I wish I had a better justification for this thread, other than the thought that -if only we could establish some kind of connection- it might get loads of comments.
Katie Hopkins versus The Beatles, in 1971
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La Hopkins wasn’t even born in 1971.
This thread is already running out of steam.
Wow.
I had to google it.
She’s only 40.
She’s Mary Hopkin’s daughter. There you go.
which means Tony Visconti is her Dad.
Could we add Mr D Bowie to the title of the thread – that may flush out more enraged comment.
Any more AW Sacred Cows to add by tenuous connection?
Bob feckin Dylan, apparently
There is a vague connection.
The Beatles are the Afterword equivalent of political correctness. Question them, or the 60s/70s in general, and folks who are otherwise blase when it comes to the idea of “offence” can get quite prickly.
We all have our buttons that can be located and pushed. We all have our own sacred cows. None of us is entirely dispassionate, nor should we be.
Not a defence of the professional offence-takers, more an observation on trolling.
I pretty much agree with you about trolling, but I don’t think The Beatles actually existed.
Or the moon landings. Or 1971.
I think Chiz’s point about Katie being the daughter of Mary is a good one, though.
It’s Mary Hopkin (no “s”) but nice try anyway. The reality is she’s the daughter of Nicky Hopkins (of the tinkling ivories – TMFTL ) who surely played with at least one of the Fab Four in their solo era.
I think she may have added that ‘S’ to throw us all off the scent.
Maybe she’s Lightning Hopkins related. That’d set the cat amongst the pigeons.
This a bugbear of mine. It’s “tickle the ivories”, not “tinkle the ivories”, surely? The latter is erroneous, although you see it used everywhere.
As you were.
Ah c’mon, who amongst here can’t say that they’ve urinated on their piano?
I did that as a protest after I couldn’t make the bastard laugh.
I have yet to see a Beatles thread on The Afterword where people actually fall out. Usually, the discourse consists of ‘I like them’ or ‘I don’t’ but no ad hominem attacks.
The ‘political’ ones are where there is often a fight, attracting lots of views from rubber neckers like me.
I’m not going to point out arguments, as it’s really not fair to those involved, but suffice it to say I don’t think you’ve looked very hard, Tigs.
Hmm. Perhaps I make more allowances than I should. Words in black and white often seem more challenging than when spoken. Normally, body language and tone of voice account for over 80% of communication. Even on a ‘political’ thread I can usually see where a certain point of view comes from.
Anyway, unpleasantness generally gets resolved peacefully enough in the end.
You rubber necking !#??!X#!! Coming round ‘ere necking yer rubbers like you owned the place!
Well, Katie is the Yoko Ono of newspaper columnists. Everyone hates her now, but in 30 years she’ll be the grande dame of controversy.
If Tony Visconti is indeed Katie’s dad, I think there is a reasonable chance that David Bowie’s new album -Blackstar- might well be a concept piece about her life and work.
I’ve just watched his latest video again and I think there might be something in this theory.
Another connection. KH got into trouble for her comments regarding the Rochdale sex trafficking case involving mainly Pakistani men and white victims.
The Beatles got into trouble (posthumously) for the lyrics of an Enoch Powell-inspired jam version of Get Back containing the lines “No Pakistanis” and “Don’t dig no Pakistanis taking all the people’s jobs.”
This is even bigger than I had suspected.
It could go all the way back to the Kennedy assassinations.
HJH = Hackneyed Journalism Habitué?
Katie Hopkins was the much younger sister of Nicky Hopkins who played electric piano on Revolution on the White Album*
* This may not be true**
**( it isn’t)
Well … of course she’d deny it.
The information is out there, if we’re willing to look.
It is true – both Lennno and McCartney were amateur keyboard botherers (at best).
Nicky Hopkins provided piano (as uncredited session player) from 1966 to 69.
It was only the presence of Billy Preston that ousted him.
Well, Katie Hopkins has shown her mastery of trolling, by provoking people on this website without even contributing to it. And David Hepworth has shown similar mastery with his comments on 1971 being the best year for pop, and the Beatles being underrated. Neither of these statements were made on this site, but they haunt it, at least in the minds of those who don’t agree with them
Like the hacks on the Street of Shame in their search for headline gold, we are striving towards an OP that is a real Freddie Starr moment.
How about
KATIE HOPKINS ATE BONO’S GERBIL!!
I have learnt from the previous thread that Hoppo’s husband runs a donkey sanctuary…..
I rest my case m’lud.
I refuse to comment on this thread and so give Katie Hopkins more publicity.
Awbollocksman.
She’s nekkid on the other thread, you know.
NEKKID.
Who the fuck is Katie Hopkins for fuck`s sake and the sake of fucking fuck? There I feel better now.
The Cockroaches – the band The Beatles could have been?