pete Doherty - waste of space or talented soul

Hello everyone,

Pete Doherty – waste of space

or a talented soul.

For many years now Pete Doherty has been a love hate character for many people. You either love him for his music and talent, in which people believe he has him. Or you hate him for being a drain on our society, and that he gets away with everything just because he is famous.

What is the first thing you think of when you hear the name Pete Doherty, is it scum, drug addicted waste of space or a drain on society. These are some of what people do actually think when they hear the continuous stories of this drug addicted getting away with all the convictions that he has. They have every right to think this as if this was any other person who had just been found with an amount of a class A drug on them, they would be dealt with appropriately. For someone who has a criminal record such as Doherty then prison should be the case for him but time after time he gets away with it, released with a caution, or a fine if the judge is feeling strict. Pete is a re-offender who without a proper punishment will just keep on re-offending, well wouldn’t you if you knew you were going to get away with it.

To some people though that is not the first thing they think of when they hear his name. You think of one half of one of the most innovative and exciting bands on this planet, you think of beautiful lyricist, or just an all round entertainer who has a few problems. I for one fall into this category. I try not to think of his habits outside of music, because that is what brings him down. People can say what they want about him, but he was apart of the Libertines, who with only 2 albums under his belt (well 1 and a half as he wasn’t there for most of the second) created a massive hype, and also a legendry band who would change so many lives.

Within two albums Bilo and Biggles as Doherty and Barat call themselves, created genre defining music, which was based on the trials and tribulations of their friendship, but with a hint of finding the real “Albion” the world watched as Pete and Carl tore chunks out of each other, within the confines of their lyrics to the point where they both couldn’t take no more and parted ways. A short lived fairytale trip round album for their fans, but they continued to make music. Doherty is always in the limelight about all the bad things that he has done and why women should be with him, but what about his lyrics. These seem to get missed somewhere in the media hype.

If you actually read his lyrics then you see tortured soul laying his heart on the line. He does this in such a beautiful way it takes the listener (or reader) on a journey to the heart of Albion, Where everything is perfectly fine and nothing will hurt or bother you. If you take the “For Lovers” song, which was done with wolfman you hear someone who is in love, which could be interpreted for his love of heroin, but he still forgives them for whatever it is that they have done. Albion is a perfect of Pete’s two worlds coming together and not forming well. He lives in the real world but wants to be in Albion this perfect world for him. “Talk over, Gin in teacups, and leaves on the lawn, Violence in bus stops, and the pale thin girl with eyes forlorn.”

People can say what they want about Pete but to us Libs fans the man is a lyrical genius and we always hope that he sort his demons on and return to his post as Carl’s right hand man. Yes he a drug addict, and a drain on tax payers money when he has to go to trail and what not, but that has nothing to do with his writing abilities, and the power to make his fans go on a journey with him. I don’t ever think oh just because he writes good songs and goes out with models he should be let off, he should have the same punishment as everyone else. To those people who also say that he should be made an example of, then what about the little unknown people who still get away with things, should they not be made an example of also. Pete can do what he wants, he is a grown man but it can not doubted that he is a talented human being, who we hope to get more and more out of in the following years. A Libertines permanent reunion would also be nice.