DaveA wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 10:57 am

AdamN wrote:https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ronnie-spector-rip/

Ronnie Spector, great singer with a great voice, and by all accounts a sweet person.

Have been trying to think of more to say beyond that, am coming up blank, but if nothing else, her passing was impetus enough for me to finally pick up the Back to Mono boxset.

I think this is her finest work

NGL, I dig "Take Me Home Tonight."

Yeah, the production might seem to render it rather cheesy, but it's got hooks and "feels." And Ronnie BELTS it on that track. Just...soaring vocals. No shame there, even if Eddie himself wasn't the biggest fan of it, likely because he had to sing it a zillion times.

DaveA wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 2:45 pm NGL, I dig "Take Me Home Tonight."

This song has become a karaoke favorite of mine lately.

Jean-Jacques Beineix

(cue sound of Stranglers fans catching their breath for a moment)

One of the big beasts of "flashy" 80s French cinema...Diva, Betty Blue, etc. Personally, I think IP5 is a much underappreciated movie, greatly overshadowed by his "killing" of Yves Montand.

RIP

DaveA wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 2:45 pm NGL, I dig "Take Me Home Tonight."

I posted it unironically, def dig it too

zircona1 wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:17 pm This song has become a karaoke favorite of mine lately.

Do you sing it as a duet? Do you need a Ronnie for your Eddie or vice versa?

Chud Fusk wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:43 pm

zircona1 wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:17 pm This song has become a karaoke favorite of mine lately.

Do you sing it as a duet? Do you need a Ronnie for your Eddie or vice versa?

The Ronnie vocals are already on the track, no need for another singer!

Howard Dumble, infamous creator/builder of Dumble Amps:

Rachel Nagy, Detroit Cobras.

Meat Loaf.

Take the day off. Crack open that bottle you've been saving. He is finally dead.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:18 am Meat Loaf.

Take the day off. Crack open that bottle you've been saving. He is finally dead.

Now I’ll never find out what he refuses to do for love

I kid, I kid… RIP