Dropping Like Flies

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

You forgot the inventor of the Wet Willie.

already dead AND I DIDN'T TAKE IT WELL

Sorry for your loss. I didn’t know.

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I like Blondie....but putting Debbie Harry in that list is re-duck-u-less

One could make the argument she has sold more records than Bryan Ferry, Van Morrison, or Ray Davies (unless I am way off on my sales figures I just googled) and probably has more "recognizable to common people in 2019" songs than all three together. Debbie Harry being on this doesn't seem absurd to me.

I almost added Ferry to that list
Davies I get...most people don't understand how important the kinks are
But I'd say VM is more popular overall and has more sales than blondie...but I could be wrong

[kosmo vinyl]

Larry Wallis - Original Guitarist in Motörhead and early Stiff Records recording artist

And my autocorrect just umlauted the o in Motörhead \m/

[WALKonBack]

Suzanne Whang.  So sad. She, was incredible.  Loved her, so.

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Suzanne Whang.  So sad. She, was incredible.  Loved her, so.

Born in Arlington

[Space Freely]

I like Blondie....but putting Debbie Harry in that list is re-duck-u-less

One could make the argument she has sold more records than Bryan Ferry, Van Morrison, or Ray Davies (unless I am way off on my sales figures I just googled) and probably has more "recognizable to common people in 2019" songs than all three together. Debbie Harry being on this doesn't seem absurd to me.

Agreed. My 12 year old wouldn't recognize the names Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry, Van Morrison, Kinks/Ray Davies. She definitely knows Blondie though.

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I think influence outweighs popularity in terms of importance

But Blondie and particularly Debbie Harry has had an incredible influence on women (and men) not so much musically but on what a woman could be, do and represent within rock and roll

Roxy Music is always put down in the US but they are after Bowie the most important UK act until the Sex Pistols and the most important influence on the early 80s New Romantic movement (Duran Duran etc)

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Yonrico Scott

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Sid Haig

[rich_WDC]

Sid Haig

Wow, didn't know he was 80.   
Oh Captain! My Captain!

[rich_WDC]

Robert Hunter
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-hunter-grateful-dead-dead-889788/

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Robert Hunter
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-hunter-grateful-dead-dead-889788/

whoops... put him in the belly up thread.

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That sucks but not entirely surprising as he had dropped out of the public eye

Definitely one of the finest American lyricists in modern music...maybe behind Dylan

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Jacques Chirac

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Hug the ones you are closest with . . . then hug everyone else. You, just never know, how time runs against your chances to say goodbye.

Love you and will always miss you, my dear friend.

Until, I see you again.