Cold Play.

[rionaleonhart]

Why is everyone on hiatus? My Friends page has been terribly quiet lately. Come back to me, people! Real life doesn't deserve you.

But Top Gear of the Pops! Oh my God, hearts.

Of course, the fact that it's after the watershed means that Jeremy can shout "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?" This somehow suits him.

Jeremy looked so utterly, adorably terrified during the drumming. SERIOUSLY, JEREMY CLARKSON, HOW ON EARTH CAN YOU BE SO UNBEARABLY CUTE? And he serenaded an audience member! (Jeremy Clarkson cannot sing, but this does not change the fact that he needs to sing so much more.) And he ruined everything, and I love him.

Hammond spent an awful lot of a song about oh-God-what-have-I-got-myself-into love gazing adoringly at Jeremy. And by 'adoringly' I mean 'in amusement, probably hoping that he would drop his drumsticks again'. Regardless: hee! (I am a bit upset that I sort of missed the bass-fingering everyone is talking about because I was so busy thinking 'honestly, Hammond, can't you keep your eyes off Clarkson for a second?' and also 'JEREMY IS THE CUTEST EVER'.)

Hammond's enthusiastic grin while operating the wind machine was absolutely adorable, and I loved that they just couldn't keep cars out of the News. And the pink bra on Jeremy's drumkit! I didn't actually notice it while watching, but it's just good to know it was there.

And, finally, I would like to reiterate that Jeremy was insanely cute when he was desperately counting. Because he was.

Comments

[anazri.livejournal.com]

Richard was looking at Jeremy to keep him on-time/bring him in in the right places

HE WAS SO UNBEARABLY CUTE.

[rionaleonhart]

Your reasonable explanations have no place here.

HE WAS. I cannot express how much I want to give him a hug.

[anazri.livejournal.com]

Just - the counting, and the embarassed look and he SANG. I want to be serenaded by a 6ft middleaged yob.

[denorios.livejournal.com]

I am desperately in love with each and every one of them. I wanted to hug my TV every time Jeremy was onscreen drumming he looked so utterly petrified!

[redscharlach.livejournal.com]

James/chicken forever!

[rionaleonhart]

If I weren't such a Jeremy/Top Gear Dog fan, I'd call you a lunatic.

[lo0o0ony-lauren.livejournal.com]

[insert crude cock joke here]

i hate myself

[gayjunglefever.livejournal.com]

Ahahah, ♥!

[lo0o0ony-lauren.livejournal.com]

LOL SPEED. You can detect a cock joke from fifty yards or something, apparently, and I am impressed.

♥!

[gayjunglefever.livejournal.com]

My true calling in life is clear at last! SCORE!

[rionaleonhart]

But we love you, you evil genius.

[lo0o0ony-lauren.livejournal.com]

Heeheehee.

(Am I a genius or am I a retard, etc. :D)

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

TG/Chicken!

[culf.livejournal.com]

James/chicken = James/Richard. Why, you ask?
Male Chicken = Cock
Cocks buy porsches.
Richard Hammond loves porsches, and owns one.
Richard Hammond = Cock.
Therefor James/chicken = James/Richard.

[twilit-wanderer.livejournal.com]

...They what?

... I want to see it! Argh!

[rionaleonhart]

You may have got the impression that they formed a band. They did. Richard on bass, Jeremy on drums, James on keyboard, Justin Hawkins (EXCUSE ME OBVIOUSLY IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE BOYS OR AT LEAST TOP GEAR DOG) on vocals. Jeremy has no sense of rhythm, and I do not care.

If a video upload shows up, I will, of course, link to that. For now, denorios has uploaded an mp3 of their performance over here.

[twilit-wanderer.livejournal.com]

What on Earth possessed them to do that?

NOT THAT I AM COMPLAINING. BECAUSE THE SOUND CLIP IS ♥ SO OBVIOUSLY THE ENTIRE THING IS EXTREMELY MORE SO! hee!

[rionaleonhart]

It was for Comic Relief, which I don't think you have in America; basically, a lot of celebrities make fools of themselves in an attempt to encourage the British public to donate to charity. Most of it is fairly dreadful; the Top Gear team, however, were, of course, marvellous.

Because she is wonderful, she's already got the performance video up.

[twilit-wanderer.livejournal.com]

Oh, glee!

No, I don't suppose we have that. Or if we do, I'm completely unaware of it, which I suppose is entirely possible, knowing how much I don't pay attention to most all the celebrities here.

[justspaz.livejournal.com]

We here have our own little section, inspired by your lovely organization. At random events, for big disasters or such, they hold TV specials (Last year, there was one for Hurricane Katrina which I did not watch except for a lovely clip of Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert banter, but alas.)

*has arrived completely late and/or unnecessarily for this thread*

[lakester.livejournal.com]

(EXCUSE ME OBVIOUSLY IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE BOYS OR AT LEAST TOP GEAR DOG)

They should have put the Stig on lead vocals. :nods:

[lakester.livejournal.com]

The shouting and unplugging of things. Preferring the sound of an engine revving to actual music.

James and the dove and the chicken. Jeremy trying to get smoke machine to work and then flapping at Richard when it wouldn't stop working was just aww.

Clarkson picking the song because he thought he might be able to play it (and not for any reason, oh no). Jeremy, you might find it a little easier to play the drums if you didn't keep looking off to your left so much (or maybe not, what do I know about drumming?). And James' piano not usually having this many buttons. They were just even more adorably incompetant than usual - and so not letting the fact that they didn't know their subject from stopping them having opinions.

[rionaleonhart]

Hee, I loved in when Clarkson barged in and unplugged things. And yes, the 'IT'S ALL GONE HORRIBLY WRONG' flailing!

and so not letting the fact that they didn't know their subject from stopping them having opinions.

Oh, yes. "BASEMENT JAXX ARE THE WORST BAND EVER. THIS IS A FACT."

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

HE WAS ACTUALLY GOING FOR THE MANUAL OF THE SMOKE MACHINE THING.

I never thought I'd see the day that JEREMY CLARKSON would consult a manual.

Also, not enough Adrian Edmondson being a loon.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

Also... TG OTP?

They ARE slashing themselves and they know all about internet acronyms!

[sashwizzled.livejournal.com]

... WHAT.

fhjgnfdeswbefgnfdesI DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. I HATE NOT HAVING TV. D:<

[moogle62.livejournal.com]

Jeremy can shout "WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?" This somehow suits him. - A LOT. IT SUITS HIM A LOT.

*calms down*

That was a piece of utter, utter genius.

[draegonhawke.livejournal.com]

Dear rionaleonhart. Today I was in Lincoln and my internet was crazy. Today I was kidnapped by transnomad and various series of Stagate and was never seen again. It was the best week ever.

By which I mean that Stargate: Atlantis is love, Stargate:SG-1 season 9 has me Very Dubious, people on both sides need to stop flashing back argh, and aside from my reflections on those not much has happened that's updateworthy, aside from things bein' pretty cool. How is life with you?

[newbie1990.livejournal.com]

It was brilliant. I was so very jealous of Serenaded Girl. I want Jeremy to serenade me *would probably have a heart attack and die if she even thought she saw Clarkson in the midst of a giant crowd, but still*. And he kept unplugging things and using completely the wrong names for bands, and they know nothing, nothing at all, and the yelling at each other about the awfulness of the song, and the mocking Jeremy about Glastonbury and his hair and the smoke completely obscuring the stage from view and having to be blown away by a giant fan and Jeremy being delightfully useless and dropping the drumsticks and looking terribly nervous and May's uselessness with the doves and then a chicken and Jeremy having to get Richard to help him with the smoke machine (ohgoddidthisactuallyhappenoramIjustmakingthingsup *makes total sense*) and yes, Hammond was grinning like a loon, a wondrous loon. What pink bra? I was distracted by the glorious performance. And yes, they kept exchanging loving glances and then occasionally looking at the camera worriedly in fear that it was capturing their love. It was nothing to do with amusement or keeping time. I abandon reason, because if it was not just me that noticed it then it must be true.

I updated. Boringly. As ever. Unless I am not on your f'list anymore...*runs frantically to check* Phew. And now that I have reminded you I am still on it, I won't be for much longer.

[rionaleonhart]

Yes! Er, unfortunately I would probably just faint if I were in the audience and he sang to me, which could mean I'd miss the rest of filming, alas.

There was a bra on one of Clarkson's cymbals at the end of the song. I just wish we could have seen his reaction to having underwear thrown at him.

And yes, they kept exchanging loving glances and then occasionally looking at the camera worriedly in fear that it was capturing their love.

Hee hee hee! Hammond's lingering gazes were lovely.

I did notice! I just didn't comment because, er, I try to avoid music memes on account of actually having the worst taste in music ever. Seriously, what do you expect from a person with 'My Shiny Teeth and Me' on her interests list? I am so spectacularly out of touch with music from after the 1970s that the only song on your list I've actually heard is 'Sunny Afternoon'.

[newbie1990.livejournal.com]

It could also mean that Jeremy would be terribly concerned and hug you.

How did I miss that? Oh, his reaction would have been priceless. It also means that other people appreciate the wonderfulness of Jeremy Clarkson!

They were a delight to witness. He did look worriedly at the camera and then Jeremy as if to say 'They've caught us, Jez!'

Also, icon of love.

Your music taste can't be that bad if you like The Kinks. And it means you cannot mock me for having dreadful taste in music because you have never heard any of the songs. Yippee!

[newbie1990.livejournal.com]

I am asking this here because here is where you have the icon...would you mind awfully if I stole it? Because:
a) It is the loveliest thing ever, and
b) I need Top Gear icons, and without a community, I cannot find any.

Would you mind terribly if I stole the summery OT3-ish Top Gear one too?

I realise I am an evil little thief, but I cannot make icons, and I am in desperate need of some Top Gear icons...

I will also be likely to steal the keywords to this one if I am allowed to steal it. It makes me want to cry. Their relationship is lovely. (They are all lovely.)

Anyway, I'll take my criminally-inclined self elsewhere if not.

[newbie1990.livejournal.com]

By 'steal', I do mean I will credit those you have listed...do I have to credit you also? I have no idea how these things work. (Oh, God, three sad Elliots in a row.)

[rionaleonhart]

The icon is definitely takeable; it was made by m_l_h and there are more by her over here. You can take the summery one with credit to ohforfeckssake, too. (Obviously, I don't need crediting; I had nothing to do with making them, after all.)

There are quite a lot of Top Gear icons over at tick_icon, if you're interested.

[newbie1990.livejournal.com]

Oh, hurrah for takeability!

I am terribly interested, but I only have six spaces left. I knew this would happen if I started looking for icons...

[rionaleonhart]

Oh, it's terrifying how quickly your icon space gets eaten. I've just realised that I have seventeen Top Gear-related icons, which is more than any sane person should (It's 'm_l_h' with a lowercase L, not an uppercase I, by the way.)

[newbie1990.livejournal.com]

I thought I wouldn't fall into the trap! But noo. Apparently I have. I want seventeen Top Gear icons! (Thank you! I was not aware of that.)

[twitchbell.livejournal.com]

LJ hates me. I tried three times yesterday to post a comment and it ate it each time. If this doesn't work, I'm going to have a tantrum.

And, finally, I would like to reiterate that Jeremy was insanely cute when he was desperately counting. Because he was.

Oh YES! Absolutely!

And did you hear Davina doing the links? When Chris Evans said we were going to see the TG boys as we'd never seen them before, she chipped in brightly with, "What? Naked?!" I like your style, Davina! (Something I never thought I'd say).

Did you see Comic Relief does the Apprentice? I notice in the Digital Spy forums that someone's commented that Piers Morgan looked like "a reanimated corpse"!! Zombie!Piers lives!!

Next time, I think our lads should do The Apprentice. Can you imagine the look on Sir Alan's face as Jeremy, James and Richard attempt to justify the usual complete cock-up by blaming each other? It would make brilliant TV!

I have been away from the internets because I have been ill. And then when I wasn't - horribly - ill still, I had RL to catch up on. Unlike twilit wanderer, I didn't have a creature inside my skull (that sounds horrid - poor you). I had the flu-virus-thingy-from-hell. The cough has lasted nearly two months. It's at its worse when I laugh. Can you begin to imagine how difficult I found it attempting to watch TG?! I sounded like I was about to expire.

Anyway, I'm sort of cured. I'm sort of up-to-date with real life. I can get back to LJ. If it'll let me!!

[rionaleonhart]

Hello; I've missed you! (In your absence, I've, er, written quite a bit of total crackfic, if you're interested.)

When Chris Evans said we were going to see the TG boys as we'd never seen them before, she chipped in brightly with, "What? Naked?!"

I DID NOT SEE THIS, BUT I APPROVE OF THIS IDEA A LOT. I didn't see The Apprentice (in fact, I've never seen it), either, which is just as well, really, because I don't need Zombie!Piers stumbling out of his grave to harass me again.

I'm glad you're feeling better!

[twitchbell.livejournal.com]

I didn't see The Apprentice (in fact, I've never seen it), either, which is just as well, really, because I don't need Zombie!Piers stumbling out of his grave to harass me again.

But zombie!Piers got fired by Sir Alan Sugar - it was brilliant!! Especially when Alisatir Campbell said "What? Again?!"

I have looked briefly at TGS, then gone away for a lie-down and a whimper because THERE IS TOO MUCH TO READ!! However, I adore your crack!fic, so I'll be hunting that down first off.

[rionaleonhart]

Hee, thank you! I shall assist in your hunting-down:

A Richard/James fic that is actually not on crack, good Lord.

Then, erm, the crackfic: Assassin!AU, Pokémon crossover, genderswap and bodyswap. Yes. IN MY DEFENCE, THE LAST TWO WERE RESPONSES TO CHALLENGES.

(Also, I'd like to recommend dracothelizard's genderswap and bodyswap fics, because the first is hilarious and the second manages to make Jeremy/Top Gear Dog, of all pairings, utterly adorable.)

[twitchbell.livejournal.com]

I think I've now found (and commented on) all the crack!fic mentioned - thanks for the links. When you've been ill, there's nothing like crack!fic to trigger a relapse make you feel better. :)

[nano_moose]

I am not on hiatus. I'm in Vietnam. There's a difference! This one involves lots more tiny polite Asian people.

Top Gear is on in Australia. I just found this out, right when I'm not in Australia. Whoo.