# In Memoriam… **URL:** \ **Category:** Chat\ **Created:** [February 18, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385 "2021-02-18T07:06:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 46
**Author:** ![J\_C](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/j_c/32/35775_2.png) [@J\_C](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/J_C)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/911 "2023-05-19T07:36:02Z")
Gutted. What an incredible bassist 😔 ---
**Author:** ![Apiento](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/apiento/32/658_2.png) [@Apiento](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Apiento)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/912 "2023-05-19T12:15:41Z")
Thats far too young. If I had one band to go back and see at the height it would have been them. Pre Morrisey turning etc… A ridiculous band ---
**Author:** ![J\_C](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/j_c/32/35775_2.png) [@J\_C](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/J_C)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/913 "2023-05-19T12:27:12Z")
Me too! This gig is amazing, barely a dropped note the whole gig between Marr and Rourke [https://youtu.be/5lMXA1r6GMM](https://youtu.be/5lMXA1r6GMM) ---
**Author:** ![elzorro](https://forum.testpressing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ea666f/32.png) [@elzorro](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/elzorro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/914 "2023-05-19T12:49:17Z")
That’s great, thanks. Smiths are a band I never got into at the time but have grown on me massively in retrospect. I read Jonny Marr’s autobiography a few years ago which was really good and made me reassess. ---
**Author:** ![Pulsatio7](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/pulsatio7/32/17720_2.png) [@Pulsatio7](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Pulsatio7)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/915 "2023-05-19T14:02:13Z")
Just because… [https://youtu.be/MQWVX0VJdaA](https://youtu.be/MQWVX0VJdaA) ---
**Author:** ![Hierbas](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/hierbas/32/18779_2.png) [@Hierbas](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Hierbas)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/916 "2023-05-19T14:11:38Z")
Touching tribute from Morrissey. Beneath all the nonsense, there’s still a heart ---
**Author:** ![Pulsatio7](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/pulsatio7/32/17720_2.png) [@Pulsatio7](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Pulsatio7)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/917 "2023-05-19T14:14:19Z")
Agree, just read that ---
**Author:** ![jolyon](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/jolyon/32/32255_2.png) [@jolyon](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/jolyon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/918 "2023-05-19T15:00:20Z")
Surprisingly lovely I thought although maybe a little dig at Marr - the “manufactured” bit. ---
**Author:** ![dreambeam](https://forum.testpressing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@dreambeam](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/dreambeam)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/919 "2023-05-19T15:10:15Z")
RIP. Got into them as a moody teenager drawn to M’s lyrics, stayed for the music. I could listen to the interplay between Rourke & Marr all day long - mindblowing. This has always been a favourite - I just listen to the intro over and over… [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f37lC0CSXlQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f37lC0CSXlQ) ---
**Author:** ![jolyon](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/jolyon/32/32255_2.png) [@jolyon](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/jolyon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/920 "2023-05-19T16:23:55Z")
Pop perfection. [https://youtu.be/VH5BSkVQLsw](https://youtu.be/VH5BSkVQLsw) ---
**Author:** ![MastaF](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/mastaf/32/3076_2.png) [@MastaF](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/MastaF)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/921 "2023-05-19T21:56:20Z")
Such a shame. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqnFUVCoIL0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqnFUVCoIL0) ---
**Author:** ![Pulsatio7](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/pulsatio7/32/17720_2.png) [@Pulsatio7](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Pulsatio7)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/922 "2023-05-19T22:10:03Z")
Great bassline on this one, probably The Smiths at their ‘funkiest’ “A crack on the head is what you get for not asking & a crack on the head is what you get for asking” [https://youtu.be/9zNwZomsONA](https://youtu.be/9zNwZomsONA) ---
**Author:** ![J\_C](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/j_c/32/35775_2.png) [@J\_C](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/J_C)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/923 "2023-05-20T08:00:34Z")
So good, one of my faves. Rourke is on fire on this one [https://youtu.be/2SdhP2pLvD8](https://youtu.be/2SdhP2pLvD8) ---
**Author:** ![Pulsatio7](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/pulsatio7/32/17720_2.png) [@Pulsatio7](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Pulsatio7)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/924 "2023-05-20T10:26:09Z")
I read somewhere that he & Johnny were just 23 when The Smiths split. All those great records & they weren’t even 24 before it was all over. ---
**Author:** ![howler](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/howler/32/28123_2.png) [@howler](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/howler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/925 "2023-05-20T19:39:51Z")
> **[Martin Amis, era-defining British novelist, dies aged 73](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/20/martin-amis-era-defining-british-novelist-dies-aged-73?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other)** > > The celebrated author of Money and London Fields, whose works defined the 80s and 90s literary scene, died of oesophageal cancer on Friday at his home in Florida ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_C](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/sam_c/32/4977_2.png) [@Sam\_C](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Sam_C)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/926 "2023-05-20T21:08:10Z")
Money is a great book. ---
**Author:** ![reubenturner](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/reubenturner/32/22676_2.png) [@reubenturner](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/reubenturner)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/927 "2023-05-20T21:33:34Z")
I remember reading it in the 90s and one of the characters lived in the same tiny cul de sac in Shepherds Bush as we did (Keith Grove) ---
**Author:** ![MGG](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/mgg/32/155_2.png) [@MGG](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/MGG)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/928 "2023-05-24T18:40:14Z")
Tina Turner… what a life. RIP ---
**Author:** ![howler](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/howler/32/28123_2.png) [@howler](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/howler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/929 "2023-05-24T18:52:58Z")
> **[Tina Turner: legendary rock’n’roll singer dies aged 83](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/24/tina-turner-legendary-rocknroll-singer-dies-aged-83?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other)** > > Turner who initially found fame in a turbulent musical partnership, became one of the biggest acts in the world as a solo artist and one of the defining pop icons of the 1980s ---
**Author:** ![deepconcentration](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/deepconcentration/32/140_2.png) [@deepconcentration](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/deepconcentration)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385/930 "2023-05-24T18:53:03Z")
with the amount of work she put into her stage shows, i figured she’d outlive us all. RIP! [Previous page](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385.md?page=45) [Next page](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/in-memoriam/1385.md?page=47)