That wedding
Friday, February 11th, 2005 03:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanklik. Is this thing on?
Yes?
Great. OK Take One...
"Christ you know it ain't easy
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going
They're going to crucify me"
- Lennon/McCartney
The Ballad of John and Yoko
Many of us can remember when, not so long ago, they bestrode the world like giants, surveying the world from their lofty peak of power and fame.
Even those who are too young to remember personally, will have been regaled by their parents (or grandparents) of stories of how they insitigated a new order across three-fifths of the globe; how the sun never set on their mighty legions of followers; how in their name, Sergeant Pepper reigned supreme. They were held in awe, admiration, and yes, let's say it, love by millions (perhaps hundreds of miilions) around the globe.
But that was then; this is now1.
Since the announcement yesterday, the media pack are barking their usual frenzy. He can lead them, they say, but not wed. Especially not her. No, he cannot have his cake and eat it; demigods are not allowed the foibles of the merely mundane.
Not even the concept of Baggism, a cynical change of title, to be used instead of the term 'husband and wife' can save them from the ravings of an incandescent press...
So, with his ex wife not yet forgotten, John is to marry Yoko.
It will be the end of the band; those fans who miss poor Cynthia so much will not allow it. Mark my words, the band will break up over this.
Er... Cut!
Hang on, is this right? What wedding did you think we were supposed to be talking about....?
1Ironically, the name of a song by the Monkees.
Yes?
Great. OK Take One...
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going
They're going to crucify me"
- Lennon/McCartney
The Ballad of John and Yoko
Many of us can remember when, not so long ago, they bestrode the world like giants, surveying the world from their lofty peak of power and fame.
Even those who are too young to remember personally, will have been regaled by their parents (or grandparents) of stories of how they insitigated a new order across three-fifths of the globe; how the sun never set on their mighty legions of followers; how in their name, Sergeant Pepper reigned supreme. They were held in awe, admiration, and yes, let's say it, love by millions (perhaps hundreds of miilions) around the globe.
But that was then; this is now1.
Since the announcement yesterday, the media pack are barking their usual frenzy. He can lead them, they say, but not wed. Especially not her. No, he cannot have his cake and eat it; demigods are not allowed the foibles of the merely mundane.
Not even the concept of Baggism, a cynical change of title, to be used instead of the term 'husband and wife' can save them from the ravings of an incandescent press...
So, with his ex wife not yet forgotten, John is to marry Yoko.
It will be the end of the band; those fans who miss poor Cynthia so much will not allow it. Mark my words, the band will break up over this.
Er... Cut!
Hang on, is this right? What wedding did you think we were supposed to be talking about....?
1Ironically, the name of a song by the Monkees.
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Date: 2005-02-13 01:23 am (UTC)Fuck it, enough simile. Diana was a media-hungry "face" and it's a pleasure to see Charles finally get to marry the woman he actually loves. The Church of England is not at risk from her influence upon him, nor should the future of our monarchy be adversely affected in any way ... after all, the succession is clear. I for one will be glad to have a King who is in a loving relationship on the throne. Rather than a man who, bowing to media pressure, has to hide his feelings under a bushel.
Good on you my Prince, may your god bless you and keep you always.
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Date: 2005-02-13 05:46 am (UTC)HM is the titular leader of the CofE, so the mutterers can stop muttering as the leader has clearly spoken. What is more, we don't get the mutterings that would have been muttered if HM had died with the matter unresolved and Charlie them married, "changing the rules to suit himself". Although of course there's a bit of a precedent there...
And is positively mischievous to make this announcement just before Synod sits, with all their stuffy agendas already set. If Rowan and David now cook up something in response, it's going to look hurried and reactionary.
Hope we get a public holiday out of it.