Lew-T Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 What a sad week for British music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) Really sad about Maxi Jazz, one of the best bands I've seen live, the bass literally made the floor move.....RIP Mr Faithless. Edited December 25, 2022 by BanburyRed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 16 hours ago, BanburyRed said: Really sad about Maxi Jazz, one of the best bands I've seen live, the bass literally made the floor move.....RIP Mr Faithless. So sad,as a black man he saw racism wasn’t just one way and who can forget mass destruction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Shirley Watts, widow of Charlie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 29 minutes ago, TomF said: John Bird, 86. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64108691 Remember him in Home To Roost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 hour ago, TomF said: John Bird, 86. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64108691 Very sad news. An extremely funny man who never failed to cut right through to the heart of pomposity and show it up for what it was. I honestly can`t recall anything he was in (and there was a lot) that I didn`t enjoy and didn`t make me laugh out loud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 2 hours ago, TomF said: John Bird, 86. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64108691 His double act with John Fortune on Rory Bremner Show was a thing of satirical beauty. As valid today as it ever was. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 34 minutes ago, BanburyRed said: His double act with John Fortune on Rory Bremner Show was a thing of satirical beauty. As valid today as it ever was. Anyone remember Absolute Power with Stephen Fry? That was outrageously funny, particularly the episode where they try and rebrand the Nazis! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 3 hours ago, BanburyRed said: His double act with John Fortune on Rory Bremner Show was a thing of satirical beauty. As valid today as it ever was. Somewhat topical at present, but I recall one sketch where the two Johns were discussing efficiency (or the lack thereof) in the NHS and the pressure they were under to speed up admissions speed and the length of time patients actually spent in the hospital before being discharged. One of the two (I can't remember which one, but am pretty sure it was JB) suggested disparagingly that the way things were going, i.e. with the emphasis being more on 'efficiency' than actual treatment, then, in order to improve the figures and please the 'bosses', they might just as well admit patients, register them and just wheel them straight through the hospital and out the other side to be discharged, without even bothering to treat them. The other John (JF?), stares in to the distance and turns to JB, pensively, saying, that's an interesting idea, can you just run that through me again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northsomersetred Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Pele https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42751517 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Vivienne Westwood, 81 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64122181 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 minute ago, exAtyeoMax said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64122181 I thought she died years ago - shows how notice I take of woman's fashion, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 8 minutes ago, Robbored said: I thought she died years ago - shows how notice I take of woman's fashion, I saw her at the degree show at Central Saint Martins in 2019, I think her grandson was a student there at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Robbored said: I thought she died years ago - shows how notice I take of woman's fashion, She was the godmother of punk ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Just now, Slippin cider said: She was the godmother of punk ! Just think , if she and Malcolm hadn’t have opened their shop ‘Sex’ we wouldn’t have had the pistols ….no pistols …no Never mind the bollocks …inconceivable….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 8 minutes ago, Slippin cider said: She was the godmother of punk ! I didn’t take any notice of punk either. The only band from that era I really liked were the Clash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 Notable deaths 2022 (bbc.co.uk) It`s not until you see something like this that you realise what a crap year it`s been - there are a couple on there I`d missed too - Lester Piggot in particular. We can also add former Pope Benedict now who has died aged 95. Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 - BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 14 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: We can also add former Pope Benedict now who has died aged 95. Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 - BBC News You're joking, the pope? Oh my god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 21 minutes ago, TomF said: The previous Pope, who stepped down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 29/12/2022 at 22:59, Robbored said: I didn’t take any notice of punk either. The only band from that era I really liked were the Clash. Then you missed out on one hell of a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 minute ago, AppyDAZE said: Then you missed out on one hell of a lot. He was a big Abba fan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 33 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said: Then you missed out on one hell of a lot. My son was really into it and I was exposed to plenty of punk music. He played it virtually all the time which meant I wasn’t able to avoid it. Some of it was decent, like the Clash but most of it wasn’t to my taste. As a teenager I was into the Blues, reggae and Motown and as a student got into various other stuff but punk wasn’t one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 Barbara Walters. US journalist/ broadcaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 hour ago, BigTone said: He was a big Abba fan I had him down as more of a Carpenters buff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: I had him down as more of a Carpenters buff. Could be I suppose. Middle of the Road were another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: I had him down as more of a Carpenters buff. Karen Carpenter had a beautiful voice but sadly her inner demons ended her life way too early………… She was only 32. Edited December 31, 2022 by Robbored 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 2 hours ago, BigTone said: He was a big Abba fan Hey…don’t knock them! Funnily enough, Bjorn Ulvaeus was the guest editor on Today on R4 yesterday morning, which included the coverage of Vivienne Westwoods death. There was lots about her role as the ‘godmother of punk’ and a long interview with the bass player from the Sex Pistols, and it was like a mutual appreciation society between Abba and the Sex Pistols! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 31, 2022 Report Share Posted December 31, 2022 12 minutes ago, italian dave said: Hey…don’t knock them! Funnily enough, Bjorn Ulvaeus was the guest editor on Today on R4 yesterday morning, which included the coverage of Vivienne Westwoods death. There was lots about her role as the ‘godmother of punk’ and a long interview with the bass player from the Sex Pistols, and it was like a mutual appreciation society between Abba and the Sex Pistols! Really ? Mamma Mia !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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