I too like to belittle others' emotional connections on the internet. Particularly, by likening them to the eejits laying flowers after Diana's death. I dunno, it makes me feel manly and cold inside and gives me a sense of getting back to Victorian values where a stiff upper lip was still a valued facial feature.
John Peel was one of those great examples of people that you would never meet but sure you would get along with if you did. When he went it was a truly sad day again, somebody I had spent so many evenings listening to, or for most teenagers in a pre internet world he was there chatting with us, somebody who's passion was always worn proud and shared around. Like your cool uncle who takes you to the pub.
In a John Peel theme I'm sat listening to the last Bowie album in bed wearing headphones (midnight here) just like we used to do when we were kids. Hard to place the fact that you feel somebody could have been around and making music throughout your life, if they did a film then they would get on the soundtrack. Looking at the weeks news it's one of the more significant cultural events of the week.
[quote=deadlydarcy ]I too like to belittle others' emotional connections on the internet. Particularly, by likening them to the eejits laying flowers after Diana's death. I dunno, it makes me feel manly and cold inside and gives me a sense of getting back to Victorian values where a stiff upper lip was still a valued facial feature.
Indeed- though I did mention Diana in my post 😳
The OP's comical foot-stamping passive aggressive tantrum is (partially) based on my post which was:
konabunny - Member
It's sad. But it's mental that this is the "main news" on R4 Today and they're reading out Joel Madden and Russell Crowe's RIP tweets ffs.
I don't know about others but that's not telling people how or what to feel or say.
If anywhere is the right place to talk about Syrian children's faces and other serious news stories, it's the Today programme. True, it's always had light-hearted/spiritual inserts (TFTD, which reminds me I should have left home by then), and obviously they were going to mention it, but the main news should be - you know - today's main news in the world, or at least the country. If it was the breakfast show on R6, then obviously it's going to be all Bowie, all the time, which is fine.
And there is never an excuse for reading out celeb reaction tweets.
deadlydarcy
you alright, hun?
I hope we get helicopter footage following Bowie's funeral cortege around, streamed live 24/7 ala Cilla Black. It's the only fitting way to honour a #nationaltreasure.
but the main news should be - you know - today's main news in the world, or at least the country
Looking at the other news there ain't that much going on
PM pledges extra mental health support
Foster to become new NI first minister
Labour's McKinnell quits shadow cabinet
Music legend David Bowie dies
Britons jailed over firearms charges
RAF uses Brimstone missiles against IS
VIDEO: Welby warns on split over homosexuality
HMRC chief executive to quit post
England coach Sampson signs new deal
Injury rules Steyn out of third Test
No doubt the middle east will be back where it belongs tomorrow, front and center. As it has been for the last fifty years.
I done sex with David Bowie once..
Warm Gruyere cheese came out of his pores and went into my mouth at my point of climax.. It was one of the most intense sexual experiences of my life
I was repulsed, ashamed and elated in equal measure.. It was truly magnificent
You strange man...
I think chewkw should always be allowed to say he's only heard 2 (exactly 2, no more, no less) of the dead person's songs.
It's like a tradition.
[i]I done sex with David Bowie once..[/i]
You just reminded me - I had sex to the instrumental side of Low once (not with Bowie, with my girlfriend). We had my dad's disco lights going too. It was good.
(no cheese though)
(no cheese though)
Not till you put Chris de Burgh on afterwards.
Well, you've got to have a come-down.
I think it's well established that all news should only be about the single most important thing to have happened today, in the same vein as nobody's allowed to complain about anything if anyone in the world is worse off.
wwaswas - Member"My son tells me 57000 other people have also died this morning. I like to imagine them all in a room whispering, "that's David Bowie"."
That's genius, cheers!
