You Gotta Feel Sorry for the British Royals...

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I mean, the poor bastards had to endure Will Young, Brian May, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Ricky Martin, Emma Bunton, Atomic Kitten, S Club 7, Ozzy, Cliff Richard and the rest of the washed up, dull, pathetic, grovellers that chugged through a couple of 'hits' to celebrate some hard done by posh bird who lives in a palace.

If this cack was in fact all a nasty endurance test of unlistenable pish by John Lydon who somehow booked the netire line up then I wouldn't be one bit surprised.

And Paul McCartney: officially a cunt.

Thankyou and goodnight!

― Calum Robert, Tuesday, 4 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Aw yes, they are all fools and it was horrible but what did we expect?

Ray Davies disappointed me the most but Brian Wilson I felt seriously sorry for as he seemed to have no idea where he was.

My Dad rang me from his weekend holiday home in Southport to take the piss and I silenced him with the line "Yeah, thats what 35 years of mental illness does to a person"

But inside I was crying.

And can someone please explain to me the continuing popularity of Annie Lennox?

I thought Ben Elton was supposed to be a socialist and a republican.

Kris.

― Kris England, Tuesday, 4 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ben Elton has shown himself to be, over time, the worst kind of grow- up-and-turn-into-what-you-hate character. Bah.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ben elton has always been like that, it is just that it is more apparent now. saw 5 minutes of brian wilson. very sad. weren't clapton/the corrs etc embarrassed to be using him that way? i doubt it

― gareth, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

In the ideal world Ben Elton will be reincarnated as a pair of Dawn French's underpants.

― Calum Robert, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, but, MIS-TEEQ! Entrapping Ricky Martin with dem crazy beats!

― Tim, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"hey jude" was great and "the end" was a nice surprise but kind of sad to hear those new guys play that great bit where john, george and paul each play a quick solo on the original. Brian May looked great on top of the palace too. You could really boost tourism by having him do that every day at noon.

The Queen (Mummy) just looked embarassed, like any old lady whose kids chose to celebrate her birthday by inviting over a bunch of weirdos.

― , Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Brian May on top of the palace was grebt, especially when he was holding up his unique guitar at the end and the possibility of it being dropped down all those stories to shatter on the unforgiving flagstones of the royal flickered all too briefly before my eyes.

― RickyT, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

you should keep brian may up there in a cage, like a rock rapunzel

― fritz, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What the whole shambles said to me:

*Some acts really will do anything to boost record sales and extend their 15 mintues to half an hour (Will Young, Atomic Kitten, S Club 7). *Paul McCartney is a knob. *Brian May should be deported to a third world country. *And so should Rod Stewart, Tom Jones, Phil Collins, Clapton, Ozzy, Cliff and the rest of the OAP pack who have no relevance to anyone under the age of 45. *Brian Wilson - hang your head in shame. *It seems that 'rock n roll' is still, sadly, not the thing of rebellion. Bands grow old, become rich and concieted and have nothing to say. But most worryingly, they seem to think an age old, outdated, inbred institution is in some way of vague relevance to today's Britain and it's a sad, sad infuriating sight to watch. *You'll notice not one band wanting to hold onto even a shred of credibility (weren't those wacky Stereophonics guys due to play? And Robbie?) was present. That says a lot. But why weren't the likes of Primal Scream, Pulp and John Lydon holding some sort of alternative concert to berate the Windsors? Have to say I'm a bit disappointed...

Just my thoughts on the whole wretched matter. And if you disagree just think - your tax money is keeping Harry in illegal substances. Spoilt little cunt. And his mum was a slag.

― Calum Robert, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i am against the monarcy personally, and would be very happy to see an end to it, but alternative concert such as you mention, especially with the trad line up you have posited, would only bolster the jubilee as an event. events (pro or anti) still highlight attention

apathy is the usual response to the royals. luckily this year we have the world cup. yay!

― gareth, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

In the ideal world Ben Elton will be reincarnated as a pair of Dawn French's underpants.

I think this is the greatest thing I've ever read.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Lydon's arranged some alternative thing, hasn't he? Late July at Crystal Palace Park. Should be fun.

― Mr Swygart, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Have to say I can't stand football either.

I guess maybe an anti-jubilee thing may have attracted people to the event to some degree, but the Monarchy really needs to know that there is an entire generation out there who are a bit more wise when it comes to accepting privileged rich soap operas that Americans find 'kinda twee' but which costs tax money is a huge embarrasment in all reality.

I'd have loved for at least some bands to lead some anti-Queen concert. We could even stone Brian May and charge everyone who buys a rock £10 with all the cash going into building a new hospital for the terminally ill.

Sounds good to me.

― Calum Robert, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I saw the 'highlights' on the news. I feel sorry my family had to endure this and I am glad I'm in Canada.

And on friday I'm off to see peter brotzmann. Great!

― Julio Desouza, Wednesday, 5 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought it was very subversive. Does anyone know where Brian May got his jacket? There was a photo on the front of the Guardian, it had the titles of great guitar solos on it eg: Beat It, Whole Lotta Love. Perhaps he did it himself with a felt tip pen. Fucking fantastic anyway, but I thought the cameraman got in the way a bit. It was worth it for those spectacular shots, but they could have used a trained mole or a hedgehog or something, then it would have looked great from a distance too. On second thoughts, not a mole. They're blind and we would have got swirling shots of chimney pots.

― PJ Miller, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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