Posted: January 22nd, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Ronan Keating in a meeting
Eddie Vedder at the shredder
Basement Jaxx sending a fax
Michael Ball on a conference call
Avril Lavigne at the vending machine
2Pac getting the sack
Jeff Lynne with the recycling bin
Martin Kemp, the office temp
Billy Ocean receiving a promotion
Johnny Marr in his company car
Gareth Gates working late
Kid Rock sorting stock
Steve Tyler, master filer
Roland Gift in a lift
Brandon Flowers putting in the hours
Ringo Starr, head of PR
Kiki Dee is made MD
Paul Weller, the month’s best seller
James Blunt, employee of the month
Luke Goss from Bros, the world’s best boss
Paul McCartney at the Christmas party
Sting and Paul King, both in marketing
Cee Lo Green in the canteen
Brotherhood of Man own the sandwich van
Cheryl Cole starts her new role
Nick Drake on his cigarette break
Pepsi and Shirlie arriving Early
Errol Brown, the office clown
Martin Fry the industrial spy
Jay Kay on a team building day
Ian Brown gets a dressing down
Tony Di Bart with a flipchart
Chaka Demus & Pliers, their pep talk inspires
Shania Twain commutes by train
Rihanna at the scanner
Flirty Sabrina with the window cleaner
Noddy Holder clutching a folder
Lana Del Rey on her first day
Rick Witter, he’s always on Twitter
Peter Hook the canteen cook
Slick Rick Phoning in ‘sick’
Brian May with his in-tray
Kate Nash with the petty cash
Francis Rossi, he’s always bossy
Shayne Ward at the noticeboard
Jimmy Nail sorting the mail
Andy Bell from Personnel
Marvin Gaye checking his pay
Kerry Katona, the office loner
Simon Le Bon turns the tea urn on
Credits
This all started as a project I was going to do called, “90s Pop Stars on Defunct Modes of Transport.” Indeed, I got as far as doing a photo of 2unlimited on top of a hovercraft (it wasn’t very good). Then, like the political map of Europe in the early 20th century, things changed very quickly. Julie Oliver (lover and bank) said the line, “Ronan Keating in a meeting,” and that was it; the original project was abandoned and 50 Pop Stars Working in Offices was born into this brutal and ungrateful world.
So I must thank Julie (@julieoliver20) for not only inducing the idea, but for coming up with most of the early suggestions. David Lilley (@davelille) and Duncan Cobb (@DanteArcher) also provided valuable contributions that made it past my rigorous quality control standards. Quality control standards, I might add, that would put Ginsters to shame.
Once the project had gone public, good friends hurled many, many suggestions at me. A fair few of those became the second batch of photos I did.
So for ideas, suggestions, service and friendship well beyond the call of a non-existent duty, I must thank (in alphabetical order of forename)
Chris Stewart @ChrisStewartCS
Dan Fardell @dan_fardell
Fraser Geesin @frasergeesin
Kate Hodgkinson @kitkate80
Kathryn Spencer @vintagefan
Ken Langfield @klangfield
Lisa Gregson (you’re allowed not to be in Twitter Lisa, you work in HR – could be dangerous)
Max Dowler @maxdowler
Preston Outatime @prestonoutatime
Rachel Parris @iamrachelparris
Richard Owen @swissclinic
Elton John gets the coffee on.
Pat Benetar puts her pens in a jar
A package arrives. For the Hives.
Michael Jackson gets a faxin’
Mark & Lard swap business cards
Echo & The Bunnymen, happy with their Parker pen
Stephy Graph shows her pie graph
Rankin Roger from The Beat attaches a Spreadsheet
Adelle closes Excel
Olly Murs makes Bacs Transfers
Thora Hurd on Microsoft Word
Dr. Hook archiving Outlook
Alex Winter on the Laser Printer
Baby Spice and Gerry, available on Blackberry
Wonderful, wonderful suggestions all. I shall, with your permission, put them all on my master sheet. From there I can plot the next batch to be done. Thank you.
Poptastic stuff. Check out The Unlikely Pop Quiz Page on Facebook. I think that we may have been separated at birth x