{"id":7845,"date":"2025-08-22T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/168.107.17.222\/?p=7845"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:36:53","slug":"cannonball-rolls-royce-marks-phantom-centenary-by-putting-it-in-a-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/cannonball-rolls-royce-marks-phantom-centenary-by-putting-it-in-a-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannonball: Rolls-Royce Marks Phantom Centenary by Putting It in a Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To celebrate the Phantom\u2019s 100th anniversary and its long-standing ties to popular music, Rolls-Royce staged one of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll\u2019s most infamous legends. At Tinside Lido, a historic Art Deco pool in Plymouth, England, the brand submerged a Phantom body shell, a retired prototype destined for recycling, in a scene inspired by the notorious tale of The Who\u2019s drummer, Keith Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moon\u2019s 21st birthday is forever linked to the myth that he drove a Rolls-Royce into a hotel swimming pool, though accounts differ and some claim it never happened. Regardless of the truth, the story became an enduring image of rock excess and the car in question has always been imagined as a Rolls-Royce Phantom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By recreating the legend, Rolls-Royce acknowledged not just the myth itself but Phantom\u2019s century-long presence in music culture, from John Lennon and Elvis Presley to Elton John, Liberace and today\u2019s hip-hop stars. The dramatic poolside installation highlighted Phantom\u2019s role as both a canvas for personal expression and a symbol of musical rebellion. As Chief Executive Chris Brownridge put it, Phantom has always been a way for artists to \u201cmake their presence felt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To celebrate the Phantom\u2019s 100th anniversary and its lo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-7845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car","tag-rolls-royce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7872,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7845\/revisions\/7872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}