Robert Palmer Dead

Died of a heart attack. Will always be remembered for that video I guess. RIP.

Spooky, the song playing in my car when I arrived at work was Placebo's version of "Johnny & Mary", which therefore will be the first thing I hear when I go home...

Bob Palmer was, for the most part, a one trick pony. But, it was a pretty good trick.

What 30-something male among us didn't like that video?

May God rest his soul.

"Fuck Robert Palmer! Fuck rock n' roll!" --Simon Gallup

Any child of the Eighties will never forget his many forays into music video (especially that Power Station one...I swear you can see a nipple on the cartoon woman at one point). Hard to believe...RIP Bob

Coal miner music my Hooky looking Brit friend of mine would refer to Robert Palmer as. "Coal miners in Britain loved RP."

I did enjoy his cover of that song he did for the Sony comercial.

RIP

George Plimpton dead as well (he wrote "Paper Lion", some other stuff), I knew more of him than what he wrote, but he was always good at being a narrator or on the Ken Burns miniserieses. RIP George

how old was George then? At 54, Robert Palmer is another one to go far too early. makes me wonder how guys like Mick Jagger manage to keep going ?!

Originally posted by Geri how old was George then? At 54, Robert Palmer is another one to go far too early. makes me wonder how guys like Mick Jagger manage to keep going ?!

George was old (74, I think) but there apparently weren't any signs of trouble with him, which is unusual.

I'd like to take this moment to recommend that Barney et al start exercising more regularly, so we don't have to be hearing about any heart attacks on their part when they're in their early fifties. Thank you.

Now Plimpton was a surprise, and a quite unfortunate one. Sad to see him go.

Sad to hear about both :( ; I really liked Paper Lion when I was younger.

Robert Palmer passing at a youngish age is a bit startling, and I'll admit to owning one of his 45's: Bad Case Of Loving You, though I bought it cause he somehow got Lee 'Scratch' Perry to produce a really good b-side that isn't on any of the albums.

Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope Now Plimpton was a surprise, and a quite unfortunate one. Sad to see him go.

I just went to my local library, I figured I'd pick up some Plimpton and see what I had missed all these years. All they had was "Curious Case of Sidd Finch", which I remember from an earlier attempt to read as being very, very bad. I shall have to look elsewhere

Originally posted by Taboo # 7 > Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope> Now Plimpton was a surprise, and a quite unfortunate one. Sad to see him go.

I just went to my local library, I figured I'd pick up some Plimpton and see what I had missed all these years. All they had was "Curious Case of Sidd Finch", which I remember from an earlier attempt to read as being very, very bad. I shall have to look elsewhere The only thing of his I've actually read is a nonfiction book called "Fireworks." But you see him around all the time in documentaries and such.

Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope > Originally posted by Taboo # 7> > > > Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope> > Now Plimpton was a surprise, and a quite unfortunate one. Sad to see him go.>

I just went to my local library, I figured I'd pick up some Plimpton and see what I had missed all these years. All they had was "Curious Case of Sidd Finch", which I remember from an earlier attempt to read as being very, very bad. I shall have to look elsewhere The only thing of his I've actually read is a nonfiction book called "Fireworks." But you see him around all the time in documentaries and such.

Probably my favorite of his many TV apperances was as the host of some "Married with Children" special. Just the incongruity of a veddy educated Harvard man waxing nostalgic about the Bundy clan is utter brilliance.

The Clemson University Library has considerably more of his books, so I'm going to go tomorrow and pick out one or two. Even with all the reading I have to do for school, I try and make time for non-required reading :D

Sad, I must confess I have always liked some of his songs not so much as to buy them but enough to pump up the volume whenever they're played on radio.

RIP

Originally posted by Budvar Huber Sad, I must confess I have always liked some of his songs not so much as to buy them but enough to pump up the volume whenever they're played on radio.

RIP

Agreed, my admitedly morbid curisoity with someone's works in the immediate aftermath of their passing will not extend to Robert Palmer. He was essential to the 80s, but he and a lot of other "slicked-up" synth-heavy artists are best appreciated in the small doses that radio affords. Far too young to pass away, but his heyday was long past.

Back to Plimpton: I picked up Paper Lion and "The Best of Plimpton" today.

Wasn't Plimpton in the TV commercials for the Intellivision video game system?

Originally posted by His Holiness, The Pope "Fuck Robert Palmer! Fuck rock n' roll!" --Simon Gallup

I was wondering who was going to come up with that classic old Cure quote... :D :D