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Palace Award for Rock Star Daltrey
The Scotsman ^ | 2.9.2005 | Laura Elston

Posted on 02/09/2005 8:23:33 AM PST by NYC GOP Chick

12:44pm (UK)

Palace Award for Rock Star Daltrey



By Laura Elston, PA Deputy Court Correspondent


He may have been accepted by the “Establishment”, but rock star Roger Daltrey insisted today that The Who’s songs were not quite the Queen’s cup of tea.

The 60-year-old lead singer said the monarch would have “fallen off her podium” if his rebellious 60s anthem My Generation had been blasted out at Buckingham Palace while he collected his CBE.

Daltrey said afterwards: “She said I got this for my music as well as charity work but I don’t think she’s a rock and roll fan.

“She’d probably fall off her podium if she heard The Who’s songs.

“A good blast of My Generation would go down quite well now.”

He said his award was “something to remember” adding: “I still have criticisms of the Establishment but the Queen is an exceptional woman. I think she’s amazing.

“You can criticise the Establishment but you can’t criticise the Queen.”

The experienced performer was racked with stage fright during the investiture.


“It’s nerve-racking. That’s why I prefer being in a group,” he admitted.

Dressed in a black pinstriped suit and light blue tie, Daltrey, wearing frameless glasses, said: “I’ve only got one suit. I bought another one for this but it turned out awful.

“I’m not a dressing-up person. I’m not that at all. Only very special occasions get me in a bloody suit, I tell you.”

He was awarded his CBE for services to music, the entertainment industry and charity.

Daltrey is patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust and has raised more than £2 million for the charity by organising concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.

He added: “I didn’t expect to get this. None of us work alone so I accept this for those that don’t get anything.


“I know there are criticisms of the honours system but there would be of any honours. I am very honoured.”

Daltrey, from Burwash in East Sussex, and guitarist Pete Townshend are the only surviving members of The Who.

Drummer Keith Moon died in 1978 and bassist John Entwistle died in 2002 on the eve of a US tour.

Daltrey and Townshend met at school in west London and formed a band together called The Detours.

The Who were formed in 1964 and were one of the decade’s biggest rock bands.

They stormed the music scene in 1965 with I Can’t Explain and went on to have a string of hits, including Substitute, I’m A Boy, Happy Jack, Pictures Of Lily, I Can See For Miles, Pinball Wizard and Won’t Get Fooled Again.


Linked to the 1960s Mod fashion craze and Pop Art, they adopted patriotic Union Jack graphics.

Despite reaching number two in the charts with My Generation and I’m A Boy, The Who never achieved a UK number one single.

But their forte was album sales and breaking box office records, as well as their stage equipment, with Townshend, like rock legend Jimi Hendrix, smashing his guitar into the amplifiers.

Renowned for their live performances, The Who found fame in the US and played both the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969.

Townshend created the rock operas Quadrophenia and Tommy, and Daltrey took the starring role when Tommy was made into a film.

The Who split in 1983 but have embarked on several reunion tours.


Daltrey also had a solo career and has continued to act.

A new Who album, Who2, is planned and will be the band’s first studio recording in 23 years.

Daltrey said: “It’s going very well. Once you’re in there it all comes back to you. It’s going to be a good album but it’s early days.” He was giving nothing away as to when it would be released “It’ll be ready when it’s finished,” he joked.

He was accompanied by wife Heather, sister Gillian and six-year-old granddaughter Lily.

Daltrey later said his award was “something to remember”.

He added: “I still have criticisms of the Establishment but the Queen is an exceptional woman. I think she’s amazing.


“You can criticise the Establishment but you can’t criticise the Queen.”


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Roger Daltrey and grand-daughter Lily
Roger Daltrey posed with his six-year-old grand-daughter Lily

1 posted on 02/09/2005 8:23:33 AM PST by NYC GOP Chick
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To: lavrenti; hellinahandcart; sauropod; cyborg; Clemenza; Oschisms; NYCVirago; Gabz; ...

Anyone want more photos? ;D


2 posted on 02/09/2005 8:24:21 AM PST by NYC GOP Chick (www.Hillary-Watch.org)
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Hmm.. he's gonna have his hands full later on, 'specially when she asks to borrow the car.


3 posted on 02/09/2005 8:25:31 AM PST by Darksheare (Red Sun rising, Drown without inhaling. Within, the dark holds hard. Higher than hope my cure lies.)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

Heh. That's a good pic. An anti-establishment rebel rocker...posing in a suit with his Granddaughter. :)


4 posted on 02/09/2005 8:25:41 AM PST by TheBigB (Supporters of illegal immigrants are traitors to the United States of America.)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

He isn't aging well, is he?


5 posted on 02/09/2005 8:26:54 AM PST by MTD
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Pictures of Lily?


6 posted on 02/09/2005 8:27:52 AM PST by MichiganCheese (God Bless the Norwoods. Thank you for your fine son.)
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The Who Rocks!!!!


7 posted on 02/09/2005 8:29:06 AM PST by henkster
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The Who were the best live rock band, bar none! Roger was always the classiest of the group. Man, what a singing voice he has.


8 posted on 02/09/2005 8:30:59 AM PST by MichiganCheese (God Bless the Norwoods. Thank you for your fine son.)
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He isn't aging well, is he?

For 60 years, I think he looks pretty good (in the photo with his daughter).

9 posted on 02/09/2005 8:31:20 AM PST by marvlus (t)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

60? Granddaughter?? DAMN!! Those 40 years went by pretty quick! (And yes please, more pics!!)


10 posted on 02/09/2005 8:32:25 AM PST by LibFreeOrDie (How do you spell dynasty? P-A-T-R-I-O-T-S!)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
Looks 40 or so in that pic.


11 posted on 02/09/2005 8:32:43 AM PST by Viking2002 (Let's get the Insurrection started, already..............)
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He isn't aging well, is he?

Au contraire! Considering all the hard living he's done, I hope *I* look so good when I'm 60.

13 posted on 02/09/2005 8:35:05 AM PST by martin_fierro (Holder of an M.A. Degree in The Obvious)
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Daltrey, from Burwash in East Sussex, and guitarist Pete Townshend are the only surviving members of The Who.

Is Kenny Jones dead?

14 posted on 02/09/2005 8:35:21 AM PST by frogjerk
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Roger Daltrey posed with his six-year-old grand-daughter Lily

cute pic for a former headbanger - kind of puts everything into perspective

16 posted on 02/09/2005 8:50:30 AM PST by Revelation 911
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Huh? He's almost 61, but I don't think he looks it.


17 posted on 02/09/2005 8:55:58 AM PST by NYC GOP Chick (www.Hillary-Watch.org)
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Just what I was thinking! :D


18 posted on 02/09/2005 8:56:21 AM PST by NYC GOP Chick (www.Hillary-Watch.org)
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Definitely! We've gone to see them at Madison Square Garden in '02 and last year, and Roger's voice is still *amazing*. Very strong.

Much of what's on my iPod is Who stuff. :D


19 posted on 02/09/2005 8:57:44 AM PST by NYC GOP Chick (www.Hillary-Watch.org)
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Keith Moon and John Entwhistle are I believe.


20 posted on 02/09/2005 9:02:11 AM PST by Dan from Michigan (Republican Party Reptile)
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