Are we over emotional ?

And thank goodness they are not making 'food drops' from planes, they have sent in convoys of lorries, so I hope it gets through to the right people.

Digressing again, but answering a couple of previous posts re more important news!

I grew up loving David Bowie's music. I'm sad that he's gone but have enjoyed all the music/documentaries over the past 2 days.
But I've just realised that I always read threads to see what jinglbellsfrocks has commented and what others think of it!!! Usually hilarious!

Alvin Stardust
No, grumppa, Alvin was previously Shane Fenton (of Shane Fenton and the Fentones) and aka Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014)
It says on Wikipedia that he was from Muswell Hill, but I always thought he was from Fenton in the Potteries, as he had (I thought) a Potteries accent.

Anyway, I digress, back to over-emotional.

Perhaps I've said enough now!

perhaps he thought he was going to get a second coming

I think it's a horrible video! Makes me to NOT want to buy the album.

I think it has obviously been a " slow news day"!

I was never a fan, but can understand people who were fans being sad. What makes me shout at the radio are phrases like " the world is in mourning", or " outpouring of grief".

Anyway, Jinglebellsfrocks, I looked at the video too, and found it really creepy ( and not very good!)

I also thought "Lazarus" was a strange name for it. Lazarus rose again, didn't he?

You're not the only one, jngl. The first sentence of your post, WhenIWas didn't make sense to me at all...

story

I didn't finish that! (I've got low blood sugar - long stry)

The rest of it is:

Nope! I can't make head nor tail of that.

I'm sorry. I don't seem to have any idea what anyone is saying on here today!

" I think your saying that the "evil bastards" .... would have triumphed if we didn't spend enough time mourning (if one can really mourn someone who was a complete stranger) David Bowie was bizarre."

tigger, newsreaders and reporters are not there to please themselves

jingl, I think your saying that the "evil bastards" - and yes, thank you, I knew who you meant - would have triumphed if we didn't spend enough time mourning (if one can really mourn someone who was a complete stranger) David Bowie was bizarre. While it is right to feel sorry for the family of anyone who dies, I don't think we need the endless news coverage. In my case, David Bowie was not someone special and I chose not to watch the news as much as I usually do so as not to have to put up with what I thought were over-emotional reactions. I hope this post is not too long for you.

The antidote to long posts

The DM on the other hand relegated him to page 6. Their front page headline was the resignation of the head of the Environment Agency

Perhaps they have a whole stack of pre-prepared stuff for people in the media who are getting on a bit!

And I wouldn't underestimate the ability of newspapers to rise to the occasion - they had quite a lot of time and plently of staff available to prepare that supplement.

The Independent had a whole supplement devoted to Bowie. They cannot have put that together overnight, were they expecting it? And they had pages and pages devoted to him in the main paper.

Totally.

But jinglebellsfrock, I need to keep my posts short so you can process them

wilmerknickersfit - I wasn't referring to this thread

1)George Gershwin ( sorry, that's stretching it.)
2) Bob Dylan
But more up to date Dear old Macca, still going strong .

Burt Bacharach. Without a doubt.

This is almost a new thread on its own.

Greatest popular entertainer/artist of C20

For me it would be,

Elvis Presley
Michael Jackson
Freddie Mercury
John Lennon
Tina Turner

What are your favourites Gransnetters ?

I can see why his image is on the front page of every national paper today - photogenic and photo-loving creature that he was. TBH I was much too busy being a mum in the 70s to pay any attention to him.
Most of those grieving are men in their 50s - the group who run the media.
I agree with the Welsh news on S4C that gave him a minute just before the sports news. But not with the pundit who said (If i understood correctly) that he was the greatest artist of the 20th c.
I think Picasso is my nomination.

I am not surprised that the BBC has received complaints about the coverage time given to this event. I thought it was too much when there are so many other newsworthy items to report. I wanted to know how the food drops in Syria were going.
My hard hearted husband said this morning 'It's one day AB.(after Bowie).'
I think he thought it was too much as well.
However, it is sad when famous people die and it is natural,if you are a fan, to feel a sense of loss.