Rev Ray Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Mike gave us repo man. Pour out a 40 of "beer" in his memory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidNatural Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Mike Nesmith is one of the most under appreciated people in modern music history. He was writing country rock before Graham Parsons broke in with the Byrds. Sweet Young Thing, Papa Gene's Blues, What Am I Doing Hanging Around, You Just May Be the One, and While I Cry are all seminal country rock songs. RIP Papa Nez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 So punk rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Fuck. I loved The Monkee's show when I was a kid. Mike was my favorite. I made my mom buy me a knit hat like his that I wore every winter. RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 The most incredible thing, to me, about Michael Nesmith is his lyrics. He's so stuck in a world of intangibles that no one really compares to him. Even when he brings in physical objects and such, he's still talking about his thoughts and feelings rather than poetic [i]images[/i]. Dylan's rise was raw lucifer in hindsight. If His Bobness hadn't risen up as a societal voice in an uproarious political climate, Michael Nesmith would have ruled as an American voice of the people. His songs seem to exist in a Dylan-less vacuum, and that can't be said for Lennon, Van Zandt, Van the Man, Hendrix, Hartford, etc. He was both McCartney and Cash, Texas and California, a star and a nobody, psychedelic and traditional - and everyone else who can claim those dichotomies was also Dylanesque. Not Nesmith. Nesmith could have taken Woody and Hank and put them together, he never needed Dylan to do it first --and if you say he did, as on say "Roll with the Flow", it still sounds uniquely Nez and not so Dylanesque as other country-rock pioneers like Paul Siebel, Jerry Jeff, The Byrds, The Flatlanders; only Dylanesque in form and more Harlan Howard by-way-of Buck Owens than Nashville Skyline. I haven't listened to Mike in a long time because I knew he was not well, and I didn't want to fall under his spell only for it to end in death, but yesterday still hit me harder than I expected. Cheers, Mike. Your records still sound like they're from the future, and you were so good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 Another guy in another folder claims to be "el idolo", but the real one is, and will forever be Vincente Fernandez. He passed away this morning at the age of 81. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Rest In Peace. Atlantis used this as entrance music, most notably in his mask match vs Último Guerrero. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 22 hours ago, cubbymark said: Rest In Peace. Atlantis used this as entrance music, most notably in his mask match vs Último Guerrero. I've always wanted to see an American wrestler use this in Mexico, just for the Godzilla-level heel heat they could pull. QEPD Chente. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Quote Leonard "Hub" Hubbard, a former longtime bassist of hip-hop band The Roots, has died at the age of 62, the group said Thursday. "It’s with the heaviest of hearts that we say goodbye to our brother Leonard Nelson Hubbard," the Philadelphia -based band said in a statement posted to its official Twitter account. RIP Hub and Malik. Edited December 18, 2021 by J.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 6:17 PM, Dolfan in NYC said: Nicki Minaj's father was killed earlier this weekend in a hit and run on Long Island. Police are investigating. A 67 year old man has been indicted for the hit and run that killed Nikki Minaj's father and tampering with evidence. There is apparently surveillance video of the accident, showing the driver getting out, seeing what he'd done and leaving the scene. He apparently tried to hide the car when he got hom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) Quote Kangol Kid, a member of the legendary hip-hop group UTFO, has died after a battle with colon cancer. He was 55. The family of Kangol Kid — whose real name is Shaun Shiller Fequiere — said in a statement that he died peacefully around 3 a.m. Saturday at a hospital in Manhasset, New York. He was diagnosed with cancer in February. Kid was known for often sporting the popular Kangol headwear and being a member of UTFO, which stands for Untouchable Force Organization. The four-member group was known for 1980s hits including “Roxanne, Roxanne” and “Ya Cold Wanna Be With Me.” RIP Edited December 18, 2021 by J.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Missed this at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Doubly sad seeing Mikes Xmas message from their 2018 album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Tangential death to the folder: Sinead O'Conner confirmed her teenage son, who had been missing, committed suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Michael Lang - co-creator of Woodstock - has passed away at the age of 77 from a rare form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma https://variety.com/2022/music/news/michael-lang-woodstock-organizer-founder-dies-dead-1235149696/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 fuck, man. 2 1/2 years ago i saw him at the Woodstock 50 festival. this one hurts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 RIP Burke Shelley from Budgie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Dammit! Budgie influenced a lot of the 80s metal bands. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) RIP Ronnie Spector Ronnie doing a Be My Baby parody on the Stern Show Edited January 12, 2022 by odessasteps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 This one was just brought to my attention, but goddamn this sucks... Rest in power, James. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Ronnie hurts. A survivor of things I can't imagine, a talent as cool and human and resonant as you could ever hope to have. Be My Baby is the best American pop song ever recorded. I love that her legacy lives with the punks. I love that 1999 EP she did where she covered all the people who worshiped her Edited January 13, 2022 by John E. Dynamite 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 10 hours ago, John E. Dynamite said: Ronnie hurts. A survivor of things I can't imagine, a talent as cool and human and resonant as you could ever hope to have. Be My Baby is the best American pop song ever recorded. I love that her legacy lives with the punks. I love that 1999 EP she did where she covered all the people who worshiped her My wife was not aware that the Ronnie in Eddie Money's Take Me Home Tonight was her. This led to me taking her down a YouTube rabbithole of Ronnie's career that culminated in an appearance on Sha Na Na, which led to another deep dive. R.I.P. Ronnie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 RIP Rosa Lee Hawkins of the Dixie Cups,age 77. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLETTI Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Rachel Nagy of The Detroit Cobras has died. No cause given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogwelder Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 RIP Meat Loaf at the age of 74 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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