Dead Pop Stars

[Sir Creep 7,053]

He won’t be living in his Eighties.

 

 

I’ve been informed he married a girl from Royal Oak, Michigan (10 miles from my couch) and was a resident there for a while.

 

I loved KJ and a big RIP.  Night Time was easily one of the best complete albums of the…80s

[Sly Ronnie 815]

32 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

He won’t be living in his Eighties.

 

 

I’ve been informed he married a girl from Royal Oak, Michigan (10 miles from my couch) and was a resident there for a while.

 

I loved KJ and a big RIP.  Night Time was easily one of the best complete albums of the…80s

 

Nirvana certainly took note of the main riff for Eighties! But did Killing Joke themselves take it off the Damned?

[RetroGamer47 225]

Mr Big Stuff singer Jean Knight being reported Dead at 80

[Sir Creep 7,053]

55 minutes ago, RetroGamer47 said:

Mr Big Stuff singer Jean Knight being reported Dead at 80

Who do you think you are (posting such awful news)?

[TheKeysOfMarinus 376]

Brian Godding, guitarist and primary songwriter with the British cult pop psych group Blossom Toes, has died at 78 according to messages left by friends and family on his Facebook page. Blossom Toes weren’t very successful but their records are highly sought after today. He later played with jazz / progressive acts like the Mike Westbrook Band, Centipede and Magma. 

[Ulitzer95 11,601]

Quite incredible that Mr. Big Stuff never charted in the UK, and yet it’s since become a very popular song here.

[YoungWillz 20,227]

3 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Quite incredible that Mr. Big Stuff never charted in the UK, and yet it’s since become a very popular song here.

Not heard her version, but the version in the film Kinky Boots.

 

Otherwise, an advertiser's staple track over the years I think.

[maryportfuncity 10,331]

4 hours ago, TheKeysOfMarinus said:

Brian Godding, guitarist and primary songwriter with the British cult pop psych group Blossom Toes, has died at 78 according to messages left by friends and family on his Facebook page. Blossom Toes weren’t very successful but their records are highly sought after today. He later played with jazz / progressive acts like the Mike Westbrook Band, Centipede and Magma. 

 

 

Yeah, I'll out myself as an admirer and owner of reissued stuff. 

[TheKeysOfMarinus 376]

Admire them too, fab band. 

[gcreptile 10,565]

Reddit currently has a thread up on Michael Bolton looking ancient and being unaware of his surroundings

https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/s/9kkbPLxUwX

[Comped 449]

35 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Reddit currently has a thread up on Michael Bolton looking ancient and being unaware of his surroundings

https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/s/9kkbPLxUwX

I was actually at the taping (well in the background behind the cameras, maybe 200-300 feet away from where they were actually filming at most). His act was the only one I saw that night (or the next day) that used entirely pre-taped music, including his performance. What I could see (above the giant hedge planters and from my relatively limited vantage point) seemed to agree with this Reddit thread and my own viewing of the special last night.

[TheKeysOfMarinus 376]

Jeepers, just watched the Masked Singer footage. That’s a bit sad.

[Captain Hemlock 692]

Chad Allan, the original lead singer for the Canadian rockers The Guess Who, has died at age 80

 

https://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/chad-allan-1089111079

[Sir Creep 7,053]

12 hours ago, Captain Hemlock said:

Chad Allan, the original lead singer for the Canadian rockers The Guess Who, has died at age 80

 

https://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/chad-allan-1089111079

Original lead singer of The Guess Who.  Supposedly.  He left in 1966, and they hadn’t done a damned thing until Burton Cummings arrived.

[Captain Hemlock 692]

39 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Original lead singer of The Guess Who.  Supposedly.  He left in 1966, and they hadn’t done a damned thing until Burton Cummings arrived.

Shakin All Over was a top 40 hit in the US with Allan on lead vocal.

https://youtu.be/f2lCDQ8j9bE?feature=shared

 

[Comped 449]

5 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

Original lead singer of The Guess Who.  Supposedly.  He left in 1966, and they hadn’t done a damned thing until Burton Cummings arrived.

Nobody gives a damn about them pre-Burt really. Hell, when I last saw the group, only the drummer was original (and he was drinking the entire time).. New singer was pretty good though, even if he exclusively sang their classic stuff...

[YoungWillz 20,227]

On 22/09/2023 at 10:18, Bibliogryphon said:

Just seen this on X

 

Denny Laine from Wings has set up a Go Fund Me page for his 'Significant Health Challenges'

 

Denny Laine being reported dead: 

Of course I need something in English and awaiting the usual.

[Dead Wait 1,110]

1 minute ago, YoungWillz said:

Denny Laine being reported dead: 

Of course I need something in English and awaiting the usual.

Denny Laine is in my ears and in my eyes….

[YoungWillz 20,227]

Something more readable on Denny Laine: 

Obits to flow.

[Joey Russ 7,154]

Today’s also the 50th anniversary of the US release of Band On The Run, so a bit of sad timing…

[TheKeysOfMarinus 376]

Loved Denny, excellent musician and songwriter. Quite sad that the man who co-wrote “Mull of Kintyre” needed a GoFundMe.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,548]

That’s a nice message by his wife. I’ve always liked Say You Don’t Mind, both his and Colin Blunstone’s version.

[ObakeFilter 825]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Denny Laine being reported dead: 

Of course I need something in English and awaiting the usual.

 

Mike Pinder left as the last survivng original member of Moody Blues.

[The Old Crem 3,388]

BBC just sent a news alert. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67630264

 

[maryportfuncity 10,331]

1 hour ago, TheKeysOfMarinus said:

Loved Denny, excellent musician and songwriter. Quite sad that the man who co-wrote “Mull of Kintyre” needed a GoFundMe.

 

 

Aye, whatever moans he had about the slices of recording and live income from Wings, the writing dosh on that alone should have been enough to keep someone in a decent lifestyle.