Page 1 of 2
RIP PETE BURNS (DEAD OR ALIVE)
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 18:48
by dtsom
WHAT THE f**k IS GOING ON IN THIS BLOODY YEAR??
OTHER ARTIST PASSED AWAY.....
RIP!
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 18:58
by EmmaPeelWannaBe
at this rate we're going to need a sad face emoticon for HL.
So sad, and only 57 (Von's age)
:'(
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 18:59
by eastmidswhizzkid
i just saw this on the news. another one chalked up to 2016 as diego says. it's mostly just coincidental generational die-off i know but still....
i can't say i was a huge Dead Or Alive fan but i had no problem with Pete. he was so gloriously outrageous and as rock'n'roll as a pop star can be. he was even quite good-looking before his plastic surgery disaster.
RIP.
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 19:07
by Pista
He ran a record shop before he was famous & if he didn't like what you were wearing he wouldn't serve you
Saw DOA once & thought they were pretty good.
Once again, fcuk you 2016
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 19:09
by EvilBastard
F
uck.
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 19:16
by emilystrange
upset.
what utterly crap news.
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 19:21
by emilystrange
someone i know has posted 'RIP Pete Best'
*headdesk*
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 20:18
by SmileySister
Absolutely devastated
He was a true legend and a real inspiration for us young punks and goths in Liverpool.
I have so many wonderful memories and stories but too shocked and sad at this news to barely speak.
Rest in Peace Pete
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 21:37
by Microcosmia
Very saddened by this news. I remember him well on TV in the 80's, being his talented and fabulous self, and he did it so well. RIP Pete, and yes this year has taken some of the best.
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 21:53
by mh
I'm not sure I've any idea what to say at this stage. This year has taken so much from us. RIP to another genuine entertainer.
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 22:37
by Being645
...
...
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 23:00
by shivarising
emilystrange wrote:someone i know has posted 'RIP Pete Best'
*headdesk*
Well, that's a long period of mourning, then, innit?
Posted: 24 Oct 2016, 23:25
by Nikolas Vitus Lagartija
More very sad news. Some lovely tributes already coming from Merseyside and elsewhere, including a great one from Mr Keenan on Facebook.
Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 00:00
by million voices
I saw DOA in 1985 I thought they were jolly good. Of their recorded output "Sophisticated Boom Boom" still gets a certain amount of play.
Very sad news. RIP.
Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 00:26
by EvilBastard
Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 01:53
by Husek
Oh f**k off 2016
Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 07:36
by stefan moermans
boolocks :-(
Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 08:21
by Phil
Quite often star quality has nothing to do with how many records you've sold or what movies you've appeared in and Peter Burns epitomised this.
Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 09:18
by Microcosmia
Husek wrote:Oh f**k off 2016
You said it so much better than I could.
Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 13:04
by Being645
Just to remember
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU - with Dead or Alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_xrbmkz03s - and here early this year
He was just so sweet and tough ...
... at least we were lucky enough to enojy his existence during our lifetime ...
Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 13:57
by EvilBastard
Sometimes the
Thump just nails it.
NewsThump wrote:By simply not giving the faintest crap what other people thought of him or his actions Burns gave others the confidence and power to express themselves in ways they otherwise would not have dreamed, and it is that simple contribution that is his finest legacy and it is to be hoped there’s a special place where complete weirdos congregate in the afterlife, as he’ll fit right in.
The last thing Pete would want is for people to be too sad at the news of his death. That would make him spin in his grave.
Posted: 25 Oct 2016, 19:26
by bearskin
I quite liked the early DoA music from '82 and '83 - have The Stranger and Number Eleven 7" even now.
Pete was a real inspiration in how he looked - somewhere between Daniel Ash and Boy George, which defined a certain moment in time.
Posted: 26 Oct 2016, 09:29
by markfiend
EvilBastard wrote:NewsThump wrote:...That would make him spin in his grave.
Right round like a record baby.
Edit: Oh, they made that joke already.
RIP Pete
Posted: 27 Oct 2016, 12:21
by Swinnow
Pista wrote:He ran a record shop before he was famous & if he didn't like what you were wearing he wouldn't serve you
He used to be found in Probe Records in Liverpool, guess he kind of worked there sometimes lol, sad loss tho RIP la
Posted: 27 Oct 2016, 12:50
by emilystrange
i used to spend a fair amount of time in Probe, sadly after his time there. darn.