Death List 2026

space

Gutted about Sly Stone. He showed the world what happened when black funk musicians dropped heroic amounts of LSD. His band is what broke me out of my Goth Rock fixation and showed me that it was OK for me to be Mice Elf again.

Djpekingman

space Yeah, me too. He had a unique sound and worldview and created some fantastic music.

cordshoes

SatFS were the personification of cool. The American culture that we were drawn to.
How can you not be seduced by their version of soul?
Yeah, they were funky and even jazzy, but could also knock out a melody to get your groove to.
And those glasses.

space

If you're not dancing in your chair to this one then you're dead inside.

Jon

Bod

Flaneur

Best Sly Stone ever is ‘If you want me to stay’.

Kalispera - I’m in Greece, having the holiday of a lifetime.

Under-the-ground

Jon same old question. Did he waste it. A surprise he lived so long.

Do you think he probably did enough, but I’m not his biggest fan as not my bag. So don’t really know. Anyway RIP

Under-the-ground

oneallanclarke he wrote some good stuff. A good age to get to. rip

Jon

Under-the-ground Waste it? God no.

Djpekingman

Jon Wasted. God, yes.

Flaneur

Loose_Lips

Jon agree no waste.

If you get to ten truly brilliant songs I think thats incredible.

Even if thats over 20 albums.

I spent three hours last night looping the same drum beat tweaking hi hats basically avoiding writing any melody. Because its fucking hard.

Fun but I have zero talent.

You have to go work every day and eek it out not bang down 3 IPA's and power up the laptop at 10pm.

I think we're seduced by the likes of McCartney. Those people are almost one offs. Sly is on the edge if the group.

So yes in later life things got dark (are probably in his 30's really) and he could have done more but he made more than enough brilliant music.

We had a birth playlist and my lad was born to 'Family Affair'.

Under-the-ground

Thought it was one of the bollox ones. Looks as if Brian Wilson has died. A true musical genius. Sad news. RIP Brian. Thanks for the tunes & melodies

CharlieG

Under-the-ground Appears true. Wish I had the rights to 20% of his back catalogue. A true musical genius who will be sadly missed.

Harvest

A life lived.

Jon

Under-the-ground Just read that. Fortunate enough to see him at the Beacon with The Wundermints doing Pet Sounds. As soon as I took my seat I instantly regretted not bringing the kids who were only very young at the time but familiar with Pet Sounds from car trips to the shore. Indeed my eldest twin played God Only Knows on her college radio show the other week and last I heard the younger one said it was her favourite album. There were families there from grandparents to grandchildren. Much dancing in the aisles and expressions of pure joy on most faces. Brian was sat a the electric piano but I don’t recall him actually playing it. He appeared to be reading at least some of the lyrics from a screen in front of him. It didn’t matter. His band were phenomenal, his voice wonderful. God Only Knows had people crying. I came close. A five minute standing ovation followed. It was worth the hefty ticket price alone.
It’s in my top ten gigs for sure.
DHM introduced me a lad who’d photographed him in a sandpit once. Sounded quite the ordeal. Essentially every time he moved, picked something up or began to speak Wilson would ask, “Is that it?”

Genius is banded about all too frequently. For Wilson I think it’s a wholly appropriate description.

Harvest

God Only Knows always takes my breath away.

MolOverBeethoven

Under-the-ground

A real talent. RIP,

hendersonjones

Absolute genius , the amount of bands i now love who have been influenced by Brian Wilson / BeachBoys , i would of loved to have seen him live never did
Chicken or Egg , Pet Sounds or Sgt Peppers
RIP Brian Wilson a huge influence for me
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doggybag

Have no Beach Boys records. I'm a plonker I know. Love Good Vibrations and, of course, God Knows. Haven't heard from McCartney yet. RIP Brian, you were everywhere

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