Sir Creep 7,011 Posted August 23, 2021 There’s a death in the kitchen What I’m-a-gonna do RIP. UB40 One of the better concerts I saw QO - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9918851/UB40s-Brian-Travers-dead-aged-62.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,018 Posted August 24, 2021 Bad couple of days for British reggae-influenced mixed-race Radio 2-friendly pop groups who had their biggest success in the 1980s but had a #1 single in the 1990s: Simply Red founding member Fritz McIntyre is dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,959 Posted August 24, 2021 34 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Bad couple of days for British reggae-influenced mixed-race Radio 2-friendly pop groups who had their biggest success in the 1980s but had a #1 single in the 1990s: Simply Red founding member Fritz McIntyre is dead. Christ in a bucket! Highest entry in 1985 was Money's Too Tight (To Mention), reaching unlucky #13 that year. Didn't see a damn thing about illness - didn't top himself did he? Anyway, another bloody miss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted August 24, 2021 First Rolling Stone Charlie Watts - the one who wasn’t fucking around his whole life. RIP https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58316842 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 584 Posted August 24, 2021 On 23/08/2021 at 10:45, YoungWillz said: Darts always brought a bit of fun to Top Of The Pops - sad news. Wish they had made a comeback....wait.... My favourite Darts song. Loved it in 1978, still love it now. That was such an amazing time in the charts - Take A Chance On Me Figaro, Sorry I'm A Lady, Wuthering Heights, Denis, Baker Street, all within a few weeks. Always interesting to see who gets the love on Twitter during the TOTP repeats - the main ones seemed to be Darts, Liquid Gold and Imagination. All three seemed to have the time of their lives and had a ball. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,959 Posted August 24, 2021 6 minutes ago, Vinegar Tits said: My favourite Darts song. Loved it in 1978, still love it now. That was such an amazing time in the charts - Take A Chance On Me Figaro, Sorry I'm A Lady, Wuthering Heights, Denis, Baker Street, all within a few weeks. Always interesting to see who gets the love on Twitter during the TOTP repeats - the main ones seemed to be Darts, Liquid Gold and Imagination. All three seemed to have the time of their lives and had a ball. Agree wholeheartedly! For me the best years in pop still remain 1978 and 1984. What about Captain Sensible? Always appeared to me he was having a great time whilst totally dumbfounded his records were selling! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 5,634 Posted August 25, 2021 7 hours ago, Vinegar Tits said: My favourite Darts song. Loved it in 1978, still love it now. That was such an amazing time in the charts - Take A Chance On Me Figaro, Sorry I'm A Lady, Wuthering Heights, Denis, Baker Street, all within a few weeks. Always interesting to see who gets the love on Twitter during the TOTP repeats - the main ones seemed to be Darts, Liquid Gold and Imagination. All three seemed to have the time of their lives and had a ball. Saw them twice in the 70's. First time when Den was the bass singer (that guy was a nutter in the best possible way) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 3,477 Posted August 25, 2021 9 hours ago, Vinegar Tits said: My favourite Darts song. Loved it in 1978, still love it now. That was such an amazing time in the charts - Take A Chance On Me Figaro, Sorry I'm A Lady, Wuthering Heights, Denis, Baker Street, all within a few weeks. Always interesting to see who gets the love on Twitter during the TOTP repeats - the main ones seemed to be Darts, Liquid Gold and Imagination. All three seemed to have the time of their lives and had a ball. @Vinegar Tits, that brings me good memories. We were young and innocent then. You know, I miss my younger sister. We'd go down to the old record store after school. We used to sit in the store all the time listening to Darts songs. The owner was our uncle. I don't feel like listening to music right now. Since she died, it hasn't been quite the same. I'd like to turn back the time. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 10,952 Posted August 26, 2021 On 23/08/2021 at 02:17, Vinegar Tits said: Bob Fish, main lead singer of Darts, has died Finally some media coverage for Bob Fish. Western Telegraph report. Died on Sunday 22nd in Pembrokeshire. Cause only given as a "battle with illness". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,959 Posted August 27, 2021 19 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Finally some media coverage for Bob Fish. Western Telegraph report. Died on Sunday 22nd in Pembrokeshire. Cause only given as a "battle with illness". Daily Star gets a round of applause from me for a Bob Fish obit: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/breaking-bob-fish-dead-darts-24854460 Anyone going to cover Fritz McIntyre? Charlie Watts' death seems to have destroyed that. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,091 Posted August 29, 2021 Sam Salter, a 1990s soul singer signed to LaFace records, who's songs 'After 12, Before 6' and 'There You Are' peaked in the middle of the Billboard Hot 100 charts, has died. He was 46. https://www.soultracks.com/story-sam-salter-dies 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,213 Posted September 1, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 04:26, Perhaps said: Greg Gilbert is now in hospice care. Going home to die? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 10,952 Posted September 3, 2021 On 27/08/2021 at 15:55, YoungWillz said: Daily Star gets a round of applause from me for a Bob Fish obit: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/breaking-bob-fish-dead-darts-24854460 Anyone going to cover Fritz McIntyre? Charlie Watts' death seems to have destroyed that. Bob Fish Telegraph obit. Gives cancer as cause of death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,959 Posted September 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Bob Fish Telegraph obit. Gives cancer as cause of death. Poor old Fritz. Nary a murmur. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,712 Posted September 3, 2021 34 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Poor old Fritz. Nary a murmur. You can see the punchline coming here. Apparently some papers would like to run an obit for him but thanks to the pandemic, their budgets are severely reduced. That's right....wait for it... money's too tight to mention. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 778 Posted September 4, 2021 Alain Croubalian (nicknamed Dead Alain, really... look it up) from the great Dark Cabaret band The Dead Brothers has passed away yesterday, as revealed in the Swiss media. https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/12464619-carnet-noir-le-journaliste-alain-croubalian-est-decede.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 820 Posted September 4, 2021 5 hours ago, ObakeFilter said: Alain Croubalian (nicknamed Dead Alain, really... look it up) from the great Dark Cabaret band The Dead Brothers has passed away yesterday, as revealed in the Swiss media. https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/12464619-carnet-noir-le-journaliste-alain-croubalian-est-decede.html As in... really?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 778 Posted September 5, 2021 Black Oak Arkansas guitarist Rickie Lee Reynolds has died at the age of 72, as reported by TMZ. https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/05/black-oak-arkansas-guitarist-rickie-lee-reynolds-dead-dies/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,959 Posted September 6, 2021 Jane Birkin suffers stroke, recovering: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58463528 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,343 Posted September 6, 2021 On 18/02/2021 at 15:45, Book said: Still not getting over the death of Françoise Cactus of Stereo Total Listen to their music today a lot and stumbled over one of my favorites: Cinémania. The text is similar to Vogue or We didn't start the fire, a list of actors and filmmakers in this case. Please listen and enjoy! A nice list to cross off btw: Antonioni, Mastroianni Fellini, Pasolini Billy Wilder, Lana Turner Rainer Werner Fassbinder Marlene Dietrich, Ernst Lubitsch James Dean, Charles Chaplin François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Léaud Belmondo, Brigitte Bardot La manie du cinéma: Cinémania... Marilyn Monroe, Jeanne Moreau Robert de Niro, Mia Farrow Woody Allen, Sophia Loren Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ulman Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers Gary Cooper, Dennis Hopper Lollobrigida, John Travolta Peter, Henry, Jane Fonda La manie du cinéma: Cinémania... Hanna Schygulla, Anna Karina Isabelle Huppert, Jodie Foster Claudia Cardinale, Sergio Leone Jerry Lewis, Tony Curtis Fernando Rey, Simone Signoret Alain Resnais, Maurice Ronet Judy Garland, Gary Grant James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart La manie du cinéma: Cinémania... Isabelle Adjani, Anna Magnani Roman Polanski, Klaus Kinski Alain Delon, Michel Simon Jack Lemmon, Jack Nicholson Julie Christie, Jacques Tati Warren Beatty, Visconti Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Renoir Stéphane Audran, Trintignant ... Alfred Hitchcock 5 of them are in my French Theme Team Belmondo-Update. Now there are 4 left in my French Theme Team: Polanski, Delon, Godard and Trintignant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 10,952 Posted September 9, 2021 Amanda Holden dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 9,989 Posted September 9, 2021 On 06/09/2021 at 13:14, YoungWillz said: Jane Birkin suffers stroke, recovering: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58463528 What's news about her getting stroked? Oh, sorry, my bad I get it having read the link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,213 Posted September 9, 2021 45 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Amanda Holden dead. "Died suddenly in her sleep". How does that happen? She was only 73, so unlikely to be organ failure / "old age". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,034 Posted September 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, gcreptile said: "Died suddenly in her sleep". How does that happen? She was only 73, so unlikely to be organ failure / "old age". Sudden deaths have always happened even at younger ages. My uncle was 57 and with apparently no health issues when he died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,565 Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said: Amanda Holden dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
