That Television song with the famous riffs is quite good, but otherwise, hmmm. One hit wonder band, like Split Enz (as far as I'm concerned, obv).
Lennon: from the radio, while getting ready for school
I think this'll be the case for a lot of us. I distinctly remember my mum's ashen reaction, though not whether she said anything. As for the others mentioned, I was either too young or just don't recall. By the time Jackson and Bowie died I was pretty immune to being fussed about such things, it was like yeah, people die. And I still have that mental thing from my youth where dying under 30 is dying young, 30-50 is youngish and 60+ is natural death age.
The music death I recall most clearly was John Peel. I was at work, surfing the net. Luckily I was on my own in the warehouse, because I just broke down. I phoned my mum in floods of tears. It felt like a friend had died, and I realised it was because he introduced me to so much of my favourite music, most especially The Fall (think I was 12 when I first heard them). And that's what your best friends do. "Listen to this! It's amazing!" I remember feeling really, really sad that there'd be Fall music he wouldn't get to hear.
Sorry to meander off the thread title. I haven't a clue what I was doing 40 years ago.
Lennon: from the radio, while getting ready for school
I think this'll be the case for a lot of us. I distinctly remember my mum's ashen reaction, though not whether she said anything. As for the others mentioned, I was either too young or just don't recall. By the time Jackson and Bowie died I was pretty immune to being fussed about such things, it was like yeah, people die. And I still have that mental thing from my youth where dying under 30 is dying young, 30-50 is youngish and 60+ is natural death age.
The music death I recall most clearly was John Peel. I was at work, surfing the net. Luckily I was on my own in the warehouse, because I just broke down. I phoned my mum in floods of tears. It felt like a friend had died, and I realised it was because he introduced me to so much of my favourite music, most especially The Fall (think I was 12 when I first heard them). And that's what your best friends do. "Listen to this! It's amazing!" I remember feeling really, really sad that there'd be Fall music he wouldn't get to hear.
Sorry to meander off the thread title. I haven't a clue what I was doing 40 years ago.
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