Today’s unpopular caffeine fuelled opinion: superfamous singers really need to acknowledge when their voice has completely gone, and retire rather than tarnishing the legacy with increasingly wincemaking performances - ThreadSky

lucyfishwife.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Today’s unpopular caffeine fuelled opinion: superfamous singers really need to acknowledge when their voice has completely gone, and retire rather than tarnishing the legacy with increasingly wincemaking performances

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cambsterrier.bsky.social•6 days ago

Paul McCartney for one.

*packs bag, changes Bluesky handle, emigrates to escape the Beatles police*

lucyfishwife.bsky.social•6 days ago

i couldn’t possibly comment

cambsterrier.bsky.social•6 days ago

You and I are going to get on just fine.

kirkdalebooks.bsky.social•6 days ago

Don't leave it at that! Let's have names

lucyfishwife.bsky.social•6 days ago

ARE YOU MAD

douglascheape.bsky.social•6 days ago

This also applies to the moderately famous. One hit wonders get a free pass because we’re not monsters.

lucyfishwife.bsky.social•6 days ago

Unless they’re Jonathan King *gobs flamboyantly into gutter*

douglascheape.bsky.social•6 days ago

Speaking of monsters.

lucyfishwife.bsky.social•6 days ago

He’s cruised under the Yewtree radar for too long

douglascheape.bsky.social•6 days ago

UPDATE: 21 Nov 2001 — Pop mogul Jonathan King was today sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of molesting schoolboys.

lucyfishwife.bsky.social•6 days ago

Clearly that slipped under MY radar

alasdairswanson.bsky.social•6 days ago

"We invited Jonathan King onto the programme to discuss his career. Half an hour we later we phoned and cancelled the invitation because he interfered with children."

- Armando Iannnuci, I think on Charm Offensive