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RIP Malcolm Maclaren
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 19:46
by emilystrange
everything i grew up with and learned to love has his influence, most likely.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8610423.stm
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 19:50
by boudicca
Good grief! I wasn't fond of the man, personally... but still quite a shock to hear that. I didn't realise he'd been ill.
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 19:53
by moses
Nevermind That Bollocks
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 20:11
by EvilBastard
Bloodyell - no idea that he lived in my neck of the woods, that he was still alive, or that he was only 64.
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 20:14
by James Blast
oh dear, what a shame
rubber coffin I do hope 
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 20:50
by Erudite
Always thought he was a bit of a twit, but still...
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 21:01
by Garbageman
Oh well....ever get the feeling you've been cheated?
Re: RIP Malcolm Maclaren
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 21:52
by Silver_Owl
emilystrange wrote:everything i grew up with and learned to love has his influence, most likely.
I'd agree with that to an extent. Certainly British culture would be very different.
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 21:55
by Big Si
I think i'm the only person in the UK who enjoyed "The Ghosts of Oxford Street"
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 22:18
by Pista
Mmmmm.
I'd agree with that to an extent. Certainly British culture would be very different.
Aye. It would.
Except for the Double Dutch.
Not nice when anyone dies.
Hope he finds a conscience wherever he went.
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 22:21
by timsinister
Amen. The man had such an impact, his passing should be noted...sentiment aside.
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 22:27
by weebleswobble
Pista wrote:
Not nice when anyone dies.
Most of the time
Counts for MM even if I did think he was a bit of a prick
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 22:49
by mh
The joke would surely be on him if Sid was waiting tooled up with a bike chain.
Whatever about how much of a dick he may have been, he did achieve quite a lot and you gotta respect his impact on the cultural landscape. Liking him is optional, and he probably wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Lots in common with Tony Wilson in fact, in those respects.
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 23:34
by Big Si
John Lydon wrote:"For me Malc was always entertaining, and I hope you remember that. Above all else he was an entertainer and i will miss him, and so should you"
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 23:44
by moses
Big Si wrote:John Lydon wrote:"For me Malc was always entertaining, and I hope you remember that. Above all else he was an entertainer and i will miss him, and so should you"
Lydon was, is and always will be a prick.
Posted: 08 Apr 2010, 23:48
by weebleswobble
"I’ve learnt nothing from Malcolm,’ said Lydon. ‘He’s learnt from me, if anything. I wrote the songs, I gave it all the direction, I was the brains. Not him. In hindsight he claims it was all him, but then he conceded so badly in court he obviously knows he is wrong.
'Malcolm wouldn’t know one end of a console from another. To him it’s a big lump of metal with flashing lights... and he’s got a cheek putting his name to all those records made by Trevor Horn and all the rest.’
Pricks all round
Posted: 09 Apr 2010, 00:16
by Francis
Indeed. Pistols - just another (bad) boy band.
Posted: 09 Apr 2010, 07:52
by Norman Hunter
Francis wrote:Indeed. Pistols - just another (bad) boy band.
Just a bit. Ask Nancy.
Shocked. People just won't stop dying, will they?
Posted: 09 Apr 2010, 08:15
by Ozpat
R.I.P.
Posted: 09 Apr 2010, 08:52
by markfiend
mh wrote:Whatever about how much of a dick he may have been, he did achieve quite a lot and you gotta respect his impact on the cultural landscape. Liking him is optional, and he probably wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Lots in common with Tony Wilson in fact, in those respects.
Yeah.
A sad loss.
Posted: 09 Apr 2010, 10:08
by emilystrange
yeah.
indeed. liking him was optional. but ya can't have everything, can you?
Posted: 09 Apr 2010, 10:10
by Erudite
emilystrange wrote:but ya can't have everything, can you?
Why not?
I'm fairly certain I deserve it.
Posted: 09 Apr 2010, 10:15
by emilystrange
*snork*
that's not the same!
Posted: 09 Apr 2010, 10:31
by Erudite
Spoken like a true teacher!
For what it's worth, I will acknowledge MM's influence on British culture.
Whoever said "respect the work, not the artist" was right.
We certainly won't see his like again.
Not with Simon Cowell running the show.
Posted: 09 Apr 2010, 10:43
by emilystrange
that thought had crossed my mind