HKP90 Posted September 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2022 40 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Surely , It kinda defeats the object of the joke if hardly anyone has a clue who he is … though as Bicks reacted with the laughing emoji he’s probably an Albanian rockstar who sings with a group of Benedictine monks whilst using a swan as a guitar She. She's quite famous actually. Wrong crowd though, it would seem. I thought it was pretty funny, fwiw. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 9, 2022 17 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Surely , It kinda defeats the object of the joke if hardly anyone has a clue who he is … It's just you, not hardly anyone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 56 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Surely , It kinda defeats the object of the joke if hardly anyone has a clue who he is … though as Bicks reacted with the laughing emoji he’s probably an Albanian rockstar who sings with a group of Benedictine monks whilst using a swan as a guitar I just found a table of the most streamed artists of all time on Spotify. https://chartmasters.org/most-streamed-artists-ever-on-spotify/ Quote 365 Charli XCX 3,419,216,500 1,418,828,190 219 0 8 52 152 30.08.22 366 Passenger 3,415,074,486 1,954,168 233 1 2 46 185 31.07.22 367 Pablo Alborán 3,413,217,428 245,021,639 173 0 8 62 162 31.08.22 368 Lukas Graham 3,410,790,500 170,064,346 66 1 4 27 56 31.07.22 369 Mark Ronson 3,400,585,305 1,308,595,628 151 1 4 24 81 31.07.22 370 Foster The People 3,393,389,914 38,187,902 96 1 7 37 72 31.07.22 371 Calum Scott 3,392,200,109 31,956,312 84 0 6 26 63 31.07.22 372 Alec Benjamin 3,389,530,976 35,922,216 46 1 8 33 45 26.08.22 373 Daniel Caesar 3,387,218,135 1,362,976,869 37 0 8 36 36 31.07.22 374 Bee Gees 3,383,127,730 66,041,717 470 0 6 37 114 27.08.22 375 Nelly 3,375,483,592 581,656,775 210 0 8 33 98 31.07.22 376 Trey Songz 3,350,160,094 1,422,557,529 268 0 7 58 185 07.09.22 377 Grupo Firme 3,348,434,531 590,914,515 205 0 8 59 136 31.07.22 378 Tate McRae 3,346,030,827 4,582,673 53 0 8 33 51 02.09.22 379 Summer Walker 3,344,568,407 982,894,563 90 0 9 62 78 06.09.22 380 Bob Dylan 3,341,071,602 0 1,305 0 6 46 329 02.09.22 I don't really like her music FWIW, but by this metric she's more famous than the Bee Gees and Bob Dylan. And no I have no idea who Alec Benjamin, Trey Songz and Tate McRae are. (God Save the King.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 51 minutes ago, KentVillan said: I just found a table of the most streamed artists of all time on Spotify. https://chartmasters.org/most-streamed-artists-ever-on-spotify/ I don't really like her music FWIW, but by this metric she's more famous than the Bee Gees and Bob Dylan. And no I have no idea who Alec Benjamin, Trey Songz and Tate McRae are. (God Save the King.) googled her 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted September 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2022 10 hours ago, KentVillan said: It's weird how all the right-wing tabloids will gush 365 days a year about the qualities of the British people: understatement, stiff upper lip, keeping calm and carrying on, dignity, irony. And yet all of these things have died an unholy death, and we're absolutely humiliating ourselves with all this faux grief oneupmanship. Why can't we just do simple stuff like one minute of silence before kick off, a nice state funeral, an extra bank holiday, flags at half mast. Instead we've got **** Ann Summers and Poundland paying tribute, digital billboards everywhere, weirdos crying in front of Buckingham Palace, everyone just scrambling over each other to be the best at being sad. It's completely insane. (Yes, I am mainly just annoyed about the football being cancelled.) It's a shared psychosis. Insane is the correct word. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2022 7 hours ago, bickster said: It's just you, not hardly anyone. And me. Obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 10, 2022 Moderator Share Posted September 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, mjmooney said: And me. Obviously. Well I don't like to just assume 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 10 hours ago, tonyh29 said: Nope , I got nothing ? I've heard pretty much nothing of hers but I've seen lots of pictures where she wears next to nothing. I approve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chappy Posted September 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, rjw63 said: I've heard pretty much nothing of hers but I've seen lots of pictures where she wears next to nothing. I approve. Out of context Queen thread 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 57 minutes ago, mjmooney said: And me. Obviously. Hardly surprising tbf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark Albrighton Posted September 10, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2022 11 hours ago, av1 said: Born into wealth and privilege is what the critics will say. The biggest privilege we all have is the freedoms of choice. We have decided the career paths we have chosen, the choices we make, and we are all free to change those paths if we so wish. The Queen didn’t have that choice. As soon as her uncle Edward VIII abducated her life was decided. Of course she’s never had to worry about things like the cost of living, but her life came with its own costs and sacrifices. I only spent 4yrs in the Army, but every single Soldier I met would have laid down their lives for this special leader, and sadly, many did. Special, wonderful women. RIP ma’am. It was a pleasure to serve you Boss. She could have walked away from it, not being Queen. As you say, her uncle chose to leave the throne. That being said, if she had done, she still wouldn’t have lead what most would describe as a “normal” life. Her grandson has tried walking away from royal life and it’s fair to say he and his family won’t ever have a normal life. Maybe she felt she couldn’t abdicate, there was an enormous weight of expectation that she should reign. No idea. I can believe that. I can also believe that she wouldn’t have grasped what the next 70 years might be like during her reign. But she DID have the freedom to make that choice. Working into her 90’s. She chose that. I’m all for members of the royal family living a more normal life, being out of the limelight, their safety maintained, doing some of the typical things we might take for granted. I’m fully on board for that. But the best way for that to happen, is to not have a royal family in the first place, or at the very least one that isn’t as high profile and celebrated like the current regime is. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 I also think it's only fair to highlight that while there were aspects of her life she was born into and couldn't couldn't choose to avoid, like living much of her life in public view, that did come with the aspects of her life she was born into that none of the rest of us *could* chose, like unbelievable wealth, privilege, and literally being above the law. On balance, she'll probably have felt that being in the public eye was a worthwhile trade for her many palaces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted September 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2022 What a horrendous set of people at this proclamation ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said: What a horrendous set of people at this proclamation ceremony. Tug your forelock to your betters, you peasant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 God save the king All the true past leaders at the front including our future PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted September 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2022 Is Gordon Brown spending the entire ceremony belittling Boris to his face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted September 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2022 Cameron looks weirdly uncomfortable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted September 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2022 Just now, Lichfield Dean said: Cameron looks weirdly uncomfortable Probably can't look Prince William in the eye after that West Ham comment. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share Posted September 10, 2022 Wow, this is dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, trekka said: Probably can't look Prince William in the eye after that West Ham comment. what was the West Ham comment, I vaguely remember something about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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