Peter Gabriel’s joke...I don’t get it
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Topic: Peter Gabriel’s joke...I don’t get it
Posted By: Prog-Brazil
Subject: Peter Gabriel’s joke...I don’t get it
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 10:07
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What do you think about PG's answer (in red below)? Eno, Gabriel, Peas Set For World Cup Kickoff
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Posted By: Don Quito
Date 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)... ------------- KEEP THE PROMISE YOU MADE |
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 10:28
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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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 10:34
| 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. |
Posted By: Legoman
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 10:41
| What about it don't you get, exactly? |
Posted By: Prog-Brazil
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 11:17
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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chopper wrote:Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 12:00
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 By: Don Quito
Date Posted: December 02 2005 at 12:32
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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... ------------- KEEP THE PROMISE YOU MADE |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 03 2005 at 02:28
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 While joking, Peter was also making sure he got some headlines. Iván -------------
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Jokes sell, so why change this?Posted By: TheCrimsonKing
Date 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. |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: December 11 2005 at 20:50
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. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 11 2005 at 20:59
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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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