Elton John - "I have never been asked to play Glastonbury"

[CaledonianGonzo]

Seinfeld on in the cinema tent, surprise guest slot from Macca and I'm in.

[Gnomicide]

El Joz is ill so has been replaced on TFI by Alexander Armstrong.

Also, I fucking despite Level 42, they piss me off almost as much ss UB40.

[russycarps]

El Joz is ill so has been replaced on TFI by Alexander Armstrong.

Also, I fucking despite Level 42, they piss me off almost as much ss UB40.

Glastonbury festival is crying out for bands like Level 42 and UB40, didnt you get the memo?

The overweight, middle-aged demographic must be appeased at all costs.

What do we want? To recapture our youth! When do we want it? 22-26 June 2016!

 

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

What I want is that rat out mi kitchen.

[Woffy]

El Joz is ill so has been replaced on TFI by Alexander Armstrong.

Also, I fucking despite Level 42, they piss me off almost as much ss UB40.

You hate El-Jozzle, Level 40Thumb and UB40 so much they got all up in yer shit and fucked with your spelling.

SS UB40 was a bit harsh though.

[Woffy]

What I want is that rat out mi kitchen.

...said E-Jozzle about Furnish, mid-tantrum.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm gonna fix that rat that's what I'm gonna do.

[Woffy]

I'm gonna fix that rat that's what I'm gonna do.

He gonna fix that rat.

[CaledonianGonzo]

This is way more fun than an actual UB40 gig.

[dentalplan]

Do people not dress up as rats?

[Woffy]

This is way more fun than an actual UB40 gig.

Without E-Jozzle this would never have happened.

 

 

 

 

Proper lolling here.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Do people not dress up as rats?

They used to dress up as Astro until the so-called PC Brigade got wind of it.

Now its a mixture of rats, kitchens, glasses of red, red wine and one bloke who goes as a scale model of Kingston Town.

[ClementsMike]

Glastonbury's key source of information hanging on a TV show hosted by a middle aged Radio 2 DJ attempting to recapture the spirit of a show that was edgy for a short while 20 years ago, now aimed at people who dont go out on a Friday night and get to see Take That and U2 interspersed with feature links by the hosts son and mother. Depressing.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's his job to stand between the rats and the kitchens to keep them away from each other.

[Woffy]

It's his job to stand between the rats and the kitchens to keep them away from each other.

Wondering now if the rat had actually been after the red wine, hence their faux-raggae consternation.

Doing that video with Sharon Stone was probs meant as a little cheer-up to themselves, especially when they realised Thunderthumb was 2-better than them.

[Gnomicide]

You hate El-Jozzle, Level 40Thumb and UB40 so much they got all up in yer shit and fucked with your spelling.

SS UB40 was a bit harsh though.

 So it did. 

Don't hate El-Jozzle, however the combined forces of UB42 are enough to kill anyones keyboard.

[Purple aki squat]

 So it did. 

Don't hate El-Jozzle, however the combined forces of UB42 are enough to kill anyones keyboard.

Not everyone's a hater.

its just something about you

[CaledonianGonzo]

Can it really be a mere 10 hours since Woffy conjured up the immortal image of Mark King staring out with a wild surmise at a sea of thumbs waving thumbs at him?

I'm overcome with joy to have shared it all with you.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that laughs at Thumberdrome with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile

[Purple aki squat]

Glastonbury festival is crying out for bands like Level 42 and UB40, didnt you get the memo?

The overweight, middle-aged demographic must be appeased at all costs.

What do we want? To recapture our youth! When do we want it? 22-26 June 2016!

 

 

You wouldn't watch Roachford then?

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 

What do we want? To recapture our youth! When do we want it? 22-26 June 2016!

 

 

I see it more as a personal statement to myself that quality time is needed away from the shittery of normality rather than an attempt at recapturing my youth. Talking of which I've noticed (in my time) that some blokes of a certain age start wearing rings and other adornments. It's very evident that they are refusing to acknowledge their age. The next thing you know is that their marriage is in tatters and they are now shagging someone from the Health & Safety Team who is half their age. The predictability makes you want to puke. These people are fuckwits at work and at home. Why in the name of God do we actually do what they say? I used to, but have now moved on to another place where I don't have to put up with that ailment.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Luckily, I'm young enough to have been born after Elton's heyday, so me thinking he'd be a fun addition to the lineup has nothing to do with reliving my youth. 

Unlike, etc.

[Woffy]

Can it really be a mere 10 hours since Woffy conjured up the immortal image of Mark King staring out with a wild surmise at a sea of thumbs waving thumbs at him?

I'm overcome with joy to have shared it all with you.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that laughs at Thumberdrome with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile

As much as I have an ongoing online fun-crush on Gnomy - on this and other social media platforms - I was drawn to this post.

[I woulda been drawn to it earlier, but I had to go to Homebase 'n shit]

And yet:

#Level42forGlasto2016

#thumbnambulism

#thunderthumbmybum(b)MarkKingyouCorkheadyou

 

 

[Gnomicide]

As much as I have an ongoing online fun-crush on Gnomy - on this and other social media platforms - I was drawn to this post.

[I woulda been drawn to it earlier, but I had to go to Homebase 'n shit]

And yet:

#Level42forGlasto2016

#thumbnambulism

#thunderthumbmybum(b)MarkKingyouCorkheadyou

 

 

Fuck off.

[Woffy]

I see it more as a personal statement to myself that quality time is needed away from the shittery of normality rather than an attempt at recapturing my youth. Talking of which I've noticed (in my time) that some blokes of a certain age start wearing rings and other adornments. It's very evident that they are refusing to acknowledge their age. The next thing you know is that their marriage is in tatters and they are now shagging someone from the Health & Safety Team who is half their age. The predictability makes you want to puke. These people are fuckwits at work and at home. Why in the name of God do we actually do what they say? I used to, but have now moved on to another place where I don't have to put up with that ailment.

Yog, old bean, we need to spend a weekend compiling all your posts, in an editorial manner, into some sort of diary format in order to educate others, young or old.

And not get completely fucko'd in the process of doing so.

[Terence Fletcher]

Elton is known as being 'difficult' and I doubt he is considered by Michael/Emily, as being worth the baggage he would bring, but if he performed his 70s-mid 80s set he would be a great act.

Perfect material for closing the show Sunday night