Charlie watts R.I.P

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end of a era been with the stones since the start ,I was a original fan watching from the start at Richmond rugby club (A.K.A the crawdaddy) then as they grew in strength and moved on to a couple of nights a week at the scene in ham yard ,soho ...
shared a pint or two with most of them ,well we paid for them . Brian jones went out with one of my girlfriends mates for a while before his tragic death .
so R.I.P mr watts LEGEND
 
Bet he never expected to reach 80 - amazing to have made it so far.
 
How on earth is Keith Richards outliving most 60s stars??? Maybe there is something to be said for the drugs/fags/booze diet?

Such a shame, was a sold drummer and the backbone to the Stones. Nice guy too by all accounts.
 
Lots of good things being said and written about him. I guess one of them had to go eventually, but it is sad.
My wife always ask this: how come all these rockers with heavy drug and alcohol histories all have a full head of hair? know Keith has a bald patch but still plenty of hair in general.
 
lindsay56 said:
Lots of good things being said and written about him. I guess one of them had to go eventually, but it is sad.
My wife always ask this: how come all these rockers with heavy drug and alcohol histories all have a full head of hair? know Keith has a bald patch but still plenty of hair in general.
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Sewn in? They can afford it!

Or maybe the drug and alcohol use promote hair growth :)
 
Sadly we are getting to a point where we will probaly lose a lot of good musicians in the near future.
The rest of the Stones, Dave Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters to name but a few.
 
hashcake said:
Sadly we are getting to a point where we will probaly lose a lot of good musicians in the near future.
The rest of the Stones, Dave Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters to name but a few.
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I fancy you are right, there are quite a few in God's waiting room. Robert Plant celebrated his 73rd birthday last week, he was on a radio show not that long ago and was asked " do you think Led Zeppelin will ever perform again?", he answered " not at my age...... " :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:.
 
It's weird to be playing in bands now where people don't leave in a huff, but instead can't leave their homes due to old age. Playing gigs starts to become an issue of stamina.
 
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When I hear of members of famous pop groups, those that I spent my younger years listening and dancing to, dying at 80 I reflect on the time-line of my own demise. It also reminds me of many others. Note the ages.

2019..Don Everly..84 (Everly Bros..both dead now .Phil was 74..) -Scott Walker 76.(Walker Bros) Rick Ocasek 75( lead singer The Cars) I'll always associate them with the footage of the starving child in Ethiopia..Live Aid..1985..very emotional footage it was too with their song' Drive' being played. Ginger Baker ..80..drummer/founder of Cream.

2020. Right side arrow click..Again...Note the ages https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...year-980399/johnny-mandel-portrait-session-2/

2021.. https://pagesix.com/list/celebrity-deaths-2021/

So..these famous lines by John Donne (1572-1631) come to mind. I've just taken the last five lines of the poem 'For Whom the Bell Tolls"

Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore,send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
 
Seems a bit gloomy to me, for such an easy going character I prefer

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time

:)
 
Mr Bastable said:
Seems a bit gloomy to me, for such an easy going character I prefer

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time

:)
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It wasn't about Charlie Watts.

My post was about the inevitability and, depending on one's age the proximity, of death. Yours is about what positive things we can do during our lives. Each has its place,of course. I was just thinking about it today and about how some leaders of countries choose not to indulge in the sublime..(as mentioned in your quote) but quite the opposite. I can't think of a better legacy than having enhanced the lives of people one way or another.
 
JohnC6 said:
It wasn't about Charlie Watts.

My post was about the inevitability and, depending on one's age the proximity, of death. Yours is about what positive things we can do during our lives. Each has its place,of course. I was just thinking about it today and about how some leaders of countries choose not to indulge in the sublime..(as mentioned in your quote) but quite the opposite. I can't think of a better legacy than having enhanced the lives of people one way or another.
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The world would be a better place if everyone did the best they could :)
 
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