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Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:36 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Mark James wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:17 pm How come you missed R. Lee Emery and Harry Anderson?
They were never on my radar.
Marc Meakin wrote: Fri Apr 20, 2018 8:41 pm To be fair Dale Winston is a household name but Avicii is not a household name in his own household.
R. Lee Emery was great in Full Metal Jacket
Never watched Harry Anderson in anything
I doubt I would have mentioned Avicii if not for the coincidence that happened today.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:55 pm
by Tom S
Tbh the news of Avicii's death made me feel physically sick because he is probably the first artist to die who I have seen evolve musically and then this happens- completely shocked me. Avicii is very well known amongst the teenager/young generation community and will forever have some great songs....

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:14 pm
by JimBentley
I knew that Avicii was ill but his death today was a bit shocking. He becomes the latest high-profile member of the 27 club, probably the best-known since Amy Winehouse.

(edit: I definitely read earlier that he was 27, but it turns out he was actually 28. Still tragically young).

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:20 pm
by Tom S
The way I feel about his passing is the same as my parents when they heard of George Michael's death- like a part of their childhood had been taken away.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 am
by Zarte Siempre
Weird. I'm not a music snob at all - I like bits from almost all genres. But I always found Avicii fucking awful. I'm really surprised that so many people have lost their shit about it.

That's not to undermine your feelings Tom - I have no doubt that they're genuine, and merited in your eyes - wouldn't want you thinking otherwise.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:19 am
by Marc Meakin
I guess if you are under 28 it makes you reflect on your own mortality.
He was no Buddy Holly that's for sure, who was only 22 when he died and was a terrible loss to music, and would almost certainly have been bigger (although probably not in physique ) than Elvis.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:31 am
by Mark James
Zarte Siempre wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 am Weird. I'm not a music snob at all - I like bits from almost all genres. But I always found Avicii fucking awful. I'm really surprised that so many people have lost their shit about it.
We agree on one thing musically anyway.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:19 am
by Gavin Chipper
Mark James wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:31 am
Zarte Siempre wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 am Weird. I'm not a music snob at all - I like bits from almost all genres. But I always found Avicii fucking awful. I'm really surprised that so many people have lost their shit about it.
We agree on one thing musically anyway.
I've just been listening to some of his stuff on YouTube. There are a few things I recognise, but it's largely "background music". I know he was commercially successful, but he also was nothing like a household name in the way someone like George Michael was. But then I think there are fewer household names in music these days anyway. You get a few really big names, and the rest are generally only known by people who go out of their way to pay attention to these things. Guy off the street wouldn't have known who Avicii was.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:26 am
by Gavin Chipper
Oh, and Verne Troyer died the other day.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:07 am
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:26 am Oh, and Verne Troyer died the other day.
I heard he touched someone's ankle inappropriately
Mini-metoo#

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 2:39 pm
by Mark James
1981:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2005:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2018:
1. Prince from England marries
2. Liverpool is in the Champions League final


Anyone have the Pope on their list?

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 2:55 pm
by Mark Deeks
Guy off the street wouldn't have known who Avicii was.
He would of a certain age.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 4:24 pm
by Andy McGurn
Mark James wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 2:39 pm 1981:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2005:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2018:
1. Prince from England marries
2. Liverpool is in the Champions League final


Anyone have the Pope on their list?
The pope did not die in 1981, Pope John Paul II became pope in 1978 and was the pope who died in 2005

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 4:54 pm
by Marc Meakin
Andy McGurn wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 4:24 pm
Mark James wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 2:39 pm 1981:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2005:
1. Prince from England married
2. Liverpool wins the Champions League
3. The pope dies

2018:
1. Prince from England marries
2. Liv awerpool is in the Champions League final


Anyone have the Pope on their list?
The pope did not die in 1981, Pope John Paul II became pope in 1978 and was the pope who died in 2005
There was an assasination attempt in 1981.

Also Liverpool won the European Cup in 1981 not the Champions league.
Its a moot point anyway as Real Madrid will batter them

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 6:29 pm
by Mark James
Stupid Facebook. I do apologise.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 7:56 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Mark James wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 6:29 pm Stupid Facebook. I do apologise.
Ouch.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 1:47 pm
by Mark James
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 7:56 pm
Mark James wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 6:29 pm Stupid Facebook. I do apologise.
Ouch.
Indeed. I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself. What I don't get is why they felt the need to make up a fact. Usually you'd do it to sell some crap. Or at least get you to click to another site. People were just sharing this random yoke to make a rather shit joke.

Also do you remember everything anyone's ever posted on here? You always seem to find something someone's said in obscure threads from ages ago.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 7:33 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Mark James wrote: Sun May 06, 2018 1:47 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 7:56 pm
Mark James wrote: Sat May 05, 2018 6:29 pm Stupid Facebook. I do apologise.
Ouch.
Indeed. I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself. What I don't get is why they felt the need to make up a fact. Usually you'd do it to sell some crap. Or at least get you to click to another site. People were just sharing this random yoke to make a rather shit joke.

Also do you remember everything anyone's ever posted on here? You always seem to find something someone's said in obscure threads from ages ago.
I definitely don't remember everything! Some things just seem to stick in my mind though.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:43 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Last Munchkin.

Also, Tessa Jowell, Michael Martin and Dennis Nilson all died fairly recently.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 6:48 pm
by Marc Meakin
And Glyn Edwards

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:20 am
by Marc Meakin
Peter Stringfellow

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:10 pm
by Tom S
Teddy Johnson

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:30 pm
by Marc Meakin
Leslie Grantham ( Dirty Den )

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:07 pm
by Marc Meakin
German World domination of football

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:16 pm
by Tom S
Marc Meakin wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:07 pm German World domination of football
RIP- Lived a good life though.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 8:07 am
by Peter Mabey
Harlan Ellison - legendary in the SF fan world

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 5:14 pm
by Gavin Chipper

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2018 5:23 pm
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Jul 01, 2018 5:14 pm Peter Firmin.
Very sad, his programmes were a huge part of my childhood TV viewing

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 5:08 pm
by Gavin Chipper

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:14 pm
by Owen Carroll
What are we supposed to do here?

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:09 am
by Mark James
Owen Carroll wrote: Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:14 pm What are we supposed to do here?
Watch for death.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:04 am
by Owen Carroll
Mark James wrote: Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:09 am
Owen Carroll wrote: Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:14 pm What are we supposed to do here?
Watch for death.
No seriously. Please explain the whole thing

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:29 am
by Elliott Mellor
Owen Carroll wrote: Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:04 am
Mark James wrote: Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:09 am
Owen Carroll wrote: Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:14 pm What are we supposed to do here?
Watch for death.
No seriously. Please explain the whole thing
1) Watch to see if anyone notable has died.
2) Feel sad/happy/indifferent
3) Report here who has died.
4) If you predicted said person would die, you gain some points.

There you go.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 11:04 am
by Owen Carroll
Elliott Mellor wrote: Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:29 am
Owen Carroll wrote: Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:04 am
Mark James wrote: Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:09 am

Watch for death.
No seriously. Please explain the whole thing
1) Watch to see if anyone notable has died.
2) Feel sad/happy/indifferent
3) Report here who has died.
4) If you predicted said person would die, you gain some points.

There you go.
Oh. Thanks.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:36 am
by Tom S
Barry Chuckle- used to enjoy Chucklevision as a child, so was very sad to hear the news this morning.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:02 am
by Marc Meakin
Tom S wrote: Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:36 am Barry Chuckle- used to enjoy Chucklevision as a child, so was very sad to hear the news this morning.
That's very sad news to me.....to you

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:20 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Aretha Franklin. I wonder if she died of a urinary tract infection.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:02 pm
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:20 pm Aretha Franklin. I wonder if she died of a urinary tract infection.
Show a little RESPECT

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:07 am
by Gavin Chipper

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:55 pm
by Marc Meakin
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:07 am Kofi Annan.
That might Ghana some interest

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:33 pm
by Marc Meakin
Neil Simon

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:05 pm
by Tom S
John McCain

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 10:59 am
by Phil Reynolds
Jacqueline Pearce, aka Servalan in Blake's 7.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:19 pm
by Paul Worsley
Burt Reynolds RIP.

Francis Ford Coppolla's first choice for the part of Michael Corleone.

He also turned down the role of James Bond in 1970.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:14 am
by Mark James
Aaron Ramsey strikes again.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 8:12 am
by Gavin Chipper

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:32 pm
by Peter Mabey
Fenella Fielding - for me, the sexiest voice ever!

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:45 pm
by Gavin Chipper

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:03 pm
by Gavin Chipper

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:47 pm
by Marc Meakin
Charles Aznavour

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 4:36 pm
by Tom S
Marc Meakin wrote: Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:47 pm Charles Aznavour
Always liked " She" , and saw him being interviewed by Piers Morgan I think not so long ago.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 12:10 pm
by Tom S
Montserrat Caballe

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:50 pm
by Marc Meakin
Ray Galton legendary sit com writer

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:58 am
by Marc Meakin
George Bush senior RIP.
Who had him in their deadpool ?

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 8:50 pm
by Marc Meakin
Dame June Whitfield

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 11:28 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Paddy Ashdown quite recently too.

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2019 5:03 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Gavin Chipper wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:19 am
Mark James wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:31 am
Zarte Siempre wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 am Weird. I'm not a music snob at all - I like bits from almost all genres. But I always found Avicii fucking awful. I'm really surprised that so many people have lost their shit about it.
We agree on one thing musically anyway.
I've just been listening to some of his stuff on YouTube. There are a few things I recognise, but it's largely "background music". I know he was commercially successful, but he also was nothing like a household name in the way someone like George Michael was. But then I think there are fewer household names in music these days anyway. You get a few really big names, and the rest are generally only known by people who go out of their way to pay attention to these things. Guy off the street wouldn't have known who Avicii was.
I just want to return to the discussion of this briefly. With someone like George Michael, he sang songs. It was obvious what his contribution was. But I'm not entirely sure what Avicii actually did. As far as I'm aware he was a "DJ". OK, let's go to the Wikipedia. Take the song "Wake Me Up" - I've just looked it up on the Wikipedia and it says ""Wake Me Up" was written by Avicii, Mike Einziger, and Aloe Blacc. American soul singer Aloe Blacc provides vocals for the track and Mike Einziger of Incubus provides acoustic guitar." Is this enough for it to be "by Avicii"? Imagine how many number ones Stock, Aitken and Waterman would have if things always worked like that... But as for "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" it has George Michael written all over it (well, it's by Wham! actually but it's a conveniently similar title so I had to use it).

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:56 am
by Mark Deeks
You really don't understand the role of producer?

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 10:05 am
by Gavin Chipper
Mark Deeks wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:56 am You really don't understand the role of producer?
How often is a song deemed to be "by" the producer?

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 10:34 am
by Mark Deeks
In the genres you're talking about here, always.