Robert Plant's CBE from Prince Charles (PICs)

[underpants]

Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant , right, receives his CBE from Britain's Prince Charles during the investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London Friday July 10, 2009.
(AP Photo/Johnny Green/Pool)

[lamp_shade]

1. He looks like Willie Nelson in the first pic. My God he has aged.

[DefenseLawyer]

7. He has aged because he is old!

Welcome to my world.

[imdjh]

11. Yeah, but he could comb his hair.

My mom's 80 years old, but she still makes an effort to look nice and she's an old hippie too.

[Mojorabbit]

24. He was so handsome when I saw them years ago

but then I was much younger then too.

[dysfunctional press]

2. cbe?

:shrug:

[WeDidIt]

4. Commander of the Order of the British Empire n/t

[qwertyMike]

23. British Empire?

I can't seem to find that on my map.

Anyone?

[underpants]

5. Commander of the British Empire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire

[WeDidIt]

9. I used the full term

:P

[mitchum]

3. As far as I know, Bowie is the only British rock star who has turned down that nonsense

[Laelth]

6. Speaking as an old Led Zep fan, he looks very different.

Glad he got the honor, all the same.

:dem:

-Laelth

[VWolf]

14. LOL Have you seen

Jimmy Page lately?

Yeah, it sucks, but all things must come to pass.

Achilles' Last Stand was my favorite Zep tune.

[Laelth]

15. No. Haven't seen pictures of Page in ages.

I swear, I did serious damage to my ears with Achilles Last Stand. :)

:dem:

-Laelth

[dem629]

8. Worthless symbolism from the world's biggest welfare recipient family.

[Botany]

10. Time & Age stops for nobody

[imdjh]

12. And that sucks. With all we waste, perpetual youth doesn't even have its own NIH program.

[doodadem]

13. I thought he'd be taller.........

Charles's two sons are both a head taller than he is, so Robert must be shrinking with age as well.

[mitchum]

16. Plant was one of those rare tall rock stars (6' or 6' 1")...

he must be bending over somewhat

[Catherine Vincent]

17. What's the deal with his hair?

[juno jones]

21. At least he still has it!

:)

[garybeck]

22. I agree... I have long hair too and out of respect, when I go to something fancy

I tie it back. It seems like he's trying to make some kind of statement by having it all messy. Geesh.

[JuniperLea]

18. Plant is awesome...

Jesus, people, his hair is that way because his fucking hair is that way. He looks old because he was 20 when he was a lion maned stud muffin, and he is an old man now and he's earned every wrinkle and every grey hair. Just wait until you have a similar image staring back at you from the mirror. I would hazard to guess what you see will scare the bejesus out of you if this is how you react to Plant's natural aging. He can wear his hair however he wants... he's hardly what you could call a conformist. Thankfully, no one gives a flying rat's ass what someone else thinks of the honor.

GAWD I'm sick of people.

[supernova]

19. Also, isn't Charles standing on a platform?

I'm happy for RP, since it is an important honor for so many British folks. :-)

And for a what, nearly 70 year old, he's doing pretty darned good.

[JuniperLea]

25. Whodathought?

Someone who lived such a hard rockin' life for so long surely sees anything beyond 50 as a blessing! He left an indelible mark on the rock and on the roll... he deserves kudos and respect.

[juno jones]

20. Yeah he's old now

But he can still sing better than most of DU combined and has co-written music that will outlive us.

And for an older guy, he's damn good looking. I'd still do him.