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    Hey all! I was downloading one of my fav Songs, Eric Clapton - It's in the way that you use it (In those Days I liked to think of me as Cruise, these Days- I'm into Newman's part LOL )... and came to me the idea of Sir Eric... Is he? I know we have Sir Elton, Sir Paul, Sir John Lennon right? How many are already? Are Harrison, Starkey, Clapton, Page, Gilmour, Mercury, May in the Club?

    And main: In the USA, What should they name Don, Joe, Glenn?
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    Um How about Bedwarmers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by thelongrun View Post
    Hey all! I was downloading one of my fav Songs, Eric Clapton - It's in the way that you use it (In those Days I liked to think of me as Cruise, these Days- I'm into Newman's part LOL )... and came to me the idea of Sir Eric... Is he? I know we have Sir Elton, Sir Paul, Sir John Lennon right? How many are already? Are Harrison, Starkey, Clapton, Page, Gilmour, Mercury, May in the Club?

    And main: In the USA, What should they name Don, Joe, Glenn?
    Chiefs?
    Eric has a CBE. He isn't knighted and the late John Lennon and George Harrison were not knighted. I believe Brian May has a CBE, the same as Robert Plant, who was given one this year. Mick Jagger has a knighthood. Gilmour has a CBE. Sting has a CBE. Jimmy Page has an OBE. Bono, who is an Irish citizen, has an honorary knighthood. A lot of British rock stars tend to be given honorary degrees from universities in lieu of being given 'honours'. Mark Knopfler has one from the University of Sunderland and I think Page has one from Sussex.

    Perhaps someone from the United States could fill us in on anything the Eagles could be awarded. I know that Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend were recent recipients of Kennedy Centre honours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EagleLady View Post
    Um How about Bedwarmers?

    ooh EL thats a good one hehe


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    Thanks Mel I thought so too

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    FP--I'm slow Can you tell me what all those initials mean? This is a really interesting topic to me. I would love to hear more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TimothyBFan View Post
    FP--I'm slow Can you tell me what all those initials mean? This is a really interesting topic to me. I would love to hear more.
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    Default Re: No Sirs?

    I'm not familiar with all those terms that FP mentioned either. However, I do know that we have no equivalent of British knighthood here in the U.S. since we do not have a royal family. We do have various citizenship and honorary awards and medals that can be presented by Congress or the President, but none of these are accompanied by a title such as "sir" or "dame".

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    I should have spelt it out in detail.

    There are several grades of knighthoods. The most basic one, which rock stars would be given, is KB, Knight Bachelor. There are also various orders of knighthood, such as the Garter, Bath and Thistle (for Scotland). If you are a knight or a dame you are 'sir' or 'dame' as Dreamer said.

    For our purposes after knighthoods comes CBE (Commander of the British Empire), OBE (Order of the British Empire) and MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire). The Beatles were given MBES, and that is what Ringo Starr is. You can't 'call' yourself anything with these honours. You just have the letters after your name and the ribbon or medal designating the honour.

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    Thanks FP--very interesting stuff. I wonder if there is a list somewhere of all those honours and who has received them.


    This is a great topic in my opinion, very interesting. Thanks tlr, for bringing it up.
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