| Nathan H 27.12.2019 23:40 |
BBC News - New Year Honours 2020: Newton-John and England cricketers on list https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50840254 |
| stevelondon20 28.12.2019 08:33 |
About bloody time! Well done Roger! Brian is a CBE. John next hopefully! |
| mooghead 28.12.2019 10:30 |
Didn't think Roger would be the sort to accept pointless trinkets from the establishment... |
| stevelondon20 28.12.2019 12:38 |
You never know Rob, he may refuse it! |
| dysan 28.12.2019 13:06 |
They should make him a Dame just for lolz. |
| splicksplack 28.12.2019 13:30 |
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. |
| Holly2003 28.12.2019 14:49 |
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 28.12.2019 15:49 |
About time!!! For both his musical and charity contributions this should have happened a long time ago. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 28.12.2019 16:04 |
Holly2003 wrote: 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.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 28.12.2019 17:12 |
Journey's End is fantastic! |
| Thistle 28.12.2019 19:37 |
He'll be off for a bit of fox hunting afterwards. |
| princetom 28.12.2019 22:28 |
that kind of honour DOES a have a certain amout to do with the money you shove for the british emipre, doesn't it ? . well... ROGER... WELL DONE ! finally ! |
| The Real Wizard 29.12.2019 00:49 |
splicksplack wrote: Bowie was offered a CBE and a knighthood and it was made clear he was not interested.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 29.12.2019 08:21 |
- don't forget Paul Weller and George Harrison! - also famous 'refusees'. |
| dysan 29.12.2019 10:00 |
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. |
| master marathon runner 29.12.2019 17:18 |
??I would not fight for my country.......?? |
| oligneisti 29.12.2019 17:21 |
I can't really blame anyone from accepting a merit badge though I find it silly, believe that monarchy is stupid and am perplex that they still use a name that refers to a genocidal colonial entity which has luckily been wiped out. |
| dysan 29.12.2019 17:36 |
But we all enjoy Christmas don't we? |
| Star* 29.12.2019 18:35 |
I have noticed on Brian May's web site that he has snubbed Roger getting that O.B.E but congratulated Steve Backshall getting his award! |
| Thistle 29.12.2019 18:50 |
LOL |
| Holly2003 29.12.2019 19:17 |
Not true. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6oHgaIBeBp/?igshid=z8xd08izasgc But Brian does point out he is already a CBE: " I received a CBE some years ago." |
| mooghead 29.12.2019 20:07 |
It's just so fucking patronising, it is like a big jewel encrusted hand patting you on the head saying 'there, there.. haven't you been a good boy' Surely hundreds of millions of records sold and tens of millions in the bank is all the recognition you need?! |
| Star* 29.12.2019 20:20 |
Freddie should have got some special recognition award at some point and if he were still here a knighthood would have been very nice indeed. Rise Sir Freddie Mercury ! |
| mooghead 29.12.2019 20:54 |
The shit you come out with is worth a million times less than the establishment.. whatever you decide to call yourself today. |
| emrabt 29.12.2019 22:38 |
BQT8. wrote: Freddie should have got some special recognition award at some point and if he were still here a knighthood would have been very nice indeed. Rise Sir Freddie Mercury !He probably would have got an MBE / OBE, he certainly mixed in those circles. I'm not sure of the rules around knighthoods though, as i don't think people born outside of the UK can use the "Sir" title. |
| stevelondon20 29.12.2019 23:01 |
emrabt wrote:You are right mate. Foreigners get honorary knighthoods. They can put KBE after their name, but are not permitted to use tbe term Sir or Dame.BQT8. wrote: Freddie should have got some special recognition award at some point and if he were still here a knighthood would have been very nice indeed. Rise Sir Freddie Mercury !He probably would have got an MBE / OBE, he certainly mixed in those circles. I'm not sure of the rules around knighthoods though, as i don't think people born outside of the UK can use the "Sir" title. |
| Star* 30.12.2019 12:51 |
When tossers like Iain Duncan Smith are getting knighthoods then the whole system is fake and insulting to people who deserve them. |
| emrabt 30.12.2019 12:55 |
..... wrote: When tossers like Iain Duncan Smith are getting knighthoods then the whole system is fake and insulting to people who deserve them.They took something from centuries ago meant to honor bravery in battle and used it to highlight an elite group of famous people, So i'd agree that nobody "deserves" a knighthood, but that said the whole system has been fucked for years. It's basically meaningless, it's now an award for being popular in your field for many decades. |
| Thistle 30.12.2019 16:14 |
Terry Wogan used "sir", Bob Geldof uses it and I think Magnus Magnusson was referred to as "sir" also. Not sure how it works for Cliff Richard, as he was born in (ahem) "British" India. So a few examples of people not born in the UK who did/do use the title. Not that I care, it's all bollocks. |
| emrabt 30.12.2019 17:22 |
Thinking about it, you are right, they should be sentenced to death for that! |
| Star* 30.12.2019 17:27 |
Olivia Newton John has been named a Dame, i thought she was Australian? |
| emrabt 30.12.2019 17:51 |
She is, which means she can't officially use the 'Dame' title (Although obviously people do and no one cares). My reply was to the person talking about "sir" Freddie and the fact he may not be have allowed to be called that. |
| Thistle 30.12.2019 23:14 |
emrabt wrote: Thinking about it, you are right, they should be sentenced to death for that!I agree, especially Wogan and Magnusson. Disgraceful. |
| Khizzy 31.12.2019 12:15 |
The monarchy and establishment can go and fuck off for all I care. People don't realise how much damage the British Empire did. Disappointed that Roger has accepted the OBE but to be honest I wouldn't expect anything less for someone that performed at the Queen's Jubilee. |
| Khizzy 31.12.2019 12:16 |
*from someone, I meant. |
| runner_70 31.12.2019 15:46 |
Maylor should be punished for their crimes against good music since 1995 onwards and desecrating the Queen legacy and for insulting their great late bandmate by replacing him with a sad twat and shitting on him with an insulting movie. |
| Thistle 31.12.2019 17:24 |
Khizzy wrote: The monarchy and establishment can go and fuck off for all I care. People don't realise how much damage the British Empire did. Disappointed that Roger has accepted the OBE but to be honest I wouldn't expect anything less from someone that performed at the Queen's Jubilee.+1 |
| brENsKi 31.12.2019 17:57 |
Khizzy wrote:The monarchy and establishment can go and fuck off for all I care. People don't realise how much damage the British Empire did.Agree with the first sentence, wholeheartedly. The second though, well, this ain't unique to the British Empire. From the Romans to date, there can't be many empires that didn't do "damage". All empires are about extension via exploitation - either of the populous or the natural resources. Sometimes they leave behind some good/improvements, but usually at a huge cost. |
| AlbaNo1 01.01.2020 11:42 |
link Whoever put this together must have had an agenda , but this list puts Britain at number one as most the exploitative abusive regime. Ahead of Soviet Union, Nazis, Khmer Rouge etc. I don’t actually agree with this ...but it’s out there. |
| stevelondon20 02.01.2020 18:35 |
emrabt wrote: She is, which means she can't officially use the 'Dame' title (Although obviously people do and no one cares). My reply was to the person talking about "sir" Freddie and the fact he may not be have allowed to be called that.Olivia Newton John is British. She was born in Cambridge. She is entitled to use the term "Dame" if she wishes to. |
| emrabt 02.01.2020 19:11 |
Well ya learn something every day. |
| stevelondon20 04.01.2020 11:04 |
Easy mistake to make mate. |
| cmsdrums 06.01.2020 12:13 |
Still nothing on Queenonline's news page about Roger's honour.....plenty about Brian's 3D books and how many Blu Rays the movie has sold though....... |
| runner_70 06.01.2020 13:03 |
cmsdrums wrote: Still nothing on Queenonline's news page about Roger's honour.....plenty about Brian's 3D books and how many Blu Rays the movie has sold though.......It is way more important that May is now a Vegan and is showering away his xmas depression |
| Thistle 06.01.2020 16:38 |
Roger's OBE is not important. I'd say the depression awareness thing is, though. Couldn't give a toss if Brian never mentioned it (the OBE) tbh. Just my opinion. |
| brENsKi 06.01.2020 19:25 |
runner_70 wrote:You're just bubbling over with humanity, aren't you? You keep insisting that you're not Gerry, but with every sentence you prove that - at the very least, you must be his "separated at birth" identical twin. Now, if only BOTH of you could find your sibling with the "permanent loan" of the family brain-cell - you could ask to borrow it.cmsdrums wrote: Still nothing on Queenonline's news page about Roger's honour.....plenty about Brian's 3D books and how many Blu Rays the movie has sold though.......It is way more important that May is now a Vegan and is showering away his xmas depression What a cretinous example of lower-life you are! The word c**t was never more applicable. But, i'll just call you imbecile instead. |