Lard Bazaar 3,803 Posted November 1, 2020 Is there a thread for everyone in that Beloved song? Obvs some of them are dead. Saint Peter - dead Saint Paul - dead Tommy Cannon Bobby Ball - dead Little Richard - dead Little Nell Willy Wonka William Tell - dead Salman Rushdie Kym Mazelle Mork Mindy Brian Hayes Barry Humphries Paris Grey Little Neepsie Chris and Do Billy Corkhill Vince Hilaire Freddie Flintstone Fred Astaire - dead Desmond Tutu Steve and Claire Charlie Parker - dead Charlie Brown Leslie Crowther - dead Mary Wilson, Di and Flo (dead) Sir Bufton Tufton Jean Paul Sartre - dead Zippy Bungle Jeffrey Archer Andre Previn - dead I’ll never get those 20 minutes back. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,755 Posted November 1, 2020 Off the top of my head.... 5 minutes ago, Lard Bazaar said: Mork Dead, after a fashion anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted November 1, 2020 I've never heard of that song. I thought you were on about this one.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted November 1, 2020 AH someones been watching the 1990 Top of the Pops repeats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,232 Posted November 1, 2020 17 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: I've never heard of that song. Neither had I. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,803 Posted November 1, 2020 28 minutes ago, En Passant said: Off the top of my head.... Dead, after a fashion anyway. Of course he is, I was thinking of actual Mork and forgot he was not real 20 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: I've never heard of that song. I thought you were on about this one.... 2 minutes ago, Toast said: Neither had I. Seriously? I thought everyone would have heard of this one. 7 minutes ago, msc said: AH someones been watching the 1990 Top of the Pops repeats. Not me, it came into my mind the other day when Bobby Ball popped his clogs. First thing I thought of come to think of it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted November 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Lard Bazaar said: Not me, it came into my mind the other day when Bobby Ball popped his clogs. First thing I thought of come to think of it It was shown on BBC4 about a week ago and then Bobby Ball went and died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,217 Posted November 1, 2020 Arguably Willy Wonka, Freddie Flintstone, Bungle and Zippy are dead too, a bit in the same way Mork is. Sorry, I know saying bluntly Zippy is dead is a bit much to take in. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,803 Posted November 1, 2020 26 minutes ago, msc said: It was shown on BBC4 about a week ago and then Bobby Ball went and died. Hmmm, weird - perhaps we should monitor these TOTP repeats for any further strange coincidences. 14 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Arguably Willy Wonka, Freddie Flintstone, Bungle and Zippy are dead too, a bit in the same way Mork is. Sorry, I know saying bluntly Zippy is dead is a bit much to take in. Yes, I was undecided as to whether to count the fictional ones as dead. But agreed, it will be a sad day when Zippy breathes his last. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,755 Posted November 2, 2020 I've never heard that song before either. What an odd collection of names. According to Wikipedia, Chris and Do are friends of the band and Steve and Claire are the band's guitarist Steve Waddington and his girlfriend, Claire. Not much to go on there in terms of whether they're still breathing. Steve Waddington's still going, mind. Oh, and on the fictional characters front, (spoiler alert) in The Old Curiosity Shop, Spoiler Little Nell dies (and Charles Dickens is most definitely dead). And in the sense @Octopus of Odstock is talking I'm assuming we can add Charlie Brown to the list? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,704 Posted November 2, 2020 I liked them in their New Order wannabe days and also their post-E-revelationary reincarnation, though Hello is a bit of a duffer, a less unbelievable Unbelievable. The elitist in me would do the same for LCD Soundsystem's Losing My Edge, but the lazy cunt in me has overruled him. @Octopus of Odstock Is Bungle really dead, though? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Bates (I'm enjoying picturing the road rage incident with him going full Bungle on some poor motorist) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,217 Posted November 2, 2020 2 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: I liked them in their New Order wannabe days and also their post-E-revelationary reincarnation, though Hello is a bit of a duffer, a less unbelievable Unbelievable. The elitist in me would do the same for LCD Soundsystem's Losing My Edge, but the lazy cunt in me has overruled him. @Octopus of Odstock Is Bungle really dead, though? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Bates (I'm enjoying picturing the road rage incident with him going full Bungle on some poor motorist) Indeed, you're right. All 4 Bungles are alive. And both Zippys are dead. Apologies for my bungle about Bungle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,803 Posted November 2, 2020 6 hours ago, RoverAndOut said: I've never heard that song before either. What an odd collection of names. According to Wikipedia, Chris and Do are friends of the band and Steve and Claire are the band's guitarist Steve Waddington and his girlfriend, Claire. Not much to go on there in terms of whether they're still breathing. Steve Waddington's still going, mind. Oh, and on the fictional characters front, (spoiler alert) in The Old Curiosity Shop, Reveal hidden contents Little Nell dies (and Charles Dickens is most definitely dead). And in the sense @Octopus of Odstock is talking I'm assuming we can add Charlie Brown to the list? Ah, thanks for that, I’ve never read a Charles Dickens book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted November 2, 2020 Is this a general dumping ground for "who is alive/dead in songs" then? I did this for the Bonzo Dog Band's "The Intro and the Outro" when Neil Innes carked it: On 30/12/2019 at 13:41, Spade_Cooley said: Here's a listmania for everyone mentioned on "The Intro and the Outro" "Legs" Larry Smith - alive Martin "Sam Spoons" Ash - died 2018 Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell- alive Neil Innes - died 2019 Rodney Slater- alive Roger Ruskin Spear- alive Vivian Stanshall - died 1995 Eric Clapton - alive John Wayne - died 1979 Robert Morley - died 1992 Billy Butlin - died 1980 Adolf Hitler - was dead at song's release Princess Anne - alive Liberace - died 1987 Garner Ted Armstrong - died 2003 Lord Snooty and his Pals - not real. Although their original Beano run ended in 1991 Harold Wilson - died 1995 Franklyn MacCormack - died 1971 Sir Kenneth Clark - died 1983 A session gorilla - average life expectancy of a gorilla in captivity is 40 years, so would have died around 2007 (Quintin Hogg's name was originally used in place of a session gorilla but he filed a legal complaint to stop it. He died 2001) Incredible Shrinking Man - Grant Williams, who played the Incredible Shrinking Man, died 1985 Peter Scott - died 1989 Casanova - was dead at song's release General Charles de Gaulle - died 1970 Roy Rogers - died 1998 Trigger - was dead at song's release Wild Man of Borneo - date of death unknown but would have been 105 if alive when the song was released Count Basie Orchestra - still in existence and touring despite Basie dying in 1984 The Rawlinsons - Trevor Howard died 1988, Vivian Stanshall in 1995 Dan Druff - a scalp condition Quasimodo - not a real person Brainiac - not a real person. His creator Otto Binder died 1974 Val Doonican - died 2015 Max Jaffa - died 1991 Zebra Kid - died 1977 Horace Batchelor - died 1977 J Arthur Rank - died 1972 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,704 Posted November 2, 2020 Reasons to Be Cheerful is another alive/dead song. And that fucking Billy Joel one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted November 2, 2020 Let them in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted November 2, 2020 9 hours ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Arguably Willy Wonka, Freddie Flintstone, Bungle and Zippy are dead too, a bit in the same way Mork is. Sorry, I know saying bluntly Zippy is dead is a bit much to take in. Not that I watched much of The Weakest Link but... I did once see a great moment in which Roland Rat had it out with Anne Robinson, his point being that as a licensed character he got regular remakes and - by contrast - her regular trips for plastic surgery were unimpressive and simply holding back an unstoppable tide. He might have been the weakest link at that moment but he was pointing out he was way closer to immortality than her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted November 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Lard Bazaar said: Ah, thanks for that, I’ve never read a Charles Dickens book. Btw apologies up front but I'm not putting spoiler tags on a book thats 180 years old now. (Next up, better not tell folk what happens to that Jesus guy in the Bible! ) But, while Dickens is a pretty damn goood writer - especially when he wasn't being paid by the syllable - the death of Little Nell is some of the most preposterous melodrama ever written. And yet there's contemporary newspaper reports of folk waiting for the latest installment published, like the 1840s equivalent of their Eastenders fix, and bawling their eyes out over her. I'm with Oscar Wilde - "It'd take a heart of stone not to laugh at the death of Little Nell"! That said, I'm of the view the best Dickens adaptation ever had Michael Caine and muppets in it, so what do I know? 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arsewipe 202 Posted November 2, 2020 Sweet Harmony was half decent but everything else they did was utter dogshit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,755 Posted November 2, 2020 10 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: Reasons to Be Cheerful is another alive/dead song. And that fucking Billy Joel one. Not many of We Didn't Start the Fire are left now, as he went in chronological order from 1949. Harry Truman - dead Doris Day - dead Johnnie Ray - dead Walter Winchell - dead Joe DiMaggio - dead Joe McCarthy - dead Richard Nixon - dead Marilyn Monroe - dead Rosenbergs - dead Sugar Ray Robinson - dead Marlon Brando - dead Dwight D. Eisenhower - dead Elizabeth II - ALIVE Rocky Marciano - dead Liberace - dead George Santayana - dead Joseph Stalin - dead Georgy Malenkov - dead General Nasser - dead Sergei Prokofiev - dead Winthrop Rockefeller - dead Roy Campanella - dead Roy Cohn - dead Juan Peron - dead Arturo Toscanini - dead Albert Einstein - dead James Dean - dead Brooklyn Dodgers (some: Roger Craig, Sandy Koufax, Tommy Lasorda and Carl Erskine) - ALIVE Elvis Presley - dead Brigitte Bardot - ALIVE Nikita Khrushchev - dead Princess Grace (Kelly) - dead Boris Pasternak - dead Mickey Mantle - dead Jack Kerouac - dead Chou En-Lai - dead Charles de Gaulle - dead Charles Starkweather - dead Buddy Holly - dead Fidel Castro - dead Syngman Ree - dead JFK - dead Chubby Checker - ALIVE Ernest Hemingway - dead Adolf Eichmann - dead Bob Dylan - ALIVE Beatlemania - 2/4 ALIVE John Glenn - dead (Sonny) Liston beats (Floyd) Paterson - both dead Pope Paul IV - dead Malcolm X - dead John Profumo - dead Ho Chi Minh - dead Menachem Begin - dead Ronald Reagan - dead Ayatollah Khomeini - dead Sally Ride - dead Bernie Goetz - ALIVE That's probably been posted elsewhere here but since it came up and it's the topic of the week, here it is. Also, everyone mentioned in Madonna's 'Vogue' is dead - Lauren Bacall was the last one standing and she died in 2014. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted November 2, 2020 2 hours ago, RoverAndOut said: Not many of We Didn't Start the Fire are left now, as he went in chronological order from 1949. Plus three members of the 1955 Dodgers ("Brooklyn's got a winning team") are still alive, based on a quick Google: Roger Craig, Sandy Koufax and Tommy Lasorda. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,755 Posted November 2, 2020 16 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Plus three members of the 1955 Dodgers ("Brooklyn's got a winning team") are still alive, based on a quick Google: Roger Craig, Sandy Koufax and Tommy Lasorda. When I was glancing through the lyrics before delving deeper, I did consider looking up the Dodgers team, but then, when I came to actually look them up, I ignored them. So thanks for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arrowsmith 458 Posted November 2, 2020 54 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Plus three members of the 1955 Dodgers ("Brooklyn's got a winning team") are still alive, based on a quick Google: Roger Craig, Sandy Koufax and Tommy Lasorda. Also Carl Erskine 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,755 Posted November 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Plus three members of the 1955 Dodgers ("Brooklyn's got a winning team") are still alive, based on a quick Google: Roger Craig, Sandy Koufax and Tommy Lasorda. 2 hours ago, arrowsmith said: Also Carl Erskine Edited to include your contributions, thanks. In the next line, Davy Crockett gets a mention (spoiler: he's dead) but it's talking about the tv series anyway, not the man. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
