Dead Pop Stars

[Lafaucheuse 4,043]

9 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

I would suggest that the individual probably drank a lot before the 13 shots. Ouzo can be a very high % but 13 shots alone probably wouldn’t be enough to kill someone.

That's also what I suspected, can't see how 13 shots can kill you but that depends on a lot of factors I'd say… 

[ajlposh 549]

The real liver-killer is listening to AC/DC’s Thunderstruck and taking a drink every time they say “Thunder”

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684]

12 minutes ago, Sod's Law said:

Williams changed absolutely nothing about that song when he covered it as well. As Karl once said: 'the only difference between Robbie's version and mine is that I know who "she" is'. 

Much like his cover of Stephen Duffy’s ‘The Postcard’, another quite personal song that he did adequately but almost identically. Still, shows he has taste, and I’m sure it helped the writers’ bank balances.

[Sod's Law 444]

1 hour ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

Much like his cover of Stephen Duffy’s ‘The Postcard’, another quite personal song that he did adequately but almost identically. Still, shows he has taste, and I’m sure it helped the writers’ bank balances.

I read a pretty jaded interview from Karl Wallinger once where he described his bitterness that Williams was prancing around on stage at the Brits singing his song in front of millions of viewers while Karl himself was sat eating crackers at home watching the event on TV. I don't think he ever made much money from the song sadly. He didn't even know that Williams had recorded a cover of his song until it was suddenly everywhere. What makes it tragic is that he wrote the song in tribute to his dead mother and Williams has taken credit for it many times. 

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684]

48 minutes ago, Sod's Law said:

I read a pretty jaded interview from Karl Wallinger once where he described his bitterness that Williams was prancing around on stage at the Brits singing his song in front of millions of viewers while Karl himself was sat eating crackers at home watching the event on TV. I don't think he ever made much money from the song sadly. He didn't even know that Williams had recorded a cover of his song until it was suddenly everywhere. What makes it tragic is that he wrote the song in tribute to his dead mother and Williams has taken credit for it many times. 

 

I'm not in any way defending Williams, but I assume Wallinger would have received full songwriting royalties for a #1 single (presumably on an album too?).

 

At least Alexa called him out

 

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

17 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

I feel a tad slighted and aggrieved that I was never in the Fall.

 

 

Good call re citing them as the outfit with the most former members, seriously - it's likely there are venerable brass bands with fewer surviving ex-members. 

 

You might get over the tad slighted feeling if you ever read the testimony of the "Fallen" musicians that makes up much of this book: 

 

[RetroGamer47 423]

Gap Band member, Anthony “Baby Gap” Walker, Dead at 60.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684]

1 hour ago, RetroGamer47 said:

Gap Band member, Anthony “Baby Gap” Walker, Dead at 60.

RIP

 

[YoungWillz 21,023]

On 21/02/2024 at 15:24, ObakeFilter said:

Founding Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones has revealed that he has been battling Parkinson’s disease for the past several years.

https://consequence.net/2024/02/foreigner-mick-jones-parkinsons-disease/

Lou Gramm announces retirement from stage: https://bestclassicbands.com/lou-gramm-retiring-3-13-24/

 

Again. And this time it is definite. No, really.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

37 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Lou Gramm announces retirement from stage: https://bestclassicbands.com/lou-gramm-retiring-3-13-24/

 

Again. And this time it is definite. No, really.

I want to know what retirement is, I want him to show me…

[YoungWillz 21,023]

Angela McCluskey, Scottish singer/songwriter, supostamente morto: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13200289/Angela-McCluskey-dead-64-Scottish-singer-famed-Wild-Colonials-work-T-l-popmusiks-Breathe-Shirley-Manson-Rain-Phoenix-tributes.html

 

Probably best known as the featured singer on Telepopmusik's UK chart single Breathe, which peaked at #42 in March 2002:

 

 

[prussianblue 1,025]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Angela McCluskey, Scottish singer/songwriter, supostamente morto: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13200289/Angela-McCluskey-dead-64-Scottish-singer-famed-Wild-Colonials-work-T-l-popmusiks-Breathe-Shirley-Manson-Rain-Phoenix-tributes.html

 

Probably best known as the featured singer on Telepopmusik's UK chart single Breathe, which peaked at #42 in March 2002:

 

 

 

Haven't heard this for years. One of those songs that were ubiquitous as incidental music in programmes like A Place in the Sun, like Groove Armada's 'At the River'.

[Ulitzer95 12,574]

3 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Angela McCluskey, Scottish singer/songwriter, supostamente morto: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13200289/Angela-McCluskey-dead-64-Scottish-singer-famed-Wild-Colonials-work-T-l-popmusiks-Breathe-Shirley-Manson-Rain-Phoenix-tributes.html

 

Probably best known as the featured singer on Telepopmusik's UK chart single Breathe, which peaked at #42 in March 2002:

 

 

Sounds familiar.

Nice pool. Good looking ppl.

"Just breathe"... now why do ppl never take their own advice?

[YoungWillz 21,023]

19 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Sounds familiar.

Nice pool. Good looking ppl.

"Just breathe"... now why do ppl never take their own advice?

That murderous child is probably approaching 30. Makes you think.

[YoungWillz 21,023]

Apparently there are some rumours that Sharon Costanzo of the Canadian band Len who had a late 90s top 10 UK chart hit with Steal My Sunshine has died. Apparently this has come from the Book of Face, so any help looking at this would be appreciated.

 

Might be nothing but hey.

[RetroGamer47 423]

5 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Apparently there are some rumours that Sharon Costanzo of the Canadian band Len who had a late 90s top 10 UK chart hit with Steal My Sunshine has died. Apparently this has come from the Book of Face, so any help looking at this would be appreciated.

 

Might be nothing but hey.

I’m not seeing anything on it.

[Clorox Bleachman 2,402]

6 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Apparently there are some rumours that Sharon Costanzo of the Canadian band Len who had a late 90s top 10 UK chart hit with Steal My Sunshine has died. Apparently this has come from the Book of Face, so any help looking at this would be appreciated.

 

Might be nothing but hey.

I can't see anything either.

 

"Len" has to be one of the least searchable band names on Facebook.

[Slackhurst Broadcasting 374]

They came up first on a search at Discogs. I'd never heard their hit, which turned out to be a dreary effort - one of those records that isn't so much "based on" a sample as using it as a kind of musical crutch.

[Lewd_Squirrel 331]

Feelin' Alright is also a good song by them.

[Clorox Bleachman 2,402]

Singer-songwriter and model Sky Ferreira has postponed her UK tour, citing vocal issues. She hasn't released an album since 2013 and has released just 2 solo singles in the last 5 years, despite teasing her second album for almost a decade. Her label dropped her several months ago.

 

 

She and her ex-boyfriend were arrested in 2013 for possession of her0in and ecstasy. There are clips of her gurning on stage, and commenters online claiming to have seen her shooting up. Some of her performances in the last few years have been very badly reviewed due to her arriving late and appearing unstable.

 

I know all this because I bought a ticket the day before it was postponed. I hope I get to see her in good form, whenever it may be, but unfortunately her future seems less certain than 90% of the Lil rappers everyone's so focused on. Time will tell whether she's an Amy Winehouse or simply a Lauryn Hill in the realm of unproductive musicians.

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

4 hours ago, Clorox Bleachman said:

Singer-songwriter and model Sky Ferreira has postponed her UK tour, citing vocal issues. She hasn't released an album since 2013 and has released just 2 solo singles in the last 5 years, despite teasing her second album for almost a decade. Her label dropped her several months ago.

 

 

She and her ex-boyfriend were arrested in 2013 for possession of her0in and ecstasy. There are clips of her gurning on stage, and commenters online claiming to have seen her shooting up. Some of her performances in the last few years have been very badly reviewed due to her arriving late and appearing unstable.

 

I know all this because I bought a ticket the day before it was postponed. I hope I get to see her in good form, whenever it may be, but unfortunately her future seems less certain than 90% of the Lil rappers everyone's so focused on. Time will tell whether she's an Amy Winehouse or simply a Lauryn Hill in the realm of unproductive musicians.

 

 

She was once on the Modern Vampires tour, right? 

 

If she recovers, that fact might be funny one day.

[Slackhurst Broadcasting 374]

She looks like Danniella Westbrook on a bad day.

[ObakeFilter 893]

Matthew Urango, pop singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who made music as Cola Boyy, has died at age 34.

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/cola-boyy-has-died/

[ObakeFilter 893]

Is there a ska thread? Search option didn't bring up anything.

 

Greg Lee, co-vocalist of California ska veterans Hepcat, has passed away. He was 53.

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/hepcat-vocalist-greg-lee-has-died-at-53/

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Ronnie King, an original member of the Canadian band the Stampeders, who had a U.S. #8 song in 1971 with the tune 'Sweet City Woman', died March 4th. He was 76.

 

https://ca.billboard.com/music/rock/obituaries-the-stampeders-ronnie-king-canadian-publishing-veteran-vicki-walters