendofanevening．

Howdotherockstarsusetheirmoney?Whatdotheydowhenthemoneystartspouringinlikewater?Mostoftheyoungstarssimplyshowthemoneyaround．England'sEltomJohngavesomeonea＄38000RollsRoycecarandboughthimself5000pairsofeyeglassesthenlightedupandspeltE-L-T-O-M．Healsoboughthimselftwocars“oneforeachfoot”．

ManyrockstarslivelikeGraceSlickandJeffersonAirplane．Thoseperformersreturnfromatourpaytheirbillsandbuynewtoys．Thenwhentheyneedmoneyagaintheydoanothertour．Theysavenomoneyandlivefromhandtomouth．

Intheendtherockstars'lifeisunrewarding．Aftertwoorthreeyearsrichesandfamearegone．Leftwithhismemoriesandhistaxproblemsthelonelyex-performerspendshisremainingyearstryingtoattractstrangers．Newstarshavearrivedtotakehisplace．