Bee Gee Barry being knighted (along with Ringo), dedicates to Robin & Maurice

[UTUSN]

While I'm a democratic and Democratic anti-Royalist, I'm letting my music-love override for purposes of honoring, yet below the link are the most acerbic/only (democratic) comments from the Readers.


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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ringo-starr-bee-gee-barry-gibb-tapped-british-224528089.html

Ringo Starr, Bee Gee Barry Gibb tapped as British knights

GREGORY KATZ
Associated PressDecember 29, 2017

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DISCO KNIGHTS

Barry Gibb, the last surviving member of the Bee Gees, said he was dedicating his knighthood to his late bandmates, twin brothers Robin Gibb, who died in 2012, and Maurice Gibb, who died in 2003.

"I want to acknowledge how responsible my brothers are for this honor," said Gibb, 71. "It is as much theirs as it is mine."

He was recognized for services to music and charity.

"This is a moment in life to be treasured and never forgotten," he said. ....


************ ACERBIC READERS' COMMENTS:

Michael5 hours ago
The rich have the money, and they get all the awards, but the the pleb gets grief.

tom2 hours ago
"...merit, service, or bravery" So there is NO ONE in the British military who has fought in Afghanistan or Africa or somewhere who showed enough bravery to be knighted? Knighthood used to be a military honor. Now it's for whomever survived a severe enough drug habit to make good music.

JAIME4 hours ago
In this 2017 or medieval times?

christopher2 hours ago
The rest of the non-elitists in the world have been dubbed peasants supreme and are taxed accordingly.

Innerflame14 hours ago
Knighthood? Childish...

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[Skittles]

1. I have admired him for 50 years

yes indeed

[msongs]

2. think of the royals as actors in a tourist trap designed to maximize tourism. they earn their

pay by their loss of freedom and requirement to conform to the proper behavior no matter what. the old gilded cage syndrome IMO. Live queens bring in more dough than dead ones

[UTUSN]

3. Ha ha: "proper behavior no matter what." Which includes all manner of IMproper behavior!1

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. Yeah. I think celebrities in the US are our substitute for royalty

Humans seem to have a need to look up (and tear down) someone. In the UK, it's the royal family. Here, it's the Kardashians.