mr. furley
Footballguy
i mean, you could say that about pretty much every NFL team until, like, 2 years ago
Fantasy Football - Footballguys Forums
This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
______ Passed Away Today, RIP (3 Viewers)
- Thread starter Good Posting Judge
- Start date
Eephus
Footballguy
Novelist Frederick Forsyth died at age 86. He drew upon his experiences as a war correspondent and a MI6 agent to write some great thrillers in the 70s and 80s including The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File and The Fourth Protocol.
www.bbc.com
The Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth dies
Forsyth, who sold 75 million books, is remembered as "one of the world's greatest thriller writers".
www.bbc.com
New Binky the Doormat
Footballguy
oh man ...Sly ... 
variety.com
Sly Stone, Funk-Rock Pioneer Who Led the Family Stone, Dies at 82
Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early '70s, has died. He was 82.
variety.com
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
oh man ...Sly ...
Sly Stone, Funk-Rock Pioneer Who Led the Family Stone, Dies at 82
Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early '70s, has died. He was 82.
Rough two days.Brian Wilson
It would be really hard to overstate the quality of their music and the influence they had on what came after.
In a lot of ways, these two guys were the same person. Both were perfectionists who couldn't stand the fact that they couldn't make the perfect record (both were wrong, because they made a lot of them). Both struggled with mental/emotional/addiction issues.
This is a big gut-punch for me.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Not sure how true the story of the Beatles driving him mad was, but I think he was already fairly intense.Brian Wilson
One of pop musics titans though.
I’m off to play a mix of Sloop John B, Wouldn’t it Be Nice, Help Me Rhonda and Good Vibrations about 20 times
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
On the one hand, I always thought the lyrics were a little weird (a love song that starts "I may not always love you" and then repeatedly raises the possibility of his love interest leaving him). But "God Only Knows" may be one of the most musically gorgeous songs ever written. I'd say it's a close call between that and "Bridge Over Troubled Water".Brian Wilson
The other thing that always stuck out to me about Wilson's songwriting: It's conventional wisdom that the Beatles/Beach Boys rivalry developed as both bands evolved from teeny boppers to brilliant, complex songwriters over the course of the '60s. But "Surfer Girl", which was the first song Wilson ever wrote (give or take), is way more advanced musically than anything the Beatles were doing in the early '60s
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Two absolute legends in a matter of days. A lot more are going to be passing on to the great music factory in the afterlife soon...
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
With all of these legendary rock stars being so old now, unfortunately expect a lot more ahead.
Statorama
Footballguy
I gotta think he's in a better place.Brian Wilson
F Murray Wilson and F Eugene Landy.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
F Murray Abraham!I gotta think he's in a better place.Brian Wilson
F Murray Wilson and F Eugene Landy.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Mike Love deserves a spot in that class picture.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Thinking about this some more. I didn't. mean my comment as a shot at Lennon and McCartney. I still think, at the peak of their powers, they were the GOAT songwriters (probably because they pushed each other to new heights). My point was that the conventional wisdom on them is pretty accurate; they really were teeny boppers who evolved into greatness. But with Wilson, the greatness was there from the beginning.
Imagine you found someone who had never heard of either group. If you played them "Love Me Do" they would never believe that the same songwriters eventually wrote Sgt. Peppers. But if you played "Surfer Girl" and told them the same guy wrote "Good Vibrations", they would immediately spot the through-line
General Malaise
Footballguy
Apparently, Wilson's first experience with acid was taking the equivalent of 12 tabs? If so, my word......that's A LOT!
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
That’ll do it.
ETA - I’m an adventurous guy with the frontal lobe of a 8 year old but that’s bonkers.
FairWarning
Footballguy
UCLA All-American David Greenwood 68, cancer. He was the 2nd pick in the 1980 draft, after Magic.
zamboni
Footballguy
Only a coin toss made him a Bull instead of Magic. Solid underrated NBA player and very strong on the boards. Basically held down the fort for a not so great Bulls team before Jordan arrived. Later traded to the Spurs for George Gervin.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
He was a hell of a player and could leap out of the gym. I remember him in college pinning some guy's shot on the backboard above the square.
FairWarning
Footballguy
Probably the best game in DePaul history was beating UCLA w/Greenwood to make the final four.
identikit
Footballguy
Actor Harris Yulin, dead @ 87
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/ce...er&cvid=3aa5572303b245a0e5c5efd7cf77b277&ei=6
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/ce...er&cvid=3aa5572303b245a0e5c5efd7cf77b277&ei=6
northern exposure
Footballguy
Didn't know his name. But, as soon as I saw his photo, I knew who he was.
Similar threads
- Sticky
