Is the Queen out of touch????
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At a recent music award ceremony...Introduced to four guitar masters -- Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Brian May -- at the reception for Britain's music industry her majesty asked: "And what do you do?"
May, from the rock band Queen, reminded the queen that he had played the National Anthem on the palace roof to start a concert marking her 2002 Golden Jubilee.
"Oh! That was you was it?" Elizabeth II exclaimed.
Moving on to Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, the queen inquired: "Are you a guitarist too?"
Guitar god Eric Clapton took no chances and, firmly shaking her hand, introduced himself by name.
"Have you been playing a long time?" the queen asked.
"It must be 45 years now," replied Clapton, 59.
May, from the rock band Queen, reminded the queen that he had played the National Anthem on the palace roof to start a concert marking her 2002 Golden Jubilee.
"Oh! That was you was it?" Elizabeth II exclaimed.
Moving on to Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, the queen inquired: "Are you a guitarist too?"
Guitar god Eric Clapton took no chances and, firmly shaking her hand, introduced himself by name.
"Have you been playing a long time?" the queen asked.
"It must be 45 years now," replied Clapton, 59.
los Angeles said:
Well, I think the death of Diana illustrated how much the Royal family are out of touch with the people.
why people claim she has such an affinity with the people is beyond me, she seems detached from reality from were i'm sitting. Oh well, she brings in the "tourist dollars" so not all bad.
Of course she's out of touch, that's the whole point.
After all, what could be more amusing than the ego deflating of some mediocre banjo pickers?
By contrast, I have it on good authority that the girl 'Liz is on first name terms with the true axemeister, Herr Blackmore of Purple & Rainbow fame and has been known, from time to time, to get down and mosh - with no small degree of frenticism - to the masterpiece that is 'Tarot Woman.'
(There is also an open secret at court surrounding Charles's penchant for Slayer and the harmonious interwordplay of Byron, Shelley & Kronos from Venom.)
After all, what could be more amusing than the ego deflating of some mediocre banjo pickers?
By contrast, I have it on good authority that the girl 'Liz is on first name terms with the true axemeister, Herr Blackmore of Purple & Rainbow fame and has been known, from time to time, to get down and mosh - with no small degree of frenticism - to the masterpiece that is 'Tarot Woman.'
(There is also an open secret at court surrounding Charles's penchant for Slayer and the harmonious interwordplay of Byron, Shelley & Kronos from Venom.)
Liszt said:
Well, I think the death of Diana illustrated how much the Royal family are out of touch with the people.
Only if you liked Diana.
I didn't. Not a big fans of the Spencers in general.
I go along with Paul Merton when he described her as an overblown tart.
I was disgusted by the whole overblown public grief at the time. As Noel Gallagher said at the time, most of the people crying on the streets and signing books of condolence probably don't visit their own grandparent's graves.Liszt said:
Well, I think the death of Diana illustrated how much the Royal family are out of touch with the people.
Only if you liked Diana.
I didn't.
Totally agree. The outpouring of "grief" by certain parts of the community were gut clenchingly vomit inducing in my opinion.
unrepentant said:Indeed. I remember thinking at the time, as they referred to her as a saint and a fantastic example of all that is good in the world (yada yada yada) that there was unlikely to be such a fuss when a genuine living saint like Mother Teresa died. Sadly, and somewhat ironically, I was to be proved right in less than a year.
The outpouring of "grief" by certain parts of the community were gut clenchingly vomit inducing in my opinion.
The Queen's nearly 80. She's still working (it might look easy, but I doubt it is especially at that age), speaks a couple of languages fluently, keeps on top of foreign and domestic politics, and is still fit enough to swing her leg across a horse.
I know people that age who think they've done well if they read the Daily Mail and microwave a ready meal in an average day, and only put their false teeth in for special occasions. If HMQ has failed to stay on top of the careers of a few '70s and '80s rockers or the odd painter, then that's ok with me.
Besides, I thought Brian May was most famous for going out with Angie Watts.
I know people that age who think they've done well if they read the Daily Mail and microwave a ready meal in an average day, and only put their false teeth in for special occasions. If HMQ has failed to stay on top of the careers of a few '70s and '80s rockers or the odd painter, then that's ok with me.
Besides, I thought Brian May was most famous for going out with Angie Watts.
JonRB said:
The outpouring of "grief" by certain parts of the community were gut clenchingly vomit inducing in my opinion.
equally: only if you like mother theresa and believe her hype (wasn't that the same week?)
rude girl said:
The Queen's nearly 80. She's still working (it might look easy, but I doubt it is especially at that age), speaks a couple of languages fluently, keeps on top of foreign and domestic politics, and is still fit enough to swing her leg across a horse.
I know people that age who think they've done well if they read the Daily Mail and microwave a ready meal in an average day, and only put their false teeth in for special occasions. If HMQ has failed to stay on top of the careers of a few '70s and '80s rockers or the odd painter, then that's ok with me.
Besides, I thought Brian May was most famous for going out with Angie Watts.
Rude girl in being totally correct shocker...
hugoagogo said:
The outpouring of "grief" by certain parts of the community were gut clenchingly vomit inducing in my opinion.
equally: only if you like mother theresa and believe her hype (wasn't that the same week?)
3 days after iirc. I was only 12 at the time, yet I still felt that was more important. Maybe what shows more, is that I really don't know what either did. Mother theresa helped the poor, and diana was something to do with landmines. Ignorance, or media hype clouding the point?
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