BBC News - New Year Honours 2020: Newton-John and England cricketers on list
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stevelondon20
About bloody time! Well done Roger!
Brian is a CBE.
John next hopefully!
Brian is a CBE.
John next hopefully!
mooghead
Didn't think Roger would be the sort to accept pointless trinkets from the establishment...
stevelondon20
You never know Rob, he may refuse it!
dysan
They should make him a Dame just for lolz.
splicksplack
These days I think once it is made public then it has already been accepted. They put out the feelers first to see whether it will be accepted or not to avoid embarrassment.
Bowie was offered a CBE and a knighthood and it was made clear he was not interested.
Bowie was offered a CBE and a knighthood and it was made clear he was not interested.
Holly2003
Rog's anti-establishment credentials have only ever been skin deep. He's like a rebellious teenager who became a rock star, got rich, and then never had to be a grown up. He's still basically a rebellious teenager with all the hypocrisy, contradiction, and embarrassment that comes with that.
cmsdrums
About time!!! For both his musical and charity contributions this should have happened a long time ago.
Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira
[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]
Rog's anti-establishment credentials have only ever been skin deep. He's like a rebellious teenager who became a rock star, got rich, and then never had to be a grown up. He's still basically a rebellious teenager with all the hypocrisy, contradiction, and embarrassment that comes with that.[/QUOTE]
I guess you are right for the most part. And I love it, as, IMHO, that is a huge part of his kind of "rock 'n roll naivety", or simplicity, which renders great basic but solid rocker tunes. Lately, in the other hand, I would say he also delivered some sparse great deeper stuff, out of which Journey's End stands out.
Cheers,
Ogre-
Rog's anti-establishment credentials have only ever been skin deep. He's like a rebellious teenager who became a rock star, got rich, and then never had to be a grown up. He's still basically a rebellious teenager with all the hypocrisy, contradiction, and embarrassment that comes with that.[/QUOTE]
I guess you are right for the most part. And I love it, as, IMHO, that is a huge part of his kind of "rock 'n roll naivety", or simplicity, which renders great basic but solid rocker tunes. Lately, in the other hand, I would say he also delivered some sparse great deeper stuff, out of which Journey's End stands out.
Cheers,
Ogre-
stevelondon20
Journey's End is fantastic!
Thistle
He'll be off for a bit of fox hunting afterwards.
princetom
that kind of honour DOES a have a certain amout to do with the money you shove for the british emipre, doesn't it ?
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well... ROGER... WELL DONE ! finally !
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well... ROGER... WELL DONE ! finally !
The Real Wizard
[QUOTE] [b]splicksplack wrote:[/b]
Bowie was offered a CBE and a knighthood and it was made clear he was not interested.[/QUOTE]
Yep, and he's far from the only one. Even Stephen Hawking rejected his, citing a lack of funding for science. Good on him.
Bowie was offered a CBE and a knighthood and it was made clear he was not interested.[/QUOTE]
Yep, and he's far from the only one. Even Stephen Hawking rejected his, citing a lack of funding for science. Good on him.
master marathon runner
- don't forget Paul Weller and George Harrison! - also famous 'refusees'.
dysan
J G Ballard too who was more rock n roll than any of them.
My initial response was that Taylor is a total fraud accepting this. But then I thought I can't stay mad at him. What an adventure he's had. Enjoy the spoils of our empiric Ruritanian charade my friend.
My initial response was that Taylor is a total fraud accepting this. But then I thought I can't stay mad at him. What an adventure he's had. Enjoy the spoils of our empiric Ruritanian charade my friend.