Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted March 16, 2015 Steve Strange funeral held in South Wales The BBC report contains some good celebrity watching: if that is Boy George at the front he looks far healthier than he should. However it also contains a photograph of the printed guest list. I hope when it comes to 2016 noone uses that as their blueprint for a DDP team. More pics here, but that's not Andy Bell as per caption, it's Tommy Mack. I don't know who looks worse. The Kemp brothers look worn, Tony Hadley better than I have seen him look recently but Martin Fry looks positively haggard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ankou 17 Posted March 16, 2015 Yeah, how to define pop music... To me it means music that's slower and less loud than rock music. Rock, metal, dance, techno, rap, amongst others I wouldn't qualify as pop music. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted March 16, 2015 Yeah, how to define pop music... To me it means music that's slower and less loud than rock music. Rock, metal, dance, techno, rap, amongst others I wouldn't qualify as pop music. I think the way it's deemed for this topic, is that it's for those that are well known musicians, have been cited as influences for today's bands, singers etc or they may have just had singles in the charts in previous years. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ankou 17 Posted March 16, 2015 Ah, okay. Why not rename the thread into "Dead Musicians" then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,061 Posted March 16, 2015 Ah, okay. Why not rename the thread into "Dead Musicians" then? Although I've not really been around that long here, I love the fact that niche topics have developed over a serious number of years. I would say that although some musicians are pop stars, not all pop stars are musicians. For example, Gary Barlow is a musician and pop star, Jason Orange counts only as pop star. (Depends on your firmament I guess, no offence Jason!). Clark Terry was probably pop in his day, but a separate thread for Jazz is probably better now. And I would be unlikely to post the death of Vanessa Mae or Nigel Kennedy here, far less Simon Rattle or the third bassoon player of the London Philharmonic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Kettley 49 Posted March 16, 2015 Ah, okay. Why not rename the thread into "Dead Musicians" then? Because neither MPFC nor Altered Images would like that. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 16, 2015 Thom Wilson, Producer for Offspring, dead. No more Offspring for him. SC http://m.spin.com/articles/thom-wilson-epitaph-producer-died-offspring/?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted March 17, 2015 Free bassist Andy Fraser dead. Not known if it was HIV or cancer related yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted March 17, 2015 Andy Fraser of Free, co-writer of All Right Now is dead at 62. So, Free, but not All Right, Now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 17, 2015 Free bassist Andy Fraser dead.Not known if it was HIV or cancer related yet. It was from free basing SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,654 Posted March 18, 2015 Free bassist Andy Fraser dead.Not known if it was HIV or cancer related yet. It was from free basing SC The words "All Right Now" are on Paul Kossoff's gravestone, wonder if Andy will repeat that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted March 18, 2015 Free bassist Andy Fraser dead.Not known if it was HIV or cancer related yet. It was from free basing SC The words "All Right Now" are on Paul Kossoff's gravestone, wonder if Andy will repeat that. Or they could just put "Free At Last" I used to enjoy the song "All Right Now" growing up in the 70s, then when it was used for the advert for Wrigley's chewing gum I got tired of hearing it. Went to see Paul Rodgers play a show back in the late 80s at Milton Keynes and half the crowd was yelling out for him to sing "All Right Now", I think I went to the bar when he launched into that song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,149 Posted March 18, 2015 Free bassist Andy Fraser dead.Not known if it was HIV or cancer related yet. It was from free basing SC The words "All Right Now" are on Paul Kossoff's gravestone, wonder if Andy will repeat that. Or they could just put "Free At Last" I used to enjoy the song "All Right Now" growing up in the 70s, then when it was used for the advert for Wrigley's chewing gum I got tired of hearing it. Went to see Paul Rodgers play a show back in the late 80s at Milton Keynes and half the crowd was yelling out for him to sing "All Right Now", I think I went to the bar when he launched into that song. Was it like this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted March 18, 2015 Free bassist Andy Fraser dead.Not known if it was HIV or cancer related yet. It was from free basing SC The words "All Right Now" are on Paul Kossoff's gravestone, wonder if Andy will repeat that. Or they could just put "Free At Last" I used to enjoy the song "All Right Now" growing up in the 70s, then when it was used for the advert for Wrigley's chewing gum I got tired of hearing it. Went to see Paul Rodgers play a show back in the late 80s at Milton Keynes and half the crowd was yelling out for him to sing "All Right Now", I think I went to the bar when he launched into that song. Was it like this? Thanks! that cheered me up this morning. Well even though Paul Rodgers has more songs that he's known for, I still didn't want to hear "All Right Now". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,538 Posted March 18, 2015 That death kinda fucks the old "they used to be called Four but one of them died" gag. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted March 18, 2015 That death kinda fucks the old "they used to be called Four but one of them died" gag. I read that, and thought "I don't get it. what has it got to do with Shaw Taylor and Police 5"? Then I realized I was reading something completely different and had DL opened on two tabs on my browser. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted March 20, 2015 Michael Brown of 1960s "Baroque" popsters The Left Banke, has died aged 65. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,061 Posted March 25, 2015 Scott Clendenin, former bassist with Death, reported dead, ironically. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-death-bassist-scott-clendenin-dies-at-47/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 25, 2015 Scott Clendenin, former bassist with Death, reported dead, ironically. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-death-bassist-scott-clendenin-dies-at-47/ he used to play with death ..now death has played with him ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 25, 2015 Scott Clendenin, former bassist with Death, reported dead, ironically. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-death-bassist-scott-clendenin-dies-at-47/ Death was a seminal punk band outta Detroit, seminal in that it consisted of three black guys (1 is dead) who would have been more like 67 than 47, so I knew straight away this was an imposter band. There was a documentary about them recently 'A Band Called Death'. Don't be fooled by substitutes. SirC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted March 25, 2015 This death is referring to the 80s metal band, Death, not the 70s band Death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 25, 2015 One Direction R.I.P http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/zayn-malik-quits-live-5399194 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,534 Posted March 25, 2015 One Direction R.I.P http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/zayn-malik-quits-live-5399194 They already have someone to take the place of Zayn Malik at least for the rest of the tour. I'm sure they'll audition someone to come into the band full time for however long their popularity lasts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted March 25, 2015 One Direction R.I.P http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/zayn-malik-quits-live-5399194 They already have someone to take the place of Zayn Malik at least for the rest of the tour. I'm sure they'll audition someone to come into the band full time for however long their popularity lasts. Can't they just buy a new one in the shop? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,148 Posted March 25, 2015 One Direction R.I.P http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/zayn-malik-quits-live-5399194 They already have someone to take the place of Zayn Malik at least for the rest of the tour. I'm sure they'll audition someone to come into the band full time for however long their popularity lasts. Is it Jeremy Clarkson? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
