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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Jun 5, 2020 15:44:25 GMT
R.I.P Steve Priest, part of a vastly underrated group of the Glam Rock genre and some distinctive tracks, of course featured in Life On Mars!
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Post by Vienna on Jun 5, 2020 17:12:08 GMT
I noticed his death was mentioned briefly on the BBC news at lunchtime. RIP Steve Priest
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Post by Cartman on Jun 5, 2020 17:54:45 GMT
Sweet were very good, more than just a teen glam group, to me they were a decent rock group. Their last one was Love is like Oxygen from early 78, which I thought was excellent
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Post by Del Boy on Jun 5, 2020 19:38:43 GMT
Grammy winning song no less
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jun 7, 2020 0:16:53 GMT
Sad news! The Sweet were one of my favourite of the glam rock groups along with Slade and then Mud behind the two of them. Originating in the 'bubblegum' pop era of the late 60's (I hate that terminology!) they evolved well into glam rock with the likes of Blockbuster, Hell Raiser, Ballroom Blitz and Teenage Rampage. Although I still liked their music with such tracks as Fox On The Run, Action and Love Is Like Oxygen, they weren't quite as good as those first four mentioned. I have a couple of The Sweet CDs and they are regularly played both indoors and in the car. Sadly the frontman Billy Connolly died back in '97 at the age of only 51 years after the years of excesses took their toll and drummer Mick Tucker died in 2002 at the age of 54 of leukemia. The loss now of Steve Priest at the age of 72 leaves just Andy Scott from the original lineup but who could forget the costumes and the 'unusual' makeup that Steve wore? Classic glam rock and now a sad loss. R.I.P. Steve
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Post by Dirty Epic on Jun 9, 2020 9:44:08 GMT
Heard it on 6 Music earlier but Bonnie Pointer has died aged 69.
Thanks for the music Bonnie!
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Post by Gene Hunt on Jun 9, 2020 16:13:57 GMT
RIP Bonnie. One of the famous Pointer Sisters who had hits with "Jump For My Love" & "I'm So Excited"
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jun 9, 2020 17:48:59 GMT
Sad news! The Pointer Sisters were a regular on Annie's playlist all those years ago. I didn't think much of them at the time but now I do have an appreciation for their music. R.I.P. Bonnie
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Post by Vienna on Jun 9, 2020 18:13:46 GMT
Sad news about Bonnie The Pointer Sisters had some big hits in the 80s, such as 'Automatic' and 'Slow Hand'. RIP
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Jun 9, 2020 18:38:17 GMT
RIP Bonnie, The Pointer sisters did some big hits, popular choices with party DJ's etc, some good stuff.
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