Won't be called a "SIR" anytime soon:


(yes, I know he's Irish)


/canadian
//Queen's head belongs on a stick, so does monarchy

Now David, it's better than a poke in the eye.

"I would never have any intention of accepting anything like that. I seriously don't know what it's for. It's not what I spent my life working for."

I never did aaaanything outtuv the bluuueee...

Low is one of my all time favorite albums.

This is pretty cool of him.

DandamanFL, that makes me very uneasy. Did his eye really fall out?

Can someone fill me in on that Bowie picture?

Gunny Highway: DandamanFL, that makes me very uneasy. Did his eye really fall out?

that's not his eye. it was a spoon or lollipop or something.


as an American, I really don't understand the idea behind the Queen. Seems like what little power they have has more to do with formality than any real power.

IGunny Highway: DandamanFL, that makes me very uneasy. Did his eye really fall out?

I don't think so, the lollipop just got stuck between the socket and his prosthetic eye. It was removed by a roadie.

FeedTheCollapse: that's not his eye. it was a spoon or lollipop or something.

Okay that is a relief.

FeedTheCollapse: as an American, I really don't understand the idea behind the Queen. Seems like what little power they have has more to do with formality than any real power.

She give a speech every year when the two houses have that cool ceremony. I am not sure what it is called but it seems to be a state of the union kinda thing. I dont know what else she does but I like watching the pomp when its on the tube. I can understand Brits not liking the monarchy though.

Glitchwerks: Can someone fill me in on that Bowie picture?

Norwegian Wood Festival 2004

Halfway through his third song at a Norwegian music festival in Oslo, an object came flying out of the crowd and hit David Bowie in the eye.

It was a lollipop, probably sent as a message of adoration since Norwegians call the hard candy "love on a stick."

Bowie wasn't seriously injured and within moments, he was facing the crowd of 7,500. Swearing at the unknown culprit, Bowie said he had only one good eye. The other had been damaged in a childhood fight.

"Lucky you hit the bad one," Bowie said, demanding to know who threw the lollipop. No one at the weekend event came forward.

Bowie grumbled about the person or persons responsible hiding in the crowd. Then, regaining his composure and sense of humor, the 57-year-old singer said he was going to punish the audience by making the concert extra-long.

Later, Bowie continued to joke about the incident. He threw one of his guitar picks into the crowd, then asked if he'd hit someone in the eye.

"Oh, maybe I have to hide in the band," he joked.

DandamanFL:
I don't think so, the lollipop just got stuck between the socket and his prosthetic eye. It was removed by a roadie.

That is insane. I was wondering how ones eye just pops out when preforming. It being a lollipop makes alot more sense.

hot boxing flying daggers: The other had been damaged in a childhood fight.

For some reason I am not surprised Bowie got beat on as a kid.

Bowie was terrific in The Prestige. I wish he'd do more acting. Good for him turning down the Queen.

Sorry. I am not going to click through a slide show when it could easily have been put on a page or two.

HappyHarryHardOn: Won't be called a "SIR" anytime soon:


Particularly since they've already hit their douche quota with Ben Kingsley.

SharkTrager: Sorry. I am not going to click through a slide show when it could easily have been put on a page or two.

I seriously doubt there is one person who gives two shiats if you click through the article.

FeedTheCollapse: as an American, I really don't understand the idea behind the Queen. Seems like what little power they have has more to do with formality than any real power.

It's the difference between the head of state (new window) and head of government (new window). Is it strictly necessary to divide the position? No, but the monarchy is more about tradition and continuity than anything we have in the States. The last time England, and by extension Britain, didn't have a monarch they wound up with a military Evangelical dictator.

Gunny Highway: hot boxing flying daggers: The other had been damaged in a childhood fight.

For some reason I am not surprised Bowie got beat on as a kid.

I actually know one of the guys who used to beat him up in school. They met years later at an Oscar party. Bowie was there because he was Bowie, and this guy was there picking up the Oscar for Yellow Submarine. Their reunion was brief and not without bitterness.

DandamanFL: I don't think so, the lollipop just got stuck between the socket and his prosthetic eye. It was removed by a roadie.


What prosthetic eye?

El_Swino: I actually know one of the guys who used to beat him up in school. They met years later at an Oscar party. Bowie was there because he was Bowie, and this guy was there picking up the Oscar for Yellow Submarine. Their reunion was brief and not without bitterness.

It is amazing that two talented guys had the opportunity to beat up on each other as kids. All the assholes who beat me up as a kid ended up being crack heads.

IMO this was one of the coolest things he has ever done.

tdpatriots12: FeedTheCollapse: as an American, I really don't understand the idea behind the Queen. Seems like what little power they have has more to do with formality than any real power.

It's the difference between the head of state (new window) and head of government (new window). Is it strictly necessary to divide the position? No, but the monarchy is more about tradition and continuity than anything we have in the States. The last time England, and by extension Britain, didn't have a monarch they wound up with a military Evangelical dictator.

Yeah, about that...

The Illuminati¯®™ has instructed me to apologize about that goof up.
oops!
/shrug

What's with all the anti-honours pride....?

FFS, it's an award given to acknowledge achievement. Just accept the damn award gracefully and get on with it.

TheSignPost: What's with all the anti-honours pride....?

FFS, it's an award given to acknowledge achievement. Just accept the damn award gracefully and get on with it.

Bowie is counter-culture. Accepting the title would invert him into nullity.

hot boxing flying daggers:
"Oh, maybe I have to hide in the band," he joked.

That sure says a hell of a lot about him to react so calmly. A lot of people would not have done the same.

Gunny Highway: IMO this was one of the coolest things he has ever done.

how YOU doin'?
/Go Team Venture!!

Glitchwerks: hot boxing flying daggers:
"Oh, maybe I have to hide in the band," he joked.

That sure says a hell of a lot about him to react so calmly. A lot of people would not have done the same.

Imagine what Axl Rose would have done.

Oh wait, we already know, he'd have broken the mic and went home, ripping off thousands of people who paid to go to his concert.

Sarcastica75: /Go Team Venture!!



And the fact that Iggy was in that double episode was icing on the cake. He even used my favorite lyrics in all of rock n roll, "Im a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm." So bad ass.

/I get to be Hank.

George Melly FTA: I didn't see the point of accepting an honour from a Hanoverian sovereign of a former empire."

Hey, this guy should write for Dennis Miller.
Dork.

Brainwash: TheSignPost: What's with all the anti-honours pride....?

FFS, it's an award given to acknowledge achievement. Just accept the damn award gracefully and get on with it.

Bowie is counter-culture. Accepting the title would invert him into nullity.

Let's Dance did that about 25 years ago.


/I kid, I kid.

RevMercutio: HappyHarryHardOn: Won't be called a "SIR" anytime soon:


Particularly since they've already hit their douche quota with Ben Kingsley.

Gunny Highway: hot boxing flying daggers: The other had been damaged in a childhood fight.

For some reason I am not surprised Bowie got beat on as a kid.

Actually, he was kind of aggro as a kid. Or so I've heard.

Gyrfalcon: Actually, he was kind of aggro as a kid. Or so I've heard.

I am going to use context clue to figure out what the hell aggro means. But I would like to see a young Bowie fighting some kids in the school yard.

SharkTrager: I am not going to click through a slide show when it could easily have been put on a page or two.

Me either. fark em.

DD0: I seriously doubt there is one person who gives two shiats if you click through the article.

I do. So suck me off.

Gunny Highway: IMO this was one of the coolest things he has ever done.

I loved that episode but I should point out that the actual David Bowie and Iggy Pop had nothing to do with it. It's just voice actors.

*sigh*

I'm with Ringo. I'd wanna be "Captain" or something.

BonesJackson
I loved that episode but I should point out that the actual David Bowie and Iggy Pop had nothing to do with it. It's just voice actors.

you know who else's voices were supplied by people other than themselves?

And-1: SharkTrager: I am not going to click through a slide show when it could easily have been put on a page or two.

Me either. fark em.

DD0: I seriously doubt there is one person who gives two shiats if you click through the article.

I do. So suck me off.

-- this little transaction right here was kinda hot. this and it being in a david bowie thread. rowr.

BonesJackson: Gunny Highway: IMO this was one of the coolest things he has ever done.

I loved that episode but I should point out that the actual David Bowie and Iggy Pop had nothing to do with it. It's just voice actors.

Was going to point that out as well. Still, that entire 2-parter was full of so much win I cannot contain it in a FARK post.

Oh hell, the whole show is. Even at its absolute worst, the Venture Bros. is still much more watchable than most of the crap on TV.

I feel the need to be the first to say:

I'm not gay... but Bowie.

I'm not gay... but Bowie.

Bowie's not gay, not bi. He's regular. It's been out for some time that he purposely fueled the variable sexuality rumors himself to create an aura of mystery. Instead most people just thought he was a c*cksucker.

MasonL87: Oh hell, the whole show is. Even at its absolute worst, the Venture Bros. is still much more watchable than most of the crap on TV.

Any show that what is scored by "Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel" is a good show as far as I am concerned.

Why would The Sovereign need to be a Sir?


/ChangesOne? I love that album!

Back in the old days, Wikipedia had an article on people who had rejected honours in Britain, 'tho that information is supposed to be confidential. It was sort of viewed as a listing of counter-cultural icons, you know, not sellouts like Bob Geldof, Paul McCartney, etc. You know, real hardcore up the aristocrats people, like for example, Dawn French and the like. Nowadays, that particular Wikipedia article points out that people sometimes reject one honour, in the hopes of earning another one, that they want more, or is better in some way a Yank wouldn't understand, or something.

Nowadays, that particular Wikipedia article points out that people sometimes reject one honour, in the hopes of earning another one, that they want more, or is better in some way a Yank wouldn't understand, or something.

Yeah, Americans know nothing about rejecting the brits in favor of other, greater benefits.

radioman_: I'm not gay... but Bowie.

Bowie's not gay, not bi. He's regular. It's been out for some time that he purposely fueled the variable sexuality rumors himself to create an aura of mystery. Instead most people just thought he was a c*cksucker.

Uhm, I thought it was clear my comment implied that I'm not gay, but would probably sleep with Bowie...

Natael, I don't trust any man who wouldn't.

Natael: radioman_: I'm not gay... but Bowie.

Bowie's not gay, not bi. He's regular. It's been out for some time that he purposely fueled the variable sexuality rumors himself to create an aura of mystery. Instead most people just thought he was a c*cksucker.

Uhm, I thought it was clear my comment implied that I'm not gay, but would probably sleep with Bowie...

Yah, seconded. I'd rather just buy him a beer, though, to be honest.