RIP Andy Gill

[4matic]

Gang of Four Guitarist and Song Writer. A true innovator and icon.

[TurxSki]

Punks with Funk. Fine to dance to. Usually had something to say.
"“Gang of Four knew how to swing – I stole a lot from them,” said REM’s Michael Stipe; Kurt Cobain described Nirvana as “a Gang of Four and Scratch Acid ripoff”; INXS’s Michael Hutchence called them “art meets the devil via James Brown”.
Their funky style was also influential on Red Hot Chili Peppers, with bassist Flea calling them “the first rock band I could truly relate to”".
https://youtu.be/z49cmltJJeA


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[4matic]

"Natural's not in it"

The problem of leisure
What to do for pleasure
Ideal love, a new purchase
A market of the senses

Dream of the perfect life
Economic circumstances
The body is good business
Sell out, maintain the interest

Remember Lot's wife
Renounce all sin and vice
Dream of the perfect life
This heaven gives me migraine

The problem of leisure
What to do for pleasure

Coercion of the senses
We are not so gullible
Our great expectations
A future for the good

Fornication makes you happy
No escape from society
Natural is not in it
Your relations are of power

We all have good intentions
But all with strings attached

[frorider]

Art meets the Devil via James Brown

Mark E Smith and now Gill. Feels like we’re losing the intelligent ones.

[DBdude]

I was a big Gang of Four fan back in 82. My how the years keep on coming


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[iceman]

Just 64. Died after "a short respiratory illness". wtf is that?

[frorider]

Rat flu

[4matic]

I thought rat flu too but he'd been struggling with respiratory weakness for at least a couple years.

[mcski]

Too much long term barbecued iguana

[k2skier112]

Holy crap,probably been over 30 years since I thought about Gang of 4. I wore grooves in Hard. I still have the album

[Flyoverland Captive]

“Entertainment” and “Solid Gold” got constant play in my house back in the day. I still pull them out on occasion, so damn good.

[TurxSki]

Just saw Johnny Rotten is 64 like today?...wacky.
Prolly not the case here, but plenty of junkies pass away from respiratory problems/pneumonia...

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[TG]

"Natural's not in it"

damn , what a song. not a word in that lyric has aged out of relevance

the delivery, the aggression in the guitar, the beat
ok-boomer me, but music was different

[4matic]

“Paralyzed”

Wealth is for the ones that want it.

Paradise, if you can earn it.

“Ether” was one of the first songs I recall using voice dub over the top of track

Trapped in heaven life style (locked in long kesh)
New looking out for pleasure (H-block torture)
It's at the end of the rainbow (white noise in)
The happy ever after (a white room)
Dirt behind the daydream
Dirt behind the daydream
The happy ever after
Is at the end of the rainbow

https://youtu.be/qTpffPHNw-4

[Flounder]

Back in the 80s I was too into hardcore to really appreciate these guys. Now this song comes up often on a pandora station of mine and everytime I find myself cranking up the volume. 64 is way too young for such a talent.
https://youtu.be/sNdOtaHniQc

[4matic]

Just great.

“Could I be happy with something else. I need something to fill my time”.

[The AD]

“Entertainment” and “Solid Gold” got constant play in my house back in the day. I still pull them out on occasion, so damn good.

Yeah, I love Gang of Four's earlier stuff. I feel like they lost a step after those two records.

[riser4]

Back in the 80s I was too into hardcore to really appreciate these guys. Now this song comes up often on a pandora station of mine and everytime I find myself cranking up the volume. 64 is way too young for such a talent.
https://youtu.be/sNdOtaHniQc

Ya. I hear ya. I feel like I missed out on a bunch of stuff because it wasn't exactly whatever genre it was that I was into on a given day. I do credit WRUV with exposing me to a bunch of stuff I would never have heard otherwise. Even still, I didn't listen to it 24x7 and had favorite shows, so stuff was missed.

[4matic]

Tiffany and Co. using Gang of Four in their latest ad. “Damaged Goods” Wtf? I’m happy for the bands legacy and Andy Gill is the anti-hero:

The change will do you good
I always knew it would
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust


Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour

Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
The sins of the flesh
Are simply sins of lust
Sweat's running down your back
Sweat's running down your neck
Heated couplings in the sun (Or is that untrue?)
Colder couplings in the night (Never saw your body)
Your kiss so sweet
Your sweat so sour
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
The change will do you good
I always knew it would
You know the change will do you good
You know the change will do you good
Damaged goods,
Send 'em back
I can't work, I can't achieve,
Send me back
Open the till,
Give me the change you said would do me good
Refund the cost,
You said you're cheap but you're so smart
Your sweat so sour
Sometimes I'm thinking that I love you
But I know it's only lust
The change will do you good
I always knew it would
You know the change will do you good
You know the change will do you good
I'm kissing you goodbye

[4matic]

https://youtu.be/GfpaRpppOwg

That’s Rose’ from Blackpink