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The Gone But Not Forgotten RIP Thread
The legendary Art Neville died on 22nd July 2019 aged 81. Member of the Meters, and heard on numerous hits across the years.
Another legend passed away on August 12th aged 94; documentary film-maker D.A. Pennebaker. Probably best known for his trilogy of rockumentaries "Don't Look Back" following Bob Dylan on his 1965 tour of Britain, "Monterey Pop" in 1968, about the Californian festival which preceded Woodstock, and where Jimi Hendrix broke the states, and finally "Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars", wherein he filmed Bowie's farewell to Ziggy in 1973.
Peter Fonda. Best remembered still for Easy Rider I guess.
Yes, it's quite surprising how big a reputation he had when looking at his actual body of work, nothing else really stands out in my opinion, humble as it is.
Martin wrote: "Yes, it's quite surprising how big a reputation he had when looking at his actual body of work, nothing else really stands out in my opinion, humble as it is."I've got a copy of a movie from 1999, starring Fonda and Terence Stamp (of Superman 2), called The Limey. Quite a good movie..if you haven't seen it...but certainly very much a 'leftfield' film. Wasn't a big hit at the time..but has become a minor cult hit today.
Thanks Duke, it was on Netflix a while back and I watched and enjoyed it a lot although I am a sucker for that genre of revenge movies and have just treated myself to Denzel's Equaliser 1 & 2. Netflix has over time ferried many such films into it's repertoire and one I would highly recommend is The Foreigner with Jackie Chan and Pierce Brisbane. Not JC' s usual Kung Fu exploits but a straightforward thriller in which he gives a rich understated performance of serious acting.
Martin wrote: "Thanks Duke, it was on Netflix a while back and I watched and enjoyed it a lot although I am a sucker for that genre of revenge movies and have just treated myself to Denzel's Equaliser 1 & 2. Netf..."Not being one to have bothered with any of these streaming services (I don't even own a smart TV!)..i'll have to seek it out on DVD...or wait until it's shown on terrestrial TV. I'm not a fan of Kung Fu stylee movies.....all a load of nonsense to me....that Squatting Kitten, Concealed Lizard..or whatever it is called..was terrible! :)
But..as you say, there isn't any martial art action in this Foreigner film..so i'll look out for it.
Just finished watching The Darkest Hour...now that's a movie. Gary Oldman acts his socks off in that one! :)
Sorry to hear of the death (at 50) of guitarist Neal Casal. I mainly knew him through his work with The Cardinals and playing with Ryan Adams but he also worked with Willie Nelson, the Jayhawks, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood and the Hard Working Americans and played on records by Lucinda Williams, Amanda Shires and Tift Merritt. He always seemed a quiet and unassuming gentleman.
Awww, I always enjoyed hearing her in various things on the Radio ... RIP ... x
One of the great comedy addresses of the sixties onwards for some decades.
Val wrote: "Sorry to hear of the death (at 50) of guitarist Neal Casal. I mainly knew him through his work with The Cardinals and playing with Ryan Adams but he also worked with Willie Nelson, the Jayhawks, th..."Hung himself after a bout of depression following the disbanding of Chris Robinson's Brotherhood earlier this May apparently. I have loads of albums with his contributions and saw him and his band on his tour for the wonderful Anytime Tomorrow album around the Millennium at the now defunct Boardwalk in Sheffield; it were stellar. Must dig out the album and have a wallow.
"Hung"Hanged.
Not au fait with his work, but very tragic to check out like that.
Tech XXIII wrote: "therefore, i must be well dung!"Smells like it.
Neal's last show on the Saturday as he died on the Monday, playing and singing beautifully as always (and some trampy old bloke from GD);
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H9ea...
The MIGHTY LION, Mugabe has passed on.blessed with 95 years, all hail him.
Cult musician Daniel Johnston has died, aged 58.The Story Of An Artist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKW2H...
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ric ocasek out of the cars has popped it. now, the cars were pretty honking, but he always championed suicide/alan vega, and skillfully produced a number of recordings by them/him.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-497...
Aaron Eisenberg, who played the Ferengi Nog in Star Trek Deep Space 9, has died aged just 50 after long-standing kidney problems. He was born with just one working kidney, and had to have his other transplanted a few years ago after it began failing
Larry Wallis, guitarist with the Pink Fairies and the prototype-version of Motörhead died on September 19th. Songs wise he'll probably be best remembered for City Kids, which he co-wrote with Pink Fairies bassist Duncan Sanderson, and which both they and Motörhead recorded.Also passed is Robert Hunter, who made some records in his own right but his main claim to fame is as lyricist for the Grateful Dead.
a curse on those trying to cash in on the death of larry wallis!anybody wanna buy an almost mint copy of 'police car' - yours for £15!
Farewell to renowned American soprano Jessye Norman who died on Monday. Her repertoire comprised everything from Wagner to La Marseillaise, Billy Joel to Amazing Grace. She was a vibrant Carmen and a wonderful singer of spirituals. 74 now seems young to me.
Tech XXIII wrote: "a curse on those trying to cash in on the death of larry wallis!anybody wanna buy an almost mint copy of 'police car' - yours for £15!"
I've always liked that song. Got a copy of the Stiffs Live LP from 1977, which has that song on it. Haven't got the single though, might take it off your hands..if you were serious! :)
Have you paid for your camera yet, Duke?Motorhead's version of City Kids (on the B side of the Motorhead single) was blistering. Personally, I think it's the best track they recorded. The recordings from Motorhead's On Parole sessions with Larry Wallis were mostly pretty underwhelming, and Lemmy didn't seem to think Fritz Fryer was really the right producer. When they re-recorded most of the material for the Motörhead album under Speedy Keen's direction it worked much better, even if one critic commented that it sounded like it had been recorded in a public toilet with the guitarist in a separate cubicle.
José José died recently. Whoooooooo! I hear you cry. He was apparently Mexico's most successful crooner, modelling himself on ol' blue eyes.
duke - yup, serious. again giving thought to flogging off (most) of the vinyl.gordon - a public toilet recording would have been a step up for that album - apart from the title track, the only one that worked was 'the train kept a rollin'' the whole thing was too stodgy.
tim - who gives a ****?
tim - who gives a ****?and I thought you were his biggest fan 😢
Gordon wrote: "Have you paid for your camera yet, Duke?Motorhead's version of City Kids (on the B side of the Motorhead single) was blistering. Personally, I think it's the best track they recorded. The recordi..."
Piad, but not yet arrived. Despite paying FOURTEEN quid for p&p! It's due to arrive next week apparently. For a package weighing probably less than 2 kilos....i could get 1pm special delivery for £7.80 from RM, and have change left over! But that's Ebay for you.
The legendary Ginger Baker - drummed with (amongst many others) - the Graham Bond Organisation, Cream, Blind Faith, Fela Kuti (as a guest), Ginger Baker's Airforce, Public Image Ltd.
Spinning Masters Of Reality's Sunrise on the Sufferbus for Gingerants in the kitchen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC-d2...
The lights have gone out in Marvin's eyes for the last time. Stephen Moore, the actor most famous for providing the voice of Marvin the paranoid android in The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy has passed away at the age of 81. He also played Adrian Mole's dad in the TV adaption of Sue Townsend's books, as well as the father of Harry Enfield's stroppy teenager character, Kevin and Felicity Kendal's ex boyfriend in the sitcom Solo. But it is as Marvin that he will be forever remembered by so many sci-fi fans.To quote the metal misery guts: I think you ought to know, I'm feeling very depressed.
Robert Forster, best known for his role in Jackie Brown & in Breaking Bad and it's spin off series El Camino, died on 11th October, from brain cancer, aged 78.He had a long acting career, starting in the 1960s...his career taking a upward turn when Quentin Tarantino cast him for the role of Max Cherry In Jackie Brown..which earned him a oscar nomination.
yeah, but his real towering triumph?.........he was in 'twin peaks' (series3).
Tech XXIII wrote: "yeah, but his real towering triumph?.........he was in 'twin peaks' (series3)."I've never seen that series....so no idea what that's about. Mind you..i've never Breaking Bad or El Camino either!
So i'll just take your word for it Tech!
A few people here might remember my mentioning the death of a local man, known by my mum, whom it was suspected had been murdered. The trial of those accused, his wife and her lover (plus some other guy they hired) has been going on for a couple of months now (and made the national press when it started). Today, after eleven hours of deliberating, the jury found them guilty of the murder of Bill Taylor. Sentencing on Friday.
Paul Barrere, guitarist and songwriter with Little Feat, died from cancer on October 26th aged 71.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "So sad ... The Kinks have only very recently been tentatively suggesting to various folk that they might possibly reunite as a one-off to see how it works out between them ... but they've gone and ..."Hi Suzy. and apologies to all for my complete absence from the discussions. computer problems and lost data and failing memory to blame. Then, brainwave - google Mortimer Chalfont - and hey presto! Still a big fan of Morty and reading a fair bit. Will have a look through the discussions again.
Can thoroughly recommend The Spy and The Traitor - amazing story.
hey, huck! thought you had run off with the mortster! good to see you back.........and you front!
Welcome back Huck! Temporarily gone but never forgotten!
You should be on Live Alive-O rather than RIP though 😀
Morty is never far from my mind. I have been looking for him, but I confess I didn't leave my armchair, just hoping for a glimpse on Brian Cox's Planets, Simon Reeves' journeys or the guest list of Strictly. No joy!Still listening to a lot of Prog and even got to Edinburgh recently to the Big Big Train gig - very impressive band - 8 players plus a 5 piece brass band section.
Brexit a total disaster here in Northern Ireland - our politicians seem to think they're holding an important trump (excuse pun) card and don't have to turn up for work. Interesting to hear about the vote that most of the good folk on the mainland would be happy to lose NI from UK if it means getting some sort of resolution to the problem. Meanwhile Mr Varadkar has made it plain that he doesn't want us either - to much trouble getting our excess "baggage" over the soft border? Where will it all end. Independent republics of Scotland and Norn Iron ?
Jean Fergusson, best known for her character Marina, Howard's (Robert Fyfe) not so secret flirty love interest, from Last Of The Summer Wine, has died today aged 74. Cause of death is as yet undetermined. She appeared in 216 epsisodes of the classic BBC sitcom from between 1985 to the show's end in 2010.
She also starred as Dorothy Hoyle in Coronation Street, between 2010 to 2011, & on the stage as comedian Hylda Baker in theatre show She Knows You Know!
The Grim Reaper's doing overtime today: Gary Rhodes, Clive James and Jonathan Miller.
I loved Clive James' writing, his was the first column I read every Sunday in the '70s. From all accounts he was also a very nice man.It was good that he lived about 8 years longer than he was told to expect.
I make no excuses for re-posting my favourite poem of his.
Windows is shutting down, and grammar are
On their last leg. So what am we to do?
A letter of complaint go just so far,
Proving the only one in step are you.
Better, perhaps, to simply let it goes.
A sentence have to be screwed pretty bad
Before they gets to where you doesnt knows
The meaning what it must of meant to had.
The meteor have hit. Extinction spread,
But evolution do not stop for that.
A mutant languages rise from the dead
And all them rules is suddenly old hat.
Too bad for we, us what has had so long
The best seat from the only game in town.
But there it am, and whom can say its wrong?
Those are the break. Windows is shutting down.
Life is suddenly duller today. Two intellectual giants gone. I hope Alan Bennett discovers the secret of eternal life - and soon.
Yes, genuine lump in the throat hearing Clive James had passed. Not unexpected but the life and humour even in his later columns was irascible and unmatched. World is certainly worse off without him.
Jonathan Miller was a huge talent in so many artistic genres, not least as a director of opera. He could coax extraordinary performances from his singers. I remember watching a documentary about him directing 'Tosca' when he was visibly moved during the rehearsal of the singing of 'Visi d'Arte', unabashed to let the tears flow. A lovely man.
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