a 9 year old girl in Weston Super Mare one stab wound death. 15 year old boy will appear before magistrates today... Bless Her...
RIP December
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Singer and guitarist, Joe Ely, has died at the age of 78, he toured with The Clash and the Rolling Stones.
The Clash paid tribute to Joe Ely by including the lyrics "Well there ain't no better blend than Joe Ely and his Texas Men" in the lyrics of their song "If Music Could Talk"...
The Clash paid tribute to Joe Ely by including the lyrics "Well there ain't no better blend than Joe Ely and his Texas Men" in the lyrics of their song "If Music Could Talk"...
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Fashion designer Antony Price has died aged 80.
He dressed many stars, from the Stones, to Bowie, to Duran Duran, but was best known for creating the look for Roxy Music.
He dressed many stars, from the Stones, to Bowie, to Duran Duran, but was best known for creating the look for Roxy Music.
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What a great part she played in Early Doors.
She loved circuses.
RIP
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That’s just brilliant isn’t it
Two lines
No they’re ****e
What we talking about Joan
Mick Abrahams original Jethro Tull guitarist and founder of Blodwyn Pig has died aged 82
RIP
RIP
Sad news - saw him at Wembley Arena many moons ago. Fabulous performer
Absolutely superb songwriter. Amongst the very best.
He'd suffered from some very serious illnesses over the years but still kept on recording until quite recently.
Poignant given his, probably, most commercial song that he dies three days before Christmas.
Drive completed...
RIP Chris Rea.
Think he had cancer at one time Ernie,
R.I.P. Chris
Finally home for Christmas.
Absolutely Ernie - I probably felt a certain empathy as a fellow pancreatic cancer survivor of 15 years now.
Any blues fans, take a listen to Dancing Down The Stony Road. He had a God given voice that was made for the Blues
Read the forum daily but don't post a lot - but wish everyone a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year
Peter
Not just any cancer Rover. He had pancreatic cancer about 40 years ago and not many survive that, never mind live for that length of time. Wrote some fantastic songs, Road To Hell and On the Beach are classics imo. RIP.
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The lyrics to 'driving home' are so poignant...
For years, Driving Home for Christmas has sounded like the perfect festive journey — traffic lights glowing, roads stretching out, the sense of heading somewhere that matters. But when Chris Rea spoke to Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse, he revealed that the song came from a far less romantic moment, rooted in frustration, bad timing and an unexpected lift home.
Rea explained that the song was written on a night when everything had gone wrong. He had just been banned from driving, his manager had walked out on him, and he was standing outside with nowhere to go. “I was on the door when I wrote that,” he said. “I’d just been banned from driving.” With no way of getting himself home, it was his wife who had to drive down to London, pick him up, and take him back. Sitting there, unable to drive, watching the roads pass by, the song began to take shape.
Asked what he thinks about when he hears it now, Rea replied with dry humour. Rather than sentimentality, his mind goes straight to what the song eventually gave him: “I think of that lovely little holiday in the Maldives that it got you.” It’s a reminder that one of the most played Christmas songs of all time was born out of irritation and inconvenience — not festive cheer.
The conversation also touched on Christmas itself. Rea said he loves it, describing a picture of candles, a big tree, stars scattered across the tablecloth and, as he put it, “a fine assortment of wines for prison.” Whitehouse joked about being cynical, but Rea clearly wasn’t. For him, Christmas is something to be enjoyed properly — even if the song that defines the season came from a rough night.
What makes the story linger is how ordinary it is. No studio planning, no grand idea — just a banned driver, a long wait, and a wife arriving to take him home. A moment most people would forget ended up becoming a song millions return to every December, still humming along, unaware that it began because Chris Rea wasn’t allowed behind the wheel.
Sometimes the best songs don’t come from celebration at all — just from sitting in the passenger seat, heading home, and having time to think!
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Just saw on Facebook that Chris Rea has died, Driving Home For Christmas is my favourite Christmas song, I was going boy go see him a few years ago on his final tour, but decided not to, always regretted it.
I haven’t been on here for a few days, but just seen Gil Gerard (Buck Rogers) has died recently too, I only recently watched the first season recently.
I haven’t been on here for a few days, but just seen Gil Gerard (Buck Rogers) has died recently too, I only recently watched the first season recently.
He was very good in that chat with Mortimer and Whitehouse, I'd never heard him interviewed before and liked him much more after seeing him on there.