Tomorrow Keith Moons would have been a 79th birthday. The drummer of the WHO is not only because of his music, but also because of one of the most famous stories of Rock reminds the claim that he drove a Rolls-Royce into a swimming pool. Whether it actually happened or not, the picture became legend.
In order to mark the 100th anniversary of the Phantom, Rolls-Royce recreated the scene. A retired phantom shell was in Plymouth, an Art -deco Pool with its own music history, in the Tinside -Lido -the Beatles were photographed there in 1967 while filming Magical Mystery Tour.
Phantom and music icons
The phantom was bound to musicians from his earliest days. Jazz greats like Duke Ellington and Count Basie traveled in Rolls-Royces and put a precedent later, followed by rock and pop icons.
- Marlene Dietrich came to Hollywood in 1930 and received a Phantom I that appeared in the film Morocco.
- Elvis Presley bought a Phantom V in 1963. It came with tailor -made features such as a microphone and writing block and was later sprayed with silver blue.
- John Lennon had two Phantom vs. Pepper; Another was completely transformed into white and reflected his minimalist period with Yoko Ono.
- As part of his shows, Liberace drove a mirrored Phantom V on Las Vegas stadiums.
- Sir Elton John owned several phantoms, including one with a powerful sound system and one in pink-and-white, which he later gave the percussionist Ray Cooper.
The Keith Moon story
The reports differ in what happened on the 21st birthday of Moon. Some say that a Lincoln Continental went into the pool. Others are not a car at all. But the myth was and in popular memory the car was always a Rolls-Royce phantom. This call for excess excess consolidated the phantom’s place in rock history.
Phantom in hip-hop
The connection of the phantom to music did not end with classic rock. It has become an integral part of hip-hop culture since the early 2000s. A Phantom VII appeared in Snoop Dogg and Pharrell’s video from 2004 for Drop It Like Heiß, while Lil Wayne presented it on the cover of Tha Carter II. References to Rolls-Royces Starlight Headliner “Stars in the Roof”-Sind now common in rap texts.
A century in music
The Phantom has been associated with creative figures about genres and generations for 100 years. The car has remained a symbol of success and self -expression from Dietrich and Elvis via Lennon and Lil Wayne. Recovery in Plymouth is less about solving a myth than recognizing the role of the phantom in music history – a legacy that shows no signs of fading.
