The Dead Thread 2024

[mookie1995]

OK, so who's the third member of the Kelper's Heroes Are Dying triad?

Obviously….. Charlie Kirk

 

[busterman62]

Rick Davies of Supertramp

ETA Brain Fart it's Rick

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Ray Davies of Supertramp

It was an early morning yesterday
I was up before the dawn
And I really have enjoyed my stay
But I must be moving on

 

[Slap Shot]

It was an early morning yesterday
I was up before the dawn
And I really have enjoyed my stay
But I must be moving on

Breakfast in America was the first box I checked the very first time I enrolled in the Columbia Record Club.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Breakfast in America was the first box I checked the very first time I enrolled in the Columbia Record Club.

I adore that album

 

[HowardMBurgers]

That song has been in my head all morning because I was "up before the dawn", didn't know until opening this thread. Shit

 

[Kepler]

RICK Davies.

Ray Davies is old gap tooth from The Kinks.

 

[Kepler]

Breakfast in America was the first box I checked the very first time I enrolled in the Columbia Record Club.

Same. Right before Don't Look Back and Frampton Comes Alive!

 

[Slap Shot]

Same. Right before Don't Look Back and Frampton Comes Alive!

I wish I had kept record of that order, but I am pretty sure I also had Highway to Hell, Regatta De Blanc, Dream Police, News of the World, Prince, Boston and Van Halen II.

 

[rufus]

Hasn't been mentioned, but Mark Volman of The Turtles and then later Flo and Eddie, died last week.

I had no idea who the hell Flo and Eddie were, other than Todd Rundgren hired them to do backing vocals on the third Psychedelic Furs album. You've all heard their work.

https://youtu.be/LGD9i718kBU?si=aVcq6BDXxOIiLjUs

 

[Kepler]

Shit. I loved Flo and Eddie with Zappa, and they were also the harmony from The Turtles.

Edit: link fixed

Volman has looked like he was about to drop dead since 1971.

 

[joecct]

Longtime NYR netminder Eddie Giacomin, 86.

Damn.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

Longtime NYR netminder Eddie Giacomin, 86.

Damn.

That one hits hard.

EDDIE! EDDIE! EDDIE!

 

[Jimjamesak]

In a testament to the NHL’s history of marketing and broadcasting, I have no idea who that is.

 

[state of hockey]

I have but only because he was one of my dad’s heroes when he was a kid. (He was a goalie and the North Stars didn’t exist yet) Eddie is the reason the Rangers are his favorite team, and one of mine.

 

[Russell Jaslow]

In a testament to the NHL’s history of marketing and broadcasting, I have no idea who that is

To anyone growing up as a Rangers fan in that era, he was the NY Rangers.

He was so beloved, that when he was let go and Detroit picked him up, the very next game was at Madison Square Garden. During the entire National Anthem, the fans chanted "Ed-Die! Ed-Die!" so loud, you couldn't hear the anthem. Giacomin, buried his face in his hands because he was balling his eyes out. You can find it on YouTube. Look it up.

The crowd cheered for Detroit the entire game. Whenever the Rangers scored, loud booing ensued.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Probably helped that the Wings were not a threat to actually win anything in 1975. Only the Crapitals and the Scouts were clearly worse.

 

[state of hockey]

Robert Redford, 89.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

One of my favorite stories about a role that Redford didn't get.

"Bob, let me put it this way...have you ever struck out with a woman?"

"What do you mean?"

"Exactly my point."

 

[state of hockey]

I bet Dustin Hoffman really loves that story.