The RIP Thread

[Jeff]

"If Robinson was born in Leicester, why isn't he playing for Leicester?" BN - circa 1980.

Because he moved to Blackpool when he was a kid.

 

[pork pie fox]

Because he moved to Blackpool when he was a kid.

That reminds me of the Antti Niemi caller on TalkSport.

 

[jb5000]

He Spanish football show was fantastic, I never saw him play but that is enough to remember him by

 

[Blaarev]

Trevor Cherry

 

[bocadillo]

Old friends - can't imagine either of them sat on a park bench though.

 

[Orifice]

Dave Greenfield. The Dave Greenfield.
The chap that played keyboards for The Stranglers. Ah well.

From mid 1977-1979 The Stranglers were my favorite pop band. Triffic.

 

[homer]

 

[Robin127]

Was only listening to "Rattus Norvegicus" on Friday. Great album.

 

[pork pie fox]

Don Shula

 

[Blaarev]

Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk)

 

[Jeff]

Little Richard: Rock 'n' roll pioneer dies

The self-styled "king and queen of rock 'n' roll" - who inspired Elvis and The Beatles - dies at 87.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[David Gwilliam]

RIP Little Richard. He was a real pioneer in being from that era before Elvis. Little Richard was the best live performer I ever saw. I used to think that future generations would get the wrong impression because he had to keep static for the chalk lines. Now thanks to YouTube it is possible to get a real impression of his performance. Unlike the gentle Fats Domino Little Richard was wild and this made him white America's worst nightmare. I remember my father telling a friend "You know this Elvis Presley Well Little |Richard is worse." The clip from YouTube below gives a real feeling of a little \richard performance

 

[Orifice]

Wow. Little Richard.
The power, energy, and excitement that he put into music was unbelievable.
'Kids of today wouldn't understand', music today doesn't understand.
Excitement? Where is it, where did it all go?

 

[tedfoxxx]

RIP Little Richard. He was a real pioneer in being from that era before Elvis. Little Richard was the best live performer I ever saw. I used to think that future generations would get the wrong impression because he had to keep static for the chalk lines. Now thanks to YouTube it is possible to get a real impression of his performance. Unlike the gentle Fats Domino Little Richard was wild and this made him white America's worst nightmare. I remember my father telling a friend "You know this Elvis Presley Well Little |Richard is worse." The clip from YouTube below gives a real feeling of a little \richard performance

Where did you see him?

 

[pork pie fox]

Where did you see him?

Kings Lock Tea Rooms, I’d imagine

 

[Jeff]

Where did you see him?

Youtube.

 

[City Fan]

Little Richard: Rock 'n' roll pioneer dies

The self-styled "king and queen of rock 'n' roll" - who inspired Elvis and The Beatles - dies at 87.

www.bbc.co.uk

Good golly.

 

[David Gwilliam]

Where did you see him?

Kings Lock Tea Rooms, I’d imagine

Little Richard would have been too wild and raucous for the Kings Lock Tea Rooms. Frank Sinatra would have fitted in much better. Sinatra died in 1998 and so sadly missed out on the chance to perform at Kings Lock.

I saw Little Richard at Birmingham Town Hall in 1962. He was top of the bill with Jet Harris and Tony Meehan second on the bill and Sam Cookenumber three.
I saw him again at the Gaumont Worcester in 1963 (I think) The Everly Brothers were top of the bill and Bo Diddley was second. It was not getting big enough audiences so Little Richard was brought in. Bottom of the bill were the then little known Rolling Stones. I remember that the lead singer of The Rolling Stones (I had not then heard of Mick Jagger was trying to be wild and failing. Little Richard really seemed wild, I was too young and naive to realise how choreographed his wildness was. I would guess that Mick Jagger learned a lot by watching Little Richard.

 

[Ike O'Noclassed]

Jerry Stiller, father of Ben "also" of George Costanza in "Seinfeld"

Festivus just won't be the same this year.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Jerry Stiller, father of Ben "also" of George Costanza in "Seinfeld"

Festivus just won't be the same this year.

Also Carrie Spooner’s dad in King of Queens. Funniest thing about the show by a mile.