harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted November 2, 2020 12 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: Reasons to Be Cheerful is another alive/dead song. Still breathing: Wee Willie Harris, Woody Allen, Adie Celentano and Smokey Robinson (or possibly the surviving members of Smokie) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted November 3, 2020 The song in this genre that springs to mind is "I want to be a winner" by Keith Cheg... I mean Brown Sauce, from 1981 Band: Noel Edmonds Keith Chegwin (dead) Maggie Philbin In the lyrics: Fred Astaire (dead) Superman (Christopher Reeve - dead, which is probably the one they were thinking of) Clare Francis Hurricane Higgins (dead) Willie Carson Geoff Boycott Mohammed Ali (dead) President Reagan (dead) Kevin Keegan Barbara Woodhouse (dead) Blue Peter cat (dead presumably) Penny Keith Diana (dead) Van Gogh (dead) Frank Bough (dead literally a few days ago) OBE - still going Nobel prizes - still going Eric - not sure who this is referring to Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted November 3, 2020 32 minutes ago, Youth in Asia said: The song in this genre that springs to mind is "I want to be a winner" by Keith Cheg... I mean Brown Sauce, from 1981 Band: Noel Edmonds Keith Chegwin (dead) Maggie Philbin In the lyrics: Fred Astaire (dead) Superman (Christopher Reeve - dead, which is probably the one they were thinking of) Clare Francis Hurricane Higgins (dead) Willie Carson Geoff Boycott Mohammed Ali (dead) President Reagan (dead) Kevin Keegan Barbara Woodhouse (dead) Blue Peter cat (dead presumably) Penny Keith Diana (dead) Van Gogh (dead) Frank Bough (dead literally a few days ago) OBE - still going Nobel prizes - still going Eric - not sure who this is referring to On the Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, "Eric lived in the studio rafters and used to winch down a plastic ball containing postcards for the prize pick. Such was his popularity that when the team were looking for a name for the statue given to the winners of the Swap Shop star awards, Eric was the natural choice" You won't get that kind of detailed information on your average forum boards, you know. Cheggers was a real poet - not just anyone could rhyme Reagan with Keegan. Edit: oh balls, that cunt BA Robertson wrote it. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted November 3, 2020 Well I never knew that. Thanks for filling in that missing bit of info from my childhood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted November 3, 2020 25 minutes ago, Youth in Asia said: The song in this genre that springs to mind is "I want to be a winner" by Keith Cheg... I mean Brown Sauce, from 1981 Band: Noel Edmonds Keith Chegwin (dead) Maggie Philbin In the lyrics: Fred Astaire (dead) Superman (Christopher Reeve - dead, which is probably the one they were thinking of) Clare Francis Hurricane Higgins (dead) Willie Carson Geoff Boycott Mohammed Ali (dead) President Reagan (dead) Kevin Keegan Barbara Woodhouse (dead) Blue Peter cat (dead presumably) Penny Keith Diana (dead) Van Gogh (dead) Frank Bough (dead literally a few days ago) OBE - still going Nobel prizes - still going Eric - not sure who this is referring to Jill, the blue peter cat they are probably meaning died in 1983 from heart failure. There are two blue peter cats alive but they weren't even born in 1981. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted December 20, 2022 The music video for Genesis' "Land of Confusion" (1986): Ronald Reagan - dead 2004 Nancy Reagan - dead 2016 Jimmy Carter - alive Margaret Thatcher - dead 2013 Leonid Brezhnev - dead at song's release Henry Kissinger - alive Tony Banks - alive Mike Rutherford - alive Phil Collins - alive for now Benito Mussolini - dead at song's release Ayatollah Khomeini - dead 1989 Mikhail Gorbachev - dead 2022 Muammar Gaddafi - dead 2011 Helmut Kohl - dead 2017 Erich Honecker - dead 1994 Walter Cronkite - dead 2009 Richard Nixon - dead 1994 Leonard Nimoy - dead 2015 Bob Hope - dead 2003 Sylvester Stallone - alive Prince - dead 2016 Pete Townshend - alive David Bowie - dead 2016 Bob Dylan - alive Mick Jagger - alive Tina Turner - alive Sting - alive Jim Bakker - alive Tammy Faye Bakker - dead 2007 Michael Jackson - dead 2009 Madonna - alive Bill Cosby - alive Queen Elizabeth II - dead 2022 Princess Diana - dead 1997 Hulk Hogan - alive Pope John Paul II - dead 2005 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted December 20, 2022 15 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: The music video for Genesis' "Land of Confusion" (1986): Not enough there for a DDP team same is probably true of The Chicken Song video (though I recall we may have had this discussion some time ago) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,188 Posted December 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Ronald Reagan - dead 2004 Nancy Reagan - dead 2016 Margaret Thatcher - dead 2013 Ayatollah Khomeini - dead 1989 Mikhail Gorbachev - dead 2022 Muammar Gaddafi - dead 2011 Helmut Kohl - dead 2017 Erich Honecker - dead 1994 Walter Cronkite - dead 2009 Richard Nixon - dead 1994 Leonard Nimoy - dead 2015 Bob Hope - dead 2003 Prince - dead 2016 David Bowie - dead 2016 Tammy Faye Bakker - dead 2007 Michael Jackson - dead 2009 Queen Elizabeth II - dead 2022 Princess Diana - dead 1997 Pope John Paul II - dead 2005 Of the deceased (post-1986), only Gaddafi, Prince, Bowie, Jackson, and Princess Diana never appeared on any DL, and all of those except Bowie (liver cancer) died of unnatural causes (shooting; two overdoses; and a car crash). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted December 20, 2022 Great catch. All the more reason for the Committee to keep Tina in the mix and perhaps draft Phil Collins this year? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted December 20, 2022 I think the list I adapted from was patchy at best... watching the video, Paul McCartney, Dolly Parton, Madonna and Grace Jones are definitely among the faux Band Aid bit. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
