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Chas Hodges (of Chas and Dave) RIP

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,119 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    No more jellied eels at the beach in Margate


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,895 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    RIP
    Diamond Geezer


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Himself and that Chuckle Brother that carked it can for a new band while they're waiting for the other two.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    We’re all snooker loopy


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,593 ✭✭✭Hitman3000


    'Ain't no pleasing you'.
    One of my all time favourite songs. Thanks Chas.
    RIP.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,372 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    C'est Manifique Hooky Street


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    branie2 wrote: »
    C'est Manifique Hooky Street

    That wasn't chas and dave I don't think.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,372 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    That wasn't chas and dave I don't think.

    You're right, it was John Sullivan who sang the theme tune.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    branie2 wrote: »
    You're right, it was John Sullivan who sang the theme tune.

    Couldn't remember who actually sang it, just remember getting it wrong in a pub quiz once.

    For me, chas and dave will always be associated with a childhood cartoon called bangers n mash.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,119 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Always thought Rodney sang the closing theme.

    Chas n Dave did 'In sickness and in health' with Alf Garnett


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,119 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Well, apart that is...…………. from this one off closing theme tune for the Only Fools 1989 Christmas special 'Jolly Boy's Outing'




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭Hector Bellend


    branie2 wrote: »
    You're right, it was John Sullivan who sang the theme tune.

    His intention was that chas and dave sing the song but they were unavailable at the time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    "we'll show you what we can do with a load of balls and a snooker cue", seemed daft at the time but it's bloody poetry compared to today's music.

    Great fun music, plugged a gap in the market that people didn't realise was even there, off to the big knee's up in the sky.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,589 ✭✭✭Masala




    Am gutted..... have a couple of songs on my Ipod. What better way to sing Chas out but to show the Two Ronnies tribute to them...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    Great musicians the pair of them & as much a part of the rich musical heritage of their city, as the Dubliners were to our capital.

    They enjoyed a real critical & commercial revival after appearing on Jools Holland a couple of times.

    Nice that he experienced that success in his later years.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,134 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    Recent appearance on Later

    https://youtu.be/TOfaybdkw6Q


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,119 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Discodog wrote: »
    Recent appearance on Later

    https://youtu.be/TOfaybdkw6Q

    Sad he died of organ failure today, but he wrote a song on their latest album about his cancer battle over the last year.
    He called it - Sling yer hook! Humour and good spirits to the end.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,895 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    He had an allotment and wrote a book about it.
    https://www.amazon.com/Chas-His-Rock-Roll-Allotment/dp/190635877X
    Great fun, Monty Don he wasn't :)


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