They all let you down in the end!!!

ali · Post by **ali** » 14 Oct 2006, 23:39

I've been thinking lately about rock stars and how as you get older you start to see through the hype.

Recently I've noticed a few things that sort of take the shine off them. You just can't trust anything they say.

Mick Jagger for instance was actually born in dartford and not, as he claimed, "in a cross-fire hurricane".

Talking Heads. They had torsos. (Although it was hard to fault their accuracy when they claimed "the name of this band is talking heads").

I think you'll find that Lee Marvin was born in New York, not "under a wandering star".

What can we do about these people?

Anybody got any more examples??

ali · Post by **ali** » 15 Oct 2006, 17:09

OK - how about these strangers to the truth then?

"Stand by your man" sang five-times-married Tammy Wynette.

"I am a linesman for the county". I think not Glen.
You big fibber, you...

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 15 Oct 2006, 17:12

John Lennon used to sing to me "I wanna hold your hand"...he never even called

ali · Post by **ali** » 15 Oct 2006, 17:51

foxy wrote:John Lennon used to sing to me "I wanna hold your hand"...he never even called

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 16 Oct 2006, 09:50

And I don't think Gary Glitter will be declaring "Its good to be back" anytime soon. And...

When was the last time you saw Rod Stewart in his old raincoat?

ali · Post by **ali** » 16 Oct 2006, 10:42

The Righteous Brothers.

Righteous they may be.

Brothers? I don't think so........

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 16 Oct 2006, 11:19

And what about the Seekers? Did they ever find anything. NO. They got fed up after a while and started again with the New Seekers and they never found anything either.

ali · Post by **ali** » 16 Oct 2006, 23:45

.................And we all know about The Who, and their grand boasts of living in Leeds, don't we?.

They came from Shepherds Bush for goodness sake.

Pete Townshend in fact, did get fooled again.

impossiblevoices · Post by **impossiblevoices** » 24 Oct 2006, 15:23

Chuck D from Public Enemy rapped :

'I got a letter from the government
The other day
I opened and read it
It said they were suckers'

Now, if indeed there was ever a letter in the first place, I doubt when he opened it, it read :

Dear Mr D,

We are the Government. We are suckers.

Yours,
The Government.
...

iainburnside · Post by **iainburnside** » 24 Oct 2006, 15:55

It wasn't the end of the world as we know it after all. I did feel fine though.

ali · Post by **ali** » 24 Oct 2006, 18:31

And it has since come to light that neither Simon nor Garfunkel were actually rocks at all.

Nor, it seems, were they islands, the lying b's.

Nelson Hatstand · Post by **Nelson Hatstand** » 19 Dec 2006, 14:18

I'm glad that you've just mentioned this thread, Ali, because something has been troubling me of late.

In Kaleidoscope's A Dream For Julie, it says that "Strawberry monkeys are all smiling for Julie, with pearl button eyes that reflect velvet clouds".

Well, I'm sure I've never seen any strawberry monkeys, and if I had, I'm sure they wouldn't've been smiling.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 19 Dec 2006, 15:00

I can't but feel that The Beatles were very advanced. When they were younger, so much younger than today, they never needed help in any way.

So that must mean that they could change their own nappies, sterilise bottles, teach themsleves to read music and everything. How impressive is that? No wonder they were a phenomenon. I did notice it took them quite a while to learn how to cut their hair but they has to be avarge at some things.

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 19 Dec 2006, 15:35

... and what about David Bowie??

Didn't he say "There's a Starman waiting in the sky, He'd like to come and meet us, But he thinks he'd blow our minds"?

So howcum I'm still waiting??

Pop stars are ALL lying b******s! They fib worse than a five year old caught with his hand in the lollipop jar!

Or was that just me!

ali · Post by **ali** » 19 Dec 2006, 19:44

Some bloke in the Ormlie informs me that he's seen John Lennon's dental records and they prove that he was never actually a walrus, or indeed any other kind of sea mammal.

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 19 Dec 2006, 21:56

You are all a bunch of cynics - Bruce Springsteen was born in the USA.

ali · Post by **ali** » 19 Dec 2006, 22:03

Pal of Porty wrote:You are all a bunch of cynics - Bruce Springsteen was born in the USA.

Well, good for Brucie but if that's the only positive one to emerge after several weeks then I think we're entitled to be cynical.

I can remember when joe strummer's old man was at pains to point out that, contrary to his son's claims, he was never convicted of armed robbery and was, in fact, a senior diplomat in the foreign office.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 20 Dec 2006, 00:36

I still get perplexed and confused when I park in a car park. I can't help but wonder if the car park I'm in was once where Paradise was located.

ali · Post by **ali** » 20 Dec 2006, 09:27

Actually, despite what Mr. Dylan insinuates, the only things blowing in the wind round here are empty crisp packets and old newspapers.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 20 Dec 2006, 23:12

Kurt Cobain swore he didn't have a gun.

have the Proclaimers walked 500 miles?

Where are all the shiny happy people?

ali · Post by **ali** » 21 Dec 2006, 00:32

Dance lovers - Do not pay top prices to see the Spandau Ballet. It is not a crack West Berlin dance troupe but a frill-wristed North London popular music group.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 21 Dec 2006, 12:52

The long and winding road does not lead to my door...my street is fairly short and straight

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Dec 2006, 14:56

I serioulsy doubt that Jack Flash was born in a cross-fire hurricane. Anyone who has given or attended a birth will confirm that a vivid recollection of the prevailing weather conditions is most unlikely.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 21 Dec 2006, 15:23

I don't believe for one minute that the choir of children who sing their songs have practised all year long.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 21 Dec 2006, 15:32

SoupDragon wrote:Kurt Cobain swore he didn't have a gun.

roflmao...but feeling like I really shouldn't be...

have the Proclaimers walked 500 miles?

Ah, but they only said they would...

Where are all the shiny happy people?

Usually raving in clubs?

But you know, Shirley Bassey is what she is, and I have to agree with Aretha and Annie that sisters are in fact doing it for themselves. Some, anyway.

And you can't argue with Chrissie Hynde when she sang that 2000 miles is very far. So it's not all bad.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 21 Dec 2006, 17:09

If Frank Sinatra was sincere about doing it his way. Why was he singing a song written by Paul Anka?

ali · Post by **ali** » 21 Dec 2006, 19:48

Bobby McFerrin died of a stress related illness in 1997.

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 22 Dec 2006, 13:32

Isn't he the guy who allegedly sat down (with two girls) by the Tigris and Euphrates to remember Zion??

How much truth was in that lil nugget??

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 22 Dec 2006, 13:51

According the the web Bobby Mc farrin is alive and well not worrying, being happy.

Think you're thinking of Boney M, Cleopas

Those who really let us down were Milli Vannilli

ali · Post by **ali** » 22 Dec 2006, 14:30

Bellybabe wrote:
But you know, Shirley Bassey is what she is

However, Dame Shirley in no way could be misconstrued as having nothing.

She has a large jewellery collection and several property interests in the Cardiff Bay area.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 22 Dec 2006, 15:03

Have you ever been in love? Think so do you? Well not until you've seen the dawn rise behind the home for the blind you haven't, and Morrissey should know, as he's clearly always happy and in love

ali · Post by **ali** » 24 Dec 2006, 00:16

Johnny Cash apparently got away with a callous murder early on in his career

It's either that or he was he just a great big fibber.

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 24 Dec 2006, 00:44

I doubt very much it took as little as four days for Simon and Garfunkel to hitchhike from Saginaw to anywhere.

Damn liars!!!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 25 Dec 2006, 14:13

Today and rather sadly James Browns' "Living in America" has a somewhat hollow ring about it.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 26 Dec 2006, 14:25

Pal of Porty wrote:You are all a bunch of cynics - Bruce Springsteen was born in the USA.

Well there is no doubt about that, I agree but this is not as straightforward as you may think. Bruce informed us in 1984 that "I was Born in the USA" and he repeated it over and over again. However, just two years earlier on "Nebraska" he informed us that "my name is Joe Roberts and i work for the state" he went on to telll us that he had a brother named Frankie and that they used to take turns dancing with Maria, as the band played "Night of the Johns' Town Flood".

So its not clear which "I" Bruce was singing about and is he Bruce Springsteen or Joe Roberts?