Austrian Gull
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Really talented vocalist for the Beat. Loved them as a kid.
56 - no age at all.
56 - no age at all.
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[Music] RIP Ranking Roger
- Thread starter Austrian Gull
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Loved them too. Stand down Margaret. RIP
Loved him and them, putting them in the same bracket as the brilliant The Specials. RIP.
Horton's halftime iceberg
Blooming Marvellous
Shocking news. Far to young. What life energy and talent he had.
The apt Stand Down Margaret (insert Teressa) as well.
The apt Stand Down Margaret (insert Teressa) as well.
Freddie Goodwin.
Well-known member
Very sad.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
studio150
Well-known member
Far too young to leave us. RIP
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
RIP.
Love everything about this song.
Love everything about this song.
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
Really sad news.
I saw The Beat around the time of their breakthrough, late 1979. They were third on the bill behind Teardrop Explodes and Human League, neither of whom were particularly big then either (TE had released one single that wasn't a hit, HL got top billing because they had at least just released an album).
Tears of a Clown and John Peel's relentless plugging of the band was about to change Ranking Roger's world. I had no idea he was only 16 then and a year younger than me...
RIP
I saw The Beat around the time of their breakthrough, late 1979. They were third on the bill behind Teardrop Explodes and Human League, neither of whom were particularly big then either (TE had released one single that wasn't a hit, HL got top billing because they had at least just released an album).
Tears of a Clown and John Peel's relentless plugging of the band was about to change Ranking Roger's world. I had no idea he was only 16 then and a year younger than me...
RIP
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
- 10,667
That's terrible.
The Beat were one of my favourites growing up.
Still listen to them regularly
One of the greatest pop songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnljPqBZq6M
The Beat were one of my favourites growing up.
Still listen to them regularly
One of the greatest pop songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnljPqBZq6M
- Jun 27, 2012
- 13,876
Bevendean Hillbilly
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God. I saw Teardrop Explodes and Human League on the same bill at Eric’s in Liverpool when I was a young un...didn’t know what hit me.
Magazine were my fave though. They still stack up well all this time later.
Bevendean Hillbilly
New member
56 though. Jesus what rotten luck.
One by one
Only the good die young.
Except Hitler.
One by one
Only the good die young.
Except Hitler.
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
You may have been let in to Eric's by a current festival-going friend of mine. His first job after leaving school at 16 was as a bouncer on the door, 1978-79-ish.
First day on the job he naively achieved notoriety by refusing entry to some funny-looking guy, not realising he was the unofficial leader of the Liverpool "scene" by virtue of being the coolest looking. It went something like this:
Funny-looking guy: "Don't you know who I am?"
Friend: "No, and I don't care who you are. If you haven't got a ticket, you're not coming in."
Funny-looking guy: "But I'm Pete Burns."
Friend: "Who? If you haven't got a ticket, you're not coming in."
Funny-looking guy: "But I'm Pete Burns..."
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