Archives for 2006

30 years old !!!

Sorry Sue but you did ask 🙂

22 years old !!!

Singer Simon Le Bon, briefly found himself in real difficulty
when the windmill stopped with his head underwater.
He was given a tube to breathe through and was not in any real danger,
but the British tabloids had a field day exaggerating Le Bon’s “near death experience”.

“The Wild Boys” was named best British Video at the 1985 Brit Awards.

27 years old !!!

On its initial release in the UK, the film ( The Life of Brian )
was banned by several town councils
(some of which had no cinemas within their boundaries).

The film was also banned for eight years in the Republic of Ireland
Norway banned it for a year.
(it was marketed in Sweden as ‘the movie that is so funny, it was banned in Norway!’).

The film was not released in Italy until 1990, eleven years after it was made.

The film was not shown in Jersey until 2001.

28 years old !!!

According to Rolling Stone magazine (June 15, 2006)
Genesis is now considering reuniting their classic five-man lineup
for a tour in the near future.

Get behind me in the Q folks.

23 years old !!!

35 years old !!!

“Stairway to Heaven” remains the biggest-selling sheet music in the historyof rock.
An average hit sells 10,000 to 15,000 copies.
“Stairway to Heaven” has sold more than one million copies.

29 years old !!!

Bat Out of Hell still sells about 200,000 copies per year
and has sold an estimated 34 million copies worldwide,
16 million in the US alone,
becoming one of the biggest selling albums of all time.