RIP 2022
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Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher is gone too. Younger than me.
Andy Fletcher, Founding Member of Depeche Mode, Dies at 60
Andy Fletcher, one of the founding members of Depeche Mode has died. He was 60.
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@JC sh*T going to listen to some this morning, enjoy the silence Andy
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The Yes rhythm section did some great, complicated stuff very well indeed and now they’re both gone.
I'm happy I got to see Yes twice when they toured in the 2010s, when Chris Squire was still the band leader. In the latter concert they played all of Fragile and Close to the Edge.
Now, they're Yes in name only with only Steve Howe left from the classic lineup.
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@Catogrande said in RIP 2022:
Seems a great waste to me. He was the next big thing, had a decent range and as you say, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite. Looked a physical wreck far too early and now gone quite young.
100%. They were calling him a Hollywood legend on TV this morning. That's really not true. He could and should have been, but I'll bet most people have never even heard of him. They were showing footage of Field of Dreams and but he wasn't even in that film much. I think I recall reading years ago that he only did one film a year. I guess that limited his output, particularly if that one film was crap. Shame.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RIP 2022:
@Catogrande said in RIP 2022:
Seems a great waste to me. He was the next big thing, had a decent range and as you say, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite. Looked a physical wreck far too early and now gone quite young.
100%. They were calling him a Hollywood legend on TV this morning. That's really not true. He could and should have been, but I'll bet most people have never even heard of him. They were showing footage of Field of Dreams and but he wasn't even in that film much. I think I recall reading years ago that he only did one film a year. I guess that limited his output, particularly if that one film was crap. Shame.
Dunno about that, he was pretty damn famous.
But certainly not a “legend” which tends to get thrown about when anyone passes.
I did love his performance in Hannibal at the end.
If Jared Leto or Daniel Day Lewis had played that part they would have insisted on having the top of their heads cut off for real though cos they’re “method”
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The Yes rhythm section did some great, complicated stuff very well indeed and now they’re both gone.
I'm happy I got to see Yes twice when they toured in the 2010s, when Chris Squire was still the band leader. In the latter concert they played all of Fragile and Close to the Edge.
Now, they're Yes in name only with only Steve Howe left from the classic lineup.
Most people don’t know Yes at all apart from “Owner of a broken heart” ( which I admit is a banger )
They’re no where near as well known as they should be compared to the Supergroups of that era. Genesis and Pink Floyd are kinda comparable but obviously far more famous.
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Goodfellas is such a lauded movie, and he's THE guy in it, that he's gonna get talked up off the back of that alone.
I thought Narc was really good, and so was Unlawful Entry (pretty sure Madeline Stowe gets the girls out?)
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in RIP 2022:
@Catogrande said in RIP 2022:
Seems a great waste to me. He was the next big thing, had a decent range and as you say, could be genuinely scary. But after Godfellas, by christ he did some shite. Looked a physical wreck far too early and now gone quite young.
100%. They were calling him a Hollywood legend on TV this morning. That's really not true. He could and should have been, but I'll bet most people have never even heard of him. They were showing footage of Field of Dreams and but he wasn't even in that film much. I think I recall reading years ago that he only did one film a year. I guess that limited his output, particularly if that one film was crap. Shame.
Dunno about that, he was pretty damn famous.
But certainly not a “legend” which tends to get thrown about when anyone passes.
I did love his performance in Hannibal at the end.
If Jared Leto or Daniel Day Lewis had played that part they would have insisted on having the top of their heads cut off for real though cos they’re “method”
If people see pic of him then he'll probably be recognisable. I'm just not sure they know his name. There are a few actors like that. John C Reilly and Liev Schrieber are maybe good examples.
I don't even think RL was nominated for an Oscar for Goodfellas, which is ridiculous.
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Something Wild
Field of Dreams
Goodfellas
No Escape
Unlawful Entry
Cop Land
Hannibal
Narc
Identity
Control
Revolver
Smokin Aces
Powder Blue
Killing Them SoftlyGreat preformances in some really good to great films
Not a bad legacy
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Red Conway, AB flanker of the 60s, famous for amputating a finger so he could make a tour of South Africa. That's commitment.
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The Yes rhythm section did some great, complicated stuff very well indeed and now they’re both gone.
I'm happy I got to see Yes twice when they toured in the 2010s, when Chris Squire was still the band leader. In the latter concert they played all of Fragile and Close to the Edge.
Now, they're Yes in name only with only Steve Howe left from the classic lineup.
I saw a tour many years ago, possibly in the 90s, which seemed quite the novelty, they were almost all there. No Trevor Horn or Patrick Moraz, but they had Bruford and White, Wakeman and Kaye, Howe and Rabin. I can’t recall whether they all played together on all the songs, or whether each player contemporaneous to the song being played did it while the other sat, can’t recall, but I do remember Bruford and White playing at the same time in many songs and it was really really good.
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@Kid-Chocolate That sounds like the Union tour. White brought a rock edge to the band as Bruford is more jazz/fusion.
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One of the Greats. Some say the G.O.A.T.
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