[News] RIP Steve Harley

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Lenny Rider

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Hugely underrated singer.

Another part of our youth gone



PS Duran Duran’s version of ‘Come up and see me‘ is surprisingly good

 

Leekbrookgull

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We saw him a few years ago and his final song was That Song and it was basically the audience singing it and not him and his band. Sad news.

 

LamieRobertson

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RIP Steve

Come up and see me make me smile …and many others

As said …another from my youth gone

 

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birthofanorange

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Mr. Soft has stiffed.
Really cool guy and incredibly talented. Bloody cancer...again! FFS.

 

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tigertim68

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Loved come up and make me smile ,
great song
RIP

 

Ooh it’s a corner

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Always came across very well in interviews - I remember this tune in particular from when they first had commercial success - sad news indeed RIP

 

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timbha

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Mr Raffles

RIP Steve Harley

 

birthofanorange

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I was privileged to have spent a couple of hours with him, along with John Martyn, getting quite pickled and he had us both in stitches with his humour.

 

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5Ways Gull

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Saw him at Brighton Centre early part of this century. Musically great and he was very entertaining. Remember he kicked off Sounds of the 70s on R2 before Johnny Walker took over. Very sad RIP.

 

One Teddy Maybank

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RIP

 

Flounce

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birthofanorange said:

I was privileged to have spent a couple of hours with him, along with John Martyn, getting quite pickled and he had us both in stitches with his humour.

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Drinking with John Martyn, you must have a mega constitution!

RIP Steve, loved Cockney Rebel

Class act

 

birthofanorange

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Flounce said:

Drinking with John Martyn, you must have a mega constitution!

RIP Steve, loved Cockney Rebel

Class act

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It was a mad night, tbh. I ended up driving him (bad boy!) in a 2 CV to the Market Diner, where he bought us both a Gutbuster to soak up the booze and he regaled me with tales of his life and loves.
Then I drove him back to The Grand, where the doorman struggled to open the door of the car for him.

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Well if nobody else is going to post it...



RIP Steve

 

lawros left foot

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birthofanorange said:

Mr. Soft has stiffed.
Really cool guy and incredibly talented. Bloody cancer...again! FFS.

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One of my heroes as a youngster, Sebastian was the best song I’d ever heard, at the age of 13.

Mr Raffles is now one of my top 3 favourite ever songs, the album version of course.

RIP Steve, truly sad.

 

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boik

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Lenny Rider said:

Hugely underrated singer.

Another part of our youth gone



PS Duran Duran’s version of ‘Come up and see me‘ is surprisingly good

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Not as good as The Wedding Presents, which Steve himself said was his favourite.

 

thedonkeycentrehalf

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Saw him in concert a few times. Even back in the 90s he was renowned for forgetting the words to his songs but always entertaining and self deprecating.

Very underrated and his version of Here Comes The Sun is worth a listen

 

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The Psychomodo remains one of my all-time favourite albums, and this one of my all-time favourite songs - but Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile) is one of the best 'singles' ever.

 

birthofanorange

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Peteinblack said:

The Psychomodo remains one of my all-time favourite albums, and this one of my all-time favourite songs - but Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile) is one of the best 'singles' ever.

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That and 'Sebastian' are my two faves, and fully agree that Come Up and See Me is up there with the best singles.

 

jcdenton08

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RIP Steve Harley

He was famously cast as The Phantom of the Opera:



By the time the show was staged fully, he was unceremoniously sacked and replaced with Michael Crawford. He spoke of his anger many times in interviews!

 

VAL1850

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Saw him four times over the years, great performances, will be sadly missed Rip....