bladan 291 Posted January 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Bentrovato said: 4th best selling song in the UK ever. Gold in Germany and elsewhere. Horrendous but true. Don't you just love the general public and popular taste. 50 years of artistic decline can't end well – perhaps there's some truth in that "Paul is dead" rumour 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 291 Posted January 16, 2018 18 hours ago, Sean said: I did wonder that given the sudden nature her age and talk of bi polar. "All those who have become eminent in philosophy ... or poetry or the arts are clearly melancholics" – Aristotle, 350 BC "I live as I choose Or I will not live at all ... I'm free to decide And I'm not so suicidal after all" – Dolores Yesterday I was going through my record collection. I found a cranberries CD. I said to myself: "Hey, after all these years I forgot that I have this, must listen to it someday". Three hours later it's in the news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 584 Posted January 16, 2018 5 hours ago, Youth in Asia said: I think it was more likely to have been a Prince-style painkiller overdose due to sever back pain. The rumour about the "severe back pain" that caused the cancellation of last year's European dates is that it was a suicide attempt. Certainly that's the rumour that went round France at the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 584 Posted January 16, 2018 8 hours ago, Bentrovato said: Wings - Mull of f#*@ing Kintyre. 1977. Goodbye Mr P McCartney. Or Denny Laine I should add. I've always liked Mull Of Kintyre. There's nothing wrong with it. Well, until the f&@#ing bagpipes kick in anyway... I do remember when it spent an eternity at no.1 though - and it knocked Abba's The Name Of The Game off the top spot too Thank goodness for Althia & Donna in their khaki suits and ting. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 291 Posted January 16, 2018 21 minutes ago, Vinegar Tits said: I've always liked Mull Of Kintyre. There's nothing wrong with it. Well, until the f&@#ing bagpipes kick in anyway... I do remember when it spent an eternity at no.1 though - and it knocked Abba's The Name Of The Game off the top spot too Thank goodness for Althia & Donna in their khaki suits and ting. To me Mull Of Kintyre and ABBA are something between miley cyrus in the mtv music awards 2013 and Chinese water torture – no wait, I choose the torture by water 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GossipGabe 333 Posted January 16, 2018 18 hours ago, Vinegar Tits said: To be honest, suicide was the first thing that crossed my mind too. We'll find out soon enough I suppose. One possibility that we can exclude already is murder: Dolores O'Riordan death not treated as suspicious. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/16/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-death-not-suspicious-say-police Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,343 Posted January 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Vinegar Tits said: Abba's The Name Of The Game Thank goodness for Althia & Donna in their khaki suits and ting. Both 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 778 Posted January 16, 2018 25 minutes ago, GossipGabe said: One possibility that we can exclude already is murder: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/16/dolores-oriordan-cranberries-death-not-suspicious-say-police Sources point at fentanyl poisoning. http://popculture.com/celebrity/2018/01/16/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dead-fentanyl-poisoning/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,018 Posted January 16, 2018 Just now, ObakeFilter said: Sources point at fentanyl poisoning. http://popculture.com/celebrity/2018/01/16/the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-dead-fentanyl-poisoning/ Great sources, quoting the legendary "London police department". 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted January 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Vinegar Tits said: I've always liked Mull Of Kintyre. There's nothing wrong with it. Well, until the f&@#ing bagpipes kick in anyway... I do remember when it spent an eternity at no.1 though - and it knocked Abba's The Name Of The Game off the top spot too Thank goodness for Althia & Donna in their khaki suits and ting. I was in P5 next to the Mull when it was no 1, cunts farm was nowhere near it. We hated it although some boys were in the video with the Pipe band. ** video was even further away than his farm, up near Skipness from memory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 291 Posted January 16, 2018 Hans van Hemert's hypnotic pop song "Trojan Horse", also from 1978, and with bagpipes, is much more interesting than "Mull Of Kintyre". Paul is indeed dead. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,343 Posted January 16, 2018 I love Luv'! Trojan Horse was No. 3 in Germany, a few weeks after the band hit No.1 with You're the greatest lover! Absolutely lovely! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132 Posted January 16, 2018 38 minutes ago, charon said: I was in P5 next to the Mull when it was no 1, cunts farm was nowhere near it. We hated it although some boys were in the video with the Pipe band. ** video was even further away than his farm, up near Skipness from memory. So, basically, it was one big fucking lie? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 291 Posted January 16, 2018 12 minutes ago, Book said: I love Luv'! Trojan Horse was No. 3 in Germany, a few weeks after the band hit No.1 with You're the greatest lover! Absolutely lovely! Luv' makes me happy! Another masterpiece. Chicks are now old 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,343 Posted January 16, 2018 Yes, Luv' are happy sound and a little kitschy, but I love them as well! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted January 16, 2018 45 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: So, basically, it was one big fucking lie? Yup 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132 Posted January 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Vinegar Tits said: I've always liked Mull Of Kintyre. There's nothing wrong with it. Well, until Linda McCartney kicks in anyway... I do remember when it spent an eternity at no.1 though - and it knocked Abba's The Name Of The Game off the top spot too Thank goodness for Althia & Donna in their khaki suits and ting. Sorry, the edit makes more sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,803 Posted January 16, 2018 This was so fabulous. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Toast said: This was so fabulous. One of the best #1 singles of the 1970s... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 584 Posted January 16, 2018 It won't come as a surprise to anyone that I also love Luv'. How 'Trojan Horse' wasn't a hit over here I'll never know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 291 Posted January 16, 2018 22 minutes ago, Vinegar Tits said: It won't come as a surprise to anyone that I also love Luv'. How 'Trojan Horse' wasn't a hit over here I'll never know. José's (Luv's lead singer) husband died a few years ago and now she has posted that her best female friend (a producer) has died. But here's Trojan Horse revisited, isn't it great LUV - Trojan Horse ( Maxi Mix von DJ Trancemann 2016 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bladan 291 Posted January 18, 2018 Hans van Hemert (72), who wrote and produced all LUV hits, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2006, after which he underwent surgery. Last June he told that it has returned. https://www.story.nl/artikel/showbizz/producer-hans-van-hemert-onthult-waarom-hij-marga-scheide-niet-langer-voor-de Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,967 Posted January 20, 2018 Hmm, report of the death of bassist Jim Rodford, who worked with Argent and The Kinks, aged 76. http://bestclassicbands.com/jim-rodford-obituary-1-20-18/ With Argent, 1972 #5 Hold Your Head Up: With The Kinks 1983 UK #12 Come Dancing: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,938 Posted January 20, 2018 The Argent sing was the one I always thought should have been Alex Harveys. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 820 Posted January 20, 2018 On 16-1-2018 at 16:30, Vinegar Tits said: I've always liked Mull Of Kintyre. There's nothing wrong with it. Well, until the f&@#ing bagpipes kick in anyway... I do remember when it spent an eternity at no.1 though - and it knocked Abba's The Name Of The Game off the top spot too Thank goodness for Althia & Donna in their khaki suits and ting. Shudder to reveal this but this actually this was the first single I bought..... I think I am a bit redeemed by the fact that the B-side of the single is still pretty good... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
