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Title: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on February 12, 2015, 10:14:10 PM
Just thought this might be an interesting one to start...

Just heard that Steve Strange died tonight.  Can't say that I was a huge follower. but 'Fade To Grey' was a truly classic tune...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMPC8QJF6sI

Guys, you could possibly post here when some well-known or interesting dies and you want to say something or just let people know in case they ain't heard the news...  ???
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ron B on February 13, 2015, 01:00:00 AM

Ahhh S**t. I remember him He was in Visage Mind of a Toy I still like that song that was one of the 1st what they called New Wave songs I still go to youtube to hear it with the video sometimes. Them and Soft Cell were the bands I was listening to at that period. R.I.P :( 8)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Red on February 13, 2015, 04:54:09 AM
Ron B here you are for your listening pleasure

RIP Steve Strange   :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMBl4alIca4
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on February 13, 2015, 05:14:51 AM
Yeah Steve Strange was a cool guy, a pioneer of music and fashion, and a few tunes  of his were something of a guilty pleasure. R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on February 13, 2015, 11:29:37 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31449838

Night night Steve.

 :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on February 13, 2015, 07:22:56 PM
Let's keep this one going, especially when someone deserving of respect or recognition (that might not be reported by the usual media) passes away...   ???
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Red on February 13, 2015, 08:10:35 PM
Just seen this on Dean's Facebook page   :'(


https://www.facebook.com/dean.white1?fref=ts
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Heno on February 13, 2015, 09:53:52 PM
another of the many inspired by sex pistols gigs

RIP
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Rusco on February 14, 2015, 03:56:09 PM
In rememberance of Jon Lord. Master composer, artist and a super talent with organs, moogs, pianos and keyboards. Rest in peace, great Mr Lord.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on February 27, 2015, 07:23:52 PM
Aw, Leonard Nimoy died...   :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQUePN5y40
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Rusco on February 27, 2015, 08:01:31 PM
Aw, Leonard Nimoy died...   :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQUePN5y40

Oh, really... He will stay in our minds forever.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on February 27, 2015, 10:33:32 PM
Very sorry  :'(  A Sci-fi legend.

live long and prosper
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on February 28, 2015, 11:08:00 AM
How do you bury a Vulcan ?

Sad  :(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on February 28, 2015, 05:42:08 PM
How do you bury a Vulcan ?

Sad  :(

You don't bury a Vulcan... you shoot his coffin into the orbit of an evolving planet that's growing thanks to The Genesis Device, so it lands safe and sound in some garden or other (after implanting Dr McCoy with Spocks soul or essence or something...) so that he can grow again and be re-implanted with that same stuff when he returns in the next sequel and a great many others afterwards...

I thought everyone knew that? 

 :D
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ron B on March 01, 2015, 10:41:44 AM
How do you bury a Vulcan ?

Sad  :(

You don't bury a Vulcan... you shoot his coffin into the orbit of an evolving planet that's growing thanks to The Genesis Device, so it lands safe and sound in some garden or other (after implanting Dr McCoy with Spocks soul or essence or something...) so that he can grow again and be re-implanted with that same stuff when he returns in the next sequel and a great many others afterwards...

I thought everyone knew that? 

 :D


I was just going to say the same thing ;D. Of course every one knows that.

R.I.P Spock I will see you soon amongst the stars. 8)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on March 01, 2015, 07:24:59 PM
Of course every one knows that.

Well I didn't  :P

I do now  ;D

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on March 04, 2015, 11:55:44 PM
Dave MacKay - Hearts, Spurs and Scotland legend
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mackay_(footballer_born_1934)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: jimmie 8 on March 05, 2015, 04:42:06 PM
A real football legend pol back when scotland had some of the greatest footballers in the world
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Heno on March 28, 2015, 03:52:18 PM
all the poor souls lost on that germanwings flight

really disturbing

i only flew with them recently

his poor family

all the families of those that died

between that and the o'dwyer case in ireland - there is so much to think about. i don't like the analogy but animals by pink floyd and the song dogs sort of alludes to the whole psychopathic tendencies. and that psychopaths know what they are so much more than their victims. messed up
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on April 03, 2015, 10:35:59 AM
This board
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on April 03, 2015, 07:20:29 PM
This board

 :(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Rusco on April 03, 2015, 07:28:18 PM
This board

Have to admit, I can't see this, honestly. Every time I come here I can see these people are, fairly saying, narcotic about the board.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Heno on April 03, 2015, 07:51:43 PM
ladies and gents

pray tell

what appears to be the basis of such unfounded disillusionment

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Rusco on April 03, 2015, 09:37:05 PM
It's usual that at times people tend to learn to expect a way and things others write about. Then you probably don't reply to them so often. That's normal.

:) What do we whine for? What should we say? Before these new times, we used to say "hello, what you've been up to lately" and posting to follow that. There were couple of threads like Anna's waffles, Heno's weather and travel posts as well as few recommendations about movies by Shush and Ray.

And we actually have it still, don't we? Keeping it simple and quite short. At times the newcomers refresh it.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Heno on April 03, 2015, 09:46:11 PM
i'm with you rusco my friend

i know if this place were empty that i would continue to post just in case someone pops their head in

it helps me think sometimes

does anyone know if its open for registrations these days?
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on April 03, 2015, 09:55:46 PM
Genuinely confused... this is a thread about people you admire who have, sadly, died...   :'(

... and I usually come here to find plenty of posts to respond to...   :)

Pray, explanations?   ???

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Heno on April 03, 2015, 10:05:25 PM
its good friday

don't you know its irish people's day for getting pissed when god says we can't
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: witch on April 03, 2015, 10:11:04 PM
Trees in winter -NMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dDYIlD-CVc&list=RDMM3dDYIlD-CVc#t=34
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on May 06, 2015, 09:42:25 PM
OK... my Mum was a big fan of the UK pop band HOT CHOCOLATE so I grew up listening to them...

Sad to hear that singer Errol Brown died today...

LOVE this cheesy / lovely tune...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeiufBduVE8

 :'(



Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on May 11, 2015, 06:45:27 PM
All the people who lost their lives 30 years ago today at valley parade Bradford
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on May 11, 2015, 06:50:00 PM
All the people who lost their lives 30 years ago today at valley parade Bradford

Agreed, sir.  Such a horrific thing, I remember watching it on TV...  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Red on May 11, 2015, 08:44:05 PM
All the people who lost their lives 30 years ago today at valley parade Bradford

Agreed, sir.  Such a horrific thing, I remember watching it on TV...  :'(

There's now a serious doubt that it was indeed a tragic accident  :'( :'( :'(

http://news.sky.com/story/1465808/police-will-consider-bradford-city-fire-claims
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Red on May 11, 2015, 08:45:45 PM
34 years since the death of Robert Nesta Marley   :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFGgbT_VasI
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on May 11, 2015, 08:58:08 PM
All the people who lost their lives 30 years ago today at valley parade Bradford

Agreed, sir.  Such a horrific thing, I remember watching it on TV...  :'(

Me to M/R. Remember I was doing some homework in the front room in the house on my own. I had the match on just to keep me company. Could not believe what I was seeing on Telly. It all happened so fast, it was like a dream. The worst thing was when the TV camera closed in on a man completely covered in flames. The strange thing, he was walking so calmly as if nothing was happening.  Then several people jumped on him to put the flames out. Poor chap. I hope he made it, but I doubt it. I can also remember a Policeman with his hair on fire. It was very shocking. It was live telly and did not want to be seen again.

Truly dreadful. Best wishes to the survivors and the families of the victims on this day. 
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on May 11, 2015, 09:14:31 PM
I also remember that bloke on fire.  Horrific and shocking.  I believe he died shortly afterwards.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ron B on May 15, 2015, 05:17:28 PM


 Blues Legend BB King  ( R.I.P.) :( 8)

Blues legend B.B. King dies at age 89 in Las Vegas...
www.cnn.com/2015/05/15/entertainment/bb-king-deadCached
May 14, 2015 · The legendary guitarist known as B.B. King, whose velvety voice and staccato picking style brought blues from the margins to the mainstream, has died.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Rusco on May 15, 2015, 05:44:27 PM

To his memorial: I Need You Baby (https://www.google.fi/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=jC5WVajtDaPRygPstICIBw&url=http://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DO7kmW8QRh0M&ved=0CBoQtwIwAA&usg=AFQjCNF_Ej8VV1VFlcWm8D8q3efzlb3wOg)

Rest in peace,  old legend

 Blues Legend BB King  ( R.I.P.) :( 8)

Blues legend B.B. King dies at age 89 in Las Vegas...
www.cnn.com/2015/05/15/entertainment/bb-king-deadCached
May 14, 2015 · The legendary guitarist known as B.B. King, whose velvety voice and staccato picking style brought blues from the margins to the mainstream, has died.

To his memorial: I Need You Baby (https://www.google.fi/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=jC5WVajtDaPRygPstICIBw&url=http://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DO7kmW8QRh0M&ved=0CBoQtwIwAA&usg=AFQjCNF_Ej8VV1VFlcWm8D8q3efzlb3wOg)

Rest in peace, old master!
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Amandistan on May 15, 2015, 07:22:28 PM
Does it have to be just famous people?
People you know are more significant.
My uncle on my dad's side passed two days ago.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Red on May 15, 2015, 08:18:52 PM
Does it have to be just famous people?
People you know are more significant.
My uncle on my dad's side passed two days ago.

Personally I think it does, if not we could post every day.

I had 2 friends die at the weekend  :'( :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on May 15, 2015, 08:24:06 PM
Personally, I think if it hits you hard, it belongs on the thread... maybe with a little explanation about the deceased and what they mean to you?
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on May 15, 2015, 08:27:00 PM
Agreed with ray As normal there isn't any rules Every post is up to the individual
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: lotus on May 17, 2015, 02:59:12 PM
R.I.P BB King
There`s only one live gig in 1980 I was - but that was impressing
And so many other artists wanted to play like him (with that emotion and how to play a guitar)

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on May 18, 2015, 09:09:11 PM
35 years ago today that Ian Curtis died...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EdUjlawLJM

Still such a beautifully sad song...

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on May 22, 2015, 11:17:03 PM
Aw, I think a lot of us here grew up watching 'Grange Hill'...

Terry Sue-Patt, aka Benny Green, died today...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmS6PTKgo90
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on May 23, 2015, 12:31:16 AM
Remember him well  :'(

and his G/H cast mates.

Oh Ray, don't like hearing about people this age dying. He must only have been a couple of years older than me and thee.

Does make you ask -- how long have I got ??  :-\
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Post by: MARKXE on June 11, 2015, 03:49:59 PM
Sir Christopher Lee has gone at the grand age of 93.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on June 11, 2015, 04:56:18 PM
Very sad to hear that. I have numerous films starring Sir Christopher Lee. My favourite, the Wicker Man.

A good innings though. Even older than his on-screen adversary Peter Cushing who died aged 81 in 1994.

 :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on June 11, 2015, 05:27:43 PM
Yes I used to love Christopher Lee he was a excellent actor Don't mind admitting he used to scare the crap out of me though I was probably too young to be watching some of those hammer horror films . Definitely one of the finest around. Thanks for the frights R.I.P.
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Post by: Ron B on June 11, 2015, 06:01:56 PM


Ahhh Yes Christopher Lee  a great actor I use to watch all those Dracula movies when I was a wee one on Saturday Late nite on Chiller Theater or the Supernatural hour in the late 60's early 70's  R.I.P. :( 8)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on June 11, 2015, 07:07:14 PM
Jeez, Sir Christopher was making metal albums in his 80's!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvKRbi2ovDY

Sad loss, but let's face it, he was active and creative to the end... that's a life well lived.

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Heno on June 14, 2015, 07:51:46 PM
pericles was right: “what you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others”.


at nma.org we are all interwoven


Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on June 18, 2015, 10:28:43 PM
All those people in South Carolina...  :'(

Some say that there's a lot of truth in comedy, so here's 15 minutes of my favourite comedian talking about gun control... be warned, very sweary....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL8JEEt2RxI

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on June 19, 2015, 02:17:57 AM
As far as I recall Obama is the only president to challenge or question US gun laws repeatedly. Maybe its gonna take decades before it changes because its a nation built on the right to bare arms. Desperately sad that the US cant stop it and I feel for every victim.  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on June 25, 2015, 08:07:47 PM
I hear that Patrick Macnee has died... 'The Avengers', love that show...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeK3Lkd_XL4

... although, I hate to say it, I thought he had died years ago...   :-\
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on June 25, 2015, 09:04:22 PM
Damn !!

Was watching re-runs this week on T.V. Seemed like a really nice classy fella
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ron B on June 28, 2015, 06:58:07 PM
Chris Squire, Yes Bassist and Co-Founder, Dead at 67

Rolling Stone
June 28, 2015

by Daniel Kreps

Chris Squire, the co-founder and longtime bassist of prog rock icons Yes and the only member of the group to feature on every studio album, has passed away just over a month after revealing that he was suffering from a rare form of leukemia. Squire was 67. Current Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes first tweeted the news, “Utterly devastated beyond words to have to report the sad news of the passing of my dear friend, bandmate and inspiration Chris Squire.”

 Damn One of the Best Bass Players of any generation Growing up in my teens Yes was in everyones Album collection that I hung out with I had their 1st 4 albums myself. Truly an amazing bassist RIP Chris :( 8)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on June 28, 2015, 07:48:45 PM
Sad news... I can't say I was a huge Yes fan, although friends of mine are, but I can recognise what a talented and influential musician he was...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on July 01, 2015, 08:33:52 PM
Sir Nicholas Winton died today at the age of 106.  From his Wiki page...

Sir Nicholas George Winton, MBE (born Nicholas Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian who organised the rescue of 669 children, mostly Jewish, from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport. Winton found homes for the children and arranged for their safe passage to Britain.[1] The British press dubbed him the "British Schindler".[2] On 28 October 2014, he was awarded the highest honour of the Czech Republic, the Order of the White Lion, by the Czech president, Miloš Zeman.


And yet the newspapers pay far more attention to the fact that Ben Affleck is getting divorced...

 >:(

RIP, sir.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on July 05, 2015, 02:06:56 PM
Joshua.
Almost 17
My smashing SMASH mentee.

 :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on July 05, 2015, 05:47:14 PM
Joshua.
Almost 17
My smashing SMASH mentee.

 :'(

Sounds awful, WW... details, if you're up for doing that?   :-\
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on July 05, 2015, 05:48:10 PM
Ignore last post, just noticed your response on another thread...

So sorry.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on July 07, 2015, 09:12:01 PM
The victims of 7/7 10 years on RIP
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on July 07, 2015, 09:18:53 PM
The victims of 7/7 10 years on RIP
Yes.

I still remember where I was when I heard it... the US embassy in Germany, visiting a friend who worked there and was showing me around and how the US folks there were so supportive and nice, obviously having 9/11 playing on their minds... can't believe it's ten years ago
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on July 10, 2015, 10:05:02 PM
Omar Sharif died today... I say this just to post this clip from the very funny film 'Top Secret'...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPB2g1y2VFk
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on August 04, 2015, 11:37:33 AM
Les Munro - The last of the dambusters
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on August 04, 2015, 07:05:20 PM
Les Munro - The last of the dambusters

Agreed, Pol.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on August 06, 2015, 11:04:33 AM
Just heard George Cole has died  :'(

I think most of us here grew up watching a bit George Cole be it Minder or st trinian's films to name a couple.

R.I.P. George
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on August 06, 2015, 05:17:12 PM
Hiroshima 70 years ago today

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on August 14, 2015, 09:39:35 PM
Stephen Lewis, aka 'Blakey' from On The Buses...

 :'(



Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on August 14, 2015, 09:42:42 PM
"I'll get you Butler"
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on August 17, 2015, 08:56:49 PM
Those poor people in Bangkok.

Another terrorist atrocity.  No firm news on who did it, but if it had nothing to do with religion, I'll eat the sweaty socks I wore today.

I fuckin' hate religion.  Nothing on this planet has ever caused more suffering.

 :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on August 20, 2015, 11:02:26 PM
RIP Dimebag Darrell, would have been 49 today...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i97OkCXwotE

 >:(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on August 31, 2015, 06:58:31 PM
I was sad to hear about the death of film director Wes Craven, best known for his horror films, many of which I enjoyed on VHS as a younger fella, as I'm sure many of us did...

The Hills Have Eyes, the best two Nightmare On Elm Street flicks (the first and the third), and a couple of under-rated classics like The People Under The Stairs, The Serpent And The Rainbow and Red Eye...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Coumarin on August 31, 2015, 07:09:05 PM
yes I heard this on world service, before my body had decided to even make an attempt to raise itself from its torpor this morning, not a fan of horror films myself, but I know he was well respected within his genre. always respect to anyone that excels in their field or made a difference
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Guillaume on September 01, 2015, 11:39:06 PM
I'm sad about Wes Craven's death...i still remember the shock i had when i watched in the late 80's "A nightmare on Elm Street"...powerful, creepy stuff...this film is still one of my favourite horror movies ever.
I watched on dvd last month "The Serpent and the rainbow", one of Craven's very best movies, ambitious eerie and creepy..."Scream" was also great on the big screen (saw it in theaters, back in summer 1997)..."Last house on the left", powerful nasty stuff...even Craven's most minor works like "Red eye", the "Scream" sequels, "Shocker", 'Deadly Friend", "My soul to take", "Cursed"","People under the stairs" were enjoyable...and the man, according to all the people he met, was a true gentleman.
RIP Wes and thanks for all your thrilling works :'(

the best two Nightmare On Elm Street flicks (the first and the third)

He directed the first and the last (7th part called "New Nightmare")...the 3rd was written by Craven but directed by Chuck Russell (who later directed "the blob" and "the mask") ;)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on September 02, 2015, 07:35:19 AM
"A nightmare on Elm Street" raised the standard of U.S. horror films, a classic. Also like very much "People under the stairs" and have it in my collection, but then again I like anything with Ving Rhames in the cast.

R.I.P. Wes.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on September 02, 2015, 07:59:52 PM
I'm sad about Wes Craven's death...i still remember the shock i had when i watched in the late 80's "A nightmare on Elm Street"...powerful, creepy stuff...this film is still one of my favourite horror movies ever.
I watched on dvd last month "The Serpent and the rainbow", one of Craven's very best movies, ambitious eerie and creepy..."Scream" was also great on the big screen (saw it in theaters, back in summer 1997)..."Last house on the left", powerful nasty stuff...even Craven's most minor works like "Red eye", the "Scream" sequels, "Shocker", 'Deadly Friend", "My soul to take", "Cursed"","People under the stairs" were enjoyable...and the man, according to all the people he met, was a true gentleman.
RIP Wes and thanks for all your thrilling works :'(

the best two Nightmare On Elm Street flicks (the first and the third)

He directed the first and the last (7th part called "New Nightmare")...the 3rd was written by Craven but directed by Chuck Russell (who later directed "the blob" and "the mask") ;)

Um yeah.. just testing?   ::)

I had forgotten that, still the second best Nightmare movie.

I'll post this bit from Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, featuring Mr Craven...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofjQsLqwV6E



Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on September 03, 2015, 05:39:34 PM
Aylan Kurdi
Enough is enough  !!
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on September 03, 2015, 08:10:46 PM
Aylan Kurdi
Enough is enough  !!

Agreed, so sad...

Reading the papers, I see how this tragedy seems to have turned much of the public away from 'OMG, they're coming for us all!' to recognising it as a true humanitarian issue... even the bloody Daily Mail is now talking about how desperate people are fleeing in fear of their lives...

Sadly, I'm sure it won't last.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on September 03, 2015, 09:41:30 PM
Hopefully this tragic story can turn the tide of opinion , I know that there has been thousands of other deaths but this one seams to hit home more than any other.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Red on September 05, 2015, 08:42:10 AM
RIP Rico Rodriguez who played with The Specials :'( :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APS2RhCXm3Q

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Coumarin on September 22, 2015, 07:25:39 PM
RIP Brian Sewell.

Like him or hate him. I couldn't give a toss. Here's his view on Dali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGZN6tfix_c



Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on September 29, 2015, 07:22:35 PM
Aw, The Log Lady died...  :'(

(one for the Twin Peaks fans out there...)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: witch on October 05, 2015, 08:34:22 PM
Henning Mankell
died today aged 67 years
Really love his books
Rest in peace
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Coumarin on October 10, 2015, 12:24:17 PM
There's been loads this week, every time I put on the radio it seemed that another was announced.

One that I heard first thing this morning, was a guy who I seem to remember told the record buying public not to buy his single, but the band aid single instead. Just 64.

RIP Jim Diamond.
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Post by: Pol on October 10, 2015, 03:35:46 PM
For all those taken in Ankara and those in Dublin. Another sad weekend
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Post by: Unruh on October 20, 2015, 04:12:36 AM
A bit late out of the gate but RIP to Paul Revere from Paul Revere and the Raiders. A lot of people couldn't see past the silly costumes, but they were one of the very best American hard rock bands of the 1960s. He formed them, he hyped them and they wouldn't have had the success they did without him. If you can't see past the silly uniforms, do whatever you need to do to try. There was a great band in there.
   And an even more belated RIP to Troggs lead singer, Reg Presley. You can keep the Elvis. Reg always meant a lot more to me. I don't think it's possible to make rock n roll as elemental and unaffected as the Troggs. They never pretended to be anything they weren't, and damn did he love sex. He sang about it in pretty much every song and, not only that, he gave it some deserved dignity. I was very sad to hear Reg Presley died last year-ish. There can never be another like him, or band like his.
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Post by: Unruh on October 20, 2015, 04:30:45 AM
That truly is a bummer about Steve Strange. No matter what every person more hip than me said, I really enjoyed the first Visage album.
   I realize I kind of stagger out of the RIP gate but then I suppose the deceased won't mind. I just read that Dieter Moebius died recently. He was one of the most innovative electronic composers I've know of. He was half of Cluster, with his partner Roedelius (80 and still going strong). He was also in the group Harmonia who a lot of people, myself included, think is some of the most original and listenable electronic music out there. Him and his various collaborators (Eno was a common one) explored the warmer side to what Kraftwerk were doing.
    This goes all the way back to last February but I mention him because he was a close personal friend. Tod Dockstader was another electronic music pioneer or what might be called avant garde or musique concrete. Both me and Tod shared a dislike of those terms. He's only avant garde if, say, early Tangerine Dream or Eno's ambient music is too far out for you. And Tod did the bulk of his work in the 1950s. That he was a genius, there's no doubt. But he was self-effacing, incredibly funny as well as wise. I think of him a few times each day and feel his absence. The world is diminished by it. If you like music from the outer limits, Tod Dockstader is one of the very first I'd suggest you check out. RIP Tod, and amen.
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Post by: Master Ray on October 20, 2015, 07:48:34 PM
Nicely put.  I must investigate their stuff.
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Post by: lotus on November 10, 2015, 06:38:25 PM
Helmut Schmidt died some hours ago
German chancellor 1974 - 1982
96 years (he loved his ciggies `til summer, the only one allowed on tv `til now)
He preferred direct speach, not this one hour talks without saying anything real most of the ones beeing in a top position later
R.I.P Schmidt Schnautze
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Post by: Stephanie on November 12, 2015, 02:09:31 PM
Helmut Schmidt died some hours ago
German chancellor 1974 - 1982
96 years (he loved his ciggies `til summer, the only one allowed on tv `til now)
He preferred direct speach, not this one hour talks without saying anything real most of the ones beeing in a top position later
R.I.P Schmidt Schnautze
Probably the last decent politician here in Germany - if there even IS such a thing.

He was THE political figure all through my childhood years and I have always admired his straightforwardness and ability to stand by his decisions - even if they were unpopoular even with his own party.

R.I.P.
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Post by: Tony S on November 12, 2015, 05:39:46 PM
Ex Motorhead drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor has died aged 61.

RIP Phil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueeEEXE7Po8
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Post by: Rusco on November 12, 2015, 06:34:59 PM
Oh, really? Damn. What a drummer he was at some time during his life when young.

Knew he was a lot to classic Thin Lizzy stuff and even wanted to join them. Here's (https://www.google.fi/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DSGZqDzb__bw&ved=0CBwQyCkwAGoVChMI4oreg86LyQIVyQcsCh0CEwOp&usg=AFQjCNFSaHtFEcjp6ou0gJ6E4IScTUGn5Q) something I'd like to dedicate to his memorial.
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Post by: Master Ray on November 12, 2015, 07:58:14 PM


Aw, Filthy Phil died...
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Post by: Master Ray on November 12, 2015, 10:53:56 PM

Just because...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYFwN-l46r8

 ;)
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Post by: Rusco on November 13, 2015, 03:18:20 AM
It's a classic. And Filthy Animal playing a shaker. 8)

I have a funny memory about listening to the song and watching a small dog outside that was playing with its owner. The dog whipped its tail vigorously in the same tempo than it's in the song.
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Post by: Master Ray on November 13, 2015, 08:18:25 PM
It's a classic. And Filthy Animal playing a shaker. 8)

I have a funny memory about listening to the song and watching a small dog outside that was playing with its owner. The dog whipped its tail vigorously in the same tempo than it's in the song.

I might have this wrong, but I'm sure that Phil wasn't on drums because he properly broken his neck during recent backstage shenanighans...?
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Post by: Master Ray on November 13, 2015, 09:24:36 PM


Everyone who died or is about to die in Paris...

More horror in the name of religion.  Yes, it's not confirmed that it's a religious issue but, c'mon, lets not be all PC and shit, we all know damn f-ing well that it's the case...  >:(




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Post by: Shush on November 13, 2015, 09:36:40 PM
Still ? have you picked up a virus or something ?

Oh well, get better soon.  Seem to be hearing a lot of ill here lately. Maybe its the greying of the NMA crowd  :(
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Post by: witch on November 14, 2015, 08:49:53 PM
Hi Shush ,
Im feeling really sorry Ive  :(forget my glasses so Ive replied on a wrong thread was meant to what pisses you of and not the Rip thread ....you are right and I think Im getting old sorry for that  :-[
Im still ill since 3 weeks Ive infected my husband and our 2 kids aswell they are feelling better but not mee Im not able to work ...its   a nasty virus thxs aswell for your kind wishes
Take care
witch
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Post by: Shush on November 14, 2015, 08:57:23 PM
I hope it is not something you picked up in England -- if so, we are all very sorry !!

There are all sorts of virus going round, not just flu. Sure you system will find a way to fight it  ;)
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Post by: Coumarin on November 15, 2015, 09:19:18 AM
RIP Warren Mitchell.
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Post by: witch on November 16, 2015, 08:20:43 PM
I hope it is not something you picked up in England -- if so, we are all very sorry !!

There are all sorts of virus going round, not just flu. Sure you system will find a way to fight it  ;)

Thxs Sush for your kind wishes Ive picked up this virus  in Notts and Bradford but I dont care about its no need to be sorry and yes my system will fight  against this  :) thxs Shush wish you a great new week all the best take care
cheers witch
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Post by: Coumarin on November 18, 2015, 09:19:07 PM
RIP Jonah Lomu
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Post by: Pol on November 18, 2015, 11:16:37 PM
I'm not a big rugby fan but Jonah Lomu was the best player I've ever seen and by all accounts a really nice down to earth guy so rip from me big yin
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Post by: Ron B on December 04, 2015, 05:17:50 PM


Scott Weiland, the dynamic stage presence and instantly recognizable voice behind Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died. He was 48. Weiland’s manager confirmed the news to Rolling Stone. The details surrounding the singer’s death will be released Friday.

 Wow I have to say that I was not a big Stone Temple Pilots or Velvet Revolver Fan But I did recognize  that these were both good Bands and they did make some good music and this man to front 2 really good bands had the talent. Like it seems in all these stories I heard about his addictions so it is anyones guess as to what caused his death but again much to young and it makes me feel Old. :( :'(

 R.I.P Scott. 8)
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Post by: Pol on December 04, 2015, 05:35:09 PM
Didn't know about Scott until I read this.

Again not a massive fan of either band, though I do have a couple of stone temple pilots cds and have enjoyed listening to their music. He definitely had a good voice. I know he had this problems also but that doesn't make it any easier or less of a surprise. RIP this worlds loss is the spirit worlds gain, your legacy will rock on.
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Post by: Master Ray on December 04, 2015, 07:25:06 PM
Sad news about Mr Weiland.  Damn good frontman.
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Post by: Heno on December 05, 2015, 08:50:54 PM
RIP Humanity and a caring and sharing society

spate of break ins around our area with the targets being elderly

problem is they are taking their confidence, their will to live, and their independence when the dopey bastards think they are just thieving a trinket


still, better that we have 30 pigs minding a minister

anarchy



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Post by: Master Ray on December 06, 2015, 10:20:24 PM

Just found out that the brilliant character actor Robert Loggia died... very sad, he was in so many good films.

You choose... this mental scene from David Lynch's excellent 'Lost Highway' (where Mr Loggia REALLY seems to trying to outdo Dennis Hopper in 'Blue Velvet')...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkQ5Ks0nZEw

... or a really funny orange juice commercial...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZIzRqDOSZo

 :D




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Post by: Coumarin on December 20, 2015, 09:34:50 AM
RIP Jimmy Hill
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Post by: Master Ray on December 29, 2015, 12:40:44 AM
RIP Lemmy.

Genuinely upset by this news. A hero of mine since I was a kid.  And CERTAINLY the loudest band I ever saw live...

I think he's appreciate a bit of black humour...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9y103DsYWg

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Post by: Shush on December 29, 2015, 02:16:13 AM
Thats bad news. What a legend. R.I.P Lemmy.
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Post by: Rusco on December 29, 2015, 03:53:42 AM
R.I.P Lemmy

One of his latest interviews: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/motorheads-lemmy-dead-at-70/
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Post by: Coumarin on December 29, 2015, 07:19:38 AM
RIP Lemmy.

I had a booking for the Friday at Download as a Christmas present. Sadly never get to see the great man now.

(http://s559.photobucket.com/user/Coumarino/library/ACE)


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Post by: andydrbeard on December 29, 2015, 07:51:13 AM
Terrible news about Lemmy. What a guy. Also gutted about Jimmy Hill although of course everyone used to take the absolute piss out of him. Both true legends in their own ways.
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Post by: Pol on December 29, 2015, 09:32:50 AM
" I don't wanna live forever" rip Lemmy
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Post by: Coumarin on December 29, 2015, 10:04:24 AM
I was trying to upload a photo of a certain playing card.... it wouldn't allow me,
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Post by: Rusco on December 29, 2015, 10:15:57 AM
I was trying to upload a photo of a certain playing card.... it wouldn't allow me,

Hello Coumarin. You've seen these tips? http://board.newmodelarmy.org/index.php?topic=8257.0
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Post by: Ron B on December 29, 2015, 10:48:42 AM

 Damn.Such a shame but what a life he had.The ultimate  Rock & Roll Rebel. And the fact that since I am a big Hawkwind fan and he got the name Motorhead from one their songs well he just took his talents in a different direction. As a Bass player I can respect his style raw and brutal and loud ( just the  way I like to play). R.I.P Lemmy Very few partied as hard as you and I am sure your having a bottle or 3 of some JD chillin.8)
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Post by: Coumarin on December 29, 2015, 11:30:01 AM
Rusco, ive seen how to put photos on here. (9 years)

Quite rightly in our democratic society, the powers that be. might not allow that.

How many photographs have there been allowed on here recently? other than the band might rip for themselves?
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Post by: Coumarin on December 29, 2015, 11:35:20 AM
Those tips don't work these days.
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Post by: Viv Savage on December 29, 2015, 01:21:14 PM
Coumarin, your suggestion that the band censor photographs on this board is utterly wrong. You are walking down the wrong side of the street on that one.
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Post by: Red on December 29, 2015, 01:35:12 PM
Coumarin

Is this what you wanted?

I upload any images to photobucket then copy and paste the link

It's so easy :)

(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm179/RACred/220px-Ace_of_Spades_song_zpsssdvul2g.jpg) (http://s296.photobucket.com/user/RACred/media/220px-Ace_of_Spades_song_zpsssdvul2g.jpg.html)
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Post by: Coumarin on December 29, 2015, 03:43:39 PM
that's the sort of thing, maybe the iron cross around lemmys neck caught me out. cheers
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Post by: fairloveorwar on December 29, 2015, 05:01:07 PM

It's so easy :)



one of my favourite Hawkwind songs..:(
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Post by: Pol on December 29, 2015, 08:22:40 PM
Too much too young

John Bradbury RIP

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nxHcx7FO8nI
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Post by: Master Ray on December 29, 2015, 08:40:41 PM
Love The Specials...
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Post by: Red on January 01, 2016, 05:20:01 PM
Natalie Cole passed away earlier today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FdAO1JgvA0
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Post by: Ron B on January 01, 2016, 08:11:47 PM
Natalie Cole passed away earlier today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FdAO1JgvA0

 She was a Great singer Now That was talent very rare nowdays. :( 8)
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Post by: purplehaze on January 02, 2016, 07:49:37 PM
My dad died  on November 26 ,just eleven months after my mum ,last January the second,a year ago to the day I am heartbroken ,and although I am 44 feel like an orphan child,mydad  just bought two nma tickets for me and him,for the Manchester gig,I couldn't go in the end .I  just feel lost,we were really close,just wanted to say something about him here even though i realise that this post is an rip for famous people ,my dad was my idol and deserved a place :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on January 02, 2016, 07:58:21 PM
Hey Purplehaze,

Pretty sure this thread is for anyone to talk about whoever was important to them. Your Dad sounds like he was important to you and that makes him as special as anybody else who's moved on. Condolences for you losses. Hope this year brings some sun  :-*
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Post by: purplehaze on January 02, 2016, 08:01:37 PM
Thankyou
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Post by: Master Ray on January 02, 2016, 08:04:17 PM
PH, it's been said before that this RIP thread to open to anyone you want commemorated and recognised...

So sorry to hear this awful news.  I know that there are very little in the way of words that can make you feel better... I just hope that our best wishes will help in some small way....

 :'(

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Post by: Shush on January 02, 2016, 10:12:55 PM
Oh Jane, I am really sorry to hear  this. Me and your good friend Ian were saying we had not heard from you for a while when we met at Mancs. Now I understand why. Take strength from your lovely children mate.

Best wishes and thoughts from me and Ange.
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Post by: purplehaze on January 03, 2016, 10:23:25 AM
Thanks so much,for your kind words master ray and shush,I just feel lost at the moment,I've spent the last few years  looking after my mum who had.  Cancer,she died last January,and she was my best friend,so that was sohard ,but this last year Igor so close to my dad, even going to music night at our local him playing guitar and me singing.we had a system I broke stuff and he foxed it.then he got really I'll with pulmonary fibrosis,and our roles changed and I looked a after him,,its hit me so hard a as we didn't realise he had so little time,he even bought nma tickets for Manchester in December,he already came to see nma with me a couple of times ,even though. He wasn't keen as he was more folk and blues.him and my mum loved Roy harper and in years gone by they followed him just like me with new model army. He only did nma with me as he didn't like me doing gigs on my own.anyhow sorry for rambling on,just don't have anyone to talk to really,so pleased to get stuff off my chest so4y for the rant.jane
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Post by: purplehaze on January 03, 2016, 10:28:57 AM
The bit where I said I broke stuff and he foxed it I meant fixed it,just really bad at typing
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on January 03, 2016, 01:26:26 PM
Love and light Jane.

Be strong.

Remember we are all out here when you need us.

 :-*
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Post by: Coumarin on January 09, 2016, 06:11:09 PM
It's Friday. It's 5 to 5....

RIP Ed Stewart.
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Post by: Red on January 11, 2016, 07:03:23 AM
RIP David Bowie  :'( :'( :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb6Gbi1MpoE

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Post by: Amandistan on January 11, 2016, 07:06:18 AM
Heartbreaking news. Isn't it? I can't believe Bowie is gone.
Shit. 
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Post by: Rusco on January 11, 2016, 07:19:45 AM
Just heard this. Rest in Peace, ol' legend!

I can't believe this. This is going a way strange now. Who's next?  :-\ :-\
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Post by: Shush on January 11, 2016, 07:23:01 AM
Oh no.

What a sad start to the week. Who doesn't like at least one Bowie song.

One of the greatest musicians of all time.

R.I.P. Mr Bowie.
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Post by: marius on January 11, 2016, 09:05:50 AM
Very sad news indeed. Have listened to his music since I was 14 or so and just bought his last cd last saturday with this immensely beautiful song on it;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-JqH1M4Ya8
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Post by: Master Ray on January 11, 2016, 07:39:30 PM
I've been in a massive downer all day after hearing this... I think my earliest musical memory was hearing 'Space Oddity' as a very young kid, and feeling... well, 'odd' about it.  Such a melancholy tune that you wouldn't think would appeal to someone so young, but I always loved it.  I drifted in and out of his music, dependant on whatever was played on the radio over the years, but became a massive fan in my teens and 20's when I PROPERLY got into music... and that wealth of riches, that covered so many genres, available to anyone with ears to listen... unsurpassed since The Beatles IMO.  I can't think of anyone who followed that, possibly Prince..?

Yes, there were mis-steps (late 80's in particular and a few not-very-good movies) but what important, diversive artist didn't do that?

It was no secret that he had serious health problems, always thought it was his heart, not cancer... I guess us fans always thought / hoped that he might get better...  :'(

Lots of clips being posted all over the place... I'll leave you with this one, seems to be about someone facing their own mortality, a gorgeous and slightly disturbing tune, the title track of his excellent 'Heathen' album...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMitPOgHCLQ

Sad day.
 
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Post by: Guillaume on January 11, 2016, 07:55:57 PM
Yes, there were mis-steps (late 80's in particular and a few not-very-good movies) but what important, diversive artist didn't do that?

I like THE HUNGER and FURYO, well even LABYRINTH because of the cool creatures sets and cute Jennifer of course!! ;)
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Post by: Master Ray on January 11, 2016, 08:04:31 PM
Yes, there were mis-steps (late 80's in particular and a few not-very-good movies) but what important, diversive artist didn't do that?

I like THE HUNGER and FURYO, well even LABYRINTH because of the cool creatures sets and cute Jennifer of course!! ;)

See also INTO THE NIGHT, THE PRESTIGE and, damn, did you forget MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE?

Oh, and if anyone says a bad word about LABYRINTH, they'll get a severe internet talking-to!   ;)

This is awesome as well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InIxKCa3H9g
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Post by: Guillaume on January 11, 2016, 09:30:07 PM
damn, did you forget MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE?

FURYO is the "french" title of MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE ;)...great film.
INTO THE NIGHT, weird movie, not my fav Landis movie (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON being my fave 8)) but still pretty good...Jeff Goldblum, the beautiful Michelle and David of course!
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Post by: Stephanie on January 14, 2016, 12:08:43 PM
Alan Rickman.  :'(

Such a great actor - R.I.P.
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Post by: Shush on January 14, 2016, 12:22:15 PM
Terrible news about Alan Rickman.

Another World class talent taken at 69.
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Post by: Ron B on January 14, 2016, 02:55:53 PM
I just heard this news very sad to hear that he was another Cancer victim.   :'( Cancer is a MF. :(
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on January 14, 2016, 06:22:10 PM
I shall say it again.
Cancer is a c**t.

 :(
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Post by: Master Ray on January 14, 2016, 07:49:15 PM
Oh, Grim Reaper, you can SERIOUSLY **** off now!  Why are you taking all the good people???  >:(

True story, honest... Alan Rickman was one of the few famous people I ever encountered, totally out of the blue. Foyles bookstore, Charing Cross Road, London, in about 1992. I'm just browsing, happen to look up and there is Mr Rickman, a little bit further down the aisle. Slightly taller than me, hair bright blond (must have been for a role) but unmistakably Hans Gruber. Far too chickenshit to say anything to him, but I sort of lurked for a bit and I wished I'd said 'hello' because I heard him talking to someone else, I think it was a gutsier fan than me, in the dulcet tones that were definitely Rickman-esque. Seemed like a really nice guy...

Such a sad few weeks...

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Post by: Master Ray on January 18, 2016, 09:54:05 PM
Well, that's another one, Glenn Frey, guitarist from The Eagles, has rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible.

Blimey, they're dropping like flies this year!    :'(
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Post by: Ron B on January 18, 2016, 10:24:14 PM
Glenn Frey, Eagles Guitarist, Dies at 67

This New Year is starting off as a major Downer. :( 8)
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Post by: Red on January 19, 2016, 09:08:55 AM
Dale Griffin, drummer from Mott The Hoople has also died

He produced some March Violets track at Maida Vale
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Post by: Red on January 19, 2016, 09:10:35 AM
Dallas Taylor, ex drummer from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

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Post by: Shush on January 19, 2016, 11:31:57 AM
Well, thats a full set.

Playing live in heaven tonight, introduced by Alan Rickman,  on vocals we have David Bowie, guitar Glenn Frey, on bass Lemmy, and Dale Griffin on drums.

R.I.P. gentlemen
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Post by: Master Ray on January 19, 2016, 08:10:18 PM
Dale Griffin, drummer from Mott The Hoople has also died

He produced some March Violets track at Maida Vale

Various sites seem to indicate that Mr Griffin produced NMA at some point but I can't find any details... do I have a great big brain hole here?  I could research it, but if anyone has a quick answer for me it'll save me a bit of time...   :-\
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Post by: Red on January 20, 2016, 02:39:52 PM
Dale Griffin, drummer from Mott The Hoople has also died

He produced some March Violets track at Maida Vale

Various sites seem to indicate that Mr Griffin produced NMA at some point but I can't find any details... do I have a great big brain hole here?  I could research it, but if anyone has a quick answer for me it'll save me a bit of time...   :-\

Just found this:

Griffin also produced numerous BBC Radio 1 John Peel sessions from 1981 to 1994. These included:

    The first professional recording session for Pulp in 1981.
    A session by the Smashing Pumpkins that included the track, "Girl Named Sandoz", which was featured on Pisces Iscariot (in the liner notes, Billy Corgan derisively referred to Griffin as 'Mott The Nipple').
    An early session for Nirvana, which appeared on their Incesticide collection.
    A session for Carcass in 1989.
    A session for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1983.



 I've checked to see if he produced the NMA Peel Sessions, unfortunately he didn't.

I'll keep searching though :)
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Post by: Red on January 20, 2016, 02:45:04 PM
Found it mate

He produced some of the tracks on Radio Sessions

Details in the link below

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Sessions_'83-'84

Cheers


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Post by: Master Ray on January 20, 2016, 07:05:51 PM
Thanks for that, mate.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on January 20, 2016, 09:07:41 PM
Makes you question your own morality all these people visiting the other side
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Rusco on January 21, 2016, 07:45:48 AM
Um, I became interested to check what was the Griffin's part in Radio Sessions. So, picking up the CD it reveals that: the tracks 1-4 were produced by Dale Griffin (and engineered by Mike Engles) first broadcast on the David Jensen Show 19-7-1983.

Great Expectations
I Wish
Notice Me
Lib Ed

Not sure did I see the names right. It's so small print and couldn't see well if I don't read it from a half meter distance.  :)

Yea. R.I.P. Griffin, the famous Mott's drummer.
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Post by: Rusco on January 28, 2016, 09:33:33 AM
A guy called Jouni, a fine artist, sculptor and woodworker died last November. I used to see him at a school
(Turku Arts Academy) where I was studying in 2006 to 2010. I knew him somehow and couple of his friends.

Jouni was well known in the art scene and famous about sculptures he did...ehh, yes... ... ... ...fallistic sculptures and d***os, and he had lots of customers.  :)

Here is a YouTube video about his works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwLWs1hIxg0&feature=player_detailpage

Now, in Turku he's having his first and only exhibition ever, which unfortunately is also his memorial exhibition. Darn, he was a clever dude! My condolescens go out to Jouni's family. RIP.
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Post by: Ron B on January 29, 2016, 05:41:02 PM


What a Month

Jefferson Airplane guitarist, vocalist and co-founding member Paul Kantner has died. He was 74.

Kantner passed away on Thursday (Jan. 28) of multiple organ failure, following a heart attack earlier in the week.

From 1965-1972, Jefferson Airplane was a pioneer in the Bay Area counterculture psychedelic rock scene, first defining what became known as the “San Francisco sound.”

Kantner and guitarist and vocalist Marty Balin formed the band in a bar called the Drinking Gourd, intending the group to be a folk-rock group. Amidst the city’s drug experimentation, they developed something far more interesting.

“Jefferson Airplane had the fortune or misfortune of discovering Fender Twin Reverb amps and LSD in the same week while in college. That’s a great step forward," Kantner told author and music historian Harvey Kubernik. "We went into it our normal selves…. The point is if you find something that makes you joyful take note of it. Amplify it if you can. Tell other people about it. That’s what San Francisco was about. Both musically, idealistically and metaphorically and every other way. That’s what we did here.”

As more and more flower children moved to San Francisco, Jefferson Airplane’s local following grew and it became the first of the city’s psych-rock bands to sign to a major label, releasing its debut Jefferson Airplane Takes Off in 1966. That same year, they became the first band to headline concert promoter Bill Graham’s now legendary Fillmore Auditorium.

By the following year, the band’s second album, Surrealistic Pillow, became a soundtrack to the Summer of Love. It hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with the help of singles "Somebody to Love" and “White Rabbit," as the rest of the country began following in San Francisco’s hippy footsteps.

"On our first U.S. tour we were in cities where all the kids came in prom gowns and tuxedos. Then we came back to Iowa a year later and they were having nude mud love-ins and everybody had their faces painted," Kantner told Kubernik.

Jefferson Airplane performed at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s’  – Monterey in 1967 and Woodstock and Altamont in 1969. In 1996, Kantner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with the band.

Kantner is the first of Jefferson Airplane's founding members to have passed away. He was also a founding member of the group’s spinoff band, Jefferson Starship. which took off in 1974.

 During the Mid 60's when this New California sound was coming out instead of the surf music of the Beach Boys  and  Jan & Dean came the San Francisco sound with  Jefferson Airplane. Grateful Dead, Santana, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Now these bands there was no mistake these were bands that celebrated the counter culture plenty of drugs and mass festivals they brought that next wave that would include Montery Pop Altamount and Woodstock festivals.

 I had some of these early Albums  White Rabbit and Somebody to Love were big hits and when they changed to Jefferson Starship I had there 1st Album Well Life is short and still some great music was made R.I.P Paul :( 8)


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Post by: Master Ray on January 31, 2016, 08:22:28 PM
OK, I don't care if he wasn't 'cool'... Sir Terry Wogan was a calm and reassuring prescence whose lovely tones didn't grate in the early morning... I often listened to his early morning show on Radio 2...

Surely nobody could dislike Sir Terry for any reason at all?  He just seemed like a really nice bloke!

Another one gone to the utter evil-ness that is cancer... it's been a bad month.   :'(

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Post by: Pol on January 31, 2016, 08:29:35 PM
Gotta add don't forget all the work Terry done for children in need, seemed like a decent bloke so rip
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Post by: Master Ray on January 31, 2016, 09:06:38 PM
Gotta add don't forget all the work Terry done for children in need, seemed like a decent bloke so rip

Love this clip, Sir Terry appearing on the Kenny Everett show with the B.U.M....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXBrAcaD9rA
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Post by: Shush on January 31, 2016, 09:55:13 PM
Used to enjoy Blankety Blank back in the day. I agree, its hard to find a good reason not to like Tel.

R.I.P. Mr Wogan

Certainly has been an evil January. Good riddance to it ..
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Post by: Coumarin on February 01, 2016, 06:47:27 PM
Mr Wogan was a legend. Who other than him could have got away with this at breakfast time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLXLL6LCGn0

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Post by: Coumarin on February 05, 2016, 04:37:32 PM
RIP Maurice White of Earth, Wind and & Fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=god7hAPv8f0
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on February 06, 2016, 04:03:34 PM
Bingo the Banana Split.

https://gooferie.com/2016/01/20/bingo-from-the-banana-splits-dies/

 :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on February 06, 2016, 07:40:04 PM
I did like this one from The Daily Mash today...

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/celebrities-you-like-all-dying-because-youre-getting-old-say-experts-20160205105947

 :-[
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Post by: Pol on February 14, 2016, 05:46:19 PM
RIP Viola Beach
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on February 14, 2016, 06:41:40 PM
Yes - tragic news from Stockholm
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Post by: Shush on February 14, 2016, 09:04:43 PM
Very sad waist of life in Stockholm. R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on February 14, 2016, 09:08:09 PM
I can't say that I'd ever heard of Viola Beach, but sad news...  rather like this one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCgj-Fb4CC4
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Post by: Master Ray on February 17, 2016, 10:10:16 PM
Aw, Commandant Lassard died, aka actor George Gaynes, from the Police Academy movies.... loved those silly movies as a young fella.  I remember watching this scene, on video at home, and my parents looking a bit 'awkward'...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSiJiDSmb1E

 ;D

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Post by: Berko_kev on February 21, 2016, 10:13:29 PM
Vi Subversa of The Poison Girls just died this weekend.She was 80.
RIP Vi
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Post by: Rusco on February 22, 2016, 06:58:11 PM
Vi Subversa of The Poison Girls just died this weekend.She was 80.
RIP Vi

Aw, Vi...really? That is a miss. She was the grand ol' punk mama. Poison Girls was awesome!  :-\
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Post by: Red on February 24, 2016, 09:00:32 AM
Another one gone because of cancer :(

http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/rusty-burns-zz-top-and-stevie-ray-vaughan-collaborator-has-died-8054808
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Post by: Rusco on February 24, 2016, 04:14:20 PM
A very well known philosophist, semiotican, novelist and literary critic Umberto Eco (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco) has died.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on February 24, 2016, 07:15:30 PM
A very well known philosophist, semiotican, novelist and literary critic Umberto Eco (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco) has died.

Can't say I ever read any of his books, but the film version of 'Name Of The Rose' was excellent...
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Post by: Rusco on February 24, 2016, 07:18:48 PM
Hello M/R. I've once read one of his articles concerning semiotics. Didn't know about the films.
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Post by: Bunny on February 27, 2016, 08:35:42 PM
Ive just read that Wonderful Life singer Black, has died after a car crash. Dont expect everyone here to appreciate it, but if its true, fantastic voice and song  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on February 28, 2016, 03:20:41 PM
Father Jack.

feck.

 :(
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Post by: Coumarin on February 28, 2016, 04:55:47 PM
DRINK....ARSE

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on February 29, 2016, 11:43:09 PM
George Kennedy, Ed Hocken from the Naked Gun films... love this clip...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gob9NlqF7A

 ;D
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Post by: eastmidswhizzkid on March 01, 2016, 03:10:29 AM
Father Jack.

feck.

 :(
weirdly 18 years to the day that the guy who played father ted died. :(
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Post by: Shush on March 01, 2016, 04:35:30 PM
George Kennedy, Ed Hocken from the Naked Gun films... love this clip...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gob9NlqF7A

 ;D

Good actor George Kennedy. In lots of films, but seldom the lead character. Dirty dozen, thunderbolt and Lightfoot, and a fair few other films with Clint Eastwood.

R.I.P.
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Post by: Shush on March 09, 2016, 05:28:42 AM
Just heard George Martin has died. R.I.P.
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Post by: Master Ray on March 09, 2016, 08:10:31 PM
That's a sad one, a fine producer.

Apparently there was a flood of Internet anguish from Game Of Thrones fans because they misread it as George RR Martin died...
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Post by: Ron B on March 12, 2016, 12:19:21 AM


 Another Legend has left us.


Keith Emerson, Emerson, Lake and Palmer Keyboardist, Dead at 71


Keith Emerson, founding member and keyboardist of Emerson, Lake and Palmer and a prog rock legend, died Friday. He was 71. While the cause of death was not announced, both his bandmate Carl Palmer and the trio’s official Facebook confirmed Emerson’s death. “We regret to announce that Keith Emerson died last night at his home in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, aged 71. We ask that the family’s privacy and grief be respected,” the band wrote.

50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time

“I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my good friend and brother-in-music, Keith Emerson,” Palmer wrote in a statement. “Keith was a gentle soul whose love for music and passion for his performance as a keyboard player will remain unmatched for many years to come. He was a pioneer and an innovator whose musical genius touched all of us in the worlds of rock, classical and jazz. I will always remember his warm smile, good sense of humor, compelling showmanship, and dedication to his musical craft. I am very lucky to have known him and to have made the music we did, together.”

After discovering the Hammond and Moog in his teenage years, Emerson grew into one of the greatest keyboardists of his generation, first as a member of the Nice before founding the prog supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer. With ELP, Emerson recorded nine studio LPs, including their landmark 1973 album Brain Salad Surgery; Emerson served as co-writer on that album’s most enduring track, “Karn Evil 9.”

In addition to his time with ELP, Emerson also enjoyed a solo career that featured both solo LPs and film scores.


 So much great music and so many great memories growing up during this time early 70's  R.I.P Keith :( 8)
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Post by: Coumarin on March 12, 2016, 03:39:35 PM
Sad

and strange

Heard on the radio today it may have been suicide?

at 71?
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Post by: Master Ray on March 12, 2016, 07:25:40 PM
I can't say that I know too much ELP stuff, but Mr Emerson did some fine film scores.

Suicide at 71.... well, perhaps if he was diagnosed with some awful health condition...?
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Post by: Pol on March 13, 2016, 09:34:12 PM
Dunblane - 20 years on
Our darkest day
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Post by: Coumarin on March 20, 2016, 07:14:11 AM
A belated RIP to Paul Daniels.

Sir, you were a true entertainer.
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Post by: Pol on March 24, 2016, 06:54:43 PM
Johan cruyff one of the greatest footballers ever, sadly taken from us by the evils of smoking  RIP
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Coumarin on March 24, 2016, 07:39:47 PM
Yep, another one crossed off the list. Didn't expect him though.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on March 26, 2016, 05:14:15 PM
Asad Shah - a Glasgow shopkeeper who was murdered because of his religion  RIP
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on March 31, 2016, 11:40:36 AM
Very "Sorry" to hear Ronny Corbett has died today.

The Two Ronnies were absolutely brilliant. I hope Mr Barker is now asking for "fork 'andles"
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Post by: Pol on March 31, 2016, 01:35:18 PM
Totally loved the two Ronnie's growing up, even if I didn't quite get all the jokes back then
So RIP wee man you stood tall
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Post by: MARKXE on March 31, 2016, 03:20:16 PM
Still one of the best comedy sketches ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_6SaqVQSw

A bad year this one.  >:(

RIP
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Post by: Shush on March 31, 2016, 05:09:25 PM
Bad year for definite. It seams like everyone who was big in the 80's are popping their clog's  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on March 31, 2016, 05:12:56 PM
Got any O's ?

 ;)
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Post by: Coumarin on March 31, 2016, 05:21:58 PM
Sad to hear this today. Messers B and C's show was a staple of my growing up. "Sorry" was painfully funny too.

Language Timothy!
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Post by: Pumpkin on March 31, 2016, 11:20:17 PM
Very "Sorry" to hear Ronny Corbett has died today.

The Two Ronnies were absolutely brilliant. I hope Mr Barker is now asking for "fork 'andles"

Couldn't agree more.
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Post by: Master Ray on April 10, 2016, 11:23:42 PM
RIP Howard Marks.  Can't say I 100% approve of his lifestyle choices, but enjoyed his books.
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Post by: Master Ray on April 14, 2016, 09:05:12 PM
RIP Gareth Thomas, aka Roj Blake from 'Blake's 7'.  Loved that show as a kid... watched the first couple of seasons a few years back and was surprised how strong and dark they were, with great characters and stories, despite the terrible SFX... I think a big re-watch is in order.

Also... THAT ending??? A true mind-fook moment from my childhood, felt truly shell-shocked!  Wasn't it shown on Christmas Eve or something?   :-\
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on April 15, 2016, 11:15:33 AM
Loved that show.
I was in love with Avon.


 :)
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Post by: Master Ray on April 15, 2016, 07:14:16 PM
Loved that show.
I was in love with Avon.


 :)

Avon was probably the best character.  A total bastard but oddly likeable...
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Post by: Coumarin on April 20, 2016, 05:44:34 PM
Victoria Wood. Another shock to hear, just 62.

Now she was very funny and clever. Also enjoyed "Housewife 49"

Edit: Classic!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6aYLOf8CUQ
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on April 20, 2016, 06:23:52 PM
Very sad.

 :'(
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Post by: MARKXE on April 20, 2016, 06:42:48 PM
 :(
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Post by: Master Ray on April 20, 2016, 07:29:51 PM
Oof, that's another sad one.  What a talent.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on April 21, 2016, 12:20:39 PM
Yet another cancer victim.

I'm finding this getting harder and harder for me.

 :(
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Post by: Bunny on April 21, 2016, 01:30:14 PM
Wessex, theres always hope. My best mates missus is currently having her second battle. All you can do is fight. Stay strong beaut.
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Post by: MARKXE on April 21, 2016, 05:08:33 PM
Prince dead.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on April 21, 2016, 05:16:40 PM
Not a prince fan , but can respect his work. Fcking hell wots happening. Rip
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on April 21, 2016, 05:19:18 PM
******* hell.
They have just interrupted the programme on rajo 1 to break this news about Prince.
They're playing Purple Rain.

 :'(
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Post by: Coumarin on April 21, 2016, 05:57:41 PM
Not another... when will this stop?

A mate at school was a big fan.

Sad news.
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Post by: Bunny on April 21, 2016, 05:59:14 PM
Sheesh. What on earth is happening? Wwe wrestler Chyna also passed away. 45. :-\
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Post by: Coumarin on April 21, 2016, 06:04:56 PM
Guy Hamilton too.

Director of Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun.

Though at 93, it's fair to say he had a good innings.
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Post by: Master Ray on April 21, 2016, 07:44:43 PM
****.  Just found out about Prince.  Shocked and saddened.  Huge fan since the 80's.  Bowie was bad enough, but it was no secret that he's had serious health problems for a decade.  This is out of the blue.

I might be drinking heavily tonight.
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Post by: witch on April 21, 2016, 09:21:24 PM
Rest in peace -Prince
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Post by: Shush on April 22, 2016, 12:00:38 AM
Another one gone far too young. Frightening and sad  :'(
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Post by: Stephanie on April 22, 2016, 07:55:10 AM
Yet another cancer victim.

I'm finding this getting harder and harder for me.

 :(
:( Luckily, more and more people win this battle, too. *hugs*

Read about Prince and Chyna...and also just read that Percy Sledge died on April 14.

R.I.P.
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Post by: Red on April 22, 2016, 08:03:27 AM
Yet another cancer victim.

I'm finding this getting harder and harder for me.

 :(
:( Luckily, more and more people win this battle, too. *hugs*

Read about Prince and Chyna...and also just read that Percy Sledge died on April 14.

R.I.P.

Percy Sledge died last year

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32301435
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Post by: Stephanie on April 22, 2016, 08:11:56 AM
Percy Sledge died last year

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32301435
:o Indeed - and there I was already astonished I hadn't read anything about that last week - but didn't pay attention to the year.  ::)

Thank you!
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on June 02, 2016, 06:07:17 PM
R.I.P. bhs

Another comfortingly familiar high street name gone
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on June 02, 2016, 06:36:54 PM
No real surprise that bhs shut, it always seemed empty every time I walked past. Really sorry for anyone who lost their job whilst a couple of people dipped their pension funds and lined their pockets. Gonna leave a Woolworths size hole in many high streets
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Post by: Master Ray on June 02, 2016, 07:10:50 PM
11,000 jobs gone?  Ouch.

I can't say as I ever bought anything from BHS, but the fact that will disappear from our high streets is another big blow to British commerce and UK folks memories.  Like record shops... remember them?  There used to be five in my hometown... now you've got what the big supermarkets deign to offer and that's usually just Adele, pop compilations and anyone who just died...  :-[
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on June 04, 2016, 05:23:19 AM
Muhammad Ali - What a guy, what a fighter, definitely one of the best of all time. RIP and thanks for some of my earliest sporting memories
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Viv Savage on June 04, 2016, 10:31:50 AM
"I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be." - Ali.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on June 04, 2016, 02:35:04 PM
A fighter to the end.

 :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on June 04, 2016, 10:17:28 PM
So sad that Mr Ali has gone... not only a magnificent sportsman, but a fantastic, hilarious showman as well (obviously the influence for Apollo Creed...)  check this long clip out....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6igy7hmildM

Or if you just fancy watching a TV advert from your childhood...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV9a-051WSw

Boxers are so boring nowadays...



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Post by: Master Ray on June 12, 2016, 10:29:44 PM
RIP, those poor folks at that club in Orlando... 50 dead?  :'(

A couple of thoughts... firstly, it was originally reported as being a LGBT kind of place, now that seems to be amended, in subsequent news reports, as being a 'gay' place'... because them gay folks are OK, everyone loves the gays, right, they're on TV a lot?  Not them dodgy 'trannies', they're just wierdos...  ::)

And that murdering cnuts father saying 'No, it's not about religion, he was just homophobic...'  Yup, well, that's ok...   >:(

Murder is murder, end of.  And if you murder someone, you belong in Hell.

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Post by: Pol on June 12, 2016, 11:38:28 PM
Agreed with all you say M.R. , looking like American will never learn, really hoping this doesn't get dismissed as some kinda anti gay homophobic thing. Everyone of course  has the same rights.
One point lgbt is a umbrella group for whole of the   'gay' community even if some transgender people aren't actually gay. Also straight women go gay clubs where they can feel relaxed without any hassle.
Just innocent people out having a fun night n butchered for no reason . So RIP to everyone of them and my sympathy to all there friends and family.

Stop the killing. !
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Post by: Pol on June 12, 2016, 11:44:51 PM
Here is my tribute in the way I know best
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wF_NH3Abyes
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Johnz on June 13, 2016, 01:45:02 PM
Another tragedy. Sad to see the father's complete lack of empathy for the victims. It was all about him, his son and Islam.

I will never understand American gun laws. As far as I can see, the only purpose of an automatic assault rifle is to kill as many people as possible.

My thoughts are with the victims and those close to them.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on June 14, 2016, 05:02:51 PM
Murder is murder, end of.  And if you murder someone, you belong in Hell.

Totally. Labels don't help they just reinforce divisions and entrench hatred. Human is human.

No doubt gun laws in America help those so inclined to kill, but our species have been doing that to each other since we came down out of the trees, If it's not guns then it would be knives, sticks or hands. Sad but true.
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Post by: Master Ray on June 14, 2016, 07:54:10 PM
Anyone else seen these reports about how the murdering c-word was a regular customer at gay bars?
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on June 16, 2016, 05:49:50 PM
MP Jo Cox - shocked and disgust that this can happen to a mother and wife who was dedicating her life to help others. RIP and sympathy to your family and friends.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on June 16, 2016, 07:42:02 PM
Truly sad.  And the alleged 'fact' that the killer shouted 'Britain First'..?

I'm dreading the newspapers tomorrow when this awful event might get twisted into something that can be used in this already shameful EU debate...  >:(
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Post by: Rusco on June 16, 2016, 07:52:28 PM
Yea, just heard about it. Very sad to hear that kind of news. Where is this world going now and what kind of ugliness they stand for?
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Johnz on June 16, 2016, 09:32:31 PM
Truly sad.  And the alleged 'fact' that the killer shouted 'Britain First'..?

I'm dreading the newspapers tomorrow when this awful event might get twisted into something that can be used in this already shameful EU debate...  >:(

It probably will get used by the various factions just like the Orlando attack did. However, if this does turn out to be another hate crime, like Orlando, then it's not good enough to mourn this as just another murder that could have happened to anyone.

Right now it's just sad.
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Post by: Bunny on June 17, 2016, 06:22:36 PM
Awful awful news story. Very sad for her family and she appears to have been well respected. I think we need for the investigation to end. Put Britain first/ Britain first has totally different interpretations. By all accounts the man had a few issues, which may be the reason. A genuine tragedy and if it is another failing by the mental health profession, then its about time something changed.
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Post by: Master Ray on June 17, 2016, 07:29:33 PM
Seems like the 'Britain First' thing didn't happen or was misheard in the heat of a terrible situation... it was just a nutter who somehow had a gun.

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Post by: Coumarin on June 17, 2016, 07:38:55 PM
.....And a knife...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on June 17, 2016, 07:58:21 PM
.....And a knife...

Yup, that too... I think the whole 'murder' thing was kind of the point here?   :(
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Post by: Coumarin on June 17, 2016, 08:03:33 PM
Very intentional
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Post by: Coumarin on June 17, 2016, 08:06:02 PM
A murder by shooting is one thing.... A murder by stabbing is one thing... both?
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Post by: Master Ray on June 17, 2016, 08:31:58 PM
A murder by shooting is one thing.... A murder by stabbing is one thing... both?

*MR hears something whistling over his head (and feels a bit dumb for it) but genuinely is thinking WTF right now...*   ::)

Explanation, please, Coumarin?
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Post by: Shush on June 17, 2016, 08:49:59 PM
think it a reflection of the intense savagery of the attack. No mistake, full on intention to take life.
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Post by: Master Ray on June 17, 2016, 09:23:03 PM
Okay... so shooting a gun into a womans head wasn't?

I give up.
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Post by: Coumarin on June 17, 2016, 09:28:33 PM
Shall we discuss this in the morning?
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Post by: Rusco on June 17, 2016, 09:43:05 PM
Terrible world. Just came here to tell that.

But we know a cure.
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Post by: Master Ray on June 17, 2016, 09:50:53 PM
Shall we discuss this in the morning?

Nope.  Tired and bored.
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Post by: Coumarin on June 17, 2016, 09:53:28 PM
Shall we discuss this in the morning?

Nope.  Tired and bored.




As you wish.
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Post by: Coumarin on June 17, 2016, 09:57:41 PM
Night Night
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Post by: Master Ray on June 17, 2016, 10:01:04 PM
Shall we discuss this in the morning?

Nope.  Tired and bored.




As you wish.

So... which one of us is Wesley and which of us is Buttercup?

 ;D
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Post by: Coumarin on June 17, 2016, 10:04:47 PM
Your'e not making sense Ray. Best left to the morning eh mate?
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Post by: Rusco on June 17, 2016, 10:07:30 PM
They're talking about a movie now I guess?  :)
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Post by: Master Ray on June 17, 2016, 10:25:19 PM
Yes, it's a reference to 1987's cracking movie 'The Princess Bride', where the expression 'as you wish' meant 'I love you'... to be honest, I thought that Coumarin knew that and was posting it in the same joking fashion as I did...  :-[

Obviously not.  I do sometimes forget that not everyone is as big a movie geek as myself.

 :-\

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Post by: Rusco on June 18, 2016, 09:39:53 AM
Lol ok, Ray.

Looks like I also had a point somewhere, some time here last night.   ;D
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Post by: Master Ray on June 18, 2016, 10:37:57 PM
I probably shouldn't knock back a sleeping pill after a few beers... it does lead to brain confusion-stuff...   ???
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Post by: Johnz on June 19, 2016, 04:07:17 PM
According to the news he gave his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain" before the magistrates.

While it sounds like he may have had some psychological isues in the past, doctors have concluded that he is fit to stand trial.

So, sadly this was a premeditated hate crime by a far right supporter. It will be hard not to politisize the politically motivated murder of a politician. At the very least, this is a very sad reminder of the radicalized society that we live in these days. What can we do to fix this?
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Post by: Pol on June 19, 2016, 04:57:33 PM
I think that society is always going to be divided no matter what , yes its a sad statement . I will never be able to understand why certain people have so much hate for no good reason.
I don't know his mental state but what kinda person does that
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Post by: Master Ray on June 19, 2016, 08:04:09 PM
Anther sad celeb death, Anton Yelchin, 27, best known for Checkov in the recent Star Trek movies, but also made some interesting indie movies like Only Lovers Left Alive, Like Crazy and a particular fave of mine, Alpha Dog.

Somehow seems to have been killed by his own car in a bizarre 'exiting his vehicle which then rolled back over him' incident...
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Post by: Bunny on June 19, 2016, 11:19:25 PM
According to the news he gave his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain" before the magistrates.

While it sounds like he may have had some psychological isues in the past, doctors have concluded that he is fit to stand trial.

So, sadly this was a premeditated hate crime by a far right supporter. It will be hard not to politisize the politically motivated murder of a politician. At the very least, this is a very sad reminder of the radicalized society that we live in these days. What can we do to fix this?
While i get your sentiments, I struggle from my experience of mental health, that it is ever 100% fixed. I dont wish to diminish anyone who is unwell, but the care they receive is shocking. Treatment can be refused which leaves sectioning, which beleive it or not, is so far down the line its untrue, and tablets are unused because people feel better and so slide back into illness. Obviously I dont know everything about this case, but Ill put money it will have some bearing. Not an excuse but a cause and a sad indictment that happens too often.
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Post by: Master Ray on June 19, 2016, 11:50:38 PM
According to the news he gave his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain" before the magistrates.

While it sounds like he may have had some psychological isues in the past, doctors have concluded that he is fit to stand trial.

So, sadly this was a premeditated hate crime by a far right supporter. It will be hard not to politisize the politically motivated murder of a politician. At the very least, this is a very sad reminder of the radicalized society that we live in these days. What can we do to fix this?

I have to be honest, Johnz, I have yet to see any proper evidence that this evil bastard was anything other than a lone psycho, certainly nothing solid that indicates he was properly affiliated with the far-right, or anyone else for that matter..?  If you've got anything, I'd love to see it...

For my money, it seems to be proof that if the media drum up immense hysteria and potential hatred for their own various ends, some weak minded and potentially violent fuckwit with soak it up and do something terrible.

 :'(



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Post by: Johnz on June 20, 2016, 01:31:17 PM

For my money, it seems to be proof that if the media drum up immense hysteria and potential hatred for their own various ends, some weak minded and potentially violent fuckwit with soak it up and do something terrible.

 :'(

I agree to an extent. It's not just the media though. You are probably familiar with this quote from Britain First leader Jayda Fransen:

“They think they can get away with ruining our country, turning us into a Third World country, giving away our homes, jobs and heritage, but they will face the wrath of the Britain First movement, make no mistake about it!
We will not rest until every traitor is punished for their crimes against our country. And by punished, I mean good old fashioned British justice at the end of a rope!”

I'm sure you can see how this might inspire some people to take matters into their own hands. It looks like this guy may have toyed with far-right ideas for a long time. The hysteria of the last few weeks probably made him snap.

But that doesn't make it an unfortunate accident. We do have this level of extremism in our society now and to me, those who incite others to become violent are as guilty as the perpetrators themselves.
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Post by: ldopas on June 20, 2016, 01:44:18 PM
I probably shouldn't knock back a sleeping pill after a few beers... it does lead to brain confusion-stuff...   ???

...and it is very dangerous MR. Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham, Janis Joplin. Need I say more. Beer plus suppressants equals big trouble!  :)
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Post by: Master Ray on June 20, 2016, 07:18:39 PM

For my money, it seems to be proof that if the media drum up immense hysteria and potential hatred for their own various ends, some weak minded and potentially violent fuckwit with soak it up and do something terrible.

 :'(

I agree to an extent. It's not just the media though. You are probably familiar with this quote from Britain First leader Jayda Fransen:

“They think they can get away with ruining our country, turning us into a Third World country, giving away our homes, jobs and heritage, but they will face the wrath of the Britain First movement, make no mistake about it!
We will not rest until every traitor is punished for their crimes against our country. And by punished, I mean good old fashioned British justice at the end of a rope!”

I'm sure you can see how this might inspire some people to take matters into their own hands. It looks like this guy may have toyed with far-right ideas for a long time. The hysteria of the last few weeks probably made him snap.

But that doesn't make it an unfortunate accident. We do have this level of extremism in our society now and to me, those who incite others to become violent are as guilty as the perpetrators themselves.

True that, and mostly accepted... I'd just suggest that the cavalcade of utter bollocks that is invading the collective consiousness is more prevalent than the sad little words of a bunch of right-wing nutters who nobody really takes seriously other than a few scumbags... and I still haven't seen any proof that the guy was actually affiliated with the far right movement...

But this is just semantics. His trial will show up what really happened, if one actually happens... two people were brutally stabbed one Saturday morning in my hometown a couple of years ago and there was no big trial, the guy was just committed with no public explanation...
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Post by: Pol on June 29, 2016, 05:13:02 PM
All those killed in Istanbul RIP
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Post by: Isaac(Black Eagle Rising) on June 29, 2016, 05:58:37 PM
All those killed in Istanbul RIP
This morning I went there to my standby duty  as Im a cabin crew and the things I have seen left a huge darkness in me.Roofs got dark by blast everywhere smell of burn and bullet holes on windows and all smashed into pieces..peoples burned pieces..terrifying..no words can tell  :'(
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Post by: Johnz on June 29, 2016, 06:29:04 PM
Just awful. My thoughts are with those affected.
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Post by: Pol on June 30, 2016, 08:06:29 PM
I get trying to let kids follow their own path, though almost impossible with schools and society divided into sect's.kids needed to be encouraged n gently guided with their choices but its their lives to lead.
I've said controversially maybe on other threads religion can be a really good thing for many people just think of the religious people who do good acts every day for their community's . Football even as a fan its at worst valium for the masses or maybe even a tribal family gathering. Pet ownership sorry but just don't get where your coming from on that one
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Post by: Bunny on July 02, 2016, 03:19:31 PM
Caroline Aherne...what a loss at 52. Brilliant in the Royle Family. Has had her private demons but seemed like a nice lady
 Shame.

Not meant as an afterthought, but stay strong Turkey.
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Post by: Shush on July 02, 2016, 05:45:11 PM
Terrible news about Caroline Aherne. Didn't know she was ill. Mega talented and beautiful lady. Only 52.
R.I.P. 
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Post by: Master Ray on July 02, 2016, 07:25:10 PM
Sad about Caroline Aherne.  I ran into her in Manchester a long time ago.  We passed by each other on Oxford Road, I was all 'blimey, it's her off of The Royle Family' (big fan of that show), didn't say anything but she caught me looking, gave me a really nice smile and a 'hiya' as our paths crossed.  Seemed like a really nice lady and much prettier in 'real life' than her TV appearances might have indicated.
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Post by: fairloveorwar on July 03, 2016, 08:09:51 AM
hope it was a quick slide, disease is a very cruel way to go for anyone, terrible for those full of life..:(
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Post by: Master Ray on July 03, 2016, 07:38:00 PM
Just realised that Caroline Aherne and Alan Rickman are two of the very few celebrity names who I ran into in the past... and both passed away in recent months.

I saw Bill Nighy in London about four years ago.  I fear for the man.
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Post by: Red on July 04, 2016, 06:22:12 AM
Personal one for me here

My brother in law John ( ex Derby County, Nottingham Forest and England U21 goalkeeper)

Lost his very very long battle with cancer yesterday morning

RIP  :'( :'(
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Post by: Stephanie on July 06, 2016, 01:47:18 PM
Very sorry for your loss, Red.  :(
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Post by: Master Ray on July 06, 2016, 07:25:20 PM
Agreed, sorry to hear it mate.
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on July 10, 2016, 01:47:26 PM
Be strong Red.

 :-*

Cancer is a fucker for those with it and those who are left after it.
 :'(
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Post by: Pol on July 10, 2016, 02:34:45 PM
My thoughts are with you mate
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Post by: Master Ray on July 29, 2016, 10:28:45 PM
RIP, Mrs Mangel...

Those of us of 'a certain age' will know what that means...
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Post by: Pol on July 29, 2016, 11:17:45 PM
Was gonna say as long as bouncer is ok , but he is probably long gone too. Rip Nel Mangle
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on July 30, 2016, 05:40:38 PM
Aww.

Mrs Mangel

 :-*
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Post by: Master Ray on August 11, 2016, 11:13:32 PM
Oh, bloody hell... The Duke Of Westminster died... I briefly met him once (nice bloke, and despite his immense wealth he was quite a 'down to earth' fella) as I once did the recently departed Alan Rickman and Caroline Aherne... I'm starting to think I should get fitted for a big hooded black cape and try and find a cheap scythe...

You might want to avoid me at the forthcoming NMA live dates... just in case...  ???
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Post by: Pol on August 12, 2016, 01:47:59 PM
Oh well too late for me to avoid the curse of master ray , he might have left you a few quid in his will lol
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Post by: Master Ray on August 13, 2016, 10:16:39 PM
RIP, Kenny Baker, aka the little fella who was in R2D2....

Although he was also one of the Time Bandits... awesome film.
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Post by: Pol on August 13, 2016, 11:12:52 PM
Sad to see the wee man passing . I'm not a big star wars fan but must admit I do find the films enjoyable
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Post by: Master Ray on August 29, 2016, 08:02:36 PM
Well, congratulations 2016, another fine artist gone... RIP Gene Wilder.   :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr9xVmCL0bA
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Post by: Shush on August 29, 2016, 09:09:50 PM
Damn, thats a blow. Love Gene Wilder films. Personal favourite, Stir Crazy. Followed by The Silver Streak. Anything where he is paired with Mr Pryor takes me back to fond film memories.  R.I.P funny man  :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on August 29, 2016, 09:35:09 PM
Damn, thats a blow. Love Gene Wilder films. Personal favourite, Stir Crazy. Followed by The Silver Streak. Anything where he is paired with Mr Pryor takes me back to fond film memories.  R.I.P funny man  :'(

Agreed, Stir Crazy is a cracking good film.  This scene is a running joke (since the 80's!) between my best mate and me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FM9F6ChszQ
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Post by: Pol on August 31, 2016, 06:39:33 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mgpbzVOeXf0
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Post by: Adrian on September 08, 2016, 01:58:41 PM
R.I.P. Possibly my favourite NMA track..
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Post by: Master Ray on September 08, 2016, 06:52:59 PM
R.I.P. Possibly my favourite NMA track..

Ha!  Well played, sir!

Unless, by some chance (and I'm sure it's not the case) you didn't read the other posts, in which case...  :-[

 :)
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Post by: Coumarin on September 11, 2016, 05:17:16 AM
RIP Hannes Arch.

http://www.flyingmag.com/red-bull-air-race-pilot-hannes-arch-dies
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Post by: Adrian on September 11, 2016, 08:41:22 AM
RIP Prince Buster
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Post by: Master Ray on September 11, 2016, 07:31:12 PM
RIP Prince Buster

Aw, just heard that.

He certainly sold the heat... with a rock steady beat...  :)
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Post by: lotus on September 19, 2016, 04:02:19 PM
R.I.P. Ashley Cartwright

51st state - The Shakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=lm40IRhr6iQ
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Post by: Pol on September 19, 2016, 10:09:50 PM
Condolences to Ashley's family n thanks for giving us the 51st state
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Post by: MARKXE on September 21, 2016, 07:22:23 PM
For those of us who never visit the front page.
Nice words,
http://www.newmodelarmy.org/
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Post by: Red on September 21, 2016, 08:20:07 PM
RIP to a family friend. Vashti Hayes

Diagnosed with breast cancer 3 years ago that she beat and then cancer of the spine!!!!!!

Married last Thursday, passed away on Sunday, life is so f**king cruel

Worst part about it is that she was only 23!!!!

She was a talented songwriter and musician

Very poignant recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INoEbpyHvrs


http://www.gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/heartbreak-follows-happiest-week-for-isle-family-1-8135537

RIP Vashti :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on September 21, 2016, 09:18:13 PM
Oof. That's so sad. 
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Post by: Shush on September 22, 2016, 01:19:33 AM
Truly saddening Red. What a pointless loss. Condolences to you and all the others effected. That's no age to go.   
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Post by: Red on September 22, 2016, 06:46:54 AM
Truly saddening Red. What a pointless loss. Condolences to you and all the others effected. That's no age to go.

Thanks
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Post by: Master Ray on October 15, 2016, 12:05:53 AM
RIP Jean Alexander, aka 'Hilda Ogden', one of the greatest UK TV characters ever... you know, from back when 'Coronation Street' was a warm-hearted, moving comedy drama, not just a dumping ground for talent show rejects and increasingly controversial storylines that have been done many times before...

That's another one from my childhood gone...
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Post by: Pol on October 15, 2016, 05:07:25 AM
Sad to see Jean leaving us . Think everyone of a certain age watched the street back when we only had 3 stations n video players where just being invented
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Post by: Coumarin on October 15, 2016, 05:50:52 PM
Yes, Jean Alexander was always good to watch. Funny, but sad too. Here's my abiding memory of her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE_ln6urc-o
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Post by: skyman9 on October 24, 2016, 08:29:07 PM
Sorry to hear that Pete Burns died today. His early music was so different from what made him famous. Used to buy records from him in Probe Records. Can still smell the incense sticks.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS9cdiYCjrM    Give it a try you might be surprised.
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Post by: Master Ray on October 24, 2016, 08:43:10 PM
The guy was a true one-off, for sure.  No matter what you thought of him, love or hate, the world is getting increasingly boring and folks like him provoke a reaction. That's gotta be a good thing. RIP, sir.
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Post by: Pol on October 24, 2016, 09:47:01 PM
Yes sorry to hear about Pete he was definitely a individual, a non conformist who had struggled with his health and identity, hopefully he is finally at peace with the nature gods.
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on October 25, 2016, 10:06:52 AM
 :'(

Pete

 :-*
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Post by: Sheena on October 25, 2016, 10:17:57 AM
:'(

Pete

 :-*
Agree  :'(
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Post by: szmurf on November 11, 2016, 01:50:26 AM
Leonard Cohen - The guy is a master
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Post by: Master Ray on November 11, 2016, 06:33:22 AM
Just woke up to the sad news about Mr Cohen.   :'(

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Post by: Bever on November 11, 2016, 09:07:59 AM
It's not about lists and rankings. But from all great artists we lost  this year, I'm touched the most by Cohen.
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Post by: fairloveorwar on November 11, 2016, 09:23:41 AM
damn fine innings from one of our literary greats..
good journey on and thank you..:)
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Post by: Master Ray on November 22, 2016, 07:43:17 PM
I doubt there are many Inspiral Carpets fans here, but they were one of my favourite indie bands of the early 90's, so I was sad to hear about the death of drummer Craig Gill today at only 44.  Here's 'I Want You', damn the lad knew how to hit the skins...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLI0vdSdwm0

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Post by: Master Ray on November 26, 2016, 10:32:47 PM
RIP, Fidel Castro, or 'Fray Bentos' as David Brent once called him...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-2BFjSMVsU

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Post by: Master Ray on November 27, 2016, 06:32:33 PM
Aw, this one saddened me.  I know there are a few 'Browncoats' on this Forum (aka fans of the cult TV show Firefly), one of my face shows ever, so was gutted to hear that Ron Glass, Shepherd Book in the show, died at 71.

Serious, fook you, 2016.   :'( 
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Post by: Rob M. on November 27, 2016, 09:31:38 PM
Gavle Goat 2016 - Torched today at 23:06! RIP Goaty!
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Post by: Master Ray on December 01, 2016, 09:50:39 PM
Aw, RIP Andrew Sachs, aka Manuel from Fawlty Towers.

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Post by: Red on December 06, 2016, 06:17:03 PM
Peter Vaughan

Star of the TV show Porridge

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/06/peter-vaughan-star-of-porridge-and-game-of-thrones-dies-aged-93
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Post by: Shush on December 06, 2016, 06:33:58 PM
The real governor of HMP Slade  :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on December 06, 2016, 07:15:46 PM
Peter Vaughan

Star of the TV show Porridge

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/06/peter-vaughan-star-of-porridge-and-game-of-thrones-dies-aged-93

Great actor, not a household name but always good value.  Nice to see him, even at 93, playing a significant role in the worlds biggest TV how, Game Of Thrones...
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Post by: Red on December 08, 2016, 11:43:26 AM
http://www.nme.com/news/music/emerson-lake-palmer-king-crimson-frontman-greg-lake-dies-1900877
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Post by: Ron B on December 08, 2016, 05:28:55 PM


Such a sad thing to hear  about Greg Lake going thru my Progressive Phase King Crimson and ELP were staples in my music collection. 3 of the finest musicians I have seen. and 2 of them have passed. :( RIP Greg. 8)
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Post by: Red on December 10, 2016, 06:56:47 AM
John Glenn

1st US astronaiut to orbit the earth

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38257445
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Post by: Pol on December 21, 2016, 05:19:50 PM
All those lost in the Berlin Xmas market attack. Can't comprehend how terrifying it must have been, I often visit the market in Glasgow, where its a relaxing chance to try different foods etc .
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Post by: Master Ray on December 21, 2016, 07:01:47 PM
True that, Pol. Kinda sickening to see various factions in the media using it to emphasise their own personal viewpoints.
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Post by: Stephanie on December 22, 2016, 11:43:17 AM
Kinda sickening to see various factions in the media using it to emphasise their own personal viewpoints.
Couldn't agree more! That makes me so mad - and it scares me more than any terrorist threat ever could, I think - reading all the comments... >:( :-\
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Post by: Red on December 24, 2016, 02:11:36 PM
Rick Parfitt, guitarist from Status Quo has passed away in a hospital in Spain age 68 :( :(

Another great musician taken in 2016 :(

My favourite Quo track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5P3gvQ3f5E
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on December 24, 2016, 05:09:54 PM
 :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on December 24, 2016, 07:05:03 PM
Sad about Mr Parfitt, was a big fan as a kid.  Quo are one of those bands who are generally regarded as a bit naff, but they did some excellent stuff over the years.

I was suspecting we'd be mentioning Carrie Fisher after her having a massive heart attack on a plane... she's still hanging in there, The Force is strong in this one!
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Post by: Master Ray on December 25, 2016, 11:05:53 PM
Can't say I'm a fan, but George Michael died today...

Never owned one of his records but he was a big figure in popular culture when I was young and happier and thus I feel a bit sad at his passing at only 53...
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Post by: Pol on December 26, 2016, 09:51:31 AM
53 fcking hell , that's a heavy dose of mortality there. Yes like probably nearly everyone on here, I was never a fan . He seemed to have his personal demons the last few years, think he probably just wanted to a ordinary guy some days, I guess you can never escape when your that famous. So respect and rip from me.
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Post by: skyman9 on December 26, 2016, 11:26:53 AM
Always had a soft spot for George despite sadly having to listen to "Last Christmas" on rotation at work every year.  He wasnt frightened of making his politics known either.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABhZQ_VRbsQ
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Post by: jez pike on December 26, 2016, 12:48:56 PM
Older is a great album,fantastic production,play it often.Sad news and he was my age!
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Post by: skyman9 on December 27, 2016, 09:53:13 AM
George Michael and Morrissey discussing Joy Division´s Ideal for Living and Closer amongst other things. JD part starts around 13:30 but the whole show is quite entertaining.   Agree with George on the 2nd side of Closer but who can forget Heartand Soul as the opener.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1ZMi3cPzUg
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Post by: Sheena on December 27, 2016, 05:32:46 PM
Carrie Fisher  :'(
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Post by: Shush on December 27, 2016, 08:01:18 PM
Yet another one gone far too young this year. At least she helped give the last Star Wars offering, the Force Awakens Some credibility. R.I.P. Carrie Fisher. A grate character. 
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Post by: Shush on December 27, 2016, 08:11:21 PM
Older is a great album,fantastic production,play it often.Sad news and he was my age!

Used to seriously hate Wham back in the 80's. Lets face it, its that kind of music that made many of us here seek out alternative bands like NMA back then to escape such chart fodder. I do have to agree with Jez, his later music was of fine quality. I do not have a copy of Older, but I liked what I heard off it in the later 90's. At the end of the day, a singer who wrote and performed his own music the way he wanted to - is a great loss to UK music. R.I.P.
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Post by: Master Ray on December 27, 2016, 11:26:47 PM
Aw hell, Carrie Fisher.  I only found out when I got to the pub tonight.  There were a few middle-aged men feeling somewhat melancholy around a pub table.
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Post by: Master Ray on January 19, 2017, 09:30:50 PM
RIP Miguel Ferrer, great actor from so many cult TV shows and films.  Here's two of my favourites, firstly from Twin Peaks...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww-88rwt4ms

... and this lovely little bit from 'Hot Shots 2'....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVESMxs4rbA

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Post by: Red on January 23, 2017, 03:48:34 PM
Gordon Kaye  (Rene in 'Allo 'Allo) has died aged 75

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4148458/Allo-Allo-star-Gordon-Kaye-dies-care-home-aged-75.html
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Post by: gp(h) on January 24, 2017, 06:43:12 PM
Pete Overend Watts, 69
Mott the Hoople

www.youtube.com/watch?v=34WQuxBxFEw

96 decibel freak
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Post by: Ron B on January 27, 2017, 09:58:39 PM

RIP Tom Edwards (Tommo), Fields Of The Nephilim.
TOM EDWARDS, GUITARIST AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR ADAM ANT, PASSES AWAY
(CHERRY HILL, NJ) January 26, 2017 … Tom Edwards, 41, guitarist and MD for Adam Ant, passed away yesterday from suspected heart failure at Kennedy Hospital in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Tom was on tour with the band as part of the North American Kings of the Wild Frontier tour that began two nights ago in Washington DC. He was found unresponsive then rushed to the hospital where he passed away yesterday in the late afternoon.
An autopsy is pending. No further details are known at this time.
Tom was an esteemed guitarist throughout his career and had played with Roddy Frame, Fields of the Nephilim, Rebelles, Edwyn Collins, Andrea Corrs, Arno Castens and Spiderbites.
“On behalf of Adam and his band, we thank all of you for your best wishes and support during this most difficult time, Tom shared his musical gifts with the world and his spirit will live on forever.”
In order to pay respects to their honoured bandmate, Adam and his band have postponed their upcoming concerts at The Keswick Theatre in Philadelphia (January 26) and Webster Hall in New York City (January 27), but will resume the tour at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto (January 29).



Damn I was just watching the video of them not even knowing that he was on tour here in the States with Adam Ant. :( RIP Tommo  (Forever Remain). 8)
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Post by: Pol on January 28, 2017, 04:08:53 PM
Sir John Hurt - surely one of the best actors ever . RIP.
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Post by: Shush on January 28, 2017, 04:24:49 PM
Sir John Hurt - surely one of the best actors ever . RIP.

Ditto all of that.
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on January 28, 2017, 05:18:28 PM
Tommo

 :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on January 28, 2017, 09:29:45 PM
Sir John Hurt - surely one of the best actors ever . RIP.

Ditto all of that.

Ditto again.  Also seems like a legendary bloke. I've been trying (and failing) to find a magazine article I read a few years ago where the writer saw Mr Hurt in a pub, approached him and was told(I remember the response quite clearly) 'Ah!  An autograph hunter, how f******g delightful, I thought you were a bloody journalist!  Now, kindly refill my glass and I'll tell you some stories funny enough to blow the flies off a shithouse...' and proceeded to do exactly that, get rat-arsed with a complete stranger just for the fun of it...even if that stories exaggerated, I think it indicates what a great bloke he was.  RIP, sir.
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Post by: Ron B on January 31, 2017, 04:51:39 PM


 Saw this thru My Bass Player Facebook page.

Today we say goodbye to bass great John Wetton (Asia (band), King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Brian Eno), who passed away this morning after a long bout with cancer. He was a phenomenal musical and a wonderful person. (June 12, 1949 – January 31, 2017)

 2017 is starting just as bad as 2016 :( 8)
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Post by: Master Ray on February 07, 2017, 10:31:14 PM
As a kid, I loved the original Battlestar Galactica and, as an adult, I REALLY loved the reboot, so was sad to heard about Richard Hatch (Apollo in the 70's show, Tom Zarek in the reboot) dying today...  :-[
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Post by: Heno on February 08, 2017, 03:25:20 PM
yeah, saw that Ray and thought of you

some double-barrelled Tara. Died alone and was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year. I can't help but think about the terrible loneliness in this.
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Post by: Master Ray on February 26, 2017, 07:06:22 PM
Aw, Bill Paxton?   :'(

A superb 'everyman' actor, not a household name but always great.  He was in too many excellent films to mention, but 'Near Dark', 'A Simple Plan' and 'Frailty' (which he directed) are worth a couple of hours of anyone's time.

Only 61.  Damn.
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Post by: Ron B on February 26, 2017, 08:52:36 PM
Aw, Bill Paxton?   :'(

A superb 'everyman' actor, not a household name but always great.  He was in too many excellent films to mention, but 'Near Dark', 'A Simple Plan' and 'Frailty' (which he directed) are worth a couple of hours of anyone's time.

Only 61.  Damn.


 Such a Shock He was Hudson in Aliens one of my favorite movies the famous Quote "Game over Man Game Over" one of a kind. :( 8)
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Post by: Pol on February 26, 2017, 08:58:12 PM
Yes always sad to lose another member of the alien crew
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Post by: Shush on March 03, 2017, 09:27:44 PM
Every time I see Bill Paxton I think of the first role I saw him play - Chet in Weird Science. He played the perfect annoying older brother. RIP. Another one gone too young.
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Post by: Master Ray on March 04, 2017, 07:18:42 PM
Haven't watched Weird Science since, probably, the 80's on VHS.  Must get on that.
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Post by: Red on March 10, 2017, 04:04:36 PM
John Surtees

Former Formula 1 World Champion

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39235608
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Post by: Pol on March 10, 2017, 05:00:35 PM
Sad to hear of the passing of John Surtees - the only person to win world championships in motor bikes and f1 cars , definitely a legend
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Post by: Pol on March 18, 2017, 11:08:41 PM
Chuck Berry - godfather of rock n roll
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ROwVrF0Ceg
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Post by: Master Ray on March 18, 2017, 11:14:54 PM
Chuck Berry - godfather of rock n roll
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ROwVrF0Ceg

A truly influential musician, RIP sir... but with the greatest of respect, I thought he died years ago...  :-\
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Post by: Ron B on March 19, 2017, 11:17:25 AM


  R.I.P Chuck Berry. :( 8)
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Post by: Rusco on March 20, 2017, 07:04:52 PM


  R.I.P Chuck Berry. :( 8)

Definately!
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Post by: Red on March 21, 2017, 06:49:46 PM
Martin McGuinness  :) :) :)

Good riddance, just need Gerry Adams to follow you soon

Hope it was a slow painful death you murdering ba$tard

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/21/martin-mcguinness-coward-sued-peace-save-skin/
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Post by: Master Ray on March 21, 2017, 08:10:47 PM
Agreed, Red.   >:(  It's hopefully 'rather warm' where he is now.
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Post by: Master Ray on May 10, 2017, 07:11:19 PM
Anther sad one for us movie buffs, Michael Parks (the best actor that most people had never heard of) passed away today.  He did a lot of stuff over the years, much with Tarantino and a couple with Kevin Smith.  Gonna post one of his best scenes, from 'Red State' (a film inspired by the Westboro Baptist Church, so some might find it offensive, be warned!) but it's one of the best performances I'e ever seen...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQuG7iDHGng&t=103s
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Post by: Red on May 18, 2017, 08:02:11 AM
Chris Cornell (Soundgarden/Audislave)  :'( :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_zzCLLRvE
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Post by: Ron B on May 18, 2017, 08:26:49 AM

 Just saw this flash across my facebook page wow. What a singer and what great bands he fronted.
 R.I.P. Chris :( :'( 8).
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Post by: andydrbeard on May 18, 2017, 08:32:49 AM
Very sad about Chris Cornell, what a talent. Listen to the Temple of the Dog album and hear the absolute apex rock singer. Rest in peace Chris, you'll be greatly missed.
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Post by: Rusco on May 18, 2017, 05:48:43 PM
Yea, I agree totally with all you've said. I think this is a thing concerning the generation that probably most of us feel belonging to. Now how too early it is! Soundgarden is a band you could easily had expect being around for many decades.  :(
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Post by: Master Ray on May 18, 2017, 07:41:26 PM
Truly saddened and shocked by this one.  Loved Soundgarden (my favourite of the big 'grunge' bands, dare I say it, even more so than Nirvana?)  and really liked Audioslave and Temple.  WHAT A VOICE!  One of the few people who could sing a Zeppelin track without embarrassing himself. 

One of those 'out of the blue' deaths that you wake up to and think 'nah, this must be a dream'...

Never saw him live despite having several chances to.  Stupid me.  :-\
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Post by: Master Ray on May 18, 2017, 08:09:07 PM
Damn, it seems official that Mr Cornell hanged himself... just when I thought I couldn't feel any sadder about his passing...  :'(
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Post by: szmurf on May 19, 2017, 01:34:59 AM
I hate to hear about anyone taking their own lives.

On a lighter note: RIP - Roger Ailes.
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Post by: Guillaume on May 19, 2017, 07:03:19 AM
WHAT A VOICE!

Indeed. Really sad news.
I love "Black hole sun" and "Shadow on the sun"...Michael Mann who is a big fan of Cornell used "Shadow on the sun" in one of the most striking scenes of "Collateral":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKX-2pa-UE

"Life's short. One day, it's gone."  RIP Chris :'(

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Post by: fairloveorwar on May 19, 2017, 10:00:03 AM
yes you dare say it M.R..Soundgarden were, for me, one of the defining bands of that time and Rage recruiting him was history. i mean i love Zack and all but Chris just fit them so much better..:(

really sucks, often you can see the pain behind the smile and how someone like Robin williams is dying inside but...
..sucks..:(
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Post by: Pol on May 19, 2017, 11:30:08 AM
RIP Chris , one of the best rock singers ever and soundgarden were also brilliant band . In terms of depth and quality they were one fckin excellent and definitely my favourite from that era of great American bands. Black Days indeed !
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Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on May 19, 2017, 07:13:41 PM
often you can see the pain behind the smile and how someone like Robin williams is dying inside but...

Yes, the black dog can get anyone regardless of superficial happiness
 :(
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Post by: Johnz on May 20, 2017, 08:36:28 AM
Sad news. I remember seeing Soundgarden together with NMA in Duesseldorf in 1990.

A sad loss.
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Post by: Pol on May 22, 2017, 08:56:49 PM
Nicky Hayden ex motogp champion and current world superbike rider who died whilst out cycling #69
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Post by: witch on May 22, 2017, 09:12:02 PM
So sad about this  :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on May 22, 2017, 10:36:27 PM
Seems like there's been another terrorist attack, this time at the Manchester Arena, confirmed fatalities according to Greater Manchester Police... this at an Ariana Grande show, a singer who has mostly kids as her fans...

Fuckin' evil cnuts.
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Post by: Pol on May 23, 2017, 07:51:35 AM
RIP those at the Manchester arena . Over 20 dead and over 60 injured, many of them young teenagers and kids.
Innocent people killed and injured who had little understanding of the cause.
All done for a false god
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Post by: Rusco on May 23, 2017, 12:17:11 PM
At morning we were very saddened to hear these news. Our hearts are with young kids and their families.
Not a very long time ago we were at Manc too and to think that ugly bomb attacks could had been targeted at anyone.
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Post by: Amandistan on May 23, 2017, 12:25:47 PM
Killing 8 years olds is pure evil and disgusting.  It is hard to believe this has happened and anyone would target a concert that they knew would have a large number of children. Now IS has claimed this attack as they do to most attacks. 
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Post by: Stephanie on May 23, 2017, 02:30:57 PM
This is absolutely disgusting - can you sink any lower?  >:( :'(

Those poor people, the poor children...my heart goes out to the families... :'(
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Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on May 23, 2017, 06:46:52 PM
Children and young teenagers . . . . beneath despicable. Heart and love goes out to those affected. Hope Hell exists.
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Post by: Master Ray on May 23, 2017, 07:27:15 PM
So many posts about Manchester, and rightly so... but was also gutted to hear about Sir Roger Moore dying today. Your favourite Bond is like your favourite Doctor Who, it's the one you grew up with. Much as I like the Craig movies, I'll always prefer Roj to Daniel 'Mr Miserable Bollocks' Craig...
So I'll raise a glass (and possibly an eyebrow) to this fine gentleman tonight. May he continue to 'keep the British end up' on the other side...  :'(
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Post by: Pol on May 23, 2017, 07:29:39 PM
Roger Moore, even as a Scotsman he was the best James bond,  his English public school image fitted the character so well and the saint was ahead of its time as well. RIP
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Post by: Ron B on May 28, 2017, 02:38:04 AM


 Just another bad year.

Southern rock icon Gregg Allman died at age 69 on Saturday, leaving the music world without one of its central pioneers. The singer-songwriter was integral to the shaping of modern music, so naturally, many musicians are currently mourning his passing.

 R.I.P Gregg .You made some amazing music that was a big part of my life growing up in the early 70's. :( 8).
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Post by: lotus on May 28, 2017, 01:39:13 PM
Ramblin`Man and Jessica  - part of my youth ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__5LJETBNEg

R.I.P Gregg
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Post by: Pol on May 31, 2017, 03:39:40 PM
John Noakes - RIP,  I guess we all watched a bit of blue peter when we were young,  even if was for the "posh" kids but hey there was only 3 channels back then , hard to believe in these multi media days . At least him n shep can be back together.
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Post by: Master Ray on June 05, 2017, 08:23:57 PM
Aw, Peter Sallis, from Last Of The Summer Wine, Wallace and Gromit...

Sad, but I have to say (to my shame) that I genuinely thought he died years ago...  :-\
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Post by: spray on June 06, 2017, 08:49:18 PM
RIP Vin Garbutt  :(
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-XiHlv522U
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on June 08, 2017, 05:23:51 PM
Andy Cunningham off Bodger and Badger .

Night night my Mashy Mate

 :'(
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Post by: Pol on June 08, 2017, 07:55:15 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/40190759

Jochem van der Hoek
Davey Lambert
Alan Bonner

3 more lifes tragically lost at the Isle of Man TT
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on June 10, 2017, 04:48:32 PM
Adam West

 :'(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40235142

Turning into a bad couple of weeks for our childhood heros.

Hang on in there Brian Cant !
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Post by: Master Ray on June 10, 2017, 07:27:23 PM
I can't be bothered with Family Guy anymore, but Adam West's moments were always something to look forward to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvjVHlfb-PU

RIP, sir... at my next NMA gig, i'll be the one dancing the Batusi in his honour...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsYA8Gr5NTY&t=157s
 :D
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Post by: Ron B on June 12, 2017, 09:57:06 AM

 R.I.P Mr West looking back on the TV Batman Series it looks campy but when I was a kid I watched every episode.  Plus your work on Family Guy was excellent. 8)
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Post by: Pol on June 15, 2017, 12:52:22 PM
Those taken at the London tower block , fckin frightening when building regulations are meant to be strict,  I live in  flat  (two storie building) and the is a heat detector in every room and every door is a fire door with door closures . I'm sure a sprinkler would have cost a lot less than tarting up the outside of the building
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Post by: Master Ray on June 15, 2017, 08:06:04 PM
Agreed, Pol.  Someone needs to swing for this.  If not from a lamp-post (my preferred option) then a proper prison sentance in a proper hardcore nick.  Sadly, those who made the decision to cut corners (let's face it, we all know it's true) will be shuffled quietly out of the limelight and given a massive pension payout.   >:(
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Post by: Master Ray on June 19, 2017, 07:46:47 PM
Brian Cant.  A TV figure from my very early childhood.  I was quite the fan back then as a VERY little kid.  Died today, although I have to say I had no idea he was still with us...

Whose old enough here to admit that they remember Brian Cant?   ;D
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Post by: Pol on June 19, 2017, 08:23:36 PM
" Pugh , Pugh , Barney , McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble , Grub "
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Post by: Master Ray on June 19, 2017, 09:54:26 PM
" Pugh , Pugh , Barney , McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble , Grub "
;D
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Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on June 20, 2017, 09:07:25 PM
yep - Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Chigley, Play School ..... damn we're old  :(
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on June 21, 2017, 03:54:55 PM
Adam West

 :'(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40235142

Turning into a bad couple of weeks for our childhood heros.

Hang on in there Brian Cant !

F*uck.
 :'(

Wessexy Witch's Kiss of Death.

 :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on June 21, 2017, 07:07:15 PM
Bloody hell, WW...  :o

Any chance you can say 'hang on in there, Donald Trump'?  Worth a try...
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Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on June 21, 2017, 07:09:15 PM
Bloody hell, WW...  :o

Any chance you can say 'hang on in there, Donald Trump'?  Worth a try...
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

But please Wessexy don't mention Derek Griffiths or Tony Hart  :-X
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on June 21, 2017, 07:14:24 PM
Bloody hell, WW...  :o

Any chance you can say 'hang on in there, Donald Trump'?  Worth a try...
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

But please Wessexy don't mention Derek Griffiths or Tony Hart  :-X

Sorry to break it to you Lover,Tony Hart went years ago.

 :(
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Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on June 21, 2017, 08:31:03 PM
oh no - that's me feeling even older now  :(
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Post by: Master Ray on June 21, 2017, 10:32:56 PM
RIP the two guys who died in a crane collapse that was five minutes down the road from where I live... I just found out, was wondering what the kerfuffle was when I got home from work today...   :-\

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/21/crewe-crane-collapse-three-people-trapped-in-wreckage-police-say

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Post by: Master Ray on June 27, 2017, 10:02:37 PM
Loved the original Swedish version of 'The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo' movie and its sequels (hope you checked them out as well) so it's sad to report that Michael Nyqist (aka the character Mikael Blomqvist) had died at only 56.  Sad.
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Post by: Master Ray on June 28, 2017, 09:54:57 PM
And there goes another one... Michael Bond, creator of 'Paddington'...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0xoI0-egCM

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Post by: Wessexy Witch on June 30, 2017, 06:24:38 PM
 :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on July 01, 2017, 08:01:21 PM
Aw, this one hit me in the heartbollocks... Barry Norman, UK film critic...

Might mean nothing to non-UK folks, but he was the UKs premier film critic for a very long time, presented the BBC's big film show.  I'm a huge film buff and an awful lot of it is due to Mr Norman.  I was a kid, watching kiddie-related films, and then his show introduced me to many films I wouldn't have otherwise watched, thus paving the way to my lifetime obsession with films of all types, old or new, good or bad... is it a bit pretentious to say that the guy shaped my life in a little way?

RIP sir.  And, by the way, he never did actually say 'And Why Not?' (another in-joke that non UK folks won't get...)

 :-[

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Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on July 03, 2017, 06:59:46 PM
Yep I probably owed quite a bit to Mr Norman too  :(
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Post by: Master Ray on July 16, 2017, 09:19:25 PM
Another one for us film buffs... RIP George A Romero, creator of 'Night Of The Living Dead' and it's sequels ,also some underrated flicks like Knightriders, Martin, Monkey Shines and Creepshow...
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Post by: Master Ray on July 20, 2017, 06:50:07 PM
Blimey, this is one totally out of the blue, just like Chris Cornell... Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has killed himself.  I liked some of their earlier stuff, drifted in and out after that, but he had a damn good voice.  Only 41 years old.   :-\

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Post by: Pol on July 20, 2017, 07:40:29 PM
Fck really sorry to hear that,  was only into the first cd but always thought that they were an extremely talented bunch . RIP
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Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on July 20, 2017, 08:30:25 PM
Yep - what a shame  :(

Liked quite a bit of their stuff but always thought this was a fantastic cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHtwZ07N1ic

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Post by: Master Ray on July 20, 2017, 08:36:20 PM
Yep - what a shame  :(

Liked quite a bit of their stuff but always thought this was a fantastic cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHtwZ07N1ic

Great cover.  So sad abut his passing.
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Post by: Rusco on July 21, 2017, 09:58:35 AM
Blimey, this is one totally out of the blue, just like Chris Cornell... Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has killed himself.  I liked some of their earlier stuff, drifted in and out after that, but he had a damn good voice.  Only 41 years old.   :-\

And to think it was yesterday Chris Cornell's b-day. I heard they were friends. Although I wasn't into Linkin Park's stuff, it's really sad to hear this kind of things.
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Post by: lotus on July 21, 2017, 06:30:11 PM
Wasn`t into Soundgarden or Linkin`Park `til now
Met some younger ones today for coffee and ice cream and they told me something users of FB or are posting about their thoughts about the strong relationship between both man
Not important for me - I like the cover song first time listening - yes,  lost of a great voice
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on July 21, 2017, 07:14:45 PM
V sad.

 :'(
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Post by: Pol on August 06, 2017, 11:08:14 AM
Motorbike legend Angel Nieto age 73 . 12 + 1 times world champion
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Post by: Red on August 07, 2017, 10:38:54 AM
Just a personal one for me

My mate lost his wife yesterday morning to that dreaded disease cancer  :'( :'( :'(

Nothing much to say but F**K YOU CANCER

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Post by: Master Ray on August 07, 2017, 07:14:13 PM
Sorry to hear it, Red.  Also lost a few people to that awful thing.  Hope your mate gets through it OK, or at least as OK as can be hoped.
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Post by: Stephanie on August 08, 2017, 09:17:14 AM

Nothing much to say but F**K YOU CANCER
Very sorry to read this, Red, my condolences to family and friends :(
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Post by: szmurf on August 08, 2017, 10:49:03 PM
Glen Campbell - Alzheimer's the other bastard disease.

And yes, cancer is a bastard.
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Post by: szmurf on August 14, 2017, 01:05:53 AM
Really - No comments on Glen Campbell?
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Post by: Master Ray on August 14, 2017, 08:52:49 PM
Really - No comments on Glen Campbell?

He was a respected artist but I guess country music doesn't quite resonate here...  :-[
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Post by: Pol on August 15, 2017, 06:07:26 PM
Don't know anything about him other than the obvious but he has my respect
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Post by: Pol on August 18, 2017, 07:32:45 PM
Those affected by the Barcelona terrorist attack
And I've got to give a mention to Bruce Forsyth - didn't he do well
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Post by: Rusco on September 10, 2017, 05:24:44 PM
Walter Becker, one of the duo in Steely Dan.  :-\

https://www.google.fi/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/walter-becker-musician-67-steely-dan-donald-fagen-obituary-songwriter-heroin-guitarist-songwriter-a7936051.html%3famp
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Post by: marius on September 15, 2017, 05:45:28 AM

very sorry to read that
Grant Hart (Husker Du) died yesterday
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND3haD-c0lw
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Post by: Rusco on September 15, 2017, 06:47:55 AM
Grant from Husker Du?? Oh, darn!  :-\
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Post by: Johnz on September 15, 2017, 11:54:12 AM
Ah man, that's sad. Husker Du were amazing.
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Post by: Master Ray on September 15, 2017, 07:02:58 PM
I only own Zen Arcade by Husker Du, which I really like, but never got around to anything else.  Direct me to another classic HD album, someone! 
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Post by: Rusco on September 15, 2017, 07:17:31 PM
(http://3l0src48hsdnczvosibq5411.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/huskerdu-800x533.jpg)

The guy in the centre.

Just a day before yesterday listened to Bob Mould's (singer, the guy in right) new album.
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Post by: Rusco on September 15, 2017, 07:26:56 PM
By the way, did anyone of you notice depart of Bernie Worrell about a year ago? http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bernie-worrell-parliament-funkadelic-keyboardist-dead-at-72-20160624
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Post by: marius on September 15, 2017, 09:04:53 PM
Hi Master Ray, "New day rising" is a great album
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Post by: Master Ray on September 16, 2017, 06:29:51 PM
Harry Dean Stanton, character actor extraodinaire, died today.  Too many great films to mention.  Not a huge shock (he was in the recent Twin Peaks revival and looked so frail) but still very sad.   :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on September 20, 2017, 08:10:53 PM
RIP Jake LaMotta, aged 95, the inspiration for one of the best films ever made, Raging Bull...
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Post by: Pol on September 22, 2017, 05:43:30 PM
What master ray said
Gotta love raging bull
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Post by: Darkness on September 23, 2017, 11:49:43 AM
I only own Zen Arcade by Husker Du, which I really like, but never got around to anything else.  Direct me to another classic HD album, someone!
Flip Your Wig, Candy Apple Grey, Warehouse Songs and Stories are 3 of my faves.
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Post by: Pol on September 23, 2017, 06:45:40 PM
Candy apple grey is my fav
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Post by: Master Ray on September 23, 2017, 07:03:15 PM
On it like a bonnet, guys, thanks.

Nowadays, I much prefer to investigate classic acts that I've overlooked than try and find new acts that tickle my fancy... classic 'old fart' sentiment, I suppose.   ;)
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Post by: Darkness on September 24, 2017, 07:42:51 PM
Check out the Grant Hart solo stuff as well. All awesome.
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Post by: Rusco on September 24, 2017, 08:05:41 PM
Nowadays, I much prefer to investigate classic acts that I've overlooked than try and find new acts that tickle my fancy... classic 'old fart' sentiment, I suppose.   ;)

I agree and have a similar thing. Few years ago I started to remember old albums from some bands I never owned any of their albums but generally taking, they were considered as classic acts. So why not. I could remember some their songs  and why not going search them out and blasting out... it feels good to take a closer look at some bands that you never knew well actually.
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Post by: Master Ray on October 02, 2017, 08:37:09 PM
RIP Tom Petty...
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Post by: Eight on October 02, 2017, 08:51:56 PM
RIP Tom Petty...

My heart is broken. I loved him so much.  :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: Ron B on October 03, 2017, 09:28:54 AM


 RIP Tom Petty.  Damn you made some great music. :-[ :'( 8)
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Post by: Bunny on October 03, 2017, 10:23:15 PM
Free Falling is up there with my favourite ever tracks. Very talented man.
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Post by: Pol on October 16, 2017, 06:33:42 PM
Sad to see Sean Hughes pass today at 51 , always thought he was a funny and likeable guy
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Post by: Master Ray on October 16, 2017, 07:16:35 PM
I was just about to post that one, Pol... 51 years old?   :'(
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on October 18, 2017, 03:51:02 PM
Funny on telly/stage...nasty piece in real life though.

 :(
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Post by: Master Ray on October 18, 2017, 06:59:31 PM
Funny on telly/stage...nasty piece in real life though.

 :(

Interested as to why you would think that.  Not disputing it, just curious.  A personal experience?
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on October 20, 2017, 11:51:08 AM
No,not my own but a friend who has met him many times through work and fun times.

Stage persona is not real persona.
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Post by: Master Ray on October 20, 2017, 06:40:23 PM
Actually, there was an article in The Guardian a day or two ago that said much the same thing... seemed like a pretty troubled fella whose problems manifested in some unpleasant ways... this is well worth a read.

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/oct/19/remembering-sean-hughes-the-sadness-is-he-didnt-get-to-be-old-just-lonely

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Post by: Wessexy Witch on October 20, 2017, 06:51:02 PM
yeah,sums him up rather well.

my friend knew him through being a booking agent for venues in Edinburgh.

sad life
sad death
sad man
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Post by: Master Ray on October 23, 2017, 06:21:41 PM
RIP Daisy Berkowitz, Mariln Mansons original guitar player.  Another one lost to the filth that is cancer, only 49.  :-[
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on October 24, 2017, 12:55:27 PM
 :'(
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Post by: Darkness on October 26, 2017, 06:45:00 PM
Martin Eric Ain, bassist of Celtic Frost  :'(
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Post by: Red on October 27, 2017, 01:47:23 PM
Fats Domino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQCPrwKzdo
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Post by: lotus on October 28, 2017, 06:19:34 PM
R.I.P. Fats Domino
Sometimes it`s like a dream, but it is real
More then 30 years ago Fats, Ella Fitzgerald, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Stanley Clarke, Al DeMeola..., they were on stage here and I was there,  but `til then and now the stage (open air in a park for 2.000 visitors)  is only opened for classik music (opera) fans >:(
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Post by: lostockboy on October 30, 2017, 05:15:31 PM
(http://3l0src48hsdnczvosibq5411.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/huskerdu-800x533.jpg)

The guy in the centre.

Just a day before yesterday listened to Bob Mould's (singer, the guy in right) new album.
The day of Grant's death I traveled home from work listening to his Good News For Modern Man CD singing along to it as I drove.  I then found out that he'd died which brought tears to my eyes which is something that has never happened to me before after the death of a "pop star".  At least I saw him live so felt a bit closer to him through that. 
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Post by: Rusco on November 03, 2017, 12:13:55 PM
Cheers, lostockboy. I can hear you. Let's share a moment with him and listen to couple of excellent Husker Du songs at the weekend.  8)
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Post by: likeabella on November 09, 2017, 11:37:18 PM

RIP eh!

Gord Downie - lead singer of the Canadian band The Tragically Hip

./.
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Post by: Darkness on November 12, 2017, 03:53:52 PM
Chuck Mosley :'(
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Post by: Rusco on November 13, 2017, 06:41:58 AM
Ah, Chuck Mosley really? I heard he had struggles with livelihood and stuff but this is unexpected for sure.

Here's an official video of "Anne's Song": https://youtu.be/w7dD-JJJytM by Mosley.
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Post by: Darkness on November 16, 2017, 03:39:07 PM
DikMik of Hawkwind  :'(
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Post by: Adrian W on November 18, 2017, 02:02:10 PM
Malcom Young - 64.

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Post by: Bunny on November 18, 2017, 02:04:53 PM
Malcom Young - 64.
Completely agree. Loved ACDC, still love ACDC. Fantastic music career.
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Post by: Pol on November 18, 2017, 02:45:59 PM
Sorry to hear oor malky has past , especially as the was Scottish.
Was never really a big fan always thought that there music lacked the intensity of punk that I  was into at that time.  But happy to pay my respects
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Post by: Red on November 18, 2017, 07:52:11 PM
Dan Hegarty Motorcycle race

Tragically died followng an accident at the Macau GP earlier today

His team mate was killed at the Ulster GP earlier this year :( :(

http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/tributes-pour-notts-motorcyclist-daniel-798965
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Post by: gp(h) on November 22, 2017, 05:30:15 PM
Bob Ferris  79

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP_mxRdtLT8
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Post by: Master Ray on December 05, 2017, 08:17:30 PM
RIP Christine Keeler, a young woman totally fucked over by the Conservatives in the 60's in the 'Profumo Affair' whilst Mr Profumo himself went on to be a CBE....   >:(
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Post by: Shush on December 11, 2017, 06:27:53 PM
Farewell Cheggerz
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Post by: Master Ray on December 11, 2017, 06:30:52 PM
Farewell Cheggerz

That's another sad one, a part of my childhood.
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Post by: Pol on December 11, 2017, 08:23:05 PM
Yeah shame about Keith,  guess most of us of certain vintage watched swap shop n plays pop . Saying nothing about him running about naked lol
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Post by: szmurf on December 14, 2017, 01:47:36 AM
Pat DiNizio - Lead singer of The Smithereens

https://officialsmithereens.com/5142/pat-dinizio-passes-away/
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Post by: Coumarin on December 16, 2017, 04:49:55 PM
RIP Heinz Wolff.

An inspiration for me and other mad scientists of a certain age.
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Post by: Master Ray on January 11, 2018, 07:58:16 PM
RIP 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, the last surviving member of the truly classic Motorhead line-up.   :'(

Here's 'Bomber', one of my favourite songs...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2S9rwyQkJE
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Post by: Raven on January 12, 2018, 06:18:34 AM
(http://bravewords.com/medias-static/images/news/2016/5815D1CE-fast-eddie-clarke-i-actually-thought-i-d-die-in-motorhead-i-never-thought-i-d-leave-image.jpg)

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Post by: Master Ray on January 13, 2018, 08:59:49 PM

Well, there goes another comedic person from my childhood...RIP Bella Emberg (I know some of you of a certain age will remember this lady...)   :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on January 15, 2018, 05:07:50 PM
Blimey... Cranberries singer Delores O'Riordan, aged just 46.  I'm not going to claim to be the biggest fan of this band but they were prevalent during my beloved 90's and hearing a tune of theirs does give me a nostalgia flash...

  :-[

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Post by: Bunny on January 15, 2018, 06:18:54 PM
Big Cyrille Regis.....a god amongst Albion fans. A true gentleman outside of the game as well. Rose above hatred in the late 70's to be adored in West Bromwich and admired elsewhere. Gutted
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Post by: Sheena on January 16, 2018, 08:50:59 PM
Blimey... Cranberries singer Delores O'Riordan, aged just 46.  I'm not going to claim to be the biggest fan of this band but they were prevalent during my beloved 90's and hearing a tune of theirs does give me a nostalgia flash...

  :-[
Loved her voice  :'(
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Post by: Raven on January 18, 2018, 04:27:18 PM
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wjp5lR8IQIY/UEguz_YqKMI/AAAAAAAAET0/iA-tTxoZnvQ/s1600/JasonKing.jpg)

Peter Wyngarde
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Post by: Master Ray on January 24, 2018, 07:05:03 PM
Oh blimey, it appears that Mark E Smith, singer from The Fall, has died!  Not a huge fan, personally, but a legendary figure in the UK indie music scene...
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Post by: Pol on January 24, 2018, 08:26:28 PM
My best mate is a big fan , he will be gutted
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Post by: dilla on January 24, 2018, 09:52:03 PM
He was on the bill the first time I saw NMA at Brockwell Park in 84.Also saw him in a pub in Manchester before a NMA gig a few years ago.Not a fan but you've got to admire his work rate(Almost an album a year throughout his career)RIP
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Post by: Raven on January 25, 2018, 05:44:52 AM
(https://paulroland.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/markesmith_2.jpg)
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Post by: Whirlwind on January 27, 2018, 02:56:49 AM
Mark E was one of a kind. No one, NO ONE in the music scene was like him.

And for you folks that were not fans, there is something in The Fall catalogue that you would love. Similar to NMA. I guarantee you we could find a few songs that someone with no interest would enjoy. The Fall had near forty years of albums and singles. I know there's stuff in there you would absolutely love. You are really missing out if you don't give them a serious try.

I saw them live once, It was in New York City in 1985. Mark E. had his back to the audience the whole show. Most times he was squatting down...with his back to us. He was something. He did what he wanted to do. He is one who really did it his way.
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Post by: Raven on March 12, 2018, 06:53:27 PM
Doddy

(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/dfcpuk/NMA/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-12%20at%2018.50.56.png)

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Post by: Master Ray on March 12, 2018, 08:12:16 PM
Sad to here about Ken Dodd... saw him live a few years ago.  Wasn't keen to go, to be honest, didn't think it would be my cup of tea, but there was a spare ticket going so why not... absolutely laughed my arse off, just brilliant. 

The odd thing is that most of his jokes were kind of obvious and corny but, as another comedian once said, 'it's the way you tell 'em'... and Mr Dodd told them brilliantly.  I've never seen a comedian take control of an audience like he did.  About three hours long and there was rarely a lull.  I've seen much more fashionable comedians try and drag their set out for a single hour.

And, sidenote, in the UK he had the third biggest selling single from the WHOLE of the 1960's?  More so than most of the Beatles tracks (only 'She Loves You' and 'I Wanna Hold Your hand' beat that) and more than The Stones or Elvis ever had... the best The Stones ever managed was number 36...

The guy was an entertainment legend in every sense of the word, even if you weren't a fan you have to admit that.  RIP, Sir.
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Post by: Raven on March 14, 2018, 06:30:55 AM
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/dfcpuk/NMA/2_se_tu_mismo___stephen_hawking.jpg)

stephen hawking
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Post by: Master Ray on March 14, 2018, 08:00:07 PM
Sad indeed, probably one of the greatest minds ever.  Although he's one of those celebrities who suddenly started speaking in an American accent once he got famous...  ;)

Old Joke, I know, but Mr Hawkins (by all accounts) had a big sense of humour...
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Post by: Master Ray on March 14, 2018, 08:03:16 PM
Also RIP Jim Bowen, probably means nothing to folks outside of the UK, but a familiar face on UK TV for those of us of a certain vintage (ie, most of us...  ;) )
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Post by: jackroadkill on March 14, 2018, 09:07:00 PM
Stephen Hawking, owner of a mind so big that the universe couldn't expand fast enough to fill it.
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Post by: Red on April 04, 2018, 03:21:15 PM
Ray Wilkins

Age 61 after suffering a heart attack

RIP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wilkins
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Post by: Pol on April 04, 2018, 04:18:16 PM
I remember him playing for rangers and he was a excellent player .
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Post by: Master Ray on April 05, 2018, 10:55:54 PM
RIP darts legend Eric Bristow...

He used to own a pub somewhere in the Stoke area that I got utterly hammered in once in the late 80's or early 90's... fairly sure I chatted with him at one point!  Although those memories are blurry...   ;)
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Post by: Red on April 06, 2018, 08:48:11 AM
RIP darts legend Eric Bristow...

He used to own a pub somewhere in the Stoke area that I got utterly hammered in once in the late 80's or early 90's... fairly sure I chatted with him at one point!  Although those memories are blurry...   ;)

I met him and John Lowe years agpo at a small pub in St Blazey in Cornwall

Both true gentlemen of the game

RIP Craft Cockney
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Post by: Pol on April 06, 2018, 02:25:35 PM
Yeah rip Eric Bristow,  the man us Scots loved to hate but always had respect for .
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Post by: stephanieD on April 06, 2018, 04:32:44 PM
Jacques Higelin  :'(
French singer, poet, engaged and atypical character of the French song... he was 77
I saw him on stage twice in 1990 and 2010.. the 2 gigs I went were unique, moving, excellent, interesting by what Higelin said, poetic and also very funny... like Higelin was.
I took this photo at the second concert in 2010
I miss him already..

(https://scontent-cdt1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/30127069_10155452016950036_1529654183018364928_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b5a92cf2eb42dce46a009bf0f7d3f00f&oe=5B61323D)
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Post by: Rusco on April 06, 2018, 05:02:39 PM
It's a moving photo and remembrance story by you Steph. We can feel you.  :-\

Take care
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Post by: stephanieD on April 07, 2018, 12:47:35 PM
thank you..
take care too
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Post by: Bunny on April 16, 2018, 03:42:54 AM
R Lee Ermey...stole Full Metal Jacket, probably his best known role.
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Post by: Shush on April 16, 2018, 10:19:06 AM
R Lee Ermey...stole Full Metal Jacket, probably his best known role.

That is a sad loss. He was also very good in the Texas chainsaw re-makes. Briefly met Mr Ermey in Kentucky a few years back. Nice polite chap. His role in FMJ was faultless, but then again originally he was a Marine Corps Sergeant.
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Post by: Master Ray on April 16, 2018, 06:48:00 PM

Sad to hear it.  He might have been a bit of a one-note actor, but he played that note very well... and, heck, he never set out to be an actor, just drifted into it as a second career and managed to make a living out of it for three decades!  And nobody could have been better than him in FMJ...
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Post by: Pol on April 16, 2018, 07:03:39 PM
https://youtu.be/3j3_iPskjxk
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Post by: Master Ray on April 16, 2018, 07:05:20 PM
https://youtu.be/3j3_iPskjxk

One of the finest sequences in films ever.   ;D
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Post by: Whirlwind on April 17, 2018, 01:33:04 AM
R Lee Ermey...stole Full Metal Jacket, probably his best known role.
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I saw FULL METAL JACKET in the theaters. I try not to read much about films before I see them. Knew it was a Kubrick film dealing with Vietnam. What I did not know was that I would be laughing harder than I ever laughed in a movie theater. Because of R. Lee Ermey's performance me and the entire audience were in stiches. The boot camp section of that film truly is one of the great comedic moments in film history. The line about what a well trained Marine could do with a rifle - using Lee Harvey Oswald as an example - was devastatingly funny. Oh, no. Did he really say that?

"Oswald was two hundred and fifty feet away and shooting at a moving target. Oswald got off three rounds with an old Italian bolt action rifle in only six seconds and scored two hits, including a head shot!"
That "including a head shot"....man, that's so wrong...but sooo funny.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TeTyd4ZYmRs/TzgOQZT2_gI/AAAAAAAADmg/00qwCHI52CE/s1600/r+lee+ermey-danterants-blogspot-com.jpg)
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Post by: Pol on April 18, 2018, 08:46:47 PM
Dale Winton

https://youtu.be/KYAmt9WRoNo
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Post by: witch on April 18, 2018, 08:50:47 PM
So sorry  :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on April 18, 2018, 08:56:21 PM
Dale Winton

https://youtu.be/KYAmt9WRoNo

Sad to hear that one, genuinely thought he was a proper funny bloke.
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Post by: Master Ray on April 21, 2018, 08:42:58 PM

I really like the Austin Powers movies, daft as they are, so it's sad to hear that Verne Troyer (Mini-Me) has died following a 'battle with depression'... I think we know how that story goes...   :-\
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Post by: Pol on April 21, 2018, 09:13:21 PM
Sad to hear that Troy lost his battle
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Post by: Rusco on April 21, 2018, 10:36:14 PM
Were they battles against cancer? If so, here's a thread concerning eating of seaweed and its anti-cancer characters: https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/can-seaweed-prevent-cancer-2/
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Post by: Master Ray on April 21, 2018, 11:05:38 PM
Were they battles against cancer? If so, here's a thread concerning eating of seaweed and its anti-cancer characters: https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/can-seaweed-prevent-cancer-2/

Nah, the guy suffered with terrible depression, so it's pretty much certain that it was a suicide...  :-[

Interesting read you posted, though, thanks for that.
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Post by: Master Ray on May 14, 2018, 09:43:39 PM
RIP Margot Kidder, the Lois Lane to the very best Superman.   :-\
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Post by: Pol on June 01, 2018, 04:13:58 PM
Dan Kneen  - RIP.


https://youtu.be/gr4AFBYEmz0
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Post by: Ghosttrain on June 09, 2018, 08:45:17 AM
Anthony Bourdain , i have just heard about this . I am deeply shocked, only 61.Suicide is said to be the cause.Never really saw him on T.V. (that was more an American thing i think),but i loved all his books ,fiction and non fiction. What a waste  :'(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on June 09, 2018, 03:54:38 PM
Have since read he hung himself.............Tragic  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Whirlwind on June 09, 2018, 04:11:52 PM
Mr. Bourdain's death is getting a lot of coverage over here. Presidents Obama and Trump have actually stepped up and commented on it. The death has also sparked much media features on suicide.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on June 12, 2018, 09:22:53 AM
Jon Hiseman drummer with Colosseum ,not a fan of drum solos but this guy was something else.  :(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: lotus on June 12, 2018, 06:54:21 PM
Don`t know why, but I like drum solos and I still like my old Collosseum lps/cds with Jon Hiseman ....
 R.I.P Jon Hiseman
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on June 15, 2018, 07:11:47 PM

RIP Leslie Grantham, aka 'Dirty Den', much beloved soap opera actor from UK show 'Eastenders'...

(...although the newspaper articles seem to be somewhat glossing over or only vaguely mentioning the whole fact that he brutally shot dead an innocent taxi driver in 1966...)

F**k that c**t.  I suspect the taxi driver in question might want a word at the pearly gates...
Title: Just found out about this loss, today.
Post by: 8 on June 16, 2018, 11:16:38 AM
Only found out just minutes ago, that Californian band  Sense Field's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ulQUdR4CaM)  "front-man Jon Bunch died by suicide on January 31, 2016 at the age of 45".   :'(   :'(   :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on June 23, 2018, 12:40:08 PM
Vinnie Paul....I'll never forget him skimming a cymbal in the crowd at Wolves Civic at the end of a Pantera show. Nutter!
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: jackroadkill on June 23, 2018, 01:19:22 PM
Vinnie Paul....I'll never forget him skimming a cymbal in the crowd at Wolves Civic at the end of a Pantera show. Nutter!

Genuinely saddened to hear that Vinnie's dead.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on June 23, 2018, 06:31:22 PM

Sad news indeed.  Fantastic drummer.  A couple of mates of mine met him and said he was a really nice guy as well.

Still pissed off with myself that I never got around to seeing Pantera live...  :-[
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on June 28, 2018, 04:01:30 PM
Richard Harrison  " The Old Man " from pawn stars
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on June 28, 2018, 08:18:15 PM
How sad,Pawn Stars one of my guilty T.V. secrets.......... :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on July 09, 2018, 08:46:47 PM
William Dunlop
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/44754057

Genuine gutted to hear about the death of William.  Death has certainly haunted this family with the death of his father Robert and his uncle Joey . God knows how his brother Michael feels . Tragic how 1 family have paid the ultimate price for sport.  RIP .
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Red on August 08, 2018, 08:41:36 PM
Surprised no one had posted this

Barry Chuckle of the Chuckle brothers aged 73


Little known fact that he once won a biggest sheep contest with his 2 metre ewe :) :)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Isaac(Black Eagle Rising) on August 16, 2018, 06:21:50 PM
Aretha Franklin...So sad the queen of soul passed away.Most beautiful voice ever  :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xroRNBvvF9M
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on August 16, 2018, 06:27:18 PM

Yup, very sad if not unexpected in terms of recent news about her health.  Truly one of the absolute greats.   :-[
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Whirlwind on August 17, 2018, 01:48:05 AM
Big news over here in the States. News channels are devoting a lot of time to Miss Franklin.

Me, I prefer Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, Marilyn McCoo, even Whitney for best female vocalist. Aretha's voice was BIG...but not sweet at all, not feminine. Whitney had just as big a voice...but hers was soooo sweet and wonderful.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on August 20, 2018, 04:27:24 PM
Surprised no one had posted this

Barry Chuckle of the Chuckle brothers aged 73


Little known fact that he once won a biggest sheep contest with his 2 metre ewe :) :)

*groan*  :)  :D
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on September 03, 2018, 07:43:49 PM

Sad one from my childhood, but British TV sci-fi fans from late 70's / early 80's might be saddened to hear about the death of Jacqueline Pearce, who played a great villain called Supreme Commander Servalan throughout four years of 'Blakes 7'.   :'(

Funnily enough, I watched a couple of early episodes quite recently, and despite the low-budget production values (I seem to remember reading somewhere that the SFX budget was £50 per episode!) it was a surprisingly dark show for one aimed at the 'Doctor Who' audience... heck, episode one had the main character being framed as a paedophile!  And the ending of the very last episode kind of traumatised me as a kid...  :-[
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on September 06, 2018, 07:46:03 PM
Aw, hell, Burt Reynolds died.  Another one of my fave actors from my childhood gone...   :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on September 06, 2018, 09:35:09 PM
Indeed. Just heard. Burt to me is 1970's American films personified. "Mean machine" my favourite B-R film.

 R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on September 06, 2018, 09:47:49 PM
Deliverance

https://youtu.be/gsC4kf6x_Q0

Squeal like a piggy  - don't worry it's not that clip
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on September 06, 2018, 09:50:38 PM

We should all grow moustaches in tribute.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on September 06, 2018, 10:14:00 PM
Cannonball Run- loved him in it bouncing off Dom DeLuise.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Whirlwind on September 06, 2018, 11:17:50 PM
Was Burt ever really an actor? Did he ever believably play a character in any film? No, he was always Burt Reynolds in every film. He was a persona not an actor. A pretty big persona, no doubt, but a persona not an actor.

And before you say DELIVERANCE, I'll say that was very early in his career. For decades after that all he was in every film was BURT REYNOLDS.


I hated his SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT films. Two reasons:
1) they were redneck trash
2) they really destroyed any chance of Burt ever having a decent acting career. He continually chose to work with friends and have a good time (horrendous director Hal Needham, Dom Deluise, whatever girl he was dating at that time..) rather than be an actor who ventured into new territory to be better.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on September 07, 2018, 08:56:06 AM
Deliverance for me too, brilliant film.None of his later films appealed to me....RIP.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Guillaume on September 07, 2018, 09:15:10 AM
I don't care if Burt Reynolds was a "persona", "Burt Reynolds" or an "actor", but DELIVERANCE is great, HUSTLE, SHARKY'S MACHINE and HEAT are very good,  SWITCHING CHANNELS and RENT-A-COP are fun...so, thanks for everything Mr Reynolds and R.I.P.  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on September 07, 2018, 07:27:28 PM

Good call on Sharky's Machine, Guillaume, a somewhat forgotten but really excellent film that I haven't seen in many years (never shows up on TV and you can only get it for stupid prices on import in the UK so I, er, 'obtained via alternative sources' last night...) looking forward to a rewatch.

Shame his health suffered so much in later years, but a direct quote from the man himself... ‘I always wanted to experience everything and go down swinging. Well, so far so good. I know I’m old but I feel young and there is one thing they can never take away: nobody has had more fun than I did.’

Fine words, indeed.

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Guillaume on September 08, 2018, 08:44:08 AM

Good call on Sharky's Machine, Guillaume, a somewhat forgotten but really excellent film that I haven't seen in many years (never shows up on TV and you can only get it for stupid prices on import in the UK so I, er, 'obtained via alternative sources' last night...) looking forward to a rewatch.

It's available on blu ray  ;)

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sharkys-Machine-Blu-ray/70099/
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on September 08, 2018, 06:57:58 PM

Good call on Sharky's Machine, Guillaume, a somewhat forgotten but really excellent film that I haven't seen in many years (never shows up on TV and you can only get it for stupid prices on import in the UK so I, er, 'obtained via alternative sources' last night...) looking forward to a rewatch.

It's available on blu ray  ;)

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sharkys-Machine-Blu-ray/70099/

Ah, I did notice that but somehow missed that it was region free.  I will deffo invest, even though I downloaded it last night...

Now if I can find a region free version of Savage Nights / Les Nuits Fauves anywhere, I'll be very happy... I think I mentioned this one to you before.   ;)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Guillaume on September 08, 2018, 07:42:08 PM
Now if I can find a region free version of Savage Nights / Les Nuits Fauves anywhere, I'll be very happy...

I don't know...there's a french dvd i think, but dvds from others countries or blu ray?...i haven"t seen this film in years but i remember that's one of these very few movies where we can listen to a NMA song in the soundtrack. 8)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on September 08, 2018, 09:15:59 PM
Now if I can find a region free version of Savage Nights / Les Nuits Fauves anywhere, I'll be very happy...

I don't know...there's a french dvd i think, but dvds from others countries or blu ray?...i haven"t seen this film in years but i remember that's one of these very few movies where we can listen to a NMA song in the soundtrack. 8)

It is, indeed, one of the few times that NMA were used in a film (Purity, if I remember rightly...)

I might be wrong about it being a great film, haven't seen it since the early 90's, it might be shit but I'd love to revisit it and see if my original idea was correct... I seem to recall finding a French DVD for sale, but no UK subtitles...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on September 17, 2018, 09:56:17 AM
Maartin Allcock,multi instrumentalist,record producer,worked with Mike Harding,Jethro Tull,Cat Stevens,Robert Plant and The Mission among many others.It was his work with Fairport Convention that i really knew him for,had a chat with him at Cropredy (Fairports Festival) a few years ago a real gentleman....R.I.P.Maart,we will meet on the ledge one day.  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on September 17, 2018, 08:21:51 PM

I was not familiar with the gentleman in question, but after looking back on his CV, I've certainly heard some of his work.  RIP, sir.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on September 18, 2018, 12:55:57 PM
Nice tribute from Wayne about Maart on The Mission Facebook page.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on September 22, 2018, 01:32:26 PM
Chas Hodges,never a fan of Chas and Dave....liked his work with Heads Hands And Feet.........
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on September 22, 2018, 05:33:53 PM
Sorry to hear about Chas. R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: jackroadkill on September 22, 2018, 05:45:40 PM
Chas Hodges,never a fan of Chas and Dave....liked his work with Heads Hands And Feet.........

****....  I worked with Chas's lovely wife, Angie, and met him once.  He was a nice man, very down to Earth and genuine.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Tony S on September 25, 2018, 05:07:23 PM
William Dunlop
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/44754057

Genuine gutted to hear about the death of William.  Death has certainly haunted this family with the death of his father Robert and his uncle Joey . God knows how his brother Michael feels . Tragic how 1 family have paid the ultimate price for sport.  RIP .

Oh no, I've only just seen this ! Hadn't heard about William's death  :-[
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Tony S on September 25, 2018, 05:08:03 PM
Johnny Kingdom and Barrie "Whizzo" Williams  :(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on September 29, 2018, 11:52:04 AM
What a very sad day,have just found out Sam Spoons from The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band has just died.........Then read Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane has also gone............. :'(  :'(  Love both bands..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on October 01, 2018, 03:13:32 PM
Charles Aznavour,not my taste personally but a very well respected chanteur. Also superb in Tirez Sur Le Pianiste (Shoot The Pianist) a brilliant film directed by Francois  Truffaut ,who made some of my favourite films...................R.I.P
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on October 01, 2018, 04:35:17 PM
Sad to hear that Geoffrey Haynes has died.

Rainbow forever !!!!!

R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on October 01, 2018, 05:28:15 PM
Just heard that on the radio. Huge part of my childhood and fond memories. Sad.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on October 01, 2018, 06:40:56 PM
Sad to hear that Geoffrey Haynes has died.

Rainbow forever !!!!!

R.I.P.

Brought so much happiness to kids like me... ended up broke and stacking shelves at a supermarket.  Sad.

Let's all watch this clip again, rumoured to have been actually broadcast at the time but since confirmed to be something they did for a laugh to play at the Christmas party... let's get our instruments out and play with our twangers whilst we're watching it!   :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgbcQIT7BMc
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on October 01, 2018, 08:23:15 PM
Sad to hear that Geoffrey Haynes has died.

Rainbow forever !!!!!

R.I.P.

Brought so much happiness to kids like me... ended up broke and stacking shelves at a supermarket.  Sad.

Let's all watch this clip again, rumoured to have been actually broadcast at the time but since confirmed to be something they did for a laugh to play at the Christmas party... let's get our instruments out and play with our twangers whilst we're watching it!   :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgbcQIT7BMc

It still amuses me  :D
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on October 02, 2018, 08:34:21 AM
Rainbow does top gear .

https://youtu.be/f9t7AquApPU
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on October 03, 2018, 08:59:54 AM
Watched Later with Jools Holland last night slightly better than last weeks show(IMHO).Good to see Charles Aznavour,Francois Truffaut and the film Shoot The Pianist all got a mention.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on November 12, 2018, 06:50:07 PM

RIP Stan Lee... 95 years old, so that ain't a bad run.

Must have made him so proud to see his creations from decades ago become so popular with new generations...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on November 13, 2018, 03:20:39 PM

RIP Stan Lee... 95 years old, so that ain't a bad run.

Must have made him so proud to see his creations from decades ago become so popular with new generations...

 :'(

No more cameo roles to look out for. Not worth watching anymore marvel films.
 :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on November 13, 2018, 07:01:51 PM
Stan Lee  - surely 1 of the greatest imagery minds ever n I've never read a marvel comic but the characters he gave us and the platform he gave others to develop theirs will live way after us .
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Whirlwind on November 13, 2018, 10:18:39 PM
(https://blogs.lib.utexas.edu/texlibris/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/HAL-9000.jpg)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on November 21, 2018, 09:07:54 AM
Roy Bailey legendary English protest singer............best heard (imho) on Chumbawamba's Word Bomber.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on December 06, 2018, 08:52:01 PM

RIP Pete Shelley from them Buzzcocks...   :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on December 06, 2018, 08:56:20 PM
RIP Pete Shelley a true punk pioneer
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Whirlwind on December 06, 2018, 11:14:25 PM
Would it be wrong to suggest that Mr. Shelley's greatest song was not a Buzzcocks song?
"Homosapien" is his finest tune. Man, that song is brilliant.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on December 07, 2018, 07:11:12 AM
RIP Pete Shelley,saw them at a Festival a few years back.....perfect ,a set full of energy and great songs  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on December 07, 2018, 10:16:44 AM
Pete Shelley. Thanks for all the great music. R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on December 12, 2018, 04:43:33 PM
 :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on December 23, 2018, 07:27:47 PM
Paddy Ashdown. Once had the pleasure of hearing him speak at college. Despite the Pantsdown scandal, he did a lot of good work and I can think of no politicians of his ilk at the moment.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on December 24, 2018, 09:04:41 AM
Totally agree,a very good Politician who seemed to be respected by many people and politicians of all political sides.As you say not many like him at the moment R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on December 28, 2018, 01:34:56 PM
Paddy.
He was a good bloke and did good things for people in Dorset back in the day. I voted for him a few times.

Sad to see him go.

 :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on December 28, 2018, 01:35:29 PM
H.M.V - again.

 :-\
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on December 28, 2018, 06:33:57 PM
H.M.V - again.

 :-\

Sad to see HMV in admin (again) but if they take FOPP down with them I'll be truly gutted... never visited a FOPP store without leaving with a cracking good bargain or two...  :-\
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on December 28, 2018, 08:45:16 PM
Fopp are ok no surprise to see hmv going under tho , been a  few years since I've been in 1 . Even charity shops have trouble shifting cds n dvds these days.  Streaming killed the dvd star
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on December 28, 2018, 09:19:45 PM
What the chuff is FOPP???
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on December 28, 2018, 10:10:09 PM
What the chuff is FOPP???

A store connected with HMV that sells off the stuff that HMV can't rid of.  Branches in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Cambridge, Nottingham, Bristol and a couple of other places that I can't remember.  They sell great stuff cheap as chips (I've filled a carrier bag with brand new cds, dvd's, Blu Rays, t-shirts and books for thirty or forty quid) and have great staff.

Find thyself a branch of FOPP and indulge... whilst they're still going!   ;)

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on December 29, 2018, 09:02:21 PM
June Whitfield.....shame. British Tv mainstay.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on December 29, 2018, 10:37:39 PM

Sad indeed, but I'm afraid fits into the category of news that, when I heard it, made me think 'er, they were still alive..?'   :-[

As an opposite to that, I saw a news story a couple of weeks ago about Meghan Markle (otherwise known as 'Duchess Of Somefuckinplaceorother) meeting old TV star Richard O Sullivan at a nursing home for actors... I was SURE he died a couple of years back!
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on December 30, 2018, 07:21:38 AM
You know I thought he'd died ages ago too  :-\
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on December 30, 2018, 05:53:15 PM
I fancied him when I was little !
 :)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on January 01, 2019, 08:50:01 AM
Ray Sawyer,Dr.Hook And The Medicine Show........their early stuff is really good,some very funny songs....plus who does'nt love Sylvias Mother ?     R.I.P.Ray  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: fiddlesticks on January 01, 2019, 10:40:48 AM
Walk Off the Earth Keyboardist Mike ‘Beard Guy’ Taylor Dies

https://variety.com/2018/music/news/walk-off-the-earth-keyboardist-mike-beard-guy-taylor-dies-1203096943/

I don't know much about this band, but their cover of Somebody I Used to Know (5 people playing one guitar) was inspired.
Title: Fellow Canuck and a very gifted one as well...
Post by: 8 on January 01, 2019, 04:30:23 PM
Walk Off the Earth Keyboardist Mike ‘Beard Guy’ Taylor Dies
https://variety.com/2018/music/news/walk-off-the-earth-keyboardist-mike-beard-guy-taylor-dies-1203096943/

I don't know much about this band, but their cover of
Somebody I Used to Know (5 people playing one guitar) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9mybTArlsk) was inspired.

Here's a great parody (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPHy17Iu6E) of that Gotye cover, moment.

Tom Petty cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7XdnYiQKjQ) by Walk off the Earth  and

Pharrell Williams cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbVoo7YLWnI) by Walk off the Earth  featuring  Parachute

Tremendous loss... R.I.P.  Mike.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: dilla on January 01, 2019, 06:28:42 PM
Ray Sawyer,Dr.Hook And The Medicine Show........their early stuff is really good,some very funny songs....plus who does'nt love Sylvias Mother ?     R.I.P.Ray  :'(
Totally agree Ghosttrain.Old Grey Whistle Test video of "everybody's making it big"is pure fun.Millionaire is excellent too.R..I.P. Ray
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on January 01, 2019, 08:29:00 PM
Aw, my parents were big fans of Doctor Hook so I know quite a few of their tunes... RIP Ray.

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on January 03, 2019, 08:54:02 AM
Pegi Young former wife of Neil (they were married for 36 years) Co Founder of The Bridge School with Neil..an amazing charity...R.I.P. Pegi,
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: 8 on January 03, 2019, 09:47:24 AM
Pegi Young former wife of Neil (they were married for 36 years) Co Founder of The Bridge School with Neil..an amazing charity...R.I.P. Pegi

"Unknown Legend" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40YzTpxrdZQ) written by Neil for Pegi......what a beautiful song...but a very hard listen at this time  :'(

Yeah, this is seriously devastating news to me, the news of her death.  Only finding out about it here.  What a mess of emotions I'm feeling right now.  After all she went through, as if it wasn't more than enough, she had to fcukin' duke it out with bloody cancer too... losing that fight in the end, too.  Happened New Year's Day, according to web details / news outlets.  Pegi was only 66 years young.  My thoughts, positive vibes, prayers are with her spirit, her kids, extended family and closest friends.  Man.  You had a steak there... why d'ya have to go after the burger?  Why?   :'(   Can't imagine how he's dealing with her death.  What a mess.  What a mess.  2019 has darkened already.  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: 8 on January 07, 2019, 06:35:19 PM
This post / these links, are for any Neil / Pegi fans that float here...
"Neil  Young  Breaks  His  Silence  On  Death  Of  Ex-Wife  Pegi  Young" (https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/musik/neil-young-breaks-his-silence-on-death-of-ex-wife-pegi-young-issues-statement/ar-BBRKOkR?ocid=spartanntp)

"Harvest  Moon"
(official video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2MtEsrcTTs)

"Harvest  Moon"
unplugged (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMjDc8MJotU)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on January 08, 2019, 08:44:01 AM
Thanks 8 moving stuff...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on January 19, 2019, 11:41:39 PM
Windsor Davies. I thought he'd passed years ago tbh. Quite an interesting life story.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on January 20, 2019, 05:57:38 PM
Windsor Davies. I thought he'd passed years ago tbh. Quite an interesting life story.

Agreed, 'Lovely Boy'  ;)  A fine comedic actor.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on January 20, 2019, 07:16:06 PM
Anyone else remember terrahawks. Windsor did the voice over.

https://youtu.be/RqHTHsgW6ho
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on February 21, 2019, 04:08:42 PM
Peter Tork ex Monkees,great shame.Loved T.V. show as a kid...........NOT the manufactured band we were all lead to believe ...Saw him at a Festival a few years back.....he was excellent great songs and not only from ''That Band'' as he referred to them...............Sad day   :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Whirlwind on February 22, 2019, 01:18:10 AM
Peter Tork ex Monkees,great shame.......Sad day   :'(
That band (whether they played the songs or not) was pretty darn excellent. Weird that a fake band for a TV show was actually as good, or even better, than many of their contemporaries. "Pleasant Valley Sunday" happens to be one of the greatest songs ever in pop music. Says something lyrically  (maybe only Americans can truly get it) and musically it is phenomenal.

(https://crackernight.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/the-monkees-tv.jpg)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on February 25, 2019, 07:43:11 PM
Mark Hollis  :'(


https://louderthanwar.com/mark-hollis-talk-talk-rip/?fbclid=IwAR1K-9UKZewKRFDEyiNJ4KSHuBKwMwTsttbzds1iBYXWohnr8mAFKdnSuic#.XHQ774peVOJ.facebook
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Post by: Sequoia225 on February 25, 2019, 08:30:26 PM
RIP Mark Hollis.
Thank you for all the music you wrote/recorded that has moved and enhanced my life throughout, and influenced so many other artists that did the same. I know I will be listening to this music often and attentively, for the rest of my days.

Such A Shame.
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Post by: Bunny on February 25, 2019, 08:40:47 PM
Oh gosh. What a bloody shame. Some great songs penned by him and a very underated band  :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on February 25, 2019, 09:01:01 PM

I just came here to post this awful news and saw that I've been beaten to it.  One of my very favourite bands ever and Mr Hollis had one of my favourite voices ever.   :'(

I always had some hope that TT might reform one day...

Trying to think of my favourite TT song ever, I think it might be this one, 'Tomorrow Started'... feel free to post another opinion...   :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAOdpj7lm4
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Post by: Ghosttrain on March 01, 2019, 10:59:34 AM
What a beautiful song,it's a band i never got into,my son was a huge fan of the band.........
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Post by: Ghosttrain on March 01, 2019, 11:21:22 AM
Ross Lowell,probably the most important non playing member of any band.......................he invented Gaffer Tape..........
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Post by: Master Ray on March 01, 2019, 06:50:51 PM
What a beautiful song,it's a band i never got into,my son was a huge fan of the band.........

If you feel like investigating Talk Talk then they're well worth it, yes some poppy stuff that might not appeal to you but tons of lovely tunes.  Recommendations available!  You know how I like to drone on about the bands I love, endlessly...  ;)
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Post by: Ghosttrain on March 02, 2019, 09:18:19 AM
Feel free to drone away.... 8)
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Post by: jjp666 on March 04, 2019, 10:46:19 AM
Keith Flint

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-keith-flint-dead-prodigy-14084654
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Post by: Bunny on March 04, 2019, 10:57:41 AM
Keith Flint

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-keith-flint-dead-prodigy-14084654
Just read that. By all accounts a really decent bloke in real life. And only 49  :'(
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Post by: Shush on March 04, 2019, 11:26:05 AM
Blimey, that ones a shock. 49 is no age to go. My eldest son will be quite upset, he is  a big fan of the prodigy.

 R.I.P.
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Post by: Pol on March 04, 2019, 11:31:40 AM
Fckn hell  - sad news indeed RIP Keith.
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Post by: jjp666 on March 04, 2019, 12:23:43 PM
Apparently he took his own life according to Liam Howlett :-[
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Post by: Master Ray on March 04, 2019, 07:14:38 PM
Seems like he did, indeed, commit suicide.  Blimey, like Chris Cornell And Chester Bennington, that's something I didn't see coming.  Just goes to show the utter evil that is depression can take someone who would seem to have everything in the world that they could wish for.

As someone who frequented many rock clubs in the 90's it was wonderful to see how The Prodigy went down just as well as the more obvious rock tracks... I saw a comment on other website that said The Prodigy were 'when the moshpit met the glow sticks' and everybody loved it....

So sad to hear it.
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Post by: Whirlwind on March 05, 2019, 12:57:04 AM
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Luke Perry of "Beverly Hills 90210" fame just died.
Doubly sad because the cast has all just got together to revive the series. They are filming right now.

I wonder if you lot across the pond even know Mr. Perry? He was big medicine here for a while when that "90210" show was on the air.

And Perry said something years ago that I always bring up whenever people talk about how great it must be to be an actor. On the Howard Stern radio show, Perry told of the time before he was "rich and famous." He said that most people just do not understand how hard it is to be an actor and he told of how sometimes he would go on 50 -- FIFTY! -- auditions/casting calls a week. And he wouldn't get any parts. So fifty times a week he was being told, "We don't want you." Imagine that. Hitting the pavement for fifty different jobs and getting rejected for every single one. And then the same thing next week...and the next...

I am so glad I heard that interview with Luke Perry that day. It made me see the drive and determination an actor must have in order to succeed. I never begrudge a successful actor his success. Good for them.
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on March 05, 2019, 03:08:52 PM
Blimey, that ones a shock. 49 is no age to go. My eldest son will be quite upset, he is  a big fan of the prodigy.

 R.I.P.

Same.
My older son sat at the dinner table last night in his Prodigy shirt.

 :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on March 05, 2019, 07:06:17 PM

Much as it pains me to agree with Space, I'll lay down my arms and say I was also saddened to hear of Luke Perry dying.  Never a fan of that Beverley show, but he was great in Oz, a show well worth checking out.  I believe he was also excellent in a show called Jeremiah, although I never saw it, must get around to it.  Sounds like he was a 'pretty boy actor' with much potential that was never properly mined.

And, damn, 52 is no age.   :-[
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Post by: Whirlwind on March 05, 2019, 09:06:20 PM
Never a fan of that Beverley show, but he was great in Oz, a show well worth checking out.

And, damn, 52 is no age.   :-[
.
Strangely enough, I used to watch OZ but don't recall Luke Perry in it. Luke to just about everybody will always be that brooding Dylan from "90210."

Yes, I admit I would watch "90210" now and then. All my girlfriends at that time were watching it and it was a fun, goofy show to watch. It actually was what we call in the States a "watercooler" show -- the next day at work everybody at the watercooler would be talking about it. And, yes, Luke Perry was thee star of that show...and he did a good job with the material he was given.

And maybe dying at age 52 is misleading in Luke's case. On the surface dying at 52 is young...but in Luke Perry's case we all still see Luke Perry as that young high-schooler from "90210" so a Luke Perry at 52 seems kind of old.

As I said in my earlier post, he was actually a likeable guy. He was often on 'The Howard Stern Show' and you got a sense that even with his fame, his money, his People magazine Sexiest Man On Earth award, Luke Perry really was a pretty grounded fellow.

And, yes, his passing is a part of all our younger days disappearing. We are sad for that, too.
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Post by: Whirlwind on March 06, 2019, 02:26:13 PM

Much as it pains me to agree with Space, I'll lay down my arms and say I ....
.
Are you serious? So if I post 2+2=4, it would pain you to agree with that? You think I am going to rail against you if you express sadness for a man who died? "Oh, Whirlwind might post back something nasty about me if I acknowledge his post about a death." Dude, man up and let go of your childish grudges. Go watch FROZEN and "let it go." You really don't realize how silly you look, do you?
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on March 06, 2019, 05:45:15 PM
Magenta Devine

 :'(

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 8)
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Post by: Master Ray on March 06, 2019, 06:49:07 PM

Much as it pains me to agree with Space, I'll lay down my arms and say I ....
.
Are you serious? So if I post 2+2=4, it would pain you to agree with that? You think I am going to rail against you if you express sadness for a man who died? "Oh, Whirlwind might post back something nasty about me if I acknowledge his post about a death." Dude, man up and let go of your childish grudges. Go watch FROZEN and "let it go." You really don't realize how silly you look, do you?

And we're back to 'business as usual'.  Shame, I thought a little common ground had been reached... with the potential to put bad stuff behind us.  More fool me, I apologise to others here for falling for this shite once again.

What can I say, at least I tried, eh?   ::)
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Post by: Whirlwind on March 06, 2019, 07:57:44 PM

 Shame, I thought a little common ground had been reached... with the potential to put bad stuff behind us. 
.
Common ground? Put bad stuff behind us? You opened your post to me with these exact words:

"Much as it pains me to agree with Space,"

So what you are saying is I will respond to his post even though I think he is a jerk. Wow, what a way to "put bad stuff behind us."

Hey, kid, next time leave out the insult. As I said, you really don't see yourself and how you are, do you? You have no self-awareness. You really think writing the insult "much as it pains me to agree with Space" is a way "to put bad stuff behind us." Good God.
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Post by: Viv Savage on March 07, 2019, 10:00:34 AM
Ok enough. Whirlwind you're becoming insufferable again - either play nicely or don't play at all.
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Post by: Tony S on March 07, 2019, 01:29:32 PM
RIP Gerry Stickells - legendary tour manager for Jimi Hendrix and Queen amongst others  :(
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Post by: Master Ray on March 08, 2019, 08:57:48 PM

Well, Airwolf is now without a pilot... RIP Jan-Michael Vincent, aged 74.  Loved this show as a kid... and such a great cheesy 80's theme tune!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFLFH8GW4gs
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Post by: Whirlwind on March 08, 2019, 09:14:09 PM
. RIP Jan-Michael Vincent,
.
Much as it pains me to agree with Master Ray, yes, rest in peace JMV.

AIRWOLF? No, folks, that is not what Jan Michael Vincent will be remembered for.. Jan Michael Vincent was one hell of a top actor...could have been the face of a generation, and he was for some time. His TV movie TRIBES - about recruits in boot camp on their way to Vietnam - is one of the finest films ever made. Hippie Jan Michael going at it with drill instructor Darren McGavin is what the entire '60s was all about. That film made Jan Michael Vincent a star to be reckoned with. Sure he went on to make some chessy films, but those of us that know his career know he was something special.

And BITE THE BULLET  is one of the best westerns ever made. Gene Hackman, James Coburn...and Jan Michael keeps up with those greats scene for scene.

What a film. TRIBES. I watched it again recently and it still holds up. Fantastic work of art.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/360577454679-0-1/s-l1000.jpg)

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Post by: Ghosttrain on March 18, 2019, 10:10:04 AM
Dick Dale,King of the Surf Guitar.......... 8) R.I.P.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on March 18, 2019, 07:17:35 PM
Bernie Torme......... :( what a s**t day........
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Post by: Tony S on March 19, 2019, 02:44:08 PM
Bernie Torme......... :( what a s**t day........

I was so sad to hear about Bernie passing away from double pneumonia  :(
Loved his guitar playing, and a lovely bloke too.
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Post by: Johnz on March 25, 2019, 12:27:53 AM
What a beautiful song,it's a band i never got into,my son was a huge fan of the band.........

If you feel like investigating Talk Talk then they're well worth it, yes some poppy stuff that might not appeal to you but tons of lovely tunes.  Recommendations available!  You know how I like to drone on about the bands I love, endlessly...  ;)

A sad loss indeed. Great to see that others on here also love Talk Talk. Possibly one the most remarkable musical progressions of any band. They left a lot of their fans behind when they emerged with Spirit of Eden (and went even further with Laughing Stock). I remember not liking those albums much at the time but I adore them now. Their influence on bands like Radiohead and Elbow is obvious. I was fortunate to see them live once on the Colour of Spring tour and they were fantastic.

Out of all the beautiful songs they have written, 'I believe in You' from Spirit of Eden is probably the one that moves me the most. A song to Mark's brother to try to encourage him to give up heroin. Sadly, he died of an overdose just after the song was released as a single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9ldqE8H8eE

Thanks for the music.



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Post by: Ghosttrain on March 25, 2019, 09:38:24 AM
Scott Walker R.I.P.  :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on March 25, 2019, 07:35:49 PM

Aw, that's another sad one... loved what little I'd heard from him but never really scratched more than the surface... something I must do.
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Post by: Darkness on March 26, 2019, 08:33:57 PM
Ranking Roger from The Beat  :'(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on March 26, 2019, 08:39:28 PM
Very sad news,so young.........love Two Tone.....R.I.P.....
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Post by: Whirlwind on March 27, 2019, 07:02:29 PM
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LHHD4xqjgZY/SwW5NBkJJbI/AAAAAAAAD9s/fCzZt2luM1U/s400/A-29786-1141961572.jpg)

Their three proper albums are must haves in any record collection. Fantastic stuff. 
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Post by: Whirlwind on April 15, 2019, 09:15:35 PM
Sad

(https://medias.monuments-nationaux.fr/var/cmn_inter/storage/images/1/0/4/1/24161401-1-fre-FR/DH_KohuWAAAqWpL_block-socialnetwork.jpg)

Obviously people passing on brings sadness, but so can the death of a structure. Believe me, as a New Yorker I still feel sadness when I look to the south and don't see this any longer:

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7b/05/d6/7b05d6914c9630fb492c59c7a4c371a6.jpg)
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Post by: Master Ray on April 21, 2019, 07:46:49 PM

Fuckin' hell, about 207 innocent people killed in Sri Lanka in various terrorist attacks aimed at Christians and foreigners... what the f uck is wrong with these evil cvnts?
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Post by: Pol on April 21, 2019, 08:03:29 PM
A personal 1  -  Billy Samson, a very talented local musician who took his own life age 42 in a very public way , strange from a quiet and introverted guy. Didn't know him that well but had spent time in his company a few times.  RIP a sad loss to the local music scene.
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Post by: Pol on April 23, 2019, 08:06:51 PM
Billy McNeil  -  Celtic and Scotland legend , first British player to lift the European cup and by all accounts a great and humble man off the field.  RIP. 
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Post by: Master Ray on May 09, 2019, 10:00:22 PM

Aw, RIP Freddie Starr... not the most PC comedian ever but I saw him live a few years back and he was absolutely bloody hilarious.   :-[
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Post by: Shush on May 09, 2019, 10:14:00 PM
I used to like Freddie Starr back in the day. R.I.P.
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Post by: Master Ray on May 12, 2019, 09:17:12 PM

RIP Peggy Lipton, aka Norma in Twin Peaks and Julie in The Mod Squad.  Such a beautiful woman.   :'(
Title: Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff... rest in peace...
Post by: 8 on May 18, 2019, 05:20:42 AM
Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff

(http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wvpn/files/styles/x_large/public/201509/doris_day..jpg)
(https://ccaminha.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/doris-day.jpg)
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(https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/81/8109/R83E300Z/poster/doris-day.jpg)

better known as

DORIS (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000013/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm)  DAY (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day)

April  3rd,  1922  -  May  13th,  2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApNRGiqxjK0)

What is most heart-breaking about her passing, is that

(as per Day's request)

there will be no funeral, marked gravesite, or public memorial.

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Post by: Pol on May 18, 2019, 12:24:42 PM
Grumpy cat
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Post by: Ghosttrain on May 22, 2019, 09:22:32 AM
Have just read Jake Black aka The Very Reverend D.Wayne Love from ALABAMA 3 has died,fell ill after performing at a Festival.....wrote the song ''Woke Up This Morning''..theme tune to The Sopranos..a great performer with a great band,saw them at Beautiful Days a few years back brilliant live band....also their amusing antics at the backstage end of Festival Party......a sad day indeed  :'(  :'(  :'(...
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Post by: Tony S on May 22, 2019, 01:06:50 PM
RIP Niki Lauda - a genuine legend in the motor racing world  :'(
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Post by: Pol on May 22, 2019, 09:38:03 PM
Niki Lauda a man who was horrifically burned and inhaled high octane fuel so much so that he was given the last rites in his car . He actually came back to race that season a cpl of months later n won the championship the next season.  RIP
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Post by: witch on May 24, 2019, 08:08:29 PM
Rest in Peace
He was a Legend
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Post by: Ghosttrain on June 01, 2019, 07:49:50 AM
Roky Erickson of The Thirteenth Floor Elevators,probably the very first Psychedelic band......
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Post by: Master Ray on June 03, 2019, 10:24:11 PM

Well, fans of UK sci-fi shows will doubtlessly join me in sadness to hear that Paul Darrow (aka Avon from Blakes Seven') has died...

 :'(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on June 07, 2019, 09:44:01 AM
DR.JOHN the night tripper............a truly one off... 8)... :'(...
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Post by: Ghosttrain on June 30, 2019, 05:16:33 PM
Gary Duncan ex Quicksilver Messenger Service,saw various members from the band live at 100 Club London a good few years ago along with members of Jefferson Airplane and TC from Grateful Dead....sad day... :'(...
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Post by: Master Ray on July 10, 2019, 09:22:57 PM

RIP Freddie Jones, wonderful UK character actor, died at 91...
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Post by: Master Ray on July 24, 2019, 06:49:40 PM

Aw heck, proper sad about this one... RIP the great actor Rutger Hauer, aged 75.   :'(
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Post by: Master Ray on August 04, 2019, 08:15:18 PM

RIP those poor souls who died in two mass shootings in the USA...  :-[
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on August 04, 2019, 09:24:26 PM
Oh America.........as the great man said ''How many deaths will it take 'til he knows that too many people have died ?''........ :'(............
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Post by: Whirlwind on August 04, 2019, 11:16:08 PM
Oh America.........
.
It's bad.

When I was younger there were places and circumstances where you knew you were in danger of getting shot. A trip downtown to CBGBs was really a risky endeavor. Bad neighborhood. A trip uptown to Yankee Stadium - The Bronx - was a risk to one's life. Times Square was full of guns and addicts and criminals.  When going to those areas (and others) of course you knew there was a chance of getting shot. Think of all those movies about New York City from the 1970s. I have news for you, they were accurate. You were in fear of losing your life if you ventured into certain neighborhoods.

But that was one putting oneself at risk. Today in America EVERYTHING is a risk. It isn't going to The Bronx at one in the morning that puts one's life at risk...now it is going to a Walmart on a sunny Saturday afternoon to buy school supplies. Now it is going to a movie. Going to a garlic festival. Going to school. Going to church for f***'s sake!

It's bad.
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Post by: Ron B on August 05, 2019, 07:55:16 AM
Yes it is bad here in America.  There soon will be a breaking point. Where no matter how good Donald Chump thinks the economy is great people are fed up with his bombast rambling and the Republicans who are in the pocket of the NRA so no sane gun law regulations are in place to stop this madness.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on August 17, 2019, 07:11:32 AM
Peter Fonda,for all it's faults i have always loved Easy Rider.......RIP.
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Post by: ManxPat on August 24, 2019, 06:21:07 PM
Very late but I only just saw this thread sorry. RIP Ranking Roger of The Beat.
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Post by: ManxPat on August 24, 2019, 06:36:10 PM
Also the amazing Rutger Hauer. RIP.
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Post by: Ron B on September 16, 2019, 02:20:56 AM
 Just read that Ric Ocasek lead singer and frontman of the Cars was found dead in his Manhattan He was 75 years old.
I remember when their Debut Album came out they would play that on the radio  all the time and it had some great music on it. I had their album Candy O.  :( RIP Ric.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on September 20, 2019, 12:48:31 PM
Larry Wallis from Pink Fairies,great guitarist also liked his solo stuff on Stiff Records..........Police Car is a fave...RIP.... :'(....
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Post by: Ghosttrain on September 25, 2019, 06:48:31 AM
Robert Hunter songwriter of some of Grateful Deads best songs... :'(..What a long strange trip it's been.RIP.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on October 06, 2019, 12:43:13 PM
Ginger Baker,probably one of the greatest drummers ever.....Jazz,Rock,Blues and African music  8)..RIP Mr.Baker  :'(...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ron B on October 07, 2019, 10:28:28 AM


RIP Mr Baker  :(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: lotus on October 07, 2019, 07:14:57 PM
R.I.P. Mr. Baker  :'(

Cream, Blind Faith and his other projects - what a kind of wild and perfect drumming ....
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Post by: lotus on October 08, 2019, 07:52:49 PM
Ginger Baker
Toad - late version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLQAzrZ4F9c

and I love the early Cream version (one of 20 lps I own at that time)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on October 27, 2019, 11:51:21 AM
Paul Barrere singer and guitarist Little Feat,saw them a few years back a brilliant band even without the late great Lowell George.... :'(...
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Post by: Ghosttrain on November 27, 2019, 09:48:37 PM
Clive James...i loved his books and TV shows the man was a genius (imho)...RIP Sir....sweet and irreverent dreams... ;D... :'(....
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on November 28, 2019, 05:40:58 PM
Gary Rhodes.

 :o
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Post by: jc on November 28, 2019, 07:25:24 PM
Gary Rhodes.

 :o

I shall be making a bread and butter pudding this weekend in his honour.

Cheers

jc
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Post by: Red on December 04, 2019, 04:14:32 PM
Bob Willis

England cricket captain of my childhood

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/50655612
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Post by: Ghosttrain on December 12, 2019, 11:24:06 AM
David Bellamy conservationist , i remember him coming over to Jersey to support the protest against the flooding of Queens Valley to create a reservoir thus destroying many wildlife habitats.......our protests failed and the reservoir was constructed...RIP Mr.Bellamy.
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Post by: Red on December 17, 2019, 01:16:12 PM
All common sense in this country (UK) after the election result last Thursday!!!!
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Post by: Ghosttrain on December 30, 2019, 01:32:50 PM
Have just heard the very sad news that Neil Innes has died,i guess he will be best remembered for Monty Python,The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and The Rutles..although he wrote and performed comedic songs he was an excellent musician.I loved his stuff especially Bonzo's,great memories from my childhood,never got to see them but saw a couple of the offshoot bands Bill Kerr's Whoopee Band and Bill Posters Will Be Band with the late great Sam Spoons and Roger Ruskin Spears......always great fun with their absurd humour....RIP Mr.Innes ... :'(  :'(......
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Post by: Master Ray on December 30, 2019, 07:49:39 PM

Aw, just heard about Neil Innes, sad news.  A very under-rated chap.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on January 10, 2020, 08:55:24 PM

Well, I know that Rush might not be a band who many here are fond of, but it's just been announced that drummer Neil Peart died.  I was quite the fan back in the day but haven't listened to them in many years... I must rectify that.  Another fine musician gone.   :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Digital Man on January 10, 2020, 08:58:09 PM

Well, I know that Rush might not be a band who many here are fond of, but it's just been announced that drummer Neil Peart died.  I was quite the fan back in the day but haven't listened to them in many years... I must rectify that.  Another fine musician gone.   :'(

I enjoyed all of their music. See my forum name for my love of them
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Post by: Ron B on January 11, 2020, 06:23:33 AM
I am a big Rush fan having acquired my bass guitars because of Geddy Lee. I have seen RUSH many times in concert and always left with a smile on my face as they never put on a bad show. Neil Peart was one of the best drummers in rock history. Just watching how easy he made it in keeping Geddy and Alex rocking is a testimony to his greatness. RIP Neil you join that that band in beyond :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pumpkin on January 11, 2020, 10:37:12 PM
I’ll echo the sentiments about Peart. I always thought his retirement was unusual, but it’s very clear what the real reason for that was. Cancer claims yet another great drummer and individual.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pumpkin on January 11, 2020, 10:47:36 PM

Well, I know that Rush might not be a band who many here are fond of, but it's just been announced that drummer Neil Peart died.  I was quite the fan back in the day but haven't listened to them in many years... I must rectify that.  Another fine musician gone.   :'(

I enjoyed all of their music. See my forum name for my love of them

Indeed I have wondered that, but wasn’t sure if it was a subdivision of my own prejudice, or the fact they have fallen out of the limelight...

Master, start with the two versions of Vapour Trails.
Title: Canada grieves...
Post by: 8 on January 13, 2020, 09:57:10 PM
Being partially weaned (musically) on Rush by my amazing older brother when I was a just a wee  'schmuck'  (as he would quite frequently call me), the news of Neil (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peart) Peart's (https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/music/rush-drummer-neil-peart-dead-at-67/ar-BBYPY39?ocid=spartanntp) death has hit me as a bit of a shock.  I was aware that Rush played their very last tour some time ago, but I didn't really know why the band was calling it quits.  It's all making sense now.  DAMN cancer!!!  :'(

We lost an incredibly phenomenal, skillful, talented and gifted musician / drummer, lyricist, writer... the likes of which (dare I say it) Canada may likely never, ever, see repeated again - that calibre of craftsmanship, level of skill - from one of its own, in the form of a drummer who also crafts lyrics just as incredibly well as intricate drum fills, patterns, parts, etc..

Never got to see Rush play live, but did get to hear them play live, in person, on two separate unplanned occasions, by complete surprise and I can attest, that what you heard on record, was definitely what you heard in real life, at a Rush gig!  If not even more enthralling.  It's quite mind-blowing how incredible a 3pc unit, band, can sound when all the dynamics are met spot-on, right-on, head-on.  Musically speaking, that is.  Nothing against Geddy, but Lee's vocals (just like Dylan's own) did take an awful lot of getting used to in the beginning.  It's an acquired taste, for sure.  But getting back to game-changing 3pc bands, they're truly hard to come by these days, especially via the influx of younger bands.  Even though they weren't the only ones to do so, Rush were one of the bands that raised that bar, so to speak, and raised it pretty fcukin' high.

It's been a while since I played any stuff from Rush.  I too, will be queuing-up a lot of old favourites and new-to-me material, in the coming days (more like, possibly months ahead).  Never did get around to exploring much further than what my brother and Canadian radio & TV introduced me to.  Time I changed this.  Have to look into all the documentaries Rush released as well as track down each of the books Mr. Peart penned, on his various travels and what-not.  He loved his motorbike, would often ride instead of travelling on his separate tour bus.  I love memoirs, biographies, especially when they're in some way tied to Canada, however slight-ly.  Have this gut feeling, Peart's books are going to be really great reads.  Hoping that they're still in print.

Thank you Mr. Peart, for adding to this place - this world - in more ways than just musically.  Rest in peace...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Tony S on January 14, 2020, 01:30:12 PM
I can only echo what others have said about Neil Peart. Very sad, and a great loss to music :(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: cthulhu on January 19, 2020, 06:39:48 AM
I can only echo what others have said about Neil Peart. Very sad, and a great loss to music :(
dito

2h documentary, Neil Peart explains his drumming:
Neil Peart - A Work In Progress Part 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HLD5lxrQV4[/url)

funny clip
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq3yjfoorsU[/url)
Title: Still grieving...
Post by: 8 on January 20, 2020, 07:43:31 PM
2h documentary, Neil Peart explains his drumming:
Neil Peart - A Work In Progress Part 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HLD5lxrQV4[/url)

funny clip
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq3yjfoorsU[/url)

Just adding to those...

For all the Neil Peart / RUSH lovers lurking here, or your average music-nerdy types that also float in around these sacred parts, here's  Neil Peart - A Work In Progress  PART  2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjSPIU-bYzo&t=63s).

And if you need a bit of a pick-me-up after the stream of tears, here's a funny, yet bittersweet clip of  RUSH drummer Neil Peart as featured on the Rick Mercer Report (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09l35k0rGvY)  from 2006  (Canadian comedic television series).

I've got to get those 7 non-fiction books Mr. Peart penned... never realised he wrote so many.  xx   :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: cthulhu on January 22, 2020, 04:21:02 PM
Terry Jones has left his physical body to join..something else. :'(
He was a great director and artist and a legend for being part of Monty Python, he directed most of their movies.
Really enjoyed his last movie: Absolutely Anything, with Simon Pegg as a lead.
"A group of eccentric aliens confers a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment."
R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on January 22, 2020, 10:24:08 PM

Aw, that's another sad one, huge Python fan here, I was glad to see the irreverent Python style in their official announcement that read 'Two down, four to go...'

RIP Sir.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on January 23, 2020, 09:10:25 AM
Sad news.....i remember watching ''Do Not Adjust Your Set'' as a kid(really showing my age) loved it and of course with Python....a very funny man R.I.P..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: fiddlesticks on January 28, 2020, 11:58:48 AM
Nicholas Parsons: 'Broadcasting legend' dies aged 96 after short illness.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51278023
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on January 28, 2020, 06:17:54 PM
Nice chap Nicholas Parsons. R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on January 28, 2020, 08:53:30 PM

96 and still carried on working right to the end... good on you, Sir!
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: pjevac on February 01, 2020, 05:28:12 PM
I just read that Andy Gill passed away! So sorry! Gang of Four were always one of my favourite bands and Andy's guitar work has practically determined the path of the electric guitar for the past 40 years, just listen to The Edge, Hillel Slovak, Fugazi... They all picked up what he layed out...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on February 01, 2020, 08:51:04 PM
Just read this on another site...RIP ..always remember the sessions on John Peel....Gang Of Four  a brilliant band.. :'(...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on February 05, 2020, 11:20:38 PM
"I'm Spartacus!"  R.I.P. Kirk Douglas
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on February 06, 2020, 09:44:48 AM
Buddy Cage pedal steel player with New Riders Of The Purple Sage........as stated in some of my previous posts i love pedal steel guitar, RIP Buddy sleep well......in pedal steel heaven  8).. :'(..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on March 21, 2020, 08:12:57 AM
Country Legend Kenny Rogers,i always liked Ruby,Don't take Your Love To Town,The Gambler and Islands In The Stream....RIP.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on March 22, 2020, 11:27:37 PM
Country Legend Kenny Rogers,i always liked Ruby,Don't take Your Love To Town,The Gambler and Islands In The Stream....RIP.

He always sang about people with terrible lives... 'Four hundred children and a croc in the fields...'  ;)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on March 23, 2020, 03:18:45 PM
Folk singer Julie Felix,wonderful voice...her duet with Leonard Cohen singing ''Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye'' on her TV show from 1968 is a classic R.I.P.. :'(..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on April 03, 2020, 07:41:13 PM
RIP Bill Withers.....some great songs,some well known,some not so..a beautiful voice.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on May 04, 2020, 04:20:11 PM
Dave Greenfield keyboard player with Stranglers, Coronavirus...great player with a brilliant band i have been lucky enough to see live many times....RIP Mr.Greenfield...a sad day indeed.. :'(..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on May 04, 2020, 04:23:08 PM
Dave Greenfield keyboard player with Stranglers, Coronavirus...great player with a brilliant band i have been lucky enough to see live many times....RIP Mr.Greenfield...a sad day indeed.. :'(..

Just reading about this

 :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: dilla on May 04, 2020, 06:00:43 PM
Totally gutted.lovely bloke
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on May 06, 2020, 09:23:07 AM
Millie Small of ''My Boy Lollipop'' fame.....we did'nt have many records in our house growing up as a kid....but we did have this,and i remember playing it to death......it was either that or Jim Reeves or Max Bygraves. ::)
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on May 06, 2020, 05:48:21 PM
What a Sh*t few days it has been....Florian Schneider founder member of KRAFTWERK..a brilliant band,so far ahead of their time...you just have to read the names of artists they influenced to get a feel of how important they were/are...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on May 15, 2020, 06:19:52 PM
Phil May ''Pretty Things'' one of (at the time) one of the most outrageous bands of their time...longest hair..even questions asked in Parliament about them...and also the creators of poss.the first ever concept album SF Sorrow....died after an accident RIP Mr.May .....another one gone.. :'(..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: dilla on June 05, 2020, 02:47:50 AM
Steve Priest,bassist with The Sweet,my favourite band as a kid
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on June 09, 2020, 08:28:39 AM
Bonnie Pointer......Pointer Sisters,not really my thing but they were great singers.....and loved their version of Springsteens ''Fire''..RIP.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on June 20, 2020, 10:10:22 PM

RIP Ian Holm, a fine actor, gone to the terrible disease that is Parkinsons...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on July 06, 2020, 10:01:54 AM
Ennio Morricone....loved his film scores,especially the Spaghetti Western themes..Ciao Maestro R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on July 09, 2020, 08:12:39 PM

Damn, I know it's not exactly unexpected for a 91 year old man to die, but I was genuinely saddened to heard about Mr Morricone's death.

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: ManxPat on July 11, 2020, 10:38:11 PM
Me too. Loved Signor Morricone. Long may his works be heard..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on July 12, 2020, 08:25:52 AM
Jack Charlton...RIP Big Jackie Lad,
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on July 12, 2020, 11:16:13 AM
News just breaking of the death this morning of Judy Dyble , founding member and original female vocalist with Fairport Convention and vocalist with Trader Horn...i knew she was ill with lung cancer but this has come as a complete shock,i had the great honour of seeing her perform on several occasions.RIP Judy sleep well. :'(..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Red on July 16, 2020, 09:27:17 PM
I know none of you know this person but a local scooterist was knocked off by a car yesterday that pulled out on him (SMIDSY)!!!!!!!!

He unfortunately died of his injuries

Because of the restrictions we cannot attend the funeral or wake

RIP Ian White  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on July 17, 2020, 08:51:05 PM

Perfectly OK, IMHO, to post a RIP message about someone who isn't famous. 
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on July 25, 2020, 08:10:21 PM

RIP Peter Green, from Fleetwood Mac...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on July 26, 2020, 10:06:58 AM
Peter Green, without doubt one of Britain's finest blues guitarists..RIP..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: lotus on July 26, 2020, 09:50:06 PM
Peter Green`s Fleedwood Mac -beautiful songs with unforgettibable guitar playing
R.I.P Peter Green
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: lostockboy on July 27, 2020, 03:01:57 PM
Just heard that Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith died a few days ago after he suffered a heart attack in 2008 which caused him to develop the rare neurological disorder dystonia, with the condition affecting his speech and movement.  Not a well known band but one that has been named as an influence due to their unusual style.  I was lucky enough to see them live in 1989 which was around the time when they probably had their biggest hit "Is this the life" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZaqYkkYK4I This goes down as one of my all time fave singles and is worth a listen.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on July 28, 2020, 10:14:20 AM
Denise Johnson vocalist with Primal Scream,A Certain Ratio,Pet Shop Boys,Ian Brown and many others....aged 56,so,so young ...a great singer RIP. :'(...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on July 28, 2020, 12:14:24 PM
What a sh*t day,have just read Charlie Harcourt guitarist with Lindisfarne has died...RIP.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on July 31, 2020, 08:04:01 PM

Ah, this saddened me, film director Alan Parker died today.  Not as big or respected a name as, say, Scorsese or Spielberg, but here are some of his films... Midnight Express, Angel Heart, The Commitments, Pink Floyd The Wall, Angela's Ashes, Bugsy Malone, Fame, Birdy, Mississippi Burning... c'mon, some fine films there that I'll bet many of you film-loving folks here have seen and adored.   ;)

RIP, sir.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Guillaume on July 31, 2020, 08:54:48 PM

Ah, this saddened me, film director Alan Parker died today.  Not as big or respected a name as, say, Scorsese or Spielberg, but here are some of his films... Midnight Express, Angel Heart, The Commitments, Pink Floyd The Wall, Angela's Ashes, Bugsy Malone, Fame, Birdy, Mississippi Burning... c'mon, some fine films there that I'll bet many of you film-loving folks here have seen and adored.   ;)

RIP, sir.

I remember being moved by "Birdy" when i was a teenager, great tale of friendship and people being broken by war, beautifully acted by both Modine and Cage...also "The Wall" was impressive, "Angel heart" one of the best performances by Mickey Rourke and "Midnight express" is stiil a powerful film these days thanks in part to Brad Davis's stunning performance.

Here are some great moments of Mr Parker's career...:

BIRDY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEZ0xYy4so8

THE WALL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM0EiWgcr1Y

'Comfortably numb" one of the most beautiful and moving songs ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3gUTGQoSDs

ANGEL HEART:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEUUS_kjI4k

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO9WS6Bo-VU

RIP Mr Parker.
 
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on September 10, 2020, 03:59:39 PM
Dame Diana Rigg. Such a long and versatile career. I thought she was excellent in GoT
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on September 10, 2020, 06:43:23 PM
Diana Rigg aka Emma Peel the best female Avenger by far.....boy oh boy did she play havoc with my teenage hormones.........sleep well RIP.. :'(..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Viv Savage on September 12, 2020, 12:39:18 PM
"Goodbye Toots and thank you for all of itt. I'm sure many of us will have Funky Kingston on loop today but here's another soulful favourite...
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L97Ci2lsyk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L97Ci2lsyk)

RIP

Respect and gratitude, JS"
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on September 12, 2020, 12:44:44 PM
I was lucky enough to see Toots And The Maytals a few years back at Beautiful Days....great band R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on September 20, 2020, 09:38:46 AM
Lee Kerslake ex Uriah Heep and Ozzy Osbourne excellent drummer saw him live with Uriah Heep Hull City Hall circa 1977/78....R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on October 01, 2020, 10:50:48 AM
Country singer/songwriter Mac Davis....he wrote my all time favourite Elvis song ''In The Ghetto'' RIP.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: fiddlesticks on October 06, 2020, 09:14:49 PM
Eddie Van Halen: Revered guitarist dies at 65 from cancer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54443394
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ron B on October 07, 2020, 09:03:16 AM

R.I.P Eddie a Damn fine guitarist :(.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Guillaume on October 07, 2020, 10:41:35 AM
The first Van Halen album is fantastic, so much energy, great sound, great tracks, kind of timeless album...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4wGJBBnfqQ&ab_channel=VanHalen-Topic


RIP Eddie.  :'(

Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: fairloveorwar on October 07, 2020, 05:37:35 PM
The first Van Halen album is fantastic, so much energy, great sound, great tracks, kind of timeless album...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4wGJBBnfqQ&ab_channel=VanHalen-Topic


RIP Eddie.  :'(
yeah, was one of those lp's that never left my car for years, Little Dreamer remains one of my most loved tracks..
really sucks getting to that age when everyone you grew up with start dropping off....:(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on October 25, 2020, 10:50:35 AM
Jerry Jeff Walker who wrote one of my favourite all time songs ''Mr.Bojangles''...a song recorded by so many artists,my favourite version is the live recording by Dave Bromberg..........RIP Mr.Walker.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on October 25, 2020, 11:21:04 PM

Frank Bough.  A gentleman who those of us of a certain age will remember.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on October 29, 2020, 09:40:23 PM

OK, this might only resonate with UK folks of 'a certain vintage'... but Bobby Ball, one half of hugely popular 80's comedy duo Cannon and Ball, died today, apparently from COVID.

Genuinely saddened by this celebrity death.  Saw C+B live a few times when I was a kid with my parents, back when they were a huge selling act.  They fell out of popularity over the last three decades, reduced to being a 'has-been' act.  But they started headlining my local theater in the annual Christmas pantomime over the last few years and, blimey, they were just superb.  Decades of comedic experience, from little working mens clubs to huge theaters and back again, gave them the experience to make packed out houses laugh their arses off.  I've seen many. many live comedians and they were right up there with the best (and certainly WAY better than more fashionable and piss poor comedy acts....)  ::)

Even met Bobby and Tommy a couple of years ago, really nice guys, I was my six year old niece (she'd loved the show) and they made a fuss over her and she was made up.  She was looking forward to this years panto...  :-[

Anyway, that's my rant, RIP fine sir.   :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on October 29, 2020, 11:22:02 PM
Was sorry to hear of his passing. Remember all the lads at school circa 1981 saying "Rock on Tommy". I liked him in recent years in "Not going out".

Rock on - Bobby.

R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on October 30, 2020, 01:57:20 PM
 :'(

Night night Cocker
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Shush on October 31, 2020, 02:09:55 PM
Sean Connery

The man who would be king.

R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on October 31, 2020, 04:31:23 PM
Sean Connery

The man who would be king.

R.I.P.
Superb film with two superb actors. Shame he retired from acting several years ago. Strip away the personal life controversies and that was a man that made you beleive his character. Loved his films.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: lotus on November 01, 2020, 01:25:43 PM
Last month Spencer Davis died
Keep On Running or I`m A Man - songs of my youth

R.I.P
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ron B on November 02, 2020, 01:49:02 AM
Sean Connery

The man who would be king.

R.I.P.
Superb film with two superb actors. Shame he retired from acting several years ago. Strip away the personal life controversies and that was a man that made you beleive his character. Loved his films.

 The One and True Bond , James Bond . Others may have Played the role and done a good job but he made it Immortal. R.I.P. :'( 8)


Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on November 05, 2020, 03:39:21 PM
Ken Hensley singer/songwriter/multi instrumentalist URIAH HEEP and solo......i am going to listen to Salisbury and Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf ,his finest works (imho) saw him with URIAH HEEP many years ago he was incredible.................one of my first musical heroes...sleep well Mr.Hensley.. :'(...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on November 07, 2020, 07:43:40 PM
Geoffrey Palmer....will never forget watching Butterflies as a young boy and being hooked on the dynamics. Very underrated actor imho.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Johnz on November 08, 2020, 11:32:00 AM
Bones Hillman of Midnight Oil.

A sad and very unexpected loss.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Bunny on November 15, 2020, 10:35:26 AM
Des O'Connor.....what an awful year this. Not my kind of comedy but seemed a genuinely decent bloke.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on November 15, 2020, 12:40:44 PM
Also a player with the mighty Cobblers,saw him in panto in Coventry when i was in the Boys Brigade 50 years ago.. ::)..RIP Des...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on November 19, 2020, 08:05:18 PM
Surprised this is on already
RIP  Judy , a huge nma fan that many of will have meet,  enjoy the big gig on the other side
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: jc on November 19, 2020, 10:03:48 PM
Rest in peace Judy  :'(

jc
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pol on November 25, 2020, 04:32:54 PM
Maybe a  bit controversial but Diego Maradona,  1 of best ever.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Isaac(Black Eagle Rising) on November 25, 2020, 05:43:36 PM
Diego Armando Maradona..The best player ever.No one ever could be like him.A part of my childhood.Rest In Peace..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NI5oTTW_is
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on November 26, 2020, 09:58:14 AM
The King Of Naples..........RIP.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on November 27, 2020, 10:05:13 AM
Roger Burridge short term fiddle player  ( a mere six months) with FAIRPORT ''Gottle 'O Geer'' line up, aged 63.check out FAIRPORT at ROCKPALAST 1976 on YouTube......a great fiddle player RIP ..
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Master Ray on November 29, 2020, 09:09:53 PM

RIP Darth Vader, aka The Green Cross Man, aka Dave Prowse...
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on December 10, 2020, 09:35:02 AM
Paolo Rossi Italy's 1982 World Cup Hero aged 64 after a long illness......brilliant player Riposa In Pace..
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Post by: fiddlesticks on December 11, 2020, 08:15:49 AM
Dame Barbara Windsor - Carry On and EastEnders actress dies aged 83. Rest in Peace.
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Post by: Tarsier on January 04, 2021, 09:32:07 AM
Alexi Laiho, at the age of 41... Rest in peace...

Personally not that much into Children of Bodom but Alexi was truly a great musician and news about his death came as a total surprise...Too young...  :'(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on February 09, 2021, 08:13:24 AM
Just read Mary Wilson ,Supremes........made some brilliant records   RIP.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Winterwulf on March 02, 2021, 08:23:52 PM
Bunny Wailer's gone to Jah - another of the legends of Jamaican music gone. :(
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Sydowski on April 06, 2021, 06:15:30 AM
Steve Robinson (1964-2021), former bass player of Bristol punk band "Disorder": I found this obituary in the Berlin newspaper "Der Tagesspiegel" (https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/nachruf-auf-steve-robinson-r-i-p-an-den-liebevollen-schreihalz/27062202.html). It touched me very much. Disorder were represented on the first Punk & Disorderly sampler from 1981 with the song "Complete Disorder". Steve played bass on the band's first two EPs from 1981 (Complete Disorder and Distortion to Deafness). Apparently things didn't go too well for Steve after that. His drug problems increased greatly. In the early 1990s he came to Berlin, where he apparently managed to keep his head above water as a fire-eater at Tacheles, but then slowly slid into homelessness. Most recently he lived on a corner in Prenzlauer Berg. He apparently died of oesophageal varix haemorrhage on 3/21/2021. Some weeks earlier, an interview with him appeared in "Exberliner" (https://www.exberliner.com/features/people/steve-homeless-farewell/).
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on July 10, 2021, 10:24:57 AM
Paul Mariner England footballer.........an excellent player for club and country R.I.P.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Ghosttrain on August 24, 2021, 06:41:47 PM
Charlie Watts.........great drummer.........great bloke........was lucky enough to see him with The Stones....plus Amy Winehouse singing with the band.....RIP.
Title: Re: The R.I.P thread...
Post by: Pim on August 24, 2021, 06:42:37 PM
No more Charlie Watts, damn never thought a rolling stone could die after the 60's.
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Post by: Ron B on August 24, 2021, 07:41:44 PM
RIP Mr Watts damn I feel old I remember when the Stones were on the Ed Sullivan show way back in The British Invasion to America in the mid 60's :'(
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Post by: Winterwulf on August 30, 2021, 09:50:48 AM
Just seen on the BBC that the one and only Lee "Scratch" Perry has gone - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-58379715
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Post by: Ghosttrain on August 30, 2021, 04:41:37 PM
What a s**t last few days.........another legend gone..RIP Mr.Perry. :'(...
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Post by: Ghosttrain on September 11, 2021, 09:00:20 AM
Michael Chapman.......folk guitarist....blues guitarist....singer....songwriter.... :'(...RIP....
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Post by: Shush on September 19, 2021, 05:28:28 PM
John Challis,, 'Boyice'  :'(
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Post by: fiddlesticks on October 12, 2021, 05:15:11 PM
A sad one for me - Paddy Moloney - Founder member of The Chieftains. Started my journey into the world of folk and traditional music. My favourite record, even before I could speak was their album "4". We had no TV when I was young, but mum used to play records. Some I hated (Beatrix Potter,  Pam Ayres - weirdly). Some I was indifferent to (Mozart). Some I liked (Beethoven, Lindisfarne). But the Chieftains I LOVED.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on November 07, 2021, 10:35:09 AM
Astro one of the founding members of UB40.............loved their early stuff....saw him in the later version of the band....RIP  :'(...
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Post by: Ghosttrain on November 09, 2021, 10:04:08 AM
Andrew / Andy Barker 808 State..........playing Pacific State in his memory....wonderful tune  8)...hard to believe it was over 30 years ago when i purchased it...RIP Mr.Barker.. :'(...
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Post by: Ron B on November 12, 2021, 07:50:40 AM
Just read that Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues has passed. I learned about them in my High School Years that was some  serious Head music putting on the Headphones smoking some herb and listening to those soaring harmonics of the music taking you to different  realities.  Just some good times and really great albums . RIP . :(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on November 12, 2021, 03:19:26 PM
Very sad news The Moody Blues did indeed provide some head expanding music.......aaaaah the 70's   come flooding back.....well maybe not flooding  ::) more a steady drip.. 8)....RIP.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on December 09, 2021, 07:30:43 AM
Jamaican bass legend Robbie Shakespeare...... :'( R.I.P.....
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Post by: Guillaume on December 10, 2021, 02:40:48 PM
RIP Steve Bronski and thank you for this timeless haunting heartbreaking masterpiece:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sARuFu-tc&ab_channel=LondonRecordings
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Post by: Winterwulf on December 10, 2021, 08:10:59 PM
Michael Nesmith of the Monkees - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59606993
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Post by: Ghosttrain on December 11, 2021, 09:13:34 AM
He was a great musician and songwriter listened to a tribute to him last night on the wireless,the guy said his career probably suffered by being in The Monkees (not taken seriously)....also Peter Tork ,saw him and his band a few years ago he/they were brilliant did'nt play one song from ''That Band''as he constantly referred to them as......R.I.P.Mr.Nesmith...
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on December 11, 2021, 01:19:47 PM
Mensi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW5LEne0kP8

 :'(

There goes another part of my teenage rampage years.
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Post by: Ron B on January 21, 2022, 08:33:01 PM
Just saw the news that Meatloaf has passed. Even though I did not buy any of his recordings The Album Bat out of Hell is a true classic and was a great album and he was a great singer RIP. :( 8).
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Post by: Ghosttrain on February 21, 2022, 09:06:01 AM
Derek the DRAW lead vocalist with The Blockheads.......great band saw them loads of times.....seemed to be playing at every Festival i went to at one time.....R.I.P.
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Post by: 8 on March 26, 2022, 06:47:56 AM
NOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
NOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
NOooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

:'(   :'(   :'(   :'(

It is with a heavy heart, a profound sadness beyond words, tear-soaked eyes, complete / utter shock and disbelief
that brings me here (to this thread), this evening. 

Our world lost yet another tremendous musical talent, lovable, genuine soul / human being,
another one of my all-time favourite drummers,
The Foo Fighters' (https://www.foofighters.com/)
remarkable + immeasurably brilliant ,

Oliver  Taylor  Hawkins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Hawkins).

Forever alive in the hearts, minds, and souls of those who have ever grown to love you, your talents and life's work.

Rest in peace,  Mr. Hawkins...  rest in peace.

(https://www.drummerworld.com/drummerworld2/taylorhawkinswa.jpg)

February 17, 1972  -  March 25, 2022

msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/news/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50 (https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/news/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50/ar-AAVvBLK?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=af44f9e71ca54bfd96345878891cb989)

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Post by: Sarah LA3 on March 26, 2022, 04:14:51 PM
Taylor Hawkins R.I.P

I don't mind a bit of Foo Fighters when I need a bit of mainstream rock.

So young, gone too soon 😥 a big loss

It just makes you think how little time we have. Treasure your loved ones, follow your heart  and make the most of everything ♥
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Post by: Shush on March 26, 2022, 06:02:50 PM
Agree with all you have said there Sarah.

R.I.P.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on April 05, 2022, 11:32:16 AM
RIP Punk fashion icon Jordan..
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Post by: jc on April 07, 2022, 01:27:16 PM
To UK people of a certain age: David McKee the Mr Benn and Elmer author dies aged 87 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61024415

jc
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Post by: Wessexy Witch on April 07, 2022, 04:14:23 PM
 :(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on April 11, 2022, 11:02:44 AM
Chris Bailey from Aussie Band ''The Saints''....i am sure there are some fans of the band here..RIP.
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Post by: Winterwulf on May 19, 2022, 09:32:08 PM
Vangelis is the latest loss, although best known for his film soundtrack work he did some good prog stuff with Aphrodite's Child back in the late 60s.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61514850
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Post by: Johnz on May 27, 2022, 12:33:55 AM
Fletch from Depeche Mode. A sad and untimely loss.
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Post by: 8 on May 27, 2022, 08:32:31 AM
Fletch from Depeche Mode.  A sad and untimely loss.

News of his sudden passing too, is hitting me quite profoundly. :'(
Rest in peace Mr. Fletcher... rest in peace.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on May 27, 2022, 02:11:29 PM
Alan White drummer with Yes,John Lennon,George Harrison,Plastic Ono Band and many others..........great drummer RIP.
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Post by: Shush on May 27, 2022, 05:16:06 PM
Ray Liotta, star of the best gangster film ever made.  :'(
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Post by: Ron B on May 27, 2022, 09:58:07 PM
Although these young children were not famous my condolences to the 19 young children and 2 teachers who were massacred in Evolde Tx. We here across the pond have a serious cancer rotting away in the fabric of American culture and no one seems to either have an answer or just don't care as it seems it is happening almost weekly now :'(
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Post by: 8 on May 28, 2022, 03:23:36 PM
Although these young children were not famous my condolences to the 19 young children and 2 teachers who were massacred in Evolde Tx.  We here across the pond have a serious cancer rotting away in the fabric of American culture and no one seems to either have an answer or just don't care as it seems it is happening almost weekly now :'(

Prayers and deepest condolences to every single soul lost and or affected by this most recent massacre as well as the Tops grocery store massacre that happened in Buffalo, NY just recently too.  I hope every American does something beginning right now, about their gun laws and better protecting people of ALL ages, races, creeds, genders, sexual leanings, etc. that live and work and visit their country.  There's a rippling effect.  It seems that everything that happens in the States, seeps up here too.  It's getting bad up here in parts of Canada as well.  There are better avenues to take than putting a gun in one's hand.  It's all really heartbreaking and sad. :'(

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Post by: Ghosttrain on July 09, 2022, 09:31:10 AM
R.I.P.Paulie Walnuts... :'(..
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Post by: Ron B on July 09, 2022, 03:58:15 PM
  RIP to James Cann Sonny Corelone in the Godfather :'(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on July 17, 2022, 09:15:42 AM
Paul Ryder founding member and bass player Happy Mondays RIP.
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Post by: Ron B on August 01, 2022, 11:51:40 PM
RIP to Nichelle Nicols Lt Uhura on the original Star Trek
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Post by: Red on August 09, 2022, 10:09:14 AM
RIP Olivia Newton John
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Post by: Ghosttrain on September 15, 2022, 01:34:32 PM
Just announced Paul Sartin singer multi instrumentalist,composer and arranger  with Bellowhead and Faustus has died after a fall and hitting his head......i saw him many times...very sad R.I.P.
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Post by: BobG on September 25, 2022, 10:42:26 AM
RIP Daryl Hunt, bass player of The Pogues. He always seemed like one of the younger and healthier members of the band so I was surprised to learn he was 72.
Immensely unlikely as it may seem, I have the weird feeling that one day MacGowan might the last Pogue left.

And on the subject of bassists, I don’t think I saw the great Mick Tyas of the Whisky Priests mentioned here when he left us last year (or possibly earlier this year  - can’t quite remember now). I once flailed drunkenly into his mic stand, causing his mic to whack him on the nose, but he just took half a step back, nodded to me to reassure me that it was ok, and carried on. Great vocalist as well:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NXOVx0y9kPc
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Post by: Winterwulf on September 27, 2022, 08:28:37 PM
Really sad to hear about Mick, the Priests were a damn good live band back in the day. :(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on November 12, 2022, 12:24:09 PM
Nik Turner ex Hawkwind,Space Ritual,Inner City Unit.........never saw Nik with Hawkwind but saw him several times with Space Ritual,was lucky enough to meet him once at a Festival a few years ago we had a really good chat....''Time We Left This World Today''....RIP Mr Turner..
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Post by: Winterwulf on November 12, 2022, 07:56:13 PM
It's a bad day today - not just Nik Turner, but we've lost Keith Levene of PIL too - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63611757
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Post by: Winterwulf on November 12, 2022, 07:57:34 PM
And Rab Noakes too - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63603123
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Post by: Winterwulf on November 23, 2022, 10:48:27 AM
Dr. Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson has left the building, nearly ten years after he thought he would - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63728503
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Post by: Ghosttrain on November 23, 2022, 11:29:25 AM
Very sad news...I was lucky enough to see him a few times with his band at Festivals...a great guitarist and brilliant stage presence......as you say he lived longer than expected after the wrong original diagnosis of his condition...RIP Mr.Johnson......another one gone. :'(...
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Post by: Ghosttrain on November 30, 2022, 07:05:24 PM
Christine McVie .....always seemed the sensible one in a very combustible / volatile band....wrote some great songs ..79 a good innings RIP..
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Post by: Winterwulf on December 08, 2022, 08:19:07 PM
Stranglers drummer Jet Black has finally checked out at 84 :( - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63904248
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Post by: Ghosttrain on December 09, 2022, 11:20:15 AM
Saw Stranglers many time ,with and without Mr.Black...powerful drummer..84 a bloody good innings RIP..
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Post by: Sydowski on December 20, 2022, 08:47:26 AM
RIP Terry Hall (The Specials)  :'(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on December 20, 2022, 12:13:42 PM
Very sad news..........63 so young RIP Mr.Hall....
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Post by: Winterwulf on December 20, 2022, 08:20:39 PM
As if losing Terry Hall wasn't enough, Martin Duffy of Primal Scream and The Charlatans too...  :(
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64038944
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Post by: Ron B on December 29, 2022, 10:10:37 PM
RIP PELE some say the greatest soccer player the GOAT
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Post by: jjp666 on December 30, 2022, 04:16:09 AM
Vivienne westwood

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-vivienne-westwood-dead-iconic-28838072
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Post by: Ghosttrain on January 06, 2023, 11:09:03 AM
Gianluca Vialli aged 58.....so young,a great footballer and by all accounts a really nice man..Riposa In Pace.
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Post by: Ron B on January 11, 2023, 11:23:54 PM
RIP Jeff Beck damn he was a great  guitar player I remember him as part of the Yardbirds that is how far  back I can remember him and seeing them with the 1st British invasion when all those great bands changed rock music Heart full of soul is still one of my favorite songs of all time .
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Post by: lupus225 on January 17, 2023, 05:31:50 AM
RIP Maxi Jazz
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Post by: Ron B on January 19, 2023, 11:08:13 PM
  RIP David Crosby it seems all the great legendary musicians are leaving. So many it just makes me feel sad.some of the best music I have heard in the last 50 pls years came out of that special time from the early and mid 60's to the early and mid 90's there will never be so much meaningful music like that again as a group of fantastic musicians and bands.I feel sorry for the next generation.  :-* :-\   8)
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Post by: Ghosttrain on January 20, 2023, 11:08:25 AM
RIP David Crosby.....another legend gone....a very sad day indeed ..
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Post by: Ghosttrain on January 29, 2023, 10:23:18 AM
Television front man Tom Verlaine.............Marquee Moon great album RIP.
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Post by: Ron B on February 02, 2023, 09:03:25 PM
  Tom Verlaine was a great Gutarist RIP. :'(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on May 02, 2023, 12:21:20 PM
Canadian singer songwriter Gordon Lightfoot  RIP..
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Post by: Ghosttrain on May 04, 2023, 07:18:02 AM
Linda Lewis she was the first live artist i ever saw,she was the opening act at  Pink Floyd Knebworth 1975.... :'(. RIP .seems so long ago...
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Post by: Winterwulf on June 07, 2023, 01:03:19 PM
Just heard that Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee has died at the age of 79.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on June 08, 2023, 08:15:51 AM
I saw him at Weyfest Festival 2010/2011 ? after he had a stroke playing with a version of Groundhogs (featuring a female vocalist)he sang one song i believe .....it was obvious he was'nt up to it ,very sad to see to see him struggle on stage....RIP.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on June 14, 2023, 07:22:09 AM
Christy Dignam singer with Aslan,a band that should have been much bigger imho...only saw them the once...great band.RIP.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on August 10, 2023, 10:07:29 AM
Robbie Robertson.........i loved The Band.....''The Last Waltz'' has to be one of the greatest music films ever (imho) RIP.
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Post by: Winterwulf on August 26, 2023, 08:45:47 PM
Bernie Marsden, best known for his time in Whitesnake - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66626994
Wonder whether the family will sell his '59 Les Paul, I'd buy it if I won the lottery!
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Post by: Ghosttrain on November 27, 2023, 11:55:07 AM
Geordie Walker Killing Joke .....stroke aged 64...too young RIP. :'(...
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Post by: ldopas on December 02, 2023, 09:00:41 PM
Geordie Walker Killing Joke .....stroke aged 64...too young RIP. :'(...

Yeah I only saw this news today. F-in gutted. His guitar tone was a one off, and along with NMA, Killing Joke my favourite band. Im also a bit angry they haven't put an album out since 2015, only one or two tracks, so we did not hear enough of his great playing in recent times.
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Post by: jc on December 04, 2023, 07:36:30 AM
Shane MacGowan  :'(

jc
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Post by: Winterwulf on December 07, 2023, 12:49:43 PM
Another great wordsmith gone, Benjamin Zephaniah  :'( - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67646607
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Post by: Ghosttrain on December 07, 2023, 02:31:49 PM
Very sad 65 so young..
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Post by: Stefanie225 on January 19, 2024, 10:57:44 AM
Frank Z., front man of great German punk band Abwärts, died of cancer aged 66.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=5tSaJfXZ9JE
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Post by: Ghosttrain on January 25, 2024, 11:12:22 AM
RIP Melanie........saw her many years ago at Acoustic Festival..... :'(..sad day.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on February 03, 2024, 10:57:31 AM
Wayne Kramer co founder MC5......... great band and a big influence on a lot of later bands..RIP..''Kick Out The Jams''...
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Post by: Winterwulf on February 03, 2024, 08:16:16 PM
Wayne Kramer co founder MC5......... great band and a big influence on a lot of later bands..RIP..''Kick Out The Jams''...
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That's put a real downer on my day - rest in peace, Brother Wayne!
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Post by: Winterwulf on February 05, 2024, 08:19:57 PM
Jamaican bassie Aston "Family Man" Barrett of the Upsetters and then the Wailers - laying down some  proper rootical stuff on the other side with Scratch and Bob, no doubt...
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Post by: Ghosttrain on February 11, 2024, 10:47:12 AM
Damo Suzuki 2nd.vocalist with CAN,one of my all time favourite bands during their most creative period (imho)........RIP.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on March 17, 2024, 11:57:12 AM
Steve Harley Cockney Rebel has died aged 73 after a battle with cancer......RIP.
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Post by: Winterwulf on April 15, 2024, 08:14:53 PM
Having lost Brother Wayne recently, the MC5's manager and mentor John Sinclair has gone too.  :'(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on April 15, 2024, 08:48:44 PM
Just read your post sad news.......RIP..
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Post by: Winterwulf on May 08, 2024, 08:37:53 PM
As if we've not lost enough good people already this year, add Steve Albini  to the list- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68980304

Think I need to go over to Youtube for a listen of "Kerosene"
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Post by: Winterwulf on May 10, 2024, 08:00:43 PM
And to really put some shit icing on the cake of 2024, the last man standing of the MC5, Dennis Thompson - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/arts/music/dennis-thompson-dead.html
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Post by: Ghosttrain on June 12, 2024, 06:40:03 PM
Francoise Hardy.....singer,muse,icon.......RIP. 8)....
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Post by: Ghosttrain on June 20, 2024, 06:37:59 PM
Donald Sutherland, starred in two of my favourite Films'' M.A.S.H'' and'' Kelly's Heroes'' and one of my all time favourites ''Don't Look Now'', a masterpiece (imho)...RIP. :'(..
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Post by: Shush on June 21, 2024, 12:33:55 PM
Sad loss. Dirty Dozen, and the rather nice video to Kate Bush's Cloudbusting also spring to mind. R.I.P.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on July 24, 2024, 12:39:14 PM
Godfather of British Blues John Mayall ...aged 90 a good innings RIP.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on October 26, 2024, 10:30:43 AM
Phil Lesh Grateful Dead bass player....very sad news for all us Deadheads around the world...''For This Is All A Dream We Dreamed One Afternoon Long Ago'' RIP.. :'(..
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Post by: Ghosttrain on January 17, 2025, 11:56:22 AM
David Lynch......a genius (imho)made some of my favourite TV/Films ''Twin Peaks'' ''Wild At Heart'' ''Mulholland Drive'' and the best of all ''Eraserhead''...RIP.
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Post by: Guillaume on January 17, 2025, 12:45:11 PM
Jeannot Szwarc, french director of the great love story/sci fi film SOMEWHERE IN TIME (starring the late Christopher Reeve and the lovely Jane Seymour), but also the director of SUPERGIRL, BUG and JAWS 2.
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Post by: Master Ray on January 17, 2025, 07:42:25 PM
David Lynch......a genius (imho)made some of my favourite TV/Films ''Twin Peaks'' ''Wild At Heart'' ''Mulholland Drive'' and the best of all ''Eraserhead''...RIP.

Huge David Lynch fan here, genuinely saddened by news of his death.  Not unsurprising, he was in very bad health, but still sad.

Loved pretty much everything he ever did, it might not have been to everyone's taste but what a true original he was.

I'm just glad we finally got a third series of Twin Peaks, still my favourite TV show of all time.  And I'm doubly glad about how utterly batshit crazy it was.   ;D

RIP, fine Sir.
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Post by: Ghosttrain on January 31, 2025, 10:53:47 AM
Marianne Faithful another 60's Icon gone.....more than just a muse an artist in her own right RIP..
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Post by: Master Ray on January 31, 2025, 07:35:31 PM

Sad indeed, but I'm unfamiliar with her music and I'm afraid it's one of those 'didn't she die years ago?' scenarios for me... 
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Post by: Ghosttrain on February 01, 2025, 12:21:10 PM
A really excellent intimate concert of hers on BBC4 last night (avail.on catch up) if you are interested.
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Post by: Winterwulf on February 18, 2025, 08:05:34 PM
Just heard that The Jam drummer Rick Buckler has died.  :'(
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Post by: Ghosttrain on February 19, 2025, 10:33:10 AM
Just reading about it now very sad news 69 too young...saw him twice when The Jam played over here in Jersey and also with the early version of From The Jam with Bruce Foxton..RIP.
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Post by: Master Ray on February 19, 2025, 07:29:56 PM

Funnily enough I saw a tribute act to The Jam called 'The Jam'd' a couple of weeks ago.  Do see them if you get chance, they were excellent.  I hadn't listened to anything by The Jam in a while but they reminded me of how superb that band was, yes they played the usual hits but plenty of deep cuts as well and it's led me to listen once again to the full output of this great band...

I'd certainly say that they were one of the ten best ever bands from the UK.   8)