Goodbye Jumbo -one of the great albumsKarl Wallinger, songwriter and front man of World Party, also ex The Waterboys, 66.
Only just read this. Saw him make his debut for Luton Town, early 70s. Great player.Former Everton player Jimmy Husband after a short illness. Those of us of a certain age will remember him from the 1960s and early 1970s. RIP Jimmy.
Oh, that's sad. It's a perfect pop song that still sounds fantastic to this day. Judy Teen is another gem - killer chorus.Steve Harley of Cockney Rebel. Cancer. ‘Come up and see me’ still one of my top 10 favourites.
Still one of my go to tracks if I need a pick up. Impossible not to get a bounce on and arms wide open and and scream 'Come up and see me make me smile'...... World might not get a better place but bugger me if feels better."Come up & see me make me smile' is my all-time favourite
Sad day for music
After the band split, only the original line-up's drummer, Stuart Elliott, would join the new line-up. In a television interview recorded in 2002, Harley described how the lyrics were vindictively directed at the former band members who, he felt, had abandoned him.[9][10]
On The One Show in October 2010, Harley called the lyric "a finger-pointing piece of vengeful poetry. It's getting off my chest how I felt about the guys splitting up a perfectly workable machine. I wrote it saying 'Look, you'll learn how well we're doing here, we're doing well, why are you doing this?'"
Prolific character actor who went under the radar largely.American character actor (more than 220 roles in 7 decades) M Emmet Walsh, 88.