BIG R.I.P.

BIG RIP [2]

Another individual passes who contributed to making an impact in the 20th century and who was key in being part of a band whose songs forgo time.

Thank you Mr Rourke.

BIG R.I.P. [3]

My instrumental star of the Smiths

RIP - top bassist

wow rip. absolute legend, integral part of one of the best bands ever

I maintain that The Smiths would not be as popular as they are without his bass lines. RIP Andy Rourke

Legendary bass lines! Hard RIP

BIG R.I.P. [4]

Marr and Morrissey may get most of the spotlight, but I defy you to listen to "This Charming Man" (as just one of MANY examples) and not call him the stealthy star of the show.

Radio station at work played The Smiths so much today :,[

RIP

A (surprisingly) lovely quote courtesy of Morrissey: 'Sometimes one of the most radical things you can do is to speak clearly. When someone dies, out come the usual blandishments … as if their death is there to be used. I’m not prepared to do this with Andy. I just hope … wherever Andy has gone … that he’s OK. He will never die as long as his music is heard. He didn’t ever know his own power, and nothing that he played had been played by someone else. His distinction was so terrific and unconventional and he proved it could be done. He was also very, very funny and very happy, and post-Smiths, he kept a steady identity - never any manufactured moves. I suppose, at the end of it all, we hope to feel that we were valued. Andy need not worry about that.‘

Class

Thats no age to die. Hard RIP

RIP

RIP

The Moz quote really hit me :/ RIP king