Are we over emotional ?

I agree it was a bit ott. But not "emotional" at all, at least not in the hand-wringing, wet-eyed sense.

It seems to be over and done with now, at least. There will no doubt be some coverage of the funeral. But I think a lot of the coverage is down to available air time, producers being contemporaries of Bowie, combined with a good dose of pride in an exceptional artist and entertainer whose career spanned forty or so years.

And I think music DOES touch people. It does me, anyway..

Oh! I think I understand. It should have been a new paragraph.

It's clear now.

Oh how I agree. Couldn't believe that BBC Breakfast was almost completely dedicated to re-running the same quotes and footage ad nauseum. And again on the lunchtime, evening and 10 o'clock news. Very sad for his family and friends but surely not for the rest of the world who didn't know him personally. (From a BBC insider, up to this morning they had received over 600 complaints regarding their coverage of the event.)

I only want to understand your sentence tigger.

tigger M0nica treated Jings comment in a light hearted manner , so why are you getting aerated about it?

Elvis Presley died in 1977 (on my 17th birthday) and back then the world was a much smaller place. The internet didn't exist for us and our news was far less world focussed than now. Social media didn't exist. You can't compare something like this with something that happened nearly 40 years ago. The truth is we don't know the extent of public reaction to many things in Britain, let alone the rest of the world. External reporters were much more limited in our news nightly reports because the technology used now didn't exist. In deed we didn't have dedicated news channels at all.

It's a different world, that's all.

Oh dear, there you go again jinglebellfrocks, Be careful about taking on the role of grammar police it can come back and bite you on the bum.

A bit of punctuation in your last sentence might be helpful.

Do you really think I can remember what has been said on threads days after I have read them? Or who said what? #ageingbrain

Yes, I read books. I do prefer 'page turners' though.

As for the rest of your strange post, I haven't a clue what you are talking about.

Don't you read books then jinglebellfrocks. Think you're just having a go at Monica because of her post on a previous thread. `and Anniebach/Imperfect27 for news presenters repeating the same old/same old gruesome stuff the natural consequences of ill health of a rock star might actually be a welcome diversion.

Did you actually count my posts on this thread?! Wow! Dedication or what?

Well tigger perhaps short posts are more likely to get read. I rarely wade through reams of print.

I imagine there are those who are genuinely devastated.

There are many people, of our age, who hero-worship celebrities e.g. Cliff Richard, follow them around the country, attend conventions every year for the past 50, fill the house with memorabilia, etc.

It's much more than appreciating the music - more like an obsession.

Florence, exactly!

How can a death and funeral be a welcome diversion ?

David Bowie meant a lot of things to a lot of people. He wasn't to everyone's taste. Yes,it's sad he has died but life goes on. I just wonder how people are "devastated" at the death of a pop singer they didn't know. What emotions are left for them when close family and friends die.

It reached the apex with the death of Diana, but I think it was there long before then.

It's an 'ooh, isn't it awful' thing.

I totally agree graninthemist, as my mum would say if all of this emotion existed years ago we would never have won the war. I think the media, as usual, hype it all up. Tributes are fine but it's all so OTT. Do you remember when Michael Jackson died it went on and on and on.

I remember when Elvis died, it was front page news for about 24 hours and that was it apart from footage of his funeral. But perhaps for the media it is a welcome diversion from all of the grot around at the moment. For instance I cannot bear to look at pictures of those starving children in Syria and there is nothing we, the public, can do because even if we threw money at the situation, food would not get through to those who need it most.

Being over emotional is the British way, it's not a new thing ( as another poster mentions Valentino) I think a lot of people ( not all) actually enjoy it.

Yes, way too emotional. He was a pop star and was making himself wealthy, not exactly Mother Theresa. I did not particularly like his style of singing but DD did when she was young, she did win a talent contest playing the piano and singing one of his songs. I am not comfortable with old men trying to stay in the pop business long after they should have retired to their fireside chair.

I think my initial reaction to the death of a famous person is often surprise, especially if we didn't know they were ill, and, of course, it's sad when anyone dies, but I don't understand all the weeping and wailing and beating of breasts. Makes me wonder how we ever got through two world wars. I think the video is dreadful, in the true sense of the word, and I can't bear to watch it.

Well jinglebellfrocks I think your seventeen posts = Monica's longish one. What's wrong with long posts?

Far too much coverage about the death of one person. Regarding people buying bunches of flowers as a tribute, this money could have been used for a charity to help the starving people in Syria. The florists are benefitting. I cannot remember this custom happening years ago.

Elvis is still worshipped by some fanatics, but was there this outburst of emotion when he died? I can't remember the media being so preoccupied.