He's knockin' on heaven's door!
“He has the voice of an angel” is a cliché batted around far too often. Only three actual male singers in modern human history have actually had a “voice of an angel.” Sam Cooke, Morrissey and Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson just had his angel card pulled which leaves just two. Sam Cooke’s is also in real jeopardy if we’re all being frank.
And so the possible reveal of a replacement second/third has left social media atwitter, if you’ll forgive the pun.
Enter Michael Eugene Fanning crooning Bob Dylan classic Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door. (watch on BeachGrit’s fabulous Instagram account!)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwAxDJ6DbfT/
It was, of course, Axel Rose of Guns n’ Roses who made the song truly famous but Mick eclipses them both with a singular delivery, an élan that whispers greatness.
Oh how we need a star male singer. Michael Buble bubbles for old people. Adam Levine is an utter embarrassment. Those Chainsmokers will soon develop throat cancer a al Sammy Davis Jr. if they’re not careful.
A giant dark hole.
The saddest time in star male singing history until the Quiksilver Pro rolled into Duranbah and…
…Wham*.
The cat is officially out of the bag.
Mick Fanning climbing the charts.
Mick Fanning writing poetry with his tongue.
I know people think Mick and I have an adversarial relationship and they may be right. Mick might hate me but I love him. It’s why I half dedicated a book to “My Michael Eugene Fanning.” (Buy here!)
Who else drinks beer from the bottom of a shoe and puts on the best live performance in professional surfing history, shaming Tom Curren, Peter King, Kelly Slater and all those who have tried and failed?
The voice of an angel.
He’s got it and we can only guess that his time in the recording studio made surfing funny heats an absolute impossibility.
In my heart of hearts I hope not true, though. Surfing needs this version of Mick Fanning now more than ever and I mean that in utmost sincerety.
*George Michael probably also has the “voice of an angel” if we’re all honest.
Wow.
This is what happens when Australians, nay SURFERS in general, venture into the realm of funk. Surfing is a lot of things but it sure is not funky. I guess that’s why surfers are such culture vultures.
The bar TVs must have been playing clips of Mic surfing, that’s why he fell asleep.
Bla Bla bla
Morrissey is now a racist cunt. too bad.
are you a cultural moron?
axel made “Knockin on Heavens Door” famous?
I have just come in from the cold and “ taken off my jacket “ . How’s the dawg goin ?
Wasn’t that a bob dillon song?
If someone with the balance of Mick Fucking Fanning can’t stay on his feet and can’t get up?
Dylan…. my bad.
JOB would put a camera on the mike so we could look up his nose while he sings.
And then I said, goonigooogo
Your wifes a bigfoot Gus!
Heart on sleeve
just another retired male pro that cant let go of the limelight how very very sad.
He is a retired competitor but still a very highly paid male pro surfer doing his job by remaining in the limelight ( for better or worse ) .
Aw, I’m just envious that I can’t get shit-faced, with a license to act stupid, and bellow gibberish to my mates.
you forgot to add “and get paid”
Surely that does make you worthy of being envious
I think just having the freedom to get ethanol-retarded a few times a year does wonders for the psyche.
When you do it every single night, in a ‘hilarious’ party of one, to the detriment of others, is far far down the road of addiction cuntardry.
Know Thyself .This assertion, imperative in the form, indicates that man must stand and live according his nature. Enjoy the ride CB …… along your path .
Cheers. You too sir.
Gold
Hola que tal ? San Esteban Patricio Morrisey .
As Jimmy The Saint enlightened us , so goes the luck of the Irish ?
He was the only Australian Surfer on the Podium at the Quik Pro , so that’s nice ? Might be different if the Australian surfers competing got a slice of the money which is currently going to those who did compete but are now only singing or coaching or commentating ?
Hahahahar – stir it, Bicko !
World Spin League. Est. 2015
As an outside observer, Australians are on the beach with their friends from Brazil , in the commentary box with their friends from America and South Africa , in the Competitors area coaching their athletes from all over the world , singing on stage at events but less and less in heats . Big man Wade did good ( no thanks to quikbongrip ) and tail busting Sally made the semis ( no thanks to ripquikbong ) and thankfully the patron of Australian Surfing , Bob Hurley , gave Reef H a Hurley T-shirt …….
According to Mick, he’s at his best with 3 beers in him. And GNR sucks ass.
Great Northern Railway?
How very dare you combine two of Byron Towns greatest monuments?
I was only aware of one Byron Towns monument. Is there another?
The Railway and The Great Northern Hotels. As good as monuments get. Just needed the Top Pub for the Holy Trinity.
Moz is such a legend but I’ll leave this here for any Smiths fan or Moz hater alike. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Blacksmiths ! Would make a nice little T-shirt for the little beach at southern end of Newcastle !
lol this shirt is too powerful, Blackies is about as limpwristed as a Morrissey slap
Would it be OK if I wore it around the corner in the Channel at Grannies’ Hole ?
Just had an after thought. Now that Blacksmiths has a T-shirt and Read Head has matches what the hell will those from Dicks On Park and Knobbies get ?
Budgie Smugglers?
Great answer CB ! May I add KY Jelly for the young and Viagra for the young at heart ?
You know if Tony Abbott was still running this country you would be referring to Mick now as Sir Mick.He should be knighted and deservedly so.
A great Australian, a man of the people and the peoples champ. Seeing Mick doing his thing well into the night on what I would wager started out as a casual Sunday Sesh is part of what makes Australia the greatest country on earth.
Onya Mick ya bloody legend.
PS. Thank fuck he wasnt singing Khe Sanh . Thats just a step to far even if it is Mick.
Oh I completely agree.
Onya Tony!
The Queen is Dead ( not yet but ) and The Abbot ( The Vicar in a Tutu or boardshorts ) will follow ……anyway I just ASKed Morrissey and he replied ;
If it’s not love
Then it’s the bomb
Then it’s the bomb
That will bring us together.
Let’s hope it’s love and open arms and not boarder patrols and bombs .
Why they wanna come here anyway.?
Or the states?
I thought it was shit here?
Why dont you pick on other countries they running from,ay,ay
Never a bad word for them
You wanna turn everywhere into the lowest common denominator?
Picking on the countries they are running away from is usually the work of our Governments Agents and Agencies …….
Must be an election coming if we as nations of immigrants are being told that immigrants are the enemy ?
Thatll do me
Youre a nice bloke and all but youre a manace to society
As-salāmu ʿalaykum .
Moz chimes in, a few hours late to this party, but singing angelically as ever . . .
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
I spose tony is to blame for bruneis islamic hatred of the gay man
The Sultan don’t Surf ! If he did he may find harmony with the universe and not be afraid of men poncing on water ?
Yeah well a lot of the so called legends coming here are down with that Sharia law shit.
Fuckin disgraceful and anyone who supports them need a good whipping
He should meet the Sultan of Oman. Lots to talk about.
Weak
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65000 a year is pretty fucken good, whats your problem?
Capitalism relies on growth . Though I have no pecuniary interest in Australia , I would have thought that more people equals more growth ? Ps I have no problem with love but not a big fan of hate ……. as I watch Morning of the Earth slipping away . Good luck with the party and be nice when you get elected and ban foils , please .
Growth with people who dont wanna whip you for sucking on a tinny or a dick hopefully
I spent a month in Egypt about 25 years ago and felt very comfortable surrounded by millions of people you appear to be afraid of .I am much more concerned by what will happen to us in the future concerning our relationship with Artificial Intelligence and Global Climate Change more so than any cultural or religious group .
Afraid?, no, sickened.
I support women and minorities
Have you thought about a career on Radio ? With Alan and Ray in conflict , now is a time of great opportunity for a new populist voice ?
I noticed you didnt settle in Egypt.oh yeah they wont let ya
You chose the whitest country on earth.
Its all good mate , let em alll come no docs required
Ill buy some kneepads and make my missus cover up.
Mate she is gonna be be pissed, cause shes a show off
Ill never understand the left with their pro women pro gay and pro people who balatantly oppose that
No more absurd than the marriage of Christianity and Consumerism ?
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
But stil, thats what youve chosen to be a part of
My wife likes showing off too. She looked great on public beaches in the Middle East wearing an Aussie flag bikini, (where she could wear it without being associated with a Redneck Wonderland).
Can’t be arsed to continue this pointless discussion, however, assume I strongly oppose your views based on my actual experiences, rather than potential fear of approaching boogeymen.
Must be nice in noosa
Can’t get near the beach in Noosa mate. Too many southern immigrants…
If u don’t see a problem with Sharia, who’s the red neck?
I do have a problem with Sharia, where it is not b=voted for and imposed upon a population. Can’t see that happening here, despite the best fear-mongering Pauline can buy from the NRA. What happened to the Asians on the container ships? It’s paranoid rambling of the tinfoil hat disorder.
Cool
I’ll stick with God
You stick with allah
And we’ll share a few prophets
There ain’t no god. No buts.
Living in the ME for 5 years brought me to the conclusion that the Abrahamic religions are justified from the point of view that if that was your lot on Earth, you would have to believe that there was something amazingly better when you carked it.
I’ve lived and worked in Brasil Hong Kong and UK so I’m also not a stanger to foreign culture.. I have no problem with an individual of any kind.
I hope you are the one that is right, not me.
The games rules will soon be voted on and on my end the result will be fully respected, if not supported.
You know the left needs the right and vice versa
The results when one is removed are horrific
You might be right. I might be crazy. But I just might be the lunatic you’re looking for.
Cant stand em
We could do a podcast
You know
Yin and yang type thing
Like dave and cha cha
Asimovs books on the future of humanity might ease your concern. Great body of work
9-10 years living in Muslim countries.Mostly with a family. The most threatened I felt was on holiday back in Australia visiting a place we wouldn’t normally go anywhere near but were visiting brother in law. Stopped at bakery to get a pie and were confronted with heavily tattooed ape, (as in face to toe), wearing a blatantly racist anti-Islamic shirt. My son, (9yrs old), says after ape walked out “what was his problem?” The fact his best friend at the time was an Emirati kid called Faisul, might have something to do with that.
Have been at political rallies in Java, with thousands of people thronging around and never felt any ‘potential’ for violence as opposed to a trip to a game of footy or going to see a band.
*Trigger statement. Be warned*
Might be the alcohol thing. Just saying…
Good on you son of Pie .
Love Surfing
Hate Racism .
later on, he sang one in a million.