Nine years ago today the pop group Girls Aloud was formed on the Reality TV talent show Popstars: The Rivals.
And I think that has something really important to tell us. And that important thing is that, though fame is of but a day, and all flesh is but grass, though a thousand ages in God's sight are as just an evening, and though the silver cord is broken, the chain is snapped and though much water has flowed under the bridge, there are no grapes on the vine and all the flowers have gone - though where to, nobody knows - despite all this, the Rubbishy Reality TV Talent Show format is like unto the hills that were formed from age to age.
I was - as men count it - young when Girls Aloud were formed. And now in the reckoning of men I am as those that need "a little work doing". But rubbishy TV and its manufactured moppets abide forever.
And if you're interested, all the flowers had gone to San Francisco, so hippies could wear them in their hair. But where have all the hippies gone, long time passin'?
As an ancient decrepit old hippie. I am still here!
ReplyDeleteI thought they were all reclaiming things, like streets and banks and St Paul's Cathedral. Acquisitive bastards!
ReplyDeleteYes, we're still here, just now wearing twin-sets and pearls as befits one's status these days. Peace Man!
ReplyDelete(They must be Middle Aged Ladies Aloud now!)
Still around here - still trying to make love not war.
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