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posted by
davidt
on Saturday December 16 2006, @04:00PM
Sanchez writes:
Top Living Icon went to David Attenborough, with Morrissey in second place, and Paul McCartney in third. ---
No, our Moz did not win, but to us he will always be our top living icon. To see results go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/livingicons/vote goinghome also writes: David Attenborough was presented with an award by Lauren Laverne on the BBC Culture Show this evening (Dec. 16th) for winning the Living Icons competition to establish by public vote the greatest cultural icon in Britain today. ---
Morrissey weighed in at the distinguished second position, followed by Paul McCartney. More details are on the BBC site. An anonymous person also writes: Morrissey announced at the Frankfurt gig that he finished 2nd in the competition to "David Fattenbourgh!" can't believe it!! Gutted ---
NellyM also writes: I've just heard from a very reliable source that David Attenburgh has won the BBC Culture Show Living Icons Poll - with Morrissey coming 2nd. All the various ways of voting more than once - has counted against us I'm afraid.
Results offically announced on the Culture Show on BBC 2 this coming Saturday 16th December.
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He should be stripped of 2nd place (Score:0)
Moz on top of Bowie! (Score:1)
11 years later, maybe he can now see why...
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bill oddies revenge (Score:1)
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so uh... (Score:1)
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Mozzer beat Bowie! :) (Score:0)
AWESOME!!! Justice is done...
ah well.. (Score:0)
At least McCartney didn't win (Score:0)
what bollocks (Score:0)
provocation and adoration (Score:1)
I'm pleased in a way he came second. Being a "cultural Icon" to me is too close to being absorbed into the mainstream and if anything is to define Morrissey, it's that he resists mediocrity and the easy path of celebrity appeal.
Iconic status, in my opinion, is not only about popularity but also about being something that, whether you love or hate it, cannot be ingored and has a cultural significance beyond the genre in which the person operates.
Morrissey provokes, and I hope he continues to in the days where dissent is being stifled, spomtaneous protest criminalised, and the mass of popular music merely the opium of the people...
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He's the winner, there's no doubt (Score:1)
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Hooray For Attenborough! (Score:0)
Morrissey was never gonna win because he had twittering fools like Mark "Daffy Duck Face" Simpson on his side. Who wants to be in *his* gang? I bet Simpson is down the gym right now weeping his eyes out.
At the end of the day, Life On Earth vs Life Is A Pigsty? It's a no-brainer.
Well done Sir David. Hard luck Sir Macca. And you, Mr Morrissey, were lucky to get second.
Call me morbid, call me pale... (Score:0)
Haha, sorry... but it's a consoling thought.
Culture icon? Bah humbug! (Score:1)
David Attenborough is a 'wild life' icon; not a cultural one. It is his brother Richard who should be near the top of the poll for his great achievements as a screen actor and film director over the past sixty years. I just fail to see how 'Fattenborough', as Moz calls David, ended up in this poll
This is a typically British fudge; mixing the apples and oranges as per usual.
Observing a lion and her cubs with a BBC film crew from fifty paces away on an arid African landscape maybe great televisual viewing - it is hardly the zenith of cultural endeavour a la McCartney and Morrissey who are both bona fide songwriters and musicians. Men of the Arts as it were.
In this respect, as the runner up, it is Morrissey who is the true icon of British culture!
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Living Icon (Score:1)
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Attenborough is a cultural icon (Score:1)
From 1965 to 1969 Attenborough was Controller of BBC2. Among the programmes he commissioned during this time were Match of the Day, Civilisation, The Ascent of Man, The Likely Lads, Not Only... But Also, Man Alive, Masterclass, The Old Grey Whistle Test and The Money Programme. He also initiated televised snooker. This diversity of programme types reflects Attenborough's belief that BBC2's output should be as varied as possible. In 1967, under his watch, BBC2 became the first television channel in the United Kingdom to broadcast in colour.
Didn't some band in the 80's do quite well from Whistle Test?
PS Attenborough also has a dinosaur named after him. True!
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Moz #2? Manchester Online says otherwise (Score:1)
ICON: MorrisseyTHE Smiths' legendary frontman Morrissey has finished third in a poll to find Britain's greatest living icon.
The Stretford-born singer was placed behind wildlife presenter Sir David Attenborough and ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney by viewers of the BBC's The Culture Show.
He beat seven others on the shortlist including singer David Bowie, actor Sir Michael Caine, actor and comedian Stephen Fry and model Kate Moss.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainm
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Re:Hardly a Shock Win! (Score:0)
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