From Digital Spy:
David Beckham has slammed the decision to leave Sir Paul McCartney out of the Olympics opening ceremony. McCartney was missed out of the line-up last month after film director Dannie Boyle did not pick him as one of the musicians aged over 60. Former England football captain Beckham has urged Boyle to have a list-minute rethink and include McCartney on stage.
"He's a national treasure. I would've thought McCartney would be first choice because of his huge contribution to British music," Beckham told Shortlist. "But some idiot decided otherwise. I feel a bit sorry for the three over 60s, because we're going to be looking at them and saying, 'That should've been McCartney'. He's a national treasure, a crowd-puller."
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2 comments:
Great, let's dig up Lennon too.
The very good reason for not picking Beckham is that England has to move on from that era.
England (led by the media) has a history of basing the success of the team around 1 high-profile player (in the 70s, Keegan, in the 90s, Gazza). Managers are put under pressure to pick them long after they are successful.
Fact is that Beckham didn't do a lot in the last two world cups. He's been a bigger media star than a football star for the past 10 years.
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