A musical classic!
We were listening to the radio early on Tuesday morning and the BBC News played a tribute to the recent death of Dave Greenfield. Here’s a little bit of that BBC News piece:
The Stranglers keyboard player Dave Greenfield has died at the age of 71 after testing positive for Covid-19.
Greenfield died on Sunday having contracted the virus after a prolonged stay in hospital for heart problems.
He penned the band’s biggest hit, Golden Brown, a song about heroin, which went to number two on the UK singles chart in 1982.
The Stranglers bass player Jean-Jacques “JJ” Burnel paid tribute to Greenfield as a “musical genius”.
He said: “On the evening of Sunday May 3rd, my great friend and longstanding colleague of 45 years, the musical genius that was Dave Greenfield, passed away as one of the victims of the Great Pandemic of 2020.
“All of us in the worldwide Stranglers’ family grieve and send our sincerest condolences to [Greenfield’s wife] Pam.”
Drummer Jet Black added: “We have just lost a dear friend and music genius, and so has the whole world.
“Dave was a complete natural in music. Together, we toured the globe endlessly and it was clear he was adored by millions. A huge talent, a great loss, he is dearly missed.”
There’s more to read but I wanted to republish one of the photographs taken:
Then to close my tribute to Dave here’s a beautiful rendition of that most famous song – Golden Brown.
A classic, a real classic.
The loss of Dave Greenfield. A loss to us all!
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Sad news….
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Yes, and these days being 71 is not regarded as old. Very sad news, Marina.
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Very much so …and now I just heard about Kraftwerk’ Florian Schneider, also leaving our world…
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I’m afraid I had to look up Florian but then it was clear. I guess the musical world is not the healthiest to be in! But still a great loss!
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Musicians aren’t exactly leaving ‘healthy’ lives… touring most of their lives etc I can’t begin to imagine what this way of life does to their health, making it vulnerable. Great losses…
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Neither can I. But we love their music, don’t we Marina!
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oh, very very much!!!!!
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How sad. I haven’t thought of the Stranglers in years! A member of Kraftwerk also passed away as well. So many of the old guard gone.
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Time marches on, Susan. Nothing we can do about that fact however we feel! I can’t believe that tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII, the war in Europe.
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Wow. My dad fought in WWII along with my uncles.
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So many of ‘our generation’ had fathers and other relatives in the War, Susan.
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sad – memories – feeling old.
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Yes, Sharon, I know exactly what you mean about feeling old!
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Superb song, superb band. Very sad news.
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Precisely, John! It’s a lovely video as well, don’t you think?
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