Rolling Obituary Thread 2023

Awwwwwww... that was her future husband and they were still married, had no idea

I had seen then-and-now photos popping up on Facebook the past year or so.

That is very touching. It seems as though the world is a poorer place now.

Paul O'Grady, 67

RIP Paul

rip
unfortunate typo in that graun tribute when quoting tatchell.

Aw shame.

RIP Paul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKpl_vf2u7M

Oh that’s terrible. RIP Paul.

This sucks, RIP

LOL Rodri, get it right up ye's Spain.

"It's the way they play, but for me it's rubbish, always wasting time, provoking you, always they fall," he said. "For me, this is not football. The referee has to take on this, but he says nothing

... oops wrong thread!

ripi raka

When we worked together at Ch4, Paul O’Grady insisted that new roles on his show were advertised in the local Job Centre. He wanted anyone and everyone to be able to apply so they could get a break like he had. And it made the show better. A kind and generous man. pic.twitter.com/aQbs2ZUkww

— Mark Downie (@markmdownie) March 29, 2023

Keith Reid, Procol Harum Lyricist, Dies at 76

https://bestclassicbands.com/keith-reid-procol-harum-obituary-3-29-23/

Almost certainly the first lyricist-and-nothing-but to be the full-time member of a rock band.

Such an interesting thing, and relatively rare: I can only think of him, Peter Sinfield who wrote for King Crimson, and Robert Hunter for the Grateful Dead.

There's the woman who wrote the words for Renaissance, but I don't think she was ever considered a band member. And I guess the big precursor was Cream, who had five or six outside writers providing lyrics.

Michael Moorcock with Hawkwind, sort of

my first thought was Richard Meltzer with Blue Oyster Cult, but he was never considered a member and didn't do as many songs as I thought.

Pye Dubois for Max Webster, most famous for also writing the lyrics for Rush's "Tom Sawyer".
Blue Oyster Cult had shedloads of non-member lyricists, Sandy Pearlman foremost among them.

Robert Hunter, John Perry Barlow

Hunter already mentioned.

Dylan Thomas, for John Cale

xp Wow, for some reason I didn't even see that post.

Bernie Taupin of course

There are lots of songwriters and performers who co-wrote with lyricists, though, that's different from being a bandmember. Although Taupin does show up posing with the Elton John Band in the liners of Rock of the Westies.

Are there rap groups with strictly non-performing lyricists?

The real cale one is “ratso” larry sloman, always thought it really sticks out in an interesting way that in the middle of his calalogue, when he’s already a pretty accomplished lyricist, there’s a whole album where all the words are written by some rando journalist (looking at “r”ls’s wiki now and it doesn’t even mention the cale album, but it does mention he was editor in chief of high times)

Are there rap groups with strictly non-performing lyricists?

― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 3:36 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I think the D.O.C. wrote most of Dre's lyrics on the Chronic, but did only showed up in a skit iirc

You could make an argument for Richey Manic.

Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Jackass, Dies at 90

But Tom Lehrer hanging in there at 94!

I always thought of him at Tom Lehrer Light, but RIP nonetheless

Ah, so many dated jokes spring to mind: "Anyhoo... Steny who?"

"Is it Joe Biden, or is it Memorex?"

"Cuomo, Cuomo an esoteric choice/
His running mate will be his inner voice"

Mario, that is

can't say I ever heard of him but BTB Savage

https://hiphopdx.com/news/btb-savage-shot-killed-after-mocking-dead-enemy

Ken Buchanan, WBA Lightweight Champion, one of the greatest British boxers of all time, possibly the greatest?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/65149207

Ray Shulman of Gentle Giant, 73

Oh no!!! I love that band.

He was also a notable indie producer in the late 80s/early 90s doing records for Sugarcubes, Ar Kane, Cranes, Trashcan Sinatras, Ian McCulloch, Bang Bang Machine, The Sundays, The Wonderstuff etc

The youngest Shulman brother too - Phil is 12 years older than him. RIP Ray, pretty good musician!

He's the one who left Gentle Giant a bit earlier?

No, that's Phil

When I was collecting the vinyl in the 80s, his role (other than as bass player) seemed a little amorphous. He had writing credits on all the songs but didn't sing any leads. Since then, it's been revealed that he was the main composer of the music for around half of their songs. This is apparently his work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaLqQo2r-3k

He was the main force pushing GG towards more accessible music in the late 70s, which didn't necessarily work for them, but probably paved the way for his production career mentioned above.

Not going to lie, Ken Buchanan hit me harder than I thought it would.

Gordon Moore's death seems to have gone largely unmentioned. Moore's Law must have seemed like madness when he proposed it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65073812

Can't see past Buchanan as the greatest British boxer tbh

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— ryuichi sakamoto (@ryuichisakamoto) April 2, 2023

Oh damn ☹️

yeah just saw that— horrible news