RIP 2019
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@MajorRage said in RIP 2019:
Pretty disappointing that the article slant is more in his volatility than his music innovation.
True, but that’s like an obituary of Elizabeth Taylor and not mentioning the multiple marriages. Ginger had a very difficult time managing relationships, and that’s probably why his recording & performing output is significantly less than it might otherwise have been had he had the ability to work with partners for any stretch of time. His volatility is a huge part of his character. In many respects reminds me of Artie Shaw, a perfectionist musician who had difficulty with relationships. Perfectionists can be geniuses ... and difficult to live & work with.
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@Salacious-Crumb said in RIP 2019:
@MajorRage said in RIP 2019:
Pretty disappointing that the article slant is more in his volatility than his music innovation.
True, but that’s like an obituary of Elizabeth Taylor and not mentioning the multiple marriages. Ginger had a very difficult time managing relationships, and that’s probably why his recording & performing output is significantly less than it might otherwise have been had he had the ability to work with partners for any stretch of time. His volatility is a huge part of his character. In many respects reminds me of Artie Shaw, a perfectionist musician who had difficulty with relationships. Perfectionists can be geniuses ... and difficult to live & work with.
Tl:dr ? There no getting away from the fact he was a complete prick
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@Salacious-Crumb said in RIP 2019:
@MajorRage said in RIP 2019:
Pretty disappointing that the article slant is more in his volatility than his music innovation.
True, but that’s like an obituary of Elizabeth Taylor and not mentioning the multiple marriages. Ginger had a very difficult time managing relationships, and that’s probably why his recording & performing output is significantly less than it might otherwise have been had he had the ability to work with partners for any stretch of time. His volatility is a huge part of his character. In many respects reminds me of Artie Shaw, a perfectionist musician who had difficulty with relationships. Perfectionists can be geniuses ... and difficult to live & work with.
Tl:dr ? There no getting away from the fact he was a complete prick
There's been lots of complete pricks - this bloke was different in that his drumming created modern musical genres.
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Gary Rhodes as well.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12289044
Real shock.
Trailblazer.
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I loved his unreliable memoirs. Funny and sad and very self deprecating. His last Larkin book was very clever. It’s not a surprise he’s gone as he’s been unwell for a while, but sad all the same. RIP Clive.
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Bob Willis
Mop haired Pommie fast bowler.
Famous for his 8 for 43 in the 'Phoenix from the Ashes' test, and being caught in the gully off Hadlee to give us our first test win v England.
Prostate cancer.
P.S. on googling I didn't realise Graham Dilley had passed away in 2011
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Another bird bites the dust.
Caroll Spinney, Big Bird Muppeteer for Nearly 50 Years, Dies at 85
Caroll Spinney, the big-hearted Muppeteer who played 'Sesame Street' character Big Bird for almost a half-century, died at 85.
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Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies aged 61
Roxette's Per Gessle has paid tribute to a "wonderful friend" who "painted black and white songs in the most beautiful colours".
I wasn’t a big fan but they had a lot of hits in the 90s
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Roxette's Per Gessle has paid tribute to a "wonderful friend" who "painted black and white songs in the most beautiful colours".
I wasn’t a big fan but they had a lot of hits in the 90s
Often wonder if radio stations have the inside knowledge on some of these things that the end is near .. as recently I've been hearing the song joyride an abnormal amount.
As a hardcore bogan-music-only punk in the 90's, I always kind of liked Roxette. Can't explain why.
So much so that in a job where I had to compile and analyse data from Fact Set, I called the database Faxette Joyride as a tribute.
Hashtag loser.
