BB King is dead, long live the King

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  • Carlitos
    Ugly Custard
    • May 2007
    • 1387

    BB King is dead, long live the King

    Last edited by Carlitos; 15-05-2015, 11:27 AM.
    ¡A tope con la vida!
  • Expiry2011
    He's going, going... gone.
    • Mar 2008
    • 4564

    #2
    RIP
    This was on a John Stapleton mix a few years ago - class

    "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no innocuous leisurely diversion. It is a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under the influence to irrational, compulsive, fanatical extremes."

    Night of the Living Vinyl

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    • IAN
      Lonely Jelly
      • Dec 2004
      • 2116

      #3
      BB was class.

      This is one of my faves, top notch popcorn....



      He also revisited it later on as a funkier instrumental....

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      • Yr Ynys
        Hot Butter
        • Feb 2015
        • 23

        #4
        I saw BB King in concert some time ago. Excellent, obviously.

        We were walking past the venue and there was advertising up that he was playing that evening, me and my girlfriend went in and asked if there were tickets. We were told it had been sold out for months - but they'd just had a single ticket returned.

        I said I'd take it! turned to the gf, apologised, and went in. Great night.

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        • IAN
          Lonely Jelly
          • Dec 2004
          • 2116

          #5
          Originally posted by Yr Ynys View Post
          I saw BB King in concert some time ago. Excellent, obviously.

          We were walking past the venue and there was advertising up that he was playing that evening, me and my girlfriend went in and asked if there were tickets. We were told it had been sold out for months - but they'd just had a single ticket returned.

          I said I'd take it! turned to the gf, apologised, and went in. Great night.
          Respect. You did what had to be done.

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          • jb stanislas
            Animated Egg
            • Feb 2014
            • 446

            #6
            Originally posted by Yr Ynys View Post
            I said I'd take it! turned to the gf, apologised, and went in. Great night.
            Question is, did you get any p***y when you saw her the next time?

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            • jb stanislas
              Animated Egg
              • Feb 2014
              • 446

              #7
              That;s 2 Kings in 2 weeks. I heard Ben E. King passed away recently.

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              • Yr Ynys
                Hot Butter
                • Feb 2015
                • 23

                #8
                Originally posted by jb stanislas View Post
                Question is, did you get any p***y when you saw her the next time?
                Well we got married eventually, so I guess we're about even!

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                • babycart
                  Baldhead Growler
                  • Sep 2004
                  • 14062

                  #9
                  Workmate 1: Oh no! BB King´s died!
                  Workmate 2: Oh no, he was wonderful.
                  Workmate 3: B B King! That´s terrible.
                  Workmate 1: Aren´t you upset, Babycart?
                  Me: I don´t really know anything he did.
                  Workmates 1,2 & 3: YOU DON'T KNOW BB KING!!!!!
                  Me: Alright, what did he do?

                  silence
                  Vardy.....¡¡¡PELIGRO!!!

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                  • Expiry2011
                    He's going, going... gone.
                    • Mar 2008
                    • 4564

                    #10
                    Originally posted by babycart View Post
                    Workmate 1: Oh no! BB King´s died!
                    Workmate 2: Oh no, he was wonderful.
                    Workmate 3: B B King! That´s terrible.
                    Workmate 1: Aren´t you upset, Babycart?
                    Me: I don´t really know anything he did.
                    Workmates 1,2 & 3: YOU DON'T KNOW BB KING!!!!!
                    Me: Alright, what did he do?

                    silence
                    Do they call you Babycart in the office? I always thought it was a pseudonym???
                    "Record collecting is no mere hobby, no innocuous leisurely diversion. It is a feverish passion bordering on dementia, driving those under the influence to irrational, compulsive, fanatical extremes."

                    Night of the Living Vinyl

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                    • babycart
                      Baldhead Growler
                      • Sep 2004
                      • 14062

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Expiry2011 View Post
                      Do they call you Babycart in the office? I always thought it was a pseudonym???
                      No, they call me all sorts of things. I was remaining in character in the anecdote for absurd effect.
                      Vardy.....¡¡¡PELIGRO!!!

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                      • Agnes_Guano
                        Electric Banana
                        • Sep 2010
                        • 1802

                        #12
                        The Downstairs Lounge
                        http://downstairslounge.wordpress.com/
                        http://soundcloud.com/agnes-guano/

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                        • giantchicken
                          Ugly Custard
                          • Sep 2009
                          • 1277

                          #13


                          Sad news...remember being in my teens and a mate coming round my house with a pile of newly acquired albums to spin, amongst which were a couple of BB King live albums of dubious legality....if I had any doubts about how exciting the blues could be, the sound of those women in the audience screaming like crazy soon dispelled them....wish I had those albums now...
                          you can hear colours when they rhyme...

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                          • bradx
                            Electric Prunes
                            • Mar 2015
                            • 503

                            #14
                            The thrill is ..... gone
                            galaxy of fallon to telepath 1

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                            • Stoneface
                              Electric Prunes
                              • Jul 2005
                              • 538

                              #15
                              He will be missed .... I had the opportunity to see him live a few times and he was fabulous.

                              All in all this is a happy story about a musician, not that he is dead of course, but rather that he lived a long productive life doing what he enjoyed until the end.

                              RIP
                              "Will our children be sacraficial lambs offered up to ease the fears of the multinational corporations like so many brainwashed media zombies? Petroleum and it's byproducts should not be a dependancy in a technology based society. Nothing lasts for ever and we cannot ask God for our gasoline!" - from Flowers and Birds by Rise Robots Rise

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