BERIGAN Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 Jethro Tull musician has sex swap op A former member of seventies band Jethro Tull has had a sex-change operation and become a woman called Dee. Once bearded keyboard player David Palmer now has long blonde hair and wears make-up and black leggings, reports the Evening Standard. She broke the news to flute playing frontman Ian Anderson by saying: "There's something I need to get off my increasingly ample chest." Anderson stood by his former bandmate, saying: "I found it difficult at first but I fully support his decision." Palmer, 66, a former soldier in the Royal Horse Guards and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, is set to embark on a solo career. She said: "I want to be judged on my musical ability alone, and nothing else." Her desire to change sex had been an "open secret" in the music business for many years, she said, but she did not go ahead with the operation until the death of wife Margaret nine years ago. Palmer lives in Hove, East Sussex, but is currently in the Spanish resort of Lanzarote, recording her first solo album before launching a British tour next month. She said: "I've felt like this since the age of three. It's not just wimps who want to do this. To be a girl, it goes a lot deeper than that. Yes, you are speaking to the person you thought I was - the keyboard player in Jethro Tull." Jethro Tull was formed in 1968 and had a string of hits including Living In The Past and Teacher. Palmer left the band in 1980. Story filed: 11:49 Friday 23rd January 2004 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_858591.html Quote
Chrome Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 Hope there wasn't a "Bungle in the Jungle." Quote
Noj Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 Doing this takes balls. ...and doesn't give 'em back! Quote
JSngry Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 "Thick As A Brick" now takes on an entirely new meaning... Quote
DTMX Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) I guess David Palmer goes from being the President to being the First Lady. Edited January 23, 2004 by DTMX Quote
DTMX Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) Here's a picture of David Palmer - pre-gelding. He's the one on the right. After looking at that picture, I'm thinking a couple of snips and a new hairdo was probably all that was needed. Edited January 23, 2004 by DTMX Quote
Jazzmoose Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 Don't tell Berigan, but I'm seeing a clone of Hillary here... Quote
AmirBagachelles Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 I'm going to be a lumberjack when I'm 60, give or take a few. Quote
Chrome Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 I'm going to be a lumberjack when I'm 60, give or take a few. I bet the Jethro Tull guy was thinking the same thing ... all together now: "I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay!" Quote
Chrome Posted January 23, 2004 Report Posted January 23, 2004 Jazzmoose: Just beat ya to it, huh? Quote
Parkertown Posted January 24, 2004 Report Posted January 24, 2004 Why would anybody want to be AN UGLY WOMAN?!?!? He certainly ain't gonna be a beauty... Quote
JSngry Posted January 24, 2004 Report Posted January 24, 2004 Why would anybody want to be AN UGLY WOMAN?!?!? Because there's already enough ugly men? Quote
Selim Sivad Posted January 24, 2004 Report Posted January 24, 2004 He/she wanna be Body and soul just don't agree There's an answer, gotta go for a Tijuana tuck-n-roll He/she just got a zipper job A zipper job It ain't nothin', it ain't no thing It's just changin' face of yin and yang Ain't no callin' for alarm It's just a different kind of charm It's alright, on one condition Certainly before transition No one even need a clue Just pull the old switch-a-roo He/she done got a brand-new glistening zipper job Oh yes, a zipper job Flip, strip, zip, trip a talon-42 Timing is everything For kings, queens, and in-betweens It's a question of what to do 'Cos what is what and who is who? He/she just got a zipper job An everlasting zipper job SS Quote
DTMX Posted January 25, 2004 Report Posted January 25, 2004 Dee's new Tull-tribute band: Crossdressed Mary. And this from a band that won a Heavy Metal Grammy? You'd never hear anything like this about Judas Priest! Quote
7/4 Posted January 25, 2004 Report Posted January 25, 2004 Dee's new Tull-tribute band: Crossdressed Mary. And this from a band that won a Heavy Metal Grammy? You'd never hear anything like this about Judas Priest! Dude....Rob Halford came out a few years ago! http://www.queertheory.com/histories/h/halford_rob.htm Quote
DTMX Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 Dude....Rob Halford came out a few years ago! Quote
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