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« Reply #1500 on: December 26, 2016, 12:03:30 AM » |
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He'd suffered a lot of addiction issues so maybe his body just gave up?
Terribly sad and far too young. Club Tropicana has good memories for me.
RIP George
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« Reply #1501 on: December 26, 2016, 12:07:03 AM » |
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George ... RIP.
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« Reply #1502 on: December 26, 2016, 01:21:07 AM » |
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Not a fan but very sad nevertheless.
Joan Baez recorded an excellent cover of his song Hand To Mouth which revealed to me, as someone who was not fond of George's style of music, just what a fine songwriter he was.
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« Reply #1503 on: December 26, 2016, 01:50:15 AM » |
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I have notifications set on quite a few topics, but I always tend to shiver a bit when I see a notification for this one (unless there's an ongoing very recent loss). RIP, far too young, whatever the reason.
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« Reply #1504 on: December 26, 2016, 10:31:50 AM » |
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Heasrd tributes to him on radio.....Excellent wordsmith 'guilty feet have got no rhythm'
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« Reply #1505 on: December 26, 2016, 02:12:14 PM » |
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Another victim falls to 2016... not one of my personal favourites, but nonetheless a flawed but talented individual who undoubtedly brought pleasure to a lot of people.
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« Reply #1506 on: December 26, 2016, 03:34:01 PM » |
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Very sad. Far too young. At least he died in his own bed in his own home. I hope l do the same when my time comes (not for several more decades though!). A lamentable end to Xmas day, especially following Rick Parfitt's demise on Saturday.
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« Reply #1507 on: December 26, 2016, 11:26:43 PM » |
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Very sad. Another star goes out. The only person ever to sing with Queen and do it as well as Freddie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYAR8RigqDACan we just go back a year and go straight to 2017 and miss out on 2016 please. |
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« Reply #1508 on: December 31, 2016, 12:48:17 AM » |
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Allan Williams, the Beatles first manager, dies at the age of 86.
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« Reply #1509 on: January 02, 2017, 08:23:10 PM » |
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This one seems to have slipped by. John Chelew, prodicer of, amongst many others, RT's The Old Kit Bag. LA Times article here. |
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« Reply #1510 on: January 03, 2017, 10:30:10 AM » |
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Nice photo of Ralph McT with (now) RT's wife, Nancy Covey.
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« Reply #1511 on: January 03, 2017, 12:20:22 PM » |
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Not a fan but very sad nevertheless.
Joan Baez recorded an excellent cover of his song Hand To Mouth which revealed to me, as someone who was not fond of George's style of music, just what a fine songwriter he was.
Joan does some excellent covers. I wouldn't have heard George Michael but for her cover of 'Hand to Mouth'. |
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« Reply #1512 on: January 03, 2017, 01:04:23 PM » |
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Nice photo of Ralph McT with (now) RT's wife, Nancy Covey.
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« Reply #1513 on: January 03, 2017, 01:43:21 PM » |
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Did you follow Robin's link to the LA Times?.... :-)
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« Reply #1514 on: January 08, 2017, 04:59:14 PM » |
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Peter Sarstedt RIP
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In the words of the Zen Master " Don't just do something, sit there"
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« Reply #1515 on: January 08, 2017, 05:31:27 PM » |
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Peter Sarstedt RIP
Which leads me to an inevitable question - where does he go to now, my lovely? Sorry. Jules |
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« Reply #1516 on: January 08, 2017, 06:30:48 PM » |
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Peter Sarstedt RIP
Which leads me to an inevitable question - where does he go to now, my lovely? Sorry. Jules Presumably, he's alone in his bed. |
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« Reply #1517 on: January 08, 2017, 09:24:32 PM » |
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Did you follow Robin's link to the LA Times?.... :-)
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and all I really know is that kindness is better than any sort of terror, any kind of spite (Martyn Joseph)
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« Reply #1518 on: January 08, 2017, 09:50:09 PM » |
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I like "Where do you go to my lovely", I think it is a clever song. I was only watching him on an old TOTPs a couple of days ago.
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« Reply #1519 on: January 09, 2017, 06:34:56 AM » |
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Saw him and his brother (although, strangely, can't remember which of the two that was) at one of the very early (possibly the first) Guildford Festival.
If I'm honest, although not without merit, his ouvre has never really been my thing and that song just annoys the hell out of me....
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