My favorite
Great thread idea. A week late for Betty White.
My older kids watched FH and then my younger kids watched the reruns ad nauseum.
Only 65. Legit shocked when I saw this
God damn it
Horrible news
RIP Bob. A buddy of mine saw him not long ago doing standup and said it was way better than you’d think. I never saw this movie, but this is one of my favorite clips from him (it’s Saget it is NSFW)
This is exactly my experience with Saget too.
RIP
Anyway last year was a down year for dead celebrities. This year is probably gonna pick up the slack unfortunately.
Dana Delaney, who is herself pretty great, on Saget.
https://twitter.com/DanaDelany/status/1480991813183832066?t=8t56kDDkfoZcPaQggK_2iQ&s=19
Unless your perspective is that Elvis and the Beatles were hacks, Ronnie Spector deserves a mention. She was an incredibly striking woman. Ask Keith Richards.
This info mostly from wiki: The Ronettes were really popular for what seems like a short time ('63 to '65 or so) but they were still big enough to tour with the Beatles in '66. They inspired Brian Wilson. Cher was a back-up singer for them. They don’t seem to have gotten a lot of financial benefit from their success.
There aren’t a lot of videos from their heyday on yt, but this from '66 will do. RIP Ronnie.
Phil Spector. Freak and a very weird dude doesn’t begin to cover it.
He didn’t let Ronnie do that '66 Beatles tour with her sister and cousin.
In the 80s, the Ronettes sued him over royalties and won a significant amount but he kept appealing till the case got to state SC in the 00s, ending with a pathetically small final payout to the girls.
It was really bugging me why “Be My Baby” sounded so familiar when it’s been so long since I heard it. Turns out the drum phrase at the beginning has been used a lot, including by The Cars, Billy Joel, Lana Del Rey, Amy Winehouse, and Taylor Swift. What I was remembering was the song “Just like Honey” from the soundtrack of Lost In Translation.
This reminds me of listening to Steely Dan. A very fine band, but even better if you like hip hop. A ton of their stuff is sampled (for good reason).