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Ivan_Melgar_M 
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Posted: December 11 2005 at 20:59 |
 FragileDT wrote:
TheCrimsonKing wrote:
Why is Peter scared sh!tless of drugs, and where
did you find such information.Just wondering, I find him as a very neat
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Gabriel tried special brownies once and he said he almost felt like he was
going to die so stays away from any sort of drug ever since. He said the only
drug that ever interested him was LSD but he was too afraid to take it. |
He said that he found himself away from his house without notion of how he reached that place and his heart beating very fast.
You must add that it has recently been revealed that the guy is Bipolar, and this is an extra risk if you pretend to use drugs, especially if you take medicines that may interact with any illegal substance.
Iván
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FragileDT
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Posted: December 11 2005 at 20:50 |
TheCrimsonKing wrote:
Why is Peter scared sh!tless of drugs, and where
did you find such information.Just wondering, I find him as a very neat
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Gabriel tried special brownies once and he said he almost felt like he was
going to die so stays away from any sort of drug ever since. He said the only
drug that ever interested him was LSD but he was too afraid to take it.
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TheCrimsonKing
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Posted: December 11 2005 at 18:52 |
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Why is Peter scared sh!tless of drugs, and where did you find such information.
Just wondering, I find him as a very neat fellow.
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Posted: December 03 2005 at 02:28 |
Don Quito wrote:
Absolutely! He is just trying to make a joke on that... "Very famous people" are use to get involved in sex, drugs and mucho, mucho money + trouble...
I don't think he is admitting that he is seeking for those things... He was asked why did he want to join in this celebration and he, sarcasticaly, said so... He wouldn't have anything else to say, and that's what popped into his mind when he was aked about...
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And of course a bit of marketing too, if Peter would had answered something like "Because football has always been a passion for me" or anything in that line, his declarations would never reach a single newspaper.
But if you mention the words sex, women, drugs and mix them with Rock and sports, surely you got media coverage.
Yesterday Sean Connery appeared with Barcelona, and the first page on our most serious newspaper was the T-Shirt with the name Connery and the number 007  Jokes sell, so why change this?
While joking, Peter was also making sure he got some headlines.
Iván
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Don Quito
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 12:32 |
Absolutely! He is just trying to make a joke on that... "Very famous people" are use to get involved in sex, drugs and mucho, mucho money + trouble...
I don't think he is admitting that he is seeking for those things... He was asked why did he want to join in this celebration and he, sarcasticaly, said so... He wouldn't have anything else to say, and that's what popped into his mind when he was aked about...
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 12:00 |
Prog-Brazil wrote:
chopper wrote:
Well, I became a musician so I would get loads of money, sex and drugs. I got no money, very little sex and didn't want the drugs anyway. It's just an old joke about people joining bands to pull more women. |
Thanks Chopper, I get it.
I thought Mr. Gabriel was trying to get more money, sex and drugs... but this attitude is very incompatible with his live (at least, I think it).
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It's just a perfect example of his sarcasm and British humor.
Footvball playeas and Rock stars are constantly accussed of using drugs, and doing their jobs for sex and money. He was joking with stereotypes.
Drugs scare the sh!t out of Peter,
Sex: He has a young and beautiful wife, so I don't think he needs more.
Money: Well, money is never enough, but Peter prove with his first WOMAD (He lost all his money and Genesis had to make a benefit in Milton Keynes to help him) that money is not hois first priority.
Iván
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 11:17 |
chopper wrote:
Well, I became a musician so I would get loads of money,
sex and drugs. I got no money, very little sex and didn't want the
drugs anyway. It's just an old joke about people joining bands to pull
more women. |
Thanks Chopper, I
get it.
I thought Mr. Gabriel was trying to get more money,
sex and drugs... but this attitude is very incompatible with his live (at
least, I think it).
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Legoman
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 10:41 |
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What about it don't you get, exactly?
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 10:34 |
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Well, I became a musician so I would get loads of money, sex and drugs. I got no money, very little sex and didn't want the drugs anyway. It's just an old joke about people joining bands to pull more women.
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 10:28 |
I don't know about the joke but I heard somewhere that Peter Gabriel's plan for the ceremony was to have a red curtain over the goalposts that would rise up like a skirt and the footballs would have little tails on them like sperms. Honsestly. I'm not making it up.
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Don Quito
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 10:12 |
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I think he is just comparing to different branches of entertainment (music and sports)...
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Prog-Brazil
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Posted: December 02 2005 at 10:07 |
What do you think about PG's answer (in red below)?
Eno, Gabriel, Peas Set For World Cup Kickoff | December 01, 2005, 11:10 AM ET  Germany
will stage the World Cup's first opening gala next year, but organizers
yesterday (Nov. 30) promised it will be nothing like the extravaganzas
seen at the Olympics and the Super Bowl. Artistic
director Andre Heller, who unveiled a creative team that includes Brian
Eno and Peter Gabriel, aims to keep the June 7 spectacle a surprise but
he promised the gala will have no parade of superstars and will not
echo the local themes used at other major sporting events. "We
have an enormous space to fill but we won't do it with banal figures,"
he said. Performers will include American soprano Jessye Norman, the
Black Eyed Peas, Algerian singer Cheb Khaled and around 5,000
volunteers. Previous World Cups have
held opening ceremonies that typically lasted about an hour immediately
before the first match. World Cup 2006 will start what world governing
body FIFA hopes will be a new tradition -- a separate festivity to mark
the start of the tournament, in this case two days before the first
ball is kicked. Eno is composing a
2006 World Cup anthem using instruments from across the world to form a
very different orchestra. Music director Gabriel promised to "make some
noise." Asked why he had signed up, he joked, "It's the same attraction
for a musician as for a footballer -- money, sex and drugs." Heller
is relying on inspiration from avant-garde choreographer Philippe
Decoufle. The Frenchman shot to fame after he directed the surreal
Cirque du Soleil-style opening and closing ceremonies at the 1992
Winter Olympics in Albertville. Decoufle's
shows featured a polka with braying donkey sounds mixed with fiddles
and figures emerging from the sky, including suspended ski jumpers and
an angel to put out the flame. "I saw ceremonies for 30 years. One was
different -- Albertville '92. It was a shock that an artist and not a
Disney type was putting on the show," Heller said. |
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