Fame

Pighead

“It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.” Einstein

“I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God.” Madonna

Isn't it mindblowing how two humans from the same planet can have such polar opposite views on the subject of FAME. Some people crave it, some shy away from it but apparently every single one of us will achieve some level of it at some stage in our lives.

When Pighead was a kid he was famous for a year or two because of his hay-fever. Whenever the cursed fever would strike Pighead's face would swell up to roughly twice the size of one of Jordan's funbags. People would come for miles to stare at the good looking skinny kid with the huge fat head.

Actually, it was probably that incident that made Pighead decide that he didn't fancy being famous. Even now if somebody stares at Pighead, he panics for a second and feels his face to make sure it hasn't exploded into fatness. Yes sirree, it's a life away from teh limelight for this poster. You can stick your VIP access all area badges and your monthly interviews with OK magazine up your hole thank you very much.

So would you like to be famous? And if so, what level of fame would you desire?

Jako8

I wouldn't really like to be famous. You are under constant pressure. Any mistake you make will be blown out of proportion by the media as if it was the mistake that ended the world.

So, I agree Pighead. They can shove their fame up their hole!

phasers

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

I'd like to be famous, I could go on TV and claim to be an expert in stuff


Also John Lennon was not cool

WindSock

I think I'd like to be famous when I am dead. I'd rather be famous than be a celebrity though. But I think that is a definition of fame over celeb, no one remembers a celeb after 20 years.

TheZohanS

Pighead wrote: »

So would you like to be famous? And if so, what level of fame would you desire?

Nope.

Agricola

George- Famous and cool but able to walk down teh street without hassle.

If I had money to go with the fame, I think i could accept intrusion, loss of privacy etc. You cant have it both ways.

If for some reason I was famous and not wealty, or making any money from it, (does such a situation exist?) then I wouldnt handle it.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

George, definately. I'm already cool though, so all I have to do is find my hidden talent.:cool:

Pighead

phasers wrote: »

I'd like to be famous, I could go on TV and claim to be an expert in stuff

So you want to be Eamon Dunphy when you grow up. Aim for the stars, phasers!

phasers

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

Pighead wrote: »

So you want to be Eamon Dunphy when you grow up. Aim for the stars, phasers!

Ah it'd be great, I could go on Sky news and make up ridiculous facts and everyone would believe me

4zn76tysfajdxp

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

phasers wrote: »

Also John Lennon was not cool

Dude! :mad:

Pighead

phasers wrote: »

Also John Lennon was not cool

Saying John Lennon wasn't cool is like saying Al Gore invented the internet. It's just wrong.
http://buzznet-51.vo.llnwd.net/assets/users16/evanlicious/default/john_lennon--large-msg-118126820832.jpg

dylano_k

I wanna learn how to fly

FAME!!!!!!!!

phasers

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

George was the only cool Beatle, deal with it!

Pighead

dylano_k wrote: »

I wanna learn how to fly

FAME!!!!!!!!

There's an Icarus in everyone, we try to hard to reach the sun. But even angels wings are made from wax. (C) D. Keelan 1995

OR in laymans tems, keep your feet on the ground dylano. Flying is for the birds. Fame can be achieved with both feet on the ground. Become a long distance runner.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

Where are the Pete Best (locally cool and famous but then denied widespread stardom), Brian Epstein (famous, uncool but largely unhassled by the media and depressed due to his closeted homosexuality) and Jimmy Nicol (super-briefly very famous but then dropped like a hot potato) options?

phasers

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

Pighead wrote: »

There's an Icarus in everyone, we try to hard to reach the sun. But even angels wings are made from wax. (C) D. Keelan 1995

OR in laymans tems, keep your feet on the ground dylano. Flying is for the birds. Fame can be achieved with both feet on the ground. Become a long distance runner.

Technically feet have to leave the ground to run.

mud

I'm famous!

Pighead

phasers wrote: »

Technically feet have to leave the ground to run.

Well it's a good job we're not trying to get dylano "technically famous" then.

Pighead doesn't know dylano but he's pretty sure he's the type of guy who's willing to take a few shortcuts to achieve a bit of fame. Your technicalities mean nothing to us.

Larianne

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

I'd like to be famous for inventing something clever and important in the world. I'd get lots of money for it, a bit of recognition for it, a picture or two taken for the papers and then I'd go back to my life as a nerd.

destroyer

Stuart Sutcliffe- Famous for 15 minutes.

Al Gore is famous for inventing the Internet

TestTransmission

phasers wrote: »

I'd like to be famous, I could go on TV and claim to be an expert in stuff


Also John Lennon was not cool

phasers wrote: »

George was the only cool Beatle, deal with it!

Dont say something you might regret

Pighead

Larianne wrote: »

I'd like to be famous for inventing something clever and important in the world. I'd get lots of money for it, a bit of recognition for it, a picture or two taken for the papers and then I'd go back to my life as a nerd.

Yeah but then you don't get any of the benefits that come along with being famous.

Bouncer in fancy nightclub: Sorry love, if you're names not down you're not getting in.

Larianne: But i'm famous. Last year I invented a pair of jeans that automatically scratch your groinal region for you when you're itchy.

Bouncer in fancy nightclub: That was a cracking invention. I'm wearing a pair of them now actually. Oooooh yeah right there, oh that's good. But yeah anyway, you're still not getting in. Sling your hook babes.

That_Guy

Who cares? The Beatles are sh*t.

Pighead

That_Guy wrote: »

Who cares? The Beatles are sh*t.

Listen pal, take out the Aqua album from your CD player and throw it in your pink and yellow barbie girl bin. It's time you grew out of your cheesy eurodisco music phase and came to listen to grown up music with the adults. Only then can you dream of reaching the levels of condescension seen in this here post.

That_Guy

Pighead wrote: »

Listen pal, take out the Aqua album from your CD player and throw it in your pink and yellow barbie girl bin. It's time you grew out of your cheesy eurodisco music phase and came to listen to grown up music with the adults. Only then can you dream of reaching the levels of condescension seen in this here post.

I don't listen to Aqua. I don't even listen to eurodisco.

Kevin Bacon

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

I always thought fame and the want of fame is purely for the insecure, no exception.

Also John and George were two cool bastards end of. Paul and Ringo not so much ( I mean Yellow Submarine and Octopus Garden, seriously Ringo what in the name of **** is that?! Lay off the drugs for a sec..)

Kevin Bacon

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

That_Guy wrote: »

Who cares? The Beatles are sh*t.

Much like Pighead said if you think the Beatles are sh*t then clearly your ears are not working right no offence.

That_Guy

Kevin Bacon wrote: »

Much like Pighead said if you think the Beatles are sh*t then clearly your ears are not working right no offence.

Jesus you can't have a fcuking opinion without it being the "wrong" opinion.

I don't like the Beatles. Deal with it.

Ebbs

I would think more towards, why am I famous?

If it was a talent ie. A footballer, musician etc, I would rather be super star famous, showing that I have exceled in my field of play. I would hate to be famous for my stunning good lucks, or who I was seen with in some posh club in Ibiza.

So I guess my answer is one of the two extremities, if I was good at something, I would like to be famous for being the best in the world, otherwise im happy being known by my friends and family.

Pighead

That_Eurodisco_Guy wrote: »

I don't listen to Aqua. I don't even listen to eurodisco.

Bollox you don't! You're famous for it. People who don't know your name point at you in the street and say "There's the lad who adores Eurodisco and thinks the beatles are sh*t"

Your ringtone is "I've been thinking about you" by Londonbeat. When you get married your first song is going to be "Saturday Night" by Whigfield. You plan on calling your firstborn "Boney after your all time favourite group Boney-M. Yet you still have the neck to pretend you're not a fan of Eurodisco? Pull the other one.

That_Guy

Pighead wrote: »

Bollox you don't! You're famous for it. People who don't know your name point at you in the street and say "There's the lad who adores Eurodisco and thinks the beatles are sh*t"

Your ringtone is "I've been thinking about you" by Londonbeat. When you get married your first song is going to be "Saturday Night" by Whigfield. You plan on calling your firstborn "Boney after your all time favourite group Boney-M. Yet you still have the neck to pretend you're not a fan of Eurodisco? Pull the other one.

Damn you're good.

Kevin Bacon

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

That_Guy wrote: »

Jesus you can't have a fcuking opinion without it being the "wrong" opinion.

I don't like the Beatles. Deal with it.

Yep, you got in one there you have the wrong opinion.
The quality of the beatles is not up for debate, anyone who says they don't like the beatles is either being obtuse or hasn't actually sat down and gave revolver or rubber soul a spin and heard the brilliance.

That_Guy

Kevin Bacon wrote: »

Yep, you got in one there you have the wrong opinion.
The quality of the beatles is not up for debate, anyone who says they don't like the beatles is either being obtuse or hasn't actually sat down and gave revolver or rubber soul a spin and heard the brilliance.

How can my opinion be the wrong opinion? Seriously. Explain how.

I've listened to a lot of music from The Beatles and I have come to the conclusion that they are not good. Yes, they were/are still popular to a lot of people but I just don't like them.

Not the kind of music I like. I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't like The Beatles.

EDIT: I'll admit that they were good musicians but the songs they produced weren't to my liking.

Lia_lia

Don't think I'd like to be famous at all, for anything.

cherryghost

I dont think I'd like to be famous in my life. I would however, like to leave a memory in peoples minds for something I may have done (a good one that is)

Kevin Bacon

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

That_Guy wrote: »

How can my opinion be the wrong opinion? Seriously. Explain how.

Because when you say you don't like the beatles your saying you don't like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k83H2fRc02I

A Day in the Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY5i4-rWh44

Norwegian Wood

That_Guy

Kevin Bacon wrote: »

Because when you say you don't like the beatles your saying you don't like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k83H2fRc02I

A Day in the Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY5i4-rWh44

Norwegian Wood

Yeah. That was my point. I don't like the Beatles. I don't have to like the Beatles. I think the Beatles are over rated. Jesus.

I've already dragged this thread off course so I'm not gonna post in here. Learn to accept people's opinions even if you don't believe them yourself.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

Kevin Bacon wrote: »

Because when you say you don't like the beatles your saying you don't like this...

He doesn't like The Beatles dude, get back on topic.

Kevin Bacon

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

That_Guy wrote: »

Yeah. That was my point. I don't like the Beatles. I don't have to like the Beatles. I think the Beatles are over rated. Jesus.

I've already dragged this thread off course so I'm not gonna post in here. Learn to accept people's opinions even if you don't believe them yourself.

Sorry for being pushy but you I do fu*king love the beatles:p

Actually my friends knock them for a laugh when i'm about just to wind me up and it works every god damn time.:mad::p

Edit sorry frada see later posts for opinion on fame....

KnifeWRENCH

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

Don't really care that much about fame. Would love to be filthy rich though.

aDeener

phasers wrote: »

I'd like to be famous, I could go on TV and claim to be an expert in stuff


Also John Lennon was not cool

out!!! :eek:

Ruu_Old

No fame, skill without success.

twinytwo

dylano_k wrote: »

I wanna learn how to fly

FAME!!!!!!!!

fail

jumpguy

Paul- Famous, not cool, hounded and alive

I wouldn't really mind being famous tbh...I'm perfectly grand not being so, but it'd be interesting to try for a while. I'd like to be famous and cool but able to walk down the street without hassle.

Earthhorse

When the hell did being famous become so unpopular?

Yeah, I wanna be famous, and I wanna have a good time!

Elliemental

Given a choice, I wouldn`t mind being infamous for something. Preferably something really controversial, but only arrive at that infamy after I`ve died. Being famous, or a fame whore, is getting a bit old now. I`d hate to have people digging up my past as well. Best I remain in utter obscurity, really.