HolyMoly – Which singer from a huge pop/rock beat combo spends the majority of his interview time selling his religious, clean living, happily-married lifestyle. This is becoming quite amusing to the person who has to sort out his gargantuan ‘fruit and flowers’ bill. He calls his drugs batfood apparently. Can anybody tell me why? I’m quite naive you see.
George Michael
Pete Wentz – just a guess, but he seems the type.
rob thomas
No wait, Brandon Flowers.
That is an excellent guess! He’s a mormon and claims to have given up drinking/drugs etc when his wife got pregnant.
…plus that’s the only way I can work ‘Flowers’ into the blind!
That fruit looks delicious …
I agree. My fruit bowl never looks that good!
I’m confused by this. I feel like I might need some more drug experience to understand what the writer is trying to get at. Any help?
Can’t help with the drug experience, but I think that the writer is saying the singer is covering up his illicit drug use by labeling the costs as “fruit” and “flowers”.
Yeah, Urban Dictionary lists it as expenses for a band’s tour/show after parties. Code for drugs or prostitutes.
ahhhh…I see, thanks for the help fellow BGers!
What I’m trying to figure is, if the photo shows fruit, are we talking about a closeted religious clean living freak?
Brandon Flowers ftw.
“Fruit and flowers” sounds like it might be rhyming Cockney slang. But, I am stumped for a drug term that rhymes with flowers. The “batfood” could be a reference to the belief that most bats suck blood. And without blood, one cannot live. So, “batfood” would be a something he can’t live without. But, I could be wrong.
actually, more bats eat fruit than eat blood. So if fruit is the code for drug expenses, then I could see calling it bat food.
I agree with the Brandon Flowers guess.
No, when you do your expense report, you have to put all your expenses in different categories or different accounts, you can’t have a “miscellaneous” because the IRS doesn’t like that and you need to sort things because of taxes etc. So when you have expenses that won’t look good if someone goes over your books, like drugs, you call them something innocuous like “Fruit and flowers”
Chris Martin
I thought that, but then he doesn’t do that many interviews (unless I’ve just slept through them all – !)
I would say Ozzy! He is always wearing a cross and swears that he is clean! Plus bat..come on now…everyone knows about that
The bat reference made me think of him, too.
But then, the “clean-living” made me think of Sting. Alas I have no clue.
yes, thats right black sabbath is a famous pop rock beat combo!!
i hesitate between chris martin and brandon flowers
Stephen Baldwin? That’s why he’s bankrupt! Too many fruits and flowers!
He sings??
I sit a clue in ‘Can somebody tell me why. I’m quite naive you see’. The wording seems contrived. Maybe lyrics from a song or a line from a movie or something?
The Killers have that song “Somebody Told Me” but I can’t think of what the “naive” comment could be referring to…
I meant is it
Totally Chris Martin.
Somebody told me this one is about Brandon Flowers; The Killers are huge in the UK and he has mentioned in several interviews that he gave up his partying ways after when his wife was pregnant. Also looking pretty strung out lately
Hope it’s not BFlow : (
Well, we know it can’t be MJ?
Jason Mraz..he owns an avocado farm in CA. He just did an interview on CNN extolling his healthy lifestyle as a vegan. FTW.
“from a huge pop/rock beat combo”. He has a large band he plays with but I’m certain he would be considered a solo artist.
I’m not really shocked that this points to Brandon Flowers, but what does shock me is that he has a wife. He always struck me as having a case of the gays.
I concur!
totally. but he’s a major d*bag in such a HUGE way, i hope this ishim. that smug little pile of crap. everything he says i find offensive
bono.
Totally Dave Matthews. He pretends he’s all content with the daddy role, meanwhile he sleeps around on tour.
I thought Bono – “bat” being a reference to the U2 Batman song…
Definitely Brandon Flowers.
I don’t really have a strong guess, just a few observations. When I hear the word “combo” I think of several different, yet equally famous artists comprising a band.
“He calls his drugs batfood apparently. Can anybody tell me why? I’m quite naive you see.” The term “batfood” seems rather loaded/contrived, and I think the last sentences are clearly reference to lyrics. While I can see how Brandon Flowers of the Killers fits (with a sledge hammer) based on the “Can anybody tell me?” clue, I have a hard time reconciling him with the other two clues . . . Hmmm . . .
Totally late in the game on this one…but I thought the same thing when I read “combo” rather just saying “a band”. The first person that popped into my head was Taylor Hansen who’s in that new “combo” Tinted Windows or something. Religious, married, clean-living….totally him!
I hope it’s not BF, I like his pretty face
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/sep/24/popandrock.killers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/18/killers-brandon-flowers-interview
I think some are referring to these. My husband loves the band, but always felt he was coked up…Who knows??? Could be.
I really hope this isn’t BF. I love love love love love love love love LOVE him!!!!
BF’s wife is pregnant with her 2nd child. This would suck if its true.
Pete Wentz’s company Clandestine Industries has a bat for a logo… And he used to be pretty straight edge but know drinks I think?
Did anyone see the KILLERS perform at Little Noises in the UK. BF was totally tweeking and showing mega BOX up front. I think he’s just waiting to burst open that closet door!
What do you mean tweeking and showing mega box upfront? I hope it isn’t BF.
Didee, I’m glad you asked, because I was feeling all elderly (34 in a week) for not knowing what “a mega box upfront” meant.
Not sure we are ever going to find out now….. help anyone? x
Joel Madden?
I have looked at the song online and I still am not sure what tweeking means but I think the mega box upfront means… well, lets just say those trousers are very, very tight….yum! *cold shower*