The RIP thread...

Lucile Randon

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64314673

Piers Haggard - Film, TV and stage director who was integral in advancing the rights for Film, TV and Stage directors in the UK througout his life.

https://variety.com/2023/film/global/piers-haggard-dead-dies-pennies-from-heaven-1235491886/

David Crosby. That’s a sickener. Heard Carry On in a shop just yesterday. RIP Croz.

Hearing Eight Miles High for the first time was a massive moment for me as a young Psychonaut. RIP.

It's still pretty mindblowing to be fair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d2gVimtU9o

Tshala Mwana died last December, only 64.

RIP Van Conner, Screaming Trees bassist, 18th January. One of those bands that sound as raw and immediate now as they used in the early 90's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVJ-n4uxAXo

Ah bollocks, two Trees felled in a year. Those albums (Dust/Oblivion/Uncle) still get very regular airplay round here. RIP Van

Blimey, now Tom Verlaine has died aged 73. RIP Television man.

That one hurts. Rip Tom

Barrett Strong died last week

https://youtu.be/DvORle6h5r8

Burt Bacharach

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-

Where to start...

Up there with the very best to do it

https://youtu.be/glpIgnmKrZc

RIP Burt. Saw him back when he was a spritely 85 - what an absolutely incredible body of work. My personal favourite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpsDE6KCY9s&t=1s

Was just going through his back catalogue - reads like a dictionary of music in the last 60-70 years!

RIP Burt Bacharach
He truly was a legend and lives on through his vast array of music. Sad day

Very sad. Burt wrote all the best songs.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Burt_Bacharach

I saw Burt Bacharach back in July 2002, when he was a spritely 73. He came on late because he couldn't find his shoes, then opened with What the World Needs Now.

All the hits were played, many stories were told and he had a good trio of singers on most of the vocal duties, but the secret surprise of the evening was Will Young, fresh from winning Pop Idol, who sang Wives and Lovers and a track Burt had written with Cathy Dennis for Will's album, called What's in Goodbye. He was incredible, and got the first standing ovation of the evening.
The second was for Burt himself, of course, at the end of the show.

He really was fantastic - but what a legacy !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5loAY27W5IY

Another version of Walk on By. This being one of my favourite songs.

https://youtu.be/jqfqVDHNW6c

Thom Bell, now Burt Bacharach.. sad times indeed.. influences galore.. RIP Burt

https://youtu.be/_z7D-h5rcaM

I didn't know Burt wrote this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkB5Gy4Qh4E

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