RIP Thread for Notable People
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Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By (Official Lyric Video)
"As Tears Go By" by Marianne FaithfullComposers: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Andrew Loog OldhamLyrics:It is the evening of the dayI sit and watch the ch...
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That oboe intro and solo, the string quartet, Jimmy Page on 12-string guitar [EDIT] (allegedly, some say Keef), the naivety and innocence of Marianne's untutored voice, it can still bring me to tears. This song was my very first on-stage musical performance, [EDIT] (playing a musical instrument that is; as someone reminded me I sang loads of times solo & in choirs) with my then girl-friend (RIP) on vocals, my pal on 12-string guitar and me on solo six-string.
Stick with that video it segues nicely into Stevie Nicks & FleetwoodMac ...
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The funeral has taken place today of Belfast poet Michael Longley.
I was not familiar with his work until his recent interviews as part of the BBC3 Essays programme where his warmth and empathy for the human condition came across. The programmes wil be repeated later this month and are available on BBC sounds.
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I was not familiar with his work until his recent interviews as part of the BBC3 Essays programme where his warmth and empathy for the human condition came across. The programmes wil be repeated later this month and are available on BBC sounds.
Michael Longley touched souls with poetry, funeral hears
Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard.
BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Michael Longley's Life of Poetry
Northern Ireland's most eminent contemporary poet, Michael Longley, talks about his life
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Funny enough it's the stuff she recorded with her ' whisky soaked ' voice that I remember so fondly......
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still give me a nostalgic sensation, half a century on....
Marianne Faithfull - Dreamin’ My Dreams
Marianne Faithfull - Dreamin’ My Dreams. This is an awesome song I think you all will like by Marianne Faithfull. It went to number one in Ireland in 1976.
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still give me a nostalgic sensation, half a century on....
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They fail to move me in the way the Mariannes of that older popular music world still can. On the right, or maybe the wrong day, one of their recordings can stop me in my tracks, almost force me to listen, and shed a tear or two. The two examples above from @charlie007 fit into that category. Thanks man.
I'm probably being unfair but I perceive the newer singers and musicians cocooned in corporateness to coin an awful phrase. The older singers seemed more accessible to Séan and Síle, more human, lacking in cynicism perhaps. They sang and played and wrote because that's what they liked and kinda fell into the money bit. A great singer or performer can make a bad song sound great, the vice ain't the versa.
How True is this from Mick & Keef?
Two guys who don't get half enough credit for their contributions to popular music. That link segues into another great of theirs, let it run and let me know what you think.
My daughter played a clip of Ariana Grande singing covers of some old blues songs and her voice is truly amazing, as good as anyone I've ever heard. The shame is the sort of songs she sings, wispish, breathless shallow pap that doesn't challenge or showcase her talent at all. I think there are plenty of great singers out there singing great songs but they don't get the space in an incredibly crowded industry.They fail to move me in the way the Mariannes of that older popular music world still can. On the right, or maybe the wrong day, one of their recordings can stop me in my tracks, almost force me to listen, and shed a tear or two. The two examples above from @charlie007 fit into that category. Thanks man.
I'm probably being unfair but I perceive the newer singers and musicians cocooned in corporateness to coin an awful phrase. The older singers seemed more accessible to Séan and Síle, more human, lacking in cynicism perhaps. They sang and played and wrote because that's what they liked and kinda fell into the money bit. A great singer or performer can make a bad song sound great, the vice ain't the versa.
I think it’s generational.
I grew up with T Rex , Mott the Hoople , Thin Lizzy , David Bowie et al .
Moving on in my twenties to Bob Marley , Bob Seger , Jackson Browne , Bruce Springsteen , The Band any many more .
Being dismissive from an early age of country music I came late to Hank Williams , Johnny Cash , John Prine , Emmylou Harris , Gram Parsons , Dwight Yoakam etc .
I always loved Otis Redding and Sam Cooke .
Personally when I stopped buying the NME as I couldn’t relate to either the content or the musicians I decided to basically stick with the music I knew .
My Spotify library contains only two Artists who could be considered contemporary- the brilliant Jason Isbell and the Mary Wallopers .
Time is catching up with me and I’m content to dwell on the past !
I grew up with T Rex , Mott the Hoople , Thin Lizzy , David Bowie et al .
Moving on in my twenties to Bob Marley , Bob Seger , Jackson Browne , Bruce Springsteen , The Band any many more .
Being dismissive from an early age of country music I came late to Hank Williams , Johnny Cash , John Prine , Emmylou Harris , Gram Parsons , Dwight Yoakam etc .
I always loved Otis Redding and Sam Cooke .
Personally when I stopped buying the NME as I couldn’t relate to either the content or the musicians I decided to basically stick with the music I knew .
My Spotify library contains only two Artists who could be considered contemporary- the brilliant Jason Isbell and the Mary Wallopers .
Time is catching up with me and I’m content to dwell on the past !
RIP Paddy Cullen, one of the generals of Heffo's Army.
@trajan, you're only allowed to post about dead soccer players that most people have never heard of. Someone as eminent and capable as Paddy MacEntee, who had a profound and positive influence on the State and was, from the outside in, a catalyst in the evolution of the criminal justice system, has no place in this thread... or did he also play English or League of Ireland football in the 1970's?
Did he not win an Ulster championship with Monaghan?
Guest star in an episode of Glenroe?
The thread must have some standards.
No doubt esteemed senior counsels get an obituary in the Irish Times or the Law Review or somesuch.
But whereabouts will you read about the passing of those who are trivia footnotes.
Guest star in an episode of Glenroe?
The thread must have some standards.
No doubt esteemed senior counsels get an obituary in the Irish Times or the Law Review or somesuch.
But whereabouts will you read about the passing of those who are trivia footnotes.
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Eamonn McEneaney?
How condescending is that?
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Garth Hudson August 2, 1937 – January 21, 2025. I missed the original announcement of his passing, RIP
His, in parts, is a desperately sad story, summarised below. The greater the talent, the greater the sadness at times. The last member of The Hawks / The Band.
Excellent obit from The Guardian
His, in parts, is a desperately sad story, summarised below. The greater the talent, the greater the sadness at times. The last member of The Hawks / The Band.
Excellent obit from The Guardian