Watcher Of The Skies

Ruth | 20 | Welcome to my mélange of... stuff ✨😂 Currently really into Genesis apparently.

[rock-it-prime-jive]

Just A Job to Do is actually about two really aggressive telemarketers 

[uselesshunger]

but I’ll be there for you…

[marrcartney-deactivated20230330]

mick jagger and red doors: an age-old rivalry

[dleeppurple]

Guys I love this band called Smoke on the Water

[gluttons-for-punishment]

A Kind Of Magic (1986)

[onegoldenglance]

Mr. Roger “Known for the hugeness of my gong” Taylor

[pisceangfmoved-deactivated20220]

me listening to songs

[trouble-walking]

[prog-squad-the-sequel]

normalize calling phil collins "PC"

[fuyupersimmons]

man this one is so much better than the first

[her-own-sunshine-factory]

Source: Pinterest

[ourladyinshadow-deactivated2023]

i love when you hear a song and you're like “oh id absolutely stumble through the snow bleeding from a knife stuck in my gut to this”

[fairycosmos]

woman listens to song she used to love when she was fifteen 10 dead 20 injured 

[girlfromthenorthcountry]

He's so real

[rock-it-prime-jive]

me when a 1980s music video is weird:

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Monteverdi Sierra Cabriolet, 1978. In addition the the Dodge Aspen-based saloon, Carrozzeria Fissore also modified the Dodge Diplomat Coupé to create a convertible version powered by Chrysler's 318ci V8. Just 2 were made

[quirkysubject]

We all know the glorious end to the BoRhap video, right? The one with Roger slathered in baby oil, banging away on a massive gong?

This is probably on of those things that's obvious to everyone but me, but I only just realised that it's modelled on this iconic image:

This is the "Rank Gongman" (sorry I didn't make up the name): Ken Richmond*. This scene of him hitting a gong came at the start of every Rank film production since the mid-fifties. You can see and hear it in action here.

Of course, there are some important differences.

One, the Gongman banged a paper gong. Roger's is the real deal.

Second, the Gongman was "a super-heavyweight freestyle wrestling champion who took Olympic bronze in the 1952 Melbourne games, fourth place in 1956 and a Commonwealth gold and bronze in 1954 and 1950 respectively." Roger only looked like one 😏

They were both "prolific film extra[s]" though.

*There were three other gongmen before him: Carl Dane, Billy Wells, and Phil Nieman.

Source

(Big Thank You to @guiltypleasurefandomface for pointing me in the right direction and digging up the article!)