time 8,617 Posted January 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Truly awful record. 7 hours ago, maryportfuncity said: Oh no, the least we can do to mark this is rock again in her memory - No Soeur Sourire for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 283 Posted January 27, 2022 It's not even the worst song with those lyrics - remember Cliff's 'Millennium Prayer'? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted January 27, 2022 1 minute ago, JQW said: It's not even the worst song with those lyrics - remember Cliff's 'Millennium Prayer'? Nah, that was marginally "better" IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted January 27, 2022 6 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Truly awful record. I quite like it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted January 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Handrejka said: I quite like it. Handy, not giving a shit and showing everybody that she is quite happy to swim against the tide.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 27, 2022 16 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: Handy, not giving a shit and showing everybody that she is quite happy to swim against the tide.. Aye, there was a slew of singing nuns in the 60's and 70's. For sheer oddity in that company Sister Irene O'Connor takes some beating - several sound-hounds have commented on its resemblance to the works of Yoko Ono. Still alive btw, obit chances on the UK's main pools very marginal even on a slow news day. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,143 Posted January 27, 2022 We had this record when I was little. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,143 Posted January 27, 2022 52 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Aye, there was a slew of singing nuns in the 60's and 70's. For sheer oddity in that company Sister Irene O'Connor takes some beating - several sound-hounds have commented on its resemblance to the works of Yoko Ono. Still alive btw, obit chances on the UK's main pools very marginal even on a slow news day. "Fire" - later covered by the Pointer Sisters. Oh wait - it's not the same one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted January 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Toast said: "Fire" - later covered by the Pointer Sisters. Oh wait - it's not the same one. Arthur Brown? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,143 Posted January 28, 2022 2 hours ago, time said: 5 hours ago, Toast said: "Fire" - later covered by the Pointer Sisters. Oh wait - it's not the same one. Arthur Brown? No, Bruce Springsteen. but, you know - nuns = sisters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,617 Posted January 28, 2022 7 hours ago, Toast said: No, Bruce Springsteen. but, you know - nuns = sisters. Ahh, I missed the nun pun! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted January 28, 2022 17 hours ago, maryportfuncity said: Aye, there was a slew of singing nuns in the 60's and 70's. Ah, so what you're saying is that Sisters weren't doin' it by themselves? 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 905 Posted February 4, 2022 Steve Pallow, who was a member of The Beguiled, Satan's Cheerleaders and The Necessary Evils during the 90's and led the one-man garage rock act Haunted George has passed away recently as shared on social media. https://www.facebook.com/sean.law.393/posts/10158067790850946 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 4, 2022 Donny Gerrard, the lead singer of the Canadian band Skylark, who had a U.S. #9 hit with 'Wildflower' in 1973, has died. Gerrard also had a couple of minor solo hits a couple of years later. https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-donny-gerrard-lead-singer-skylark-wildflower-dead-20220204-zacrgee3rvg57cm6gp5cayafjq-story.html 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 4, 2022 47 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Donny Gerrard, the lead singer of the Canadian band Skylark, who had a U.S. #9 hit with 'Wildflower' in 1973, has died. Gerrard also had a couple of minor solo hits a couple of years later. https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-donny-gerrard-lead-singer-skylark-wildflower-dead-20220204-zacrgee3rvg57cm6gp5cayafjq-story.html Rather unusual: ‘The title, "Wildflower", is not mentioned in the song. The closest line to the title occurs as the final line of the repeated chorus: "She's a free and gentle flower growing wild".’ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted February 8, 2022 For @YoungWillz who I'm sure will be pleased to hear that Jimmy Somerville acknowledged Steve Bronski today on Instagram on what would have been his 62nd birthday. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,055 Posted February 9, 2022 Owen Moran, bassist and vocalist with '80s Liverpool indie band Cook Da Books, being reported dead on Twitter: Rather better known in Europe for Your Eyes, one of the songs they provided for the French film La Boum 2: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 905 Posted February 14, 2022 King Louie Bankston, who played in the garage punk bands The Royal Pendletons, The Persuaders, The Exploding Hearts, Missing Monuments, and many other groups, has died. The news came via Missing Monuments' Facebook where they simply wrote, "R.I.P. to the king." https://www.brooklynvegan.com/king-louie-bankston-rip/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted February 15, 2022 On 27/09/2021 at 16:34, arghton said: Paul Di'Anno massive swelling in his legs in a new picture: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-iron-maiden-singer-paul-dianno-is-still-waiting-for-his-knee-surgery-the-situation-is-only-getting-worse/ A physician in the comments of the original facebook post speculates that Di'Anno has advanced untreated diabetes and hypertension. Paul Di'Anno now in Zagreb receiving lymph drainage for his swollen leg. Sitting in a wheelchair, talking to a podcast: https://loudwire.com/paul-dianno-sepsis-almost-killed-him-2015/ He's getting better, he says, and might appear at a concert again. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,055 Posted February 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Paul Di'Anno now in Zagreb receiving lymph drainage for his swollen leg. Sitting in a wheelchair, talking to a podcast: https://loudwire.com/paul-dianno-sepsis-almost-killed-him-2015/ He's getting better, he says, and might appear at a concert again. A returnee to my team this year. It's a matter of time, any infection could conceivably kill him outright. Imo. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted February 16, 2022 "It would be a miracle for me to see 80" says Pete Townshend... ...in an overly dramatic interview about his past substance abuse which I am linking to now. This needed a Who thread bumped for the full effect, but I couldn't find one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted February 16, 2022 42 minutes ago, msc said: "It would be a miracle for me to see 80" says Pete Townshend... ...in an overly dramatic interview about his past substance abuse which I am linking to now. This needed a Who thread bumped for the full effect, but I couldn't find one. Damn, he's running out of time to finish that book he started writing 20 years ago that required him to download all the cheese pizza. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted February 16, 2022 8 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Damn, he's running out of time to finish that book he started writing 20 years ago that required him to download all the cheese pizza. Even at the time it struck me Townshend and Langham's defences were rather alike, yet one got forgiven and the other's career ended. Apparently there's more mileage in a few rock songs than being an antisocial comedian... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 905 Posted February 16, 2022 Roger Segal of the Philadelphia rock bands Trashlight Vision and Sorry and the Sinatras was found stabbed to death in a Wawa parking lot in South Philly on Monday (2/14) morning, CBS3 Philly reports. He was 49. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/philly-musician-roger-segal-trashlight-vision-sorry-and-the-sinatras-killed-in-stabbing-at-49 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,536 Posted February 16, 2022 Reading up on one of the all-time great one-hit wonders, I discovered that while DJ Sven went on to be a successful radio host, MC Miker G became a drug addict and was homeless for several years. He looks like this now: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
