So each week I save up the documentaries from Sky Arts to watch when doing my ironing. This week it was one about Free, and one about Judas Priest and the making of British Steel.
The survivors of Free looked like elderly rock and rollers should, but what has happened to Rob Halford of Priest? He looked like a little gay garden gnome with a Brummie accent. I couldn't stop laughing, especially when they skirted round for an hour exactly what sort of living after midnight the lead singer of the world's campest looking metal band was doing....
Still, the ironing got done....
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Weren't Judas Priest always slightly embarrassing? I remember the said Mr Halford riding onto the stage of the Birmingham Odeon in 1979 on some american chopper wearing as ridiculous a studded leather outfit as you could find to fail your Village People audition. Even at 15 we turned to each other and said "wanker". Not as embarrasing as Ozzy was, behind all the newborn Osbournes twaddle he had the stage presence of the host of the Wheeltappers and Shunters.
ah yes, Ozzy.
I had the pleasure of a Donnington event quite some time ago, and Mr Osbourne was on the bill.
Don't get me wrong, the 'sound' of the performance was great, but what I could see of the fella was not reminiscent of the image held.
He was a rather out of shape and lumbering presence, a little desperate.
It was actually rather sad.
lp
I had the pleasure of a Donnington event quite some time ago, and Mr Osbourne was on the bill.
Don't get me wrong, the 'sound' of the performance was great, but what I could see of the fella was not reminiscent of the image held.
He was a rather out of shape and lumbering presence, a little desperate.
It was actually rather sad.
lp
Sex God
Well Alice (Cooper) still looks like Alice should !!
John
John
Quote by Kaznkev
who are judas priest?us young uns need to know.....
Well now...
They're from Birmingham. They were into twin guitar heavy metal, and claimed they invented it, if you disregard Wishbone Ash and Thin Lizzy.
They certainly invented the 'specialist tastes rentboy' look of leather, more leather, and, ummm, more leather. They were, in Tom Robinson's lovely phrase, camper than a row of pink tents, but also surprisingly good at melodic heavy metal....
Sex God
Quote by awayman
... but what has happened to Rob Halford of Priest? He looked like a little gay garden gnome with a Brummie accent.....
errr, would that be because he's quite small and maybe a bit gnome like, and gay.....and i'm sure he's from Walsall, so that would explain the accent as its only about 12 miles away
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... but what has happened to Rob Halford of Priest? He looked like a little gay garden gnome with a Brummie accent.....
errr, would that be because he's quite small and maybe a bit gnome like, and gay.....and i'm sure he's from Walsall, so that would explain the accent as its only about 12 miles away
Looks like you missed the making of British irony, as well as the making of British Steel....
Sex God
Quote by awayman
... but what has happened to Rob Halford of Priest? He looked like a little gay garden gnome with a Brummie accent.....
errr, would that be because he's quite small and maybe a bit gnome like, and gay.....and i'm sure he's from Walsall, so that would explain the accent as its only about 12 miles away
Looks like you missed the making of British irony, as well as the making of British Steel....
well next time, don't use the uber subtle form of irony and opt for the cricket bat to the head method :doh:
Master of Sex
Judas Priest are legends, you philistines.
Halford is The Metal God.
"Fall to your knees and repent if you please".
Halford is The Metal God.
"Fall to your knees and repent if you please".
Sex God
Quote by Dave_Desert229
Judas Priest are legends, you philistines.
Halford is The Metal God.
"Fall to your knees and repent if you please".
He's a bloody yam yam who lives up the road from me, bugger off
Master of Sex
Quote by meat2pleaseu
Judas Priest are legends, you philistines.
Halford is The Metal God.
"Fall to your knees and repent if you please".
He's a bloody yam yam who lives up the road from me, bugger off
You bugger off!!!
I'm a yam yam, meself. Born and bred in Oldbury. Ask anybody in the BBW Room on server 1.
Do you know the Black Country alphabet?
Sex God
Quote by Dave_Desert229
Judas Priest are legends, you philistines.
Halford is The Metal God.
"Fall to your knees and repent if you please".
He's a bloody yam yam who lives up the road from me, bugger off
You bugger off!!!
I'm a yam yam, meself. Born and bred in Oldbury. Ask anybody in the BBW Room on server 1.
Do you know the Black Country alphabet?
O R & A
Master of Sex
Quote by meat2pleaseu
Judas Priest are legends, you philistines.
Halford is The Metal God.
"Fall to your knees and repent if you please".
He's a bloody yam yam who lives up the road from me, bugger off
You bugger off!!!
I'm a yam yam, meself. Born and bred in Oldbury. Ask anybody in the BBW Room on server 1.
Do you know the Black Country alphabet?
O R & A
A is for...?
Sex God
Quote by Dave_Desert229
Judas Priest are legends, you philistines.
Halford is The Metal God.
"Fall to your knees and repent if you please".
He's a bloody yam yam who lives up the road from me, bugger off
You bugger off!!!
I'm a yam yam, meself. Born and bred in Oldbury. Ask anybody in the BBW Room on server 1.
Do you know the Black Country alphabet?
O R & A
A is for...?
A is for what (or not, depending on yer sentance....as in 'I a gooin owt, its pissin dow-un owt thay-ur'
O R is for yes
see, we even speak yam yam as far north as wollyampton :mrgreen:
Master of Sex
Quote by meat2pleaseu
Judas Priest are legends, you philistines.
Halford is The Metal God.
"Fall to your knees and repent if you please".
He's a bloody yam yam who lives up the road from me, bugger off
You bugger off!!!
I'm a yam yam, meself. Born and bred in Oldbury. Ask anybody in the BBW Room on server 1.
Do you know the Black Country alphabet?
O R & A
A is for...?
A is for what (or not, depending on yer sentance....as in 'I a gooin owt, its pissin dow-un owt thay-ur'
O R is for yes
see, we even speak yam yam as far north as wollyampton :mrgreen:
Nope. A is for Opple.
B is for 'Nana
I got a t shirt with the full alphabet on that I wear around Sarf East Landan.
BTW, Wolverhampton ay in the Black Country. It's Staffordshire. Did you enjoy your local derby against the Clayheads today? :twisted:
Sex God
Quote by Dave_Desert229
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BTW, Wolverhampton ay in the Black Country. It's Staffordshire. Did you enjoy your local derby against the Clayheads today? :twisted:
Wolverhamton is pretty fookin black most days
i'm guessing the second bit is a football thing.....wtf would i like football with the pillocks from asda's carpark as the local team
Master of Sex
I'm a Baggies fan and I once kept The Feathers. It's bang over the road from The Molineux. I used to open my bedroom curtains every morning and the first thing I'd see was The Dingles ground.
I kept me gob shut about my allegiance. I'd have ended up as paste if I'd have 'fessed up.
I kept me gob shut about my allegiance. I'd have ended up as paste if I'd have 'fessed up.
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ah yes, Ozzy.
I had the pleasure of a Donnington event quite some time ago, and Mr Osbourne was on the bill.
Don't get me wrong, the 'sound' of the performance was great, but what I could see of the fella was not reminiscent of the image held.
He was a rather out of shape and lumbering presence, a little desperate.
It was actually rather
It is a shame with Ozzy as Sabbath were one of THE bands.
Trouble is with him now is years and years of drug taking have taken their toll on him, and as he freely admits.....he should not be alive.
Still a fantastic entertainer in his day and I remember the three shows I saw him at when he was at his height.
Sex God
'king metal....'king guitar solos......'king wankers......walks of wearing authentic punk sneer
Sex God
Quote by varca
could have been. lovely view.
lp
Hope the hand eventually healed! :lol2:
I wish rockstars would grow old gracefully.... can't help thinking that Mr Coverdale would have looked sooo much better if he hadn't gone under the knife and been botoxed to high heaven...
In his heyday..
cruel so so cruel
we saw whitesnake at download last year
dave was my heart throb from a very young age fancied the arse off him but was too young to go and see them live so this was my first opportunity to see them live i had no illusions that they would be as good as they were in their hey day but i thought it would still be amazing to see them live
just before they came on we had gone for a bit of a wander so as they started we were right near the back then i heard them, stopped dead in my tacks heart beating that bit faster spun round to see the man of my dreams on the satge ok so he was a little dot but there he was, i grabbed mr b by the arm and said quick come on i gotta get closer so hurridly pulled him down the hill toward the stage, found a little gap in the crowd half way down with a fair view of the stage and stopped ohh there he was my love my heart, not close enough though so again i start almost running to get closer mr b huffin n puffin behind me asking do we have to he was there under protest as it was not a fan of crowds prefers to sit back n just listen to the music done his time in the mosh pits too old for all that now he claims i pull up tutting not a happy bunny just about to say well stay there u old man n i'll go on my own i need to be close to him *swoon swoon*
then i notice the big screen to the left of us there he is the man that i have fancied the arse off of for so many years
OH MY FUCKING GOD
he is OLD not just a bit old i mean proper OLD
shit quick run back up that hill he looked so much better from up there
"why r we retreating" asks mr b
"cause he looks old" i exclaim in horror my eyes my eyes my heart is broken fantasy gone
"well of corse he looks old" laughs mr b "he is old but then my dear so are you"
bastard
Quote by bouncy332
"stuff"
Had a similar moment at AC/DC a while ago when Angus Young (haha) lost his schoolboy cap early on in the throes of his performance. His long hair stopped level with his ears although he seemed to have plenty of energy throughout the concert. At that event there was no big screen - a fact for which I was thankful. We worked out they must all be around 60 years old :eeek:
