So this post marks the sad passing of Shane MacGowan on the 30th of November 2023. Sadly Shane’s general lifestyle was not that conducive to longevity. Probably his most famous hit was Fairytale of New York which was a duet between him and the late Kirsty MacColl who passed away tragically young in a bizarre […]
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So post Covid Island Discs normally consists of occasional reports that act as memoranda to famous musicians who have passed away. Yet every day of course many people lose their lives in tragic circumstances. A few days back I learned about the death of a friend from breast cancer and of course at the time
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Just learned the sad news that Sinéad O’Conner has passed away. I remember a few years before Covid struck I read a very sad social media exchange where clearly the singer was suffering terribly with some form of mental anguish. Whether her mental struggles finally claimed her, is anyone’s guess but like so many very
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So today I watched a very interesting video analysis of a song by the Beatles called A Northern Song. Post Covid Island Discs now usually records the death of famous musicians and of course poor old George Harrison passed away many years before the Covid-19 pandemic. So I guess this post is in memorandum to
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Tina Turner 29th of November 1939 — 24th of May 2023 So Covid Island Discs sadly now functions as a catalogue recording the inevitable passing away of a generation of super rock stars who were so much of my childhood and young adult memories. Today’s citation is Tina Turner. Although I did not collect her
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So as I wait in my car on the 30th of November 2022 the sad news of the death of Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac has just flashed up on my phone’s news headlines. It is a little disconcerting that many of the bands I loved in the 80s are now no longer even theoretically
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The First Day after the Death of Queen Elizabeth II I usually pride myself in being able to select an appropriate song for certain events but alas, for the death of Queen Elisabeth, I can only copy the most popular rock song that is being played on BBC radio 2. It feels strange realising that
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Monday 8th of August 2022 So sadly often when I add a new song to the post Covid Island Discs section it is because a famous singer has passed away. As I write this post I have just heard that Olivia Newton-John has lost her long battle with breast cancer and has passed away at
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On the 19th of July 2022 the UK recorded the hottest temperatures since records began topping over 40°C in some areas of the country. Yet earlier this year on a Facebook discussion group, I laboured in vain against those who continue to deny the overwhelming data that indicates we are moving the earth’s atmosphere dangerously
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So today I have been watching the news and a Youtube commentary by a Russian intellect on understanding what is driving Putin’s insane war with Ukraine. In relation to Russia and how this great nation sees herself, she is like a charging horse that is trying to get somewhere but no-one knows where that destination
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