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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
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 Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: Anybody old enough to remember these deaths |
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Elvis Presly- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1977
Sid Vicous- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1979
John Bonham- Don't remember the exact date
John Lennon- Was shot around in the early eighties
Darby Crash- ODed a day after John Lennon was shot
Andy Warhol- Died in the early eighties Unknown reason
Salvadore Dali- Died from old age in the eighties. |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:22 am Post subject: Re: Anybody old enough to remember these deaths |
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]Elvis Presly- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1977
- I was up north.
Sid Vicous- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1979
- I was in high school.
John Bonham- Don't remember the exact date
- Grade 6 french immersion. Didn't know what a Lead Zeppelin was but the other kids seemed upset.
John Lennon- Was shot around in the early eighties
- I was in grade 9. I was in the school's computer room in front of a PET playing a character based adventure game. This fat italian guy came in and told us. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:39 am Post subject: Re: Anybody old enough to remember these deaths |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
]Elvis Presly- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1977
- I was up north.
Sid Vicous- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1979
- I was in high school.
John Bonham- Don't remember the exact date
- Grade 6 french immersion. Didn't know what a Lead Zeppelin was but the other kids seemed upset.
John Lennon- Was shot around in the early eighties
- I was in grade 9. I was in the school's computer room in front of a PET playing a character based adventure game. This fat italian guy came in and told us. |
You were in high school in 1979 and in the 6th AND 9th grades in 1980? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:04 am Post subject: Re: Anybody old enough to remember these deaths |
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| Fishead soup wrote: |
| Elvis Presly- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1977 |
was into Motown at the time and quite young but remember the 5th anniversary of his death being televised
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| Sid Vicous- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1979 |
who?
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| John Bonham- Don't remember the exact date |
*shrug*
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| John Lennon- Was shot around in the early eighties |
i remember quiet vividly, it was a major news story talked about in school
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| Darby Crash- ODed a day after John Lennon was shot |
another *blank stare* .;. you have weird taste in music or else he's punk/metal
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| Andy Warhol- Died in the early eighties Unknown reason |
he's dead? ..;. somehow I thought he just got old in NY
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| Salvadore Dali- Died from old age in the eighties. |
had no idea who he was until the early nineties and so he was just another dead great artist
How about Allen Ginsberg? Now that I mourned. I talked to him after a lecture of his in Toronto four short months before he died. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:38 am Post subject: Re: Anybody old enough to remember these deaths |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| Fishead soup wrote: |
| Elvis Presly- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1977 |
was into Motown at the time and quite young but remember the 5th anniversary of his death being televised
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| Sid Vicous- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1979 |
who?
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| John Bonham- Don't remember the exact date |
*shrug*
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| John Lennon- Was shot around in the early eighties |
i remember quiet vividly, it was a major news story talked about in school
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| Darby Crash- ODed a day after John Lennon was shot |
another *blank stare* .;. you have weird taste in music or else he's punk/metal
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| Andy Warhol- Died in the early eighties Unknown reason |
he's dead? ..;. somehow I thought he just got old in NY
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| Salvadore Dali- Died from old age in the eighties. |
had no idea who he was until the early nineties and so he was just another dead great artist
How about Allen Ginsberg? Now that I mourned. I talked to him after a lecture of his in Toronto four short months before he died. |
Vanislander, at least you wear your ignorance on your shoulder. You really have no idea who Sid Vicious was? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:54 am Post subject: Re: Anybody old enough to remember these deaths |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
| Vanislander, at least you wear your ignorance on your shoulder. You really have no idea who Sid Vicious was? |
I said I don't know punk or metal... I assume he was involved with one or the other.
I know my jazz, big band, blues, R&B, soul, Motown, pop, classic rock, folk, bluegrass and more country and disco than I care to (ugh).
But I emphatically do not know anything about punk and next to nothing about metal. I have hated with a passion that extends down my spine anything I've ever heard by those labels. I believe in the value of an electric guitar but the abuses of that instrument have been sufficient to warrant throwing them all on the rubbish bin of history imo; at the very least, not for me thanks.
Ignorance. Bah. Most people don't know the difference between a Gustav Mahler and a Franz Schubert. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:38 am Post subject: Re: Anybody old enough to remember these deaths |
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Elvis Presly- Heard it on the radio and saw it on TV in August 1977. I was in grade 8~ going into 9.
Terry Kath - Chicago - January 1978. I cried. I was/am a big Chicago fan.
Sid Vicous- School friends told me. I waited for the movie Sid and Nancy to come out.
John Bonham- Read about it later on.
John Lennon- Was shot on December 8th 1980. I saw it on the evening news at a friend's house. I was/am a big admirer.
Darby Crash- ??
Andy Warhol- Heard about it a little later.
Salvadore Dali- Heard about his death. Really loved his giant paintings @ L. Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredricton.
Mark Heard - He was my favorite songwriter. I was at a music festival when I heard of his death. Was depressed for a month.
Allen Ginsberg died the day before I flew over to Korea. Dylan did a tribute song "Desolation Row" (I believe it was)for him that night I was crossing the puddle in my hometown of Moncton. Wishing I could have been there.
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Shauneyz
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Location: The land of Nod
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: Re: Anybody old enough to remember these deaths |
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| Harpeau wrote: |
Allen Ginsberg died the day before I flew over to Korea. Dylan did a tribute to him that night I was crossing the puddle in my hometown of Moncton. Wishing I could have been there. |
Wow...that's more depressing than my whole day. ...and I had a really lame day. |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Elvis Presly- he died on my grandmother's birthday. i was 6. she was reading the paper and said something like "oh, fiddlesticks, elvis presley died." i didn't know who he was. for some reason the newspaper was printed on green stock that day. that's what i remember about it.
Sid Vicous- didn't even notice, SPs got zero radio play in my town.
John Bonham- never really noticed zeppelin until my early 30s
John Lennon- saw it on the news. was bummed for weeks. just think of how different the world would be had he lived.
Darby Crash- didn't know who he was until long after i got into punk.
Andy Warhol- heard about it on the news.
Salvadore Dali- heard about it on the news. |
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BS.Dos.
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:29 am Post subject: Re: Anybody old enough to remember these deaths |
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| Fishead soup wrote: |
| Elvis Presly- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1977 |
Yeah, I can remember the large one dying. I was on my school summer holiday, staying at my Nan's for a few weeks. I can still remember it, because at the time, I couldn't remember who Elvis was (I was only seven ). I seem to remember thinking that Elvis was Yul Brinner or someone. Took me a while to connect dead Elvis with living Elvis. Suffice to say, I didn't grow up hearing his music. No one in my family use to listen to him so it didn't really have any impact on me either then, or later.
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| Sid Vicous- Heard it on T.V. Some time in 1979 |
Remember the period very well as my older brother was, I suppose, one of the 1st generation of UK Punks'. I can remember reading about his death in one of the Sunday tabloids, but not really being affected by it, that is, not nearly as much as my brother.
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| John Bonham- Don't remember the exact date |
Don't remember it, but as I got older, I became a big fan of Led Zep.
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| John Lennon- Was shot around in the early eighties |
Another one that I can remember very clearly. I went round to a friends house after school, and while he ate his dinner, I sat in his living room with his old man watching the BBC evening news. As with the others, I wasn't particularly affected by it, partly as I was so young. Either way, I can remember it being a very, very big story over the weeks leading up to Christmas of that year.
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| Darby Crash- ODed a day after John Lennon was shot |
No idea who this person is.
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| Andy Warhol- Died in the early eighties Unknown reason |
Don't remember it. In fact, I didn't even know who Warhol was until I was about 20.
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| Salvadore Dali- Died from old age in the eighties. |
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Don't remember it.
This wont mean anything to anyone from outside the UK (possibly Aussies and NZ'ders though), but I can remember watching Tommy Cooper's last performance on TV. He dropped dead of heart attack right at the end of the show, which was being broadcast live. |
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5600
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| The death of D. Boone meant more than any of those retards. Sid got what he asked for and so did Darbys gay ass. F' Elvis, John Lennon, Warhol and the whole lot. |
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yingwenlaoshi
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| I remember Elvis and Lennon at the time they happened. |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:26 am Post subject: |
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I remember Jim Henson passing. That was a sad day.
I think Sammy Davis Jr. died that day, too. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
I remember Jim Henson passing. That was a sad day.
I think Sammy Davis Jr. died that day, too. |
The muppets and the rat pack. Now THOSE I definitely recall.
How about when Colonel Sanders died? Supposedly, according to what my dad said years later, I watched the news with him and asked afterwards if Kentucky Fried Chicken would close down. It was our favorite place for take out. |
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stacyrb
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
I remember Jim Henson passing. That was a sad day.
I think Sammy Davis Jr. died that day, too. |
Mr. Roger's death was tough too.
Stacy |
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