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Top Living Icon results - Morrissey 2nd place
posted by davidt on Saturday December 16 2006, @03:00PM

 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
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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.
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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
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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)
after coming out with ROTT this year he shouldnt have made the list!
Anonymous -- Saturday December 16 2006, @03:02PM (#243609)
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Moz on top of Bowie! (Score:1)
How's that for a headline! ...and the poor queen of glam was actually shocked that Morrissey stole his thunder during the tour of 1995!

11 years later, maybe he can now see why...
Sullen -- Saturday December 16 2006, @03:05PM (#243610)
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bill oddies revenge (Score:1)
would have been nice for him to win it but never mind ! at least he beat Macca
northernleech -- Saturday December 16 2006, @03:06PM (#243611)
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so uh... (Score:1)
who is David Attenborough?
WOX von Wubbins -- Saturday December 16 2006, @04:35PM (#243626)
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  • Re:so uh... by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday December 16 2006, @05:55PM
    • Re:so uh... by maurice (Score:1) Sunday December 17 2006, @03:23AM
      • Re:so uh... by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday December 17 2006, @06:58AM
        • Re:so uh... by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday December 19 2006, @05:12AM
    Mozzer beat Bowie! :) (Score:0)
    I just feel so good that Moz beat Bowie.

    AWESOME!!! Justice is done...
    Anonymous -- Saturday December 16 2006, @04:51PM (#243629)
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    ah well.. (Score:0)
    first the worst, second the best :)
    Anonymous -- Saturday December 16 2006, @04:54PM (#243630)
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    • Re:ah well.. by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday December 17 2006, @05:33AM
      • Re:ah well.. by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday December 17 2006, @06:55AM
      At least McCartney didn't win (Score:0)
      At least McCartney didn't win. Liverpool can keep Lennon and McCartney. We're Manchester and we have Morrissey and Marr.

      Anonymous -- Saturday December 16 2006, @04:55PM (#243631)
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      what bollocks (Score:0)
      I'm watching a repeat of this trash just now and I see that utter CUNT Jeremy Vine did the segment on why Moz should be voted. No wonder he lost!
      Anonymous -- Saturday December 16 2006, @05:57PM (#243639)
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      provocation and adoration (Score:1)
      I've just been to the Culture show pages and saw the comments there for and against Morrissey. It appeared to me that the nasty ill-informed agression against Morrissey aupporters there is quite similar to the nasty ill-informed comments we get here against Morrissey from those who feel the need to, for whatever reason.

      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...

      sinistra 21 -- Saturday December 16 2006, @06:41PM (#243642)
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      He's the winner, there's no doubt (Score:1)
      The popular lists are always stupid.. because the most part of the people is stupid.. and our Moz is the most important living icon in this world (cheers), and there will be so very imposible that somebody like him could born or live in this world.
      NovemberJesus -- Saturday December 16 2006, @10:07PM (#243657)
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       ...maybe I'll even arrive?
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        Hooray For Attenborough! (Score:0)
        Well I did say Vote Attenborough and glad he won. Like Leona winning X-Factor over wolf boy Ray, this proves there is some justice in the world.

        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.
        Anonymous -- Sunday December 17 2006, @04:37AM (#243676)
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        Call me morbid, call me pale... (Score:0)
        ...but at the ripe old age of 80, it is unlikely that Attenborough will remain a 'living' icon for much longer, and the baton shall be rightly passed down to Moz.
        Haha, sorry... but it's a consoling thought.
        Anonymous -- Sunday December 17 2006, @07:02AM (#243693)
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          Culture icon? Bah humbug! (Score:1)
          Has anyone else spotted the blatantly obvious about the winner of this poll?

          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!
          Lazy Sunbather -- Sunday December 17 2006, @11:08AM (#243713)
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          Living Icon (Score:1)
          Well, it would have been wonderful if Morrissey had won this, but it would have also been odd as Moz is rather used to (and enjoys) being the underdog. I can't stand McCartney, so I am thrilled that Moz was second and, as far as I'm concerned, he is a living Icon anyway. He doesn't need an award for that, just our adoration!
          Kitty3780 -- Sunday December 17 2006, @11:18AM (#243715)
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           "Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before..."
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            Attenborough is a cultural icon (Score:1)
            I didn't know this but I think he definitely deserved to win now I do.

            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!
            AnthonyGlamour <a_cutt_1981@yahoo.co.uk> -- Sunday December 17 2006, @03:37PM (#243747)
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            Moz #2? Manchester Online says otherwise (Score:1)
            Morrissey is third most iconic Brit

            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/entertainme nt/music/indieandrock/s/231/231058_morrissey_is_th ird_most_iconic_brit.html
            jake -- Monday December 18 2006, @08:14AM (#243800)
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             feverishly ill for him!
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              Re:Hardly a Shock Win! (Score:0)
              Why is the above post marked as flamebait?
              Anonymous -- Sunday December 17 2006, @06:05PM (#243765)
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