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[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by Dancing Kirby

Maybe the Manics have thrown away their Live Aid moment after all...

James doing the Justice Tonight gigs was far more important as far as I'm concerned.

[Flint]

The more mrBowie stays away the more you miss him-the 'Lodger' lp on repeat today-classic xx

[starstruck]

Originally Posted by The Gutless Wonder

James doing the Justice Tonight gigs was far more important as far as I'm concerned.

all artists giving time to Justice Tonight get my applause, but i don't see the comparison? they weren't doing a JT gig when the Olympic thing was on?

Originally Posted by Flint

The more mrBowie stays away the more you miss him-the 'Lodger' lp on repeat today-classic xx

best hope is that Duncan Jones takes up the apparently standing offer from his Dad of a film score. it may rekindle his love of music, though i doubt we will see him tour again. who knows, with Duncan doing an Ian Flemming film maybe the idea of doing a sort of Bond theme will appeal to Mr Bowie.

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by starstruck

all artists giving time to Justice Tonight get my applause, but i don't see the comparison? they weren't doing a JT gig when the Olympic thing was on?

I was just saying that if I had to choose out of the two things I'd rather they had done then the JT gigs would get my vote. (Realise it wasn't the band as a whole doing JT but still!). Yes, they could have done both but for their own reasons they decided against the Olympics. I realise this has not sat well with some but for me it's not that big an issue in the grand scheme of things.

[starstruck]

Originally Posted by The Gutless Wonder

I was just saying that if I had to choose out of the two things I'd rather they had done then the JT gigs would get my vote. (Realise it wasn't the band as a whole doing JT but still!). Yes, they could have done both but for their own reasons they decided against the Olympics. I realise this has not sat well with some but for me it's not that big an issue in the grand scheme of things.

don't know about not sitting well, it's just the "one last shot at mass communication / greatest hits celebration / we won't play for the Queen / oh look at how many people we could have played to and sold records to" thing. it's that he's kind of made it an issue?

he is not being as twattish as Morrissey ("the Olympics are vile and i am upset that they did not use the music of The Smiths in the opening ceremony", but he's certainly driving around that car park, wondering if he should pop in. it's like, he's quite happy to play a support slot for a Knight of the Realm but not play with the silly sods who touched McCartney on the shoulder with a sword in the audience?

on the whole, with what Danny Boyle did, A Design For Life would have been epic on the soundtrack. not to be.

[hummingbird]

Yup it's a Homer Simpson *Doh!* moment but once the dust has settled it won't be that big a deal

[The Gutless Wonder]

Design would have indeed been epic but I'm not sure if it's sentiments (remember what is shown on the screen in the video!) would have gone down very well with certain people!

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by hummingbird

Yup it's a Homer Simpson *Doh!* moment but once the dust has settled it won't be that big a deal

Not for me it's not!

[Bryter Layter]

Originally Posted by Flint

The more mrBowie stays away the more you miss him-the 'Lodger' lp on repeat today-classic xx

Ah, good man! Excellent album! I miss Bowie loads too, but I respect his desire to retire. I've come to terms with it.

Btw, notice how Wire has stopped talking about betting and odds in his tweets? Ha!

[hummingbird]

what sentiment? The fact that it's all about getting drunk ?

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by Bryter Layter

Ah, good man! Excellent album! I miss Bowie loads too, but I respect his desire to retire. I've come to terms with it.

Btw, notice how Wire has stopped talking about betting and odds in his tweets? Ha!

his kids won all the chocolate buttons

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by Bryter Layter

Ah, good man! Excellent album! I miss Bowie loads too, but I respect his desire to retire. I've come to terms with it.

Btw, notice how Wire has stopped talking about betting and odds in his tweets? Ha!

He's heard you Shannon!

Originally Posted by hummingbird

what sentiment? The fact that it's all about getting drunk ?

Erm, the clip of toffs on horses followed by someone being clobbered by a police baton that is shown in the video?

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by hummingbird

his kids won all the chocolate buttons

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by The Gutless Wonder

He's heard you Shannon!



Erm, the clip of toffs on horses followed by someone being clobbered by a police baton that is shown in the video?

no i meant the general populace that thinks it's a drinking song

[Dancing Kirby]

Originally Posted by The Gutless Wonder

Erm, the clip of toffs on horses followed by someone being clobbered by a police baton that is shown in the video?

That video has got nothing on Wenlock.