View Full Version : Gerry Rafferty and Mick Karn have died
thedonal
04-01-11, 09:25 PM
A sad day for music.
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http://www.billboard.com/news/-1004137783.story#/news/-1004137783.story
RIP gerry.
Treacle
04-01-11, 09:38 PM
My god so gutted about this. I knew that Mick Karn had been ill with cancer for while but this is still a big shock. Have been a huge fan of his for a long time. The man and his Wal bass had a sound of it's own. :-(
pegasus
05-01-11, 07:07 AM
Sad loss on both accounts, Gerry Rafferty is still one of the icons of the 70's I regularly listen to, as for Mick Karn, being a fellow greek I followed his music with a passion from his early days with Japan right through to his collaborations with Pete Murphy ala Dalis Car then on through his Solo work.
RIP Gents.
My God. All your going to hear all day on the Tube is Baker Street!..ok normal day then.
RIP to all them both
tinpants
05-01-11, 04:42 PM
http://www.billboard.com/news/-1004137783.story#/news/-1004137783.story
RIP gerry.
It says in that article that he died in Dorset. Not so - he died at his daughter's home in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Not that it makes any difference. I had the very great pleasure of meeting him the night before he died.
A very, very sad loss to the musical world.
RIP indeed.
Is it bad that I don't know who either of these people are?
tinpants
05-01-11, 05:07 PM
Is it bad that I don't know who either of these people are?
If you're under 30, I wouldn't expect you to know who they are.
Bluefish
05-01-11, 06:03 PM
If you're under 30, I wouldn't expect you to know who they are.
cos baker st never gets played on the wireless ;)
maviczap
05-01-11, 06:08 PM
Is it bad that I don't know who either of these people are?
Seen Reservior Dogs Reeder? 'Stuck in the middle with you' from the soundtrack is Gerry Rafferty in Steelers Wheel
tinpants
05-01-11, 06:24 PM
cos baker st never gets played on the wireless ;)
Just 'cos it gets played, doesn't mean they know who sang it.
Thought that was bob dylan? :D
Biker Biggles
05-01-11, 08:36 PM
Thought that was bob dylan? :D
Cant have been cos he is still alive and didnt get stuck in the middle with anyone.:smt039
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here i am stuck in the middle with you?
maviczap
05-01-11, 08:39 PM
Thought that was bob dylan? :D
No he sung Like a rolling stone' & Maggie's farm (not Margeret Thatcher either) :D
How young and uneducated I am :)
Pedrosa
06-01-11, 11:32 AM
Ok so like many i agree Gerry made several excellent records. However his so called genius peaked OVER 30 years ago. he has spent the majority of the years since pickling his liver. It's a shame when anyone dies, but i find it hard to go overboard with sympathy for him.
Japan were so ahead of their time- especially Talking Drum Lp - go n download it now you under 30s, also Gentlemen Take Polaroids & Quiet Life...
remember seeing them do Ghosts on TOTP - wow , almost Bowiesque , and they would have loved that comparison....;)
as for Karns solo stuff - i dk it, can you give us some pointers? is it like Sylvians?
RIP both...
pegasus
06-01-11, 09:02 PM
I have to say its way different to sylvians melodic swooning e.g "brilliant trees" or the utterly excellent "everything and nothing"
its more experimental....and he moves away from his usual fretless bass and tries lots of different instruments try "Titles" from the 80's sounded great at the time but now sadly dated, however you get the idea how he tried alternate sounds, if you wanna go down the autherntic solo bass route then try "Dreams of reason" :)
enjoy
Treacle
06-01-11, 09:27 PM
Spot on Peg:thumleft:. Also check Buoy on Dreams of reason. The vocals where done by Sylvian. A lovely lovely track, one of there best.
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