The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 08-06-2022, 07:45 PM

A few years ago I really got into the song "I'll Never Find Another You." "Georgy Girl" was famous when I was a kid, but until recently I never paid attention to any of their other songs. Was really bummed out when I read this today.

Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon, dies at 79

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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died. She was 79.

Durham died in Alfred Hospital in Melbourne on Friday night after suffering complications from a long-standing lung disease, Universal Music Australia and Musicoast said in a statement on Saturday.

She made her first recording at 19 and rose to fame after joining The Seekers in 1963. The group of four became the first Australian band to achieve major chart and sales success in the U.K. and the United States, eventually selling 50 million records.

Lisnaholic · 08-07-2022, 07:42 AM

Yes, that's sad, Drive.

I remember Judith Durham, the personification of all that was wholesome, innocent and inoffensive in pop back in the old days.
I remember the songs you mention, particularly Georgy Girl. In it's way it was a forerunner, not musically, but because, before the entertainment industry had really got the whole spin-off, sequel, franchise thing down pat, - before that, Georgy Girl was a book, a movie and a hit single all at once. I remember reading the book because I was too young to get into the cinema to see the movie.

Song you didn't mention, Drive: the one about the sleepy train to morning town.

rostasi · 08-07-2022, 08:06 AM

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Lisnaholic · 08-07-2022, 08:49 AM

Good one, rostasi! If that version doesn't wake Judith from the dead, then she really has passed on beyond reach.

Psy-Fi · 08-08-2022, 10:05 AM

The Return Of The Living Dead star Clu Gulager dies at 93 from 'natural causes'

Plankton · 08-08-2022, 02:09 PM

RIP Olivia. My friend had a couple of Newts and one was named Olivia, the others name was John.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnkHf069fvA

music_collector · 08-08-2022, 02:22 PM

That was a surprise. RIP

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 08-08-2022, 05:05 PM

ONJ had been my lifelong crush since I was a teenager.

Been dreading this day ever since I learned she had breast cancer decades ago.

RIP Olivia.

Psy-Fi · 08-10-2022, 08:59 AM

Canadian guitarist Gord Lewis, 65, of punk rock band Teenage Head is found dead in his Ontario home after being 'murdered by his son, 41, who emailed media outlets to reveal his father was dead'

music_collector · 08-10-2022, 09:05 AM

I heard about Gord being killed. What a bizarre, tragic story. I didn't know the band's music, but I knew of the band.

08-07-2022, 07:42 AM	#6522 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Yes, that's sad, Drive. I remember Judith Durham, the personification of all that was wholesome, innocent and inoffensive in pop back in the old days. I remember the songs you mention, particularly Georgy Girl. In it's way it was a forerunner, not musically, but because, before the entertainment industry had really got the whole spin-off, sequel, franchise thing down pat, - before that, Georgy Girl was a book, a movie and a hit single all at once. I remember reading the book because I was too young to get into the cinema to see the movie. Song you didn't mention, Drive: the one about the sleepy train to morning town. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

08-07-2022, 08:49 AM	#6524 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Good one, rostasi! If that version doesn't wake Judith from the dead, then she really has passed on beyond reach. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

08-08-2022, 02:09 PM	#6526 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	RIP Olivia. My friend had a couple of Newts and one was named Olivia, the others name was John. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnkHf069fvA __________________ See location...

08-08-2022, 05:05 PM	#6528 (permalink)
DriveYourCarDownToTheSea AllTheWhileYouChargeAFee Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,188	ONJ had been my lifelong crush since I was a teenager. Been dreading this day ever since I learned she had breast cancer decades ago. RIP Olivia. __________________ Stop and find a pretty shell for her Beach Boys vs Beatles comparisons begin here

08-08-2022, 02:22 PM	#6527 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	That was a surprise. RIP

08-10-2022, 09:05 AM	#6530 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	I heard about Gord being killed. What a bizarre, tragic story. I didn't know the band's music, but I knew of the band.