Glen’s music has been prominent within my life since I was a child. My mother has been a lifelong fan (and a UK groupie in the 1970’s) and it wasn’t uncommon for our weekend activities to be accompanied by his albums blasting through our speakers at home. As children, my sisters and I hated it, considering it to be old and boring in comparison to the latest Stock, Aitkin and Waterman artists that were dominating the charts in the late 1980’s. At the time I had no idea of his endless musical accomplishments and success – a member of The Wrecking Crew, 70 albums, 45 million records sold and endless amounts of awards – he was responsible for some of the greatest songs ever made… Continue reading
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RIP Chris Cornell
I awoke to the news that Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell had suddenly passed away yesterday at the age of 52… Gutted.
What a voice. What a loss. RIP
Ok 2016, You Can Stop It Now…
It’s only April, but 2016 has been brutal already. After just logging onto Twitter, I saw that Prince was trending, only to discover that he has passed away at the age of 57 (???). This comes only 24 hours after we lost British comedy legend Victoria Wood, and adds to an increasingly long and heartbreaking list of true icons who have left us this year – David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Lemmy, Paul Daniels and Ronnie Corbett to name just a few…
Right 2016, I think we’ve had enough now. You suck.
If anything happens to Jon Bon Jovi I’m not getting out of bed for the rest of the year.
RIP Prince. I’m going to go and put Purple Rain on repeat now…
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