Being... British?

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union_jak is right although I think Great Britain and Britain are the same thing so Scotland is British. The Great part doesn't make a difference.
England and Wales were 'Britain' for centuries before Scotland linked up. Since before the Romans I believe. We were 'Britons'. The title of 'Great' was added when Scotland was included, as far as I know.
 
Stuff the history lesson. I was just wondering what you guys think about British music? IMO the music that comes from our little island is the best in the world, but maybe I'm biased... and happen to still be channeling the vibes from yesters.
 
I was ashamed of British music from around 1997-2004. We produced such awful pop rubbish, but I'm happy with it currently.
 
Those years were my high school years. We were so culturely backward, plus the internet wasn't big then. It's amazing how we coped.

I barely remember the music I listened to in school, it wasn't until after I had a music revelation. :o
 
I barely remember the music I listened to in school, it wasn't until after I had a music revelation. :o
And now it's Shirley Bassey all the way?

I never listened to music in my school years come to think of it. My CD collection was near empty until a couple of years ago.
 
And now it's Shirley Bassey all the way?

I never listened to music in my school years come to think of it. My CD collection was near empty until a couple of years ago.

I hate Shirley Bassey's songs, it's such a shame cus she has this wonderful, powerful voice and then she wastes it. A lot lately I have realised I love a voice, hate the song.
 
I saw a thread in the t.v. forum about a show called The Inbetweeners, so I tried watching it online. It was horrible. :(
 
I saw a thread in the t.v. forum about a show called The Inbetweeners, so I tried watching it online. It was horrible. :(

It's very juvenile humour and hit and miss at best, but when you watch the series as a whole it's worth watching.
 
It's all the f words and stuff, innit. I mean, are there no adults in Britain to tell broadcasters and kids this is unacceptable? If it's right there on t.v., it's condoned. Now I know what Paul McCartney meant. :(
 
It's all the f words and stuff, innit. I mean, are there no adults in Britain to tell broadcasters and kids this is unacceptable? If it's right there on t.v., it's condoned. Now I know what Paul McCartney meant. :(
All the actors are like 25... and not to make sweeping generalisations, but I think people over here are just not so uptight about swearing... and sex. Personally I say **** tabboos, no word has no more power than any other, so IMO there is nothing wrong with swearing.
 
I can appreciate a well placed swear, but when it's basically every other word used in the sentence, then it becomes meaningless. Also, I think when people are conditioned by repetition they begin to have an attitude like you .. that it doesn't matter. But it does matter. Society is worse off for it.

I guess I have more appreciation for American restraint than I had realized.
 
The Inbetweeners is crap it just aint funny give me the IT Crowd anytime it has actual humour rather then relying on swearing all day.
 
There's a guy here called BritishChap007. :lmao: Haha. I love that name. :up:
 
I read Chap magazine, that's where my avy comes from. :cool:
 
I saw a Graham Norton show with some people I didn't know. Apparently they are reality stars quite famous over there. I think he said their names were Kate and Peter. Anybody know who I'm talking about?
 
Stuff the history lesson. I was just wondering what you guys think about British music? IMO the music that comes from our little island is the best in the world, but maybe I'm biased... and happen to still be channeling the vibes from yesters.
I agree if you actually try and think of every successful or different kinds of muscian from Britain since the 1950s to now we have produced an amazing amount for a small country.

I was ashamed of British music from around 1997-2004. We produced such awful pop rubbish, but I'm happy with it currently.
I agree there was some gold plated poo that came from those years. Your musical choice basically either Garage, Manufactured Pop, Nu Metal or Euro cheese dance music.

People complain about the music over this decade but atleast the new acts that have come out usually write their own songs, learned to sing or learned a damn instrument.

I saw a thread in the t.v. forum about a show called The Inbetweeners, so I tried watching it online. It was horrible. :(
The Inbetweeners is like the British American Pie as a TV show I reckon.
I saw a Graham Norton show with some people I didn't know. Apparently they are reality stars quite famous over there. I think he said their names were Kate and Peter. Anybody know who I'm talking about?
Katie Price is a former page 3 girl and topless model who used to go by the name Jordan. She got famous for having a new boob job every couple of months, dating Soccer players/z list boyband members and getting into arguements with victoria beckham when both their boyfriends played for manchester united. She also made sex tapes and released them to the media for publicity because shes craves the spotlight.

She had a kid with soccer player Dwight Yorke who was disabled which was sad but then she used that to make more publicity by appearing with him in every glossy magazine/tabliod rag and selling her story.

This made everyone feel sorry for her and more family friendly so when she decided to turn herself into a brand and put her name on everything from clothes, 3 autobiograhpies, ect the british public brought all of it turning her into the Martha Stewart of Britain.

She went on a reality show with a washed up Australian Pop Singer from the 90s called Peter Andre. They fell in love live on TV got married had a couple more kids, an media circus wedding which loked like an 8 year old girls pink fairytail and got their own reality show the type they show on E! where nothing really intresting happens.

Katie Price books are the biggest selling in britain of whatever year they come out. Their are numerous polls where young girls say they would rather get their boobs out like Katie and get rich than become a laywer, doctor because it sounds like too much hardwork all of Britain lets out a depressing groan, the Daily Mail starts saying broken Britain and we have lost are morals why can't it be like the 1950s when everyone knew their place ect.


Katie Price makes 30 million pounds and woman start claiming shes a feminist icon and modern day marlyn monroe because she used her big boobs to trick men into buying into her brand when really the only guys who find her attractive are the kind that looked at their sisters barbie dolls and thought they where hot.

Her main fanbase is tweenage girls, those orange 15 to 25 year old girls who wear loads of make up and little clothes who buy into her and see her as her story as aspirational.

Thus ends my little rant/explanation
 
Bus wankers!!!

...so tried yelling that at randomers at certain bus stops on a recent road trip to Skeggy. Good times :up:

The Inbetweeners can do no wrong, but the second season was nothing compared to the first.
 
Ah bus fights, I miss the days, nowadays everyone including myself has headphones in so there aren't any opportunities. :(
 
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