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Good golly miss Molly....Rock 'n Roll rip

  • 09-05-2020 03:37PM
    #1
    Harry Palmr
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    The last of the original rock and roll stars has died. Little Richard at 87. Even now some his lyrics wood make a rapper say "whoa!".


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    [Deleted User]
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  • #3
    PTH2009
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    Honestly thought he was dead already

    RIP


  • #4
    Immortal Starlight
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OxRjp82y4


    What an absolute legend. May he Rest In Peace.


  • #5
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    The last of the original rock and roll stars has died. Little Richard at 87. Even now some his lyrics wood make a rapper say "whoa!".

    thought he died a good few years ago , huge influence on many stars


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,847 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sure liked to ball. R.I.P. Thanks for the music.


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    fryup
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    thought he died years back tbh

    RIP


  • #8
    Lithium93_
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    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    The last of the original rock and roll stars has died. Little Richard at 87. Even now some his lyrics wood make a rapper say "whoa!".

    Jerry Lee Lewis says otherwise.


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    [Deleted User]
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    What is it with these early rock n rollers and longevity ?

    Chick Berry dies at 90
    Little Richard 87
    Jerry Lee Lewis still with us at 84
    Don Everly still going at 83.

    That's some going for guys who burned the candle at both ends in their day.


  • #10
    Lithium93_
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    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    What is it with these early rock n rollers and longevity ?

    Chick Berry dies at 90
    Little Richard 87
    Jerry Lee Lewis still with us at 84
    Don Everly still going at 83.

    That's some going for guys who burned the candle at both ends in their day.

    A **** tonne of booze, drugs, and a huge splash of luck in the genetics lotto, would be my guess.


  • #11
    nullzero
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    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    Jerry Lee Lewis says otherwise.

    Jerry Lee is a complete lunatic as well.


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    Lithium93_
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    nullzero wrote: »
    Jerry Lee is a complete lunatic as well.

    Sinking his own rock n' roll career just as the genre was starting to get rolling, by marrying his own cousin, yeah it definitely falls into complete lunatic territory.


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    The Tetrarch
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    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    Sinking his own rock n' roll career just as the genre was starting to get rolling, by marrying his own 13 year old cousin, yeah it definitely falls into complete lunatic territory.
    ... once removed


  • #14
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,059 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    Jerry Lee Lewis says otherwise.

    There we are, I really did think he'd died a few years ago. Fair play to him, the bad ones last a bit longer :D


  • #15
    Your Face
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    "Little Richard was always my main man. How hard must it have been for him: gay, black and singing in the South? But his records are a joyous good time from beginning to end."

    – Lemmy, Motörhead


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    Lithium93_
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    Your Face wrote: »
    "Little Richard was always my main man. How hard must it have been for him: gay, black and singing in the South? But his records are a joyous good time from beginning to end."

    – Lemmy, Motörhead

    Lemmy was best placed to make that remark, given that he too was more or less at the beginning.


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    nullzero
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    Your Face wrote: »
    "Little Richard was always my main man. How hard must it have been for him: gay, black and singing in the South? But his records are a joyous good time from beginning to end."

    – Lemmy, Motörhead

    Little Richard always denied being gay, said it was immoral, biggest closet case in music IMO.


  • #18
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    nullzero wrote: »
    Little Richard always denied being gay, said it was immoral, biggest closet case in music IMO.

    I'm sure I seen a doc that said he had a taste for underage girls
    Edit, someone above already mentioned it.


  • #19
    Adyx
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    This was my first introduction to him!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfYmdn2-cUA


  • #20
    topper75
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    Fired Hendrix from his band. Felt upstaged seemingly. Shouted at him backstage "I'm the king of rock n' roll"

    Has a massive place in music history all the same.


  • #21
    fryup
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    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    I'm sure I seen a doc that said he had a taste for underage girls
    Edit, someone above already mentioned it.

    that'd be Jerry Lee Lewis


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  • #22
    Giraffe Box
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    fryup wrote: »
    that'd be Jerry Lee Lewis

    ......and Chuck Berry.


  • #23
    the purple tin
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    Giraffe Box wrote: »
    ......and Chuck Berry.
    And Elvis.


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    Lucy8080
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    Giraffe Box wrote: »
    ......and Chuck Berry.

    Surprised at that one!


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    Your Face
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    Lucy8080 wrote: »
    Surprised at that one!

    Chuck Berry has a song called Sweet Little Sixteen.


  • #26
    RobbingBandit
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    Piano rifts were epic


  • #27
    Lucy8080
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    the purple tin wrote: »
    And Elvis.

    Hopefully ,just Pricilla!


  • #28
    Lucy8080
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    Your Face wrote: »
    Chuck Berry has a song called Sweet Little Sixteen.

    Buddy Holly had a song called Oh! Boy.


  • #29
    the purple tin
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    Your Face wrote: »
    Chuck Berry has a song called Sweet Little Sixteen.
    He went to jail for transorting an underage groupie over the state line.

    Lucy8080 wrote: »
    Hopefully ,just Pricilla!
    Elvis liked them young too. He was obsessed with girls with small feet. I think you can see a file the FBI were keeping on him online somewhere.



    Don't forget Jimmy Page, Bowie, Lemmy and Pete Townsend the paedo.


  • #30
    Lucy8080
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    Your Face wrote: »
    Chuck Berry has a song called Sweet Little Sixteen.

    Bit tongue in cheek on my part! There is a part of me that loves good rocking innocent songs, only to find out the singer is a bit suspect and the great song is somehow tainted for life .

    It's an awful wrench. How can one not love the song,whilst it may be tainted by the singer?


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  • #31
    branie2
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    He was a brilliant singer


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