RIP (Read 469133 times)

SA Chris · May 06, 2020, 06:56:57 pm

Doubly gutted. Pioneers.

sherlock · May 07, 2020, 08:57:23 am

What a shit year so far .Weirdly, as so often happens, I was listening to Trans-Europe Express while tea cooked last night.

shark · May 08, 2020, 06:49:19 pm

Slate legend Trevor Hodgson aka Carlos reported on FB

cheque · May 09, 2020, 06:04:54 pm

Little Richard. Weird to think of all the musicians he outlived.

Falling Down · May 10, 2020, 12:16:50 pm

Between them, Little Richard and Florian Schneider pretty much invented rock 'n roll and electronic pop music paving the way for virtually everything in between. Paul Morley wrote a great book called Words and Music that traces an alternative canon of pop music running parallel to and intertwining with the blues and rock 'n roll tradition with Kraftwerk providing the bridge between musique concrete and modern day pop. RIP the originators.

jwi · May 10, 2020, 02:44:54 pm

Quote from: Falling Down on May 10, 2020, 12:16:50 pm

Paul Morley wrote a great book called Words and Music that traces an alternative canon of pop music [...]

That sounds like it's right up my alley. Acquired.

Falling Down · May 10, 2020, 04:25:29 pm

I thoroughly enjoyed it and it opened up loads more listening and exploring - hope you do too JWI.

SA Chris · May 11, 2020, 09:17:32 am

Likewise. I remember liking his writing back when I the NME used to be a proper newspaper, not the pamphlet you get these days.

cheque · May 11, 2020, 01:02:01 pm

Jerry Stiller, George Costanza’s dad from Seinfeld.

SA Chris · May 11, 2020, 01:05:46 pm

Gutted I loved Frank Costanza

best bit IMO.

cheque · May 11, 2020, 01:57:03 pm

Nibile · May 12, 2020, 10:16:30 am

Probably the greatest three minutes of human culture.

Yossarian · May 12, 2020, 10:26:20 am

Ty - at the weekend, age 47 (from CV)

Mercury-nominated UK rapper responsible for, amongst other things, these two absolute bangers...

Oldmanmatt · May 22, 2020, 08:52:10 am

I never met this guy, but I wish I had. No idea who he was, but the world lost some colour when he left:

SA Chris · May 22, 2020, 09:39:00 am

Looks like he was carved from an old tree stump

Oldmanmatt · May 22, 2020, 09:44:40 am

Quote from: SA Chris on May 22, 2020, 09:39:00 am

Looks like he was carved from an old tree stump

Blackthorn.

sherlock · June 05, 2020, 01:57:35 pm

Steve Priest of the Sweet.
Not a great fan of the music but part of the backdrop to my early teens.

SA Chris · June 08, 2020, 05:36:57 pm

Warren Miller. Thanks for the inspiration, used to be my yearly ritual.

Also longtime UKC poster Keith "Sutty" Sutcliffe.

SA Chris · June 08, 2020, 11:34:10 pm

Warren Miller was a while ago. Trust me to not read articles properly.

SA Chris · June 17, 2020, 02:15:08 pm

https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2020/06/french_rising_star_luce_douady_dies_aged_16-72348

Unfortunate slip and tragic result.

mrjonathanr · June 17, 2020, 03:40:33 pm

Willie Thorne.

lagerstarfish · June 24, 2020, 10:47:59 pm

Margarita Pracatan

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-53164140

webbo · July 06, 2020, 08:53:57 am

Ennio Morricone.
A night of westerns tonight in tribute.

SamT · July 06, 2020, 11:32:08 am

Love all those spaghetti westerns. One of my fave genres.

andy popp · July 18, 2020, 12:26:56 pm

John Lewis, probably the last of the giants of the US civil rights movement and a remarkable life. There's an excellent documentary - "John Lewis: Good Trouble" - currently available; I can't remember which channel we watched it on but it shouldn't be hard to find