lowbasso
A Hard Day's Knight
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Post by lowbasso on Oct 30, 2014 13:36:18 GMT -5
Read this quote from an interview George once gave and I had a good laugh. So must have George when the incident happend;
George Harrison: ‘I mean, the Australians attitude is good. I mean, this - I went in the flight deck of the Quantas 747. Now if you do that sort of situation in other places, they all say, “Oh, yes, sir, hello sir,” or “Yes, Mr. Harrison,” but there they say, “All right, George, how ya doing?” You know, and I like that directness. There’s no what you call [lowers voice] bullshit, if you can say that on Australian television. You know, the people are just more straightforward. I got caught for speeding the first day I was in a car, and the policeman - I stopped, I had to open the back of the car, I had to get my driver’s license out to show him, and he said, you know, “You look like one of The Rolling Stones.” And I said, “Oh, really?” [interviewer laughs] And I said, “Look, I’m sorry, it’s - I only just got here and…” And he said, “Just watch out and be careful.”’ Kerri-Anne Kennerley: ‘Did he look at your name on the license? He didn’t know?’ GH: ‘Yeah. He didn’t know. Unless he did know and he was being funny, with The Rolling Stones. But you know, he was, he was quite nice. And I’ve said it a number of times, I will say it again, the biggest mistake that the British made was not sending us down here and just keeping all the convicts up there. Because this is, you know, as far as I’m concerned, this is much more fun.’ " — George Harrison interviewed by Kerri-Anne Kennerley for Good Morning Australia, April 1982
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kc
Beatle Freak
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Post by kc on Oct 30, 2014 16:57:11 GMT -5
I hadn't heard this story before. The Rolling Stones thing definitely sounds like a typical Australian joke to me. Sort of like a playful putdown, rather than meant as something more cutting, or insulting. I think the transportation of convicts to Australia ended by about the 1850s or so. They were never sent to all parts of the country. Here in South Australia we sometimes like to remind people in other states that we do not share their "tainted" origins. Kennerley became a prominent star on TV here, but in 1982 she would have only been staring out at the national level. She is still to be seen occasionally doing guest spots on various shows. Her days of prominence are over though.
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