[kj] (OT) (Objection to) R.I.P. Gary Moore

[Nick Scott]

Precisely right too, Gary Moore's music did diddly squat for me
either, but he will be remembered as a great blues guitarist.

Peter West will be remembered as being a cunt on here!  Hardly the same legacy.

On 7 February 2011 09:29, Rob Moss <rob.moss at gmx.com> wrote:

> We might even shead a tear if something should ever happen to you Pete!

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> Thing is, if someone thinks it worthy of comment, then they can.

> If someone doesn't like it, on these things they should shut the fuck up.

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> Gary Moore's music did nothing for me but the fact that a 58 year man dies

> is worth lamenting, regardless.

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> ----- Original Message -----

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> From: F Luke

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> Sent: 02/07/11 08:17 AM

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> To: gathering at misera.net

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> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) (Objection to) R.I.P. Gary Moore

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> Where do you draw the line at R.I.P posts though ?

> Sharon Osborne ?

> Plastic Bertrand ?

> Tempole Tudor?

> There has to be a cut off point and I feel that Gary Moore is on the other

> side of the cut off point .

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>> CC: gathering at misera.net

>> From: rob.moss at gmx.com

>> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 08:01:22 +0000

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) (Objection to) R.I.P. Gary Moore

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>> Don't be a cunt Pete

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>> Show some respect.

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>> On 7 Feb 2011, at 07:32, Peter West <fluke1 at live.co.uk> wrote:

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>> > Sorry, but Gary Moore doesnt deserve a "R.I.P" on a Killing Joke list .

>> > Lets have a bit of quality control , shall we ?

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>> > > From: planetary at socal.rr.com

>> > > To: gathering at misera.net

>> > > Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 15:48:22 -0800

>> > > Subject: [kj] (OT) R.I.P. Gary Moore

>> > >

>> > > Heard that the great guitarist Gary Moore died in his sleep last night

>> > > at the relatively young age of 58.

>> > >

>> > > Many hear probably don't know who he is or was. He was really one of

>> > > the top tier rock guitarists ever. He was a true innovator

>> > > like Hendrix, Van Halen, Clapton, etc, but he could play *any* style

>> > > with complete authority and among other things, he was a key

>> > > player in Thin Lizzy on some of their best music. He was an incredibly

>> > > prolific solo artist, often releasing an album a year like

>> > > clockwork since the 80's when he gained real notoriety as a hard

>> > > rock/metal guitar player and later he completely changed his style

>> > > to become a well known blues artist.

>> > >

>> > > I was lucky enough to see Gary live in the early 80's.

>> > >

>> > > Once when he opened for Rush when Moore was plugging his "Victims Of

>> > > The Future" album. My friend and I were actually huge Moore

>> > > fans but couldn't care less about Rush. We'd bought 10th row seats

>> > > right up front through a ticket broker which cost a pretty penny

>> > > just to see Gary's set. We were so blown away, and then so bored with

>> > > Rush's set, we wound up leaving early in Rush's set and

>> > > giving our tickets to a pair of girls up on the lawn.

>> > >

>> > > The second time was during Moore's "Wild Frontier" tour in '87 when he

>> > > played the tiny Roxy Club in Hollywood. Just fucking

>> > > outstanding show seeing Moore in such a tiny setting.

>> > >

>> > > I missed out in his "Still Got The Blues" tour and I don't think he

>> > > ever toured the US again after the early '90's which sucked.

>> > >

>> > > I will say I was shocked to see in recent YouTube clips how much

>> > > weight he'd put on in the last couple years but his playing was

>> > > still stellar as seen in this clip:

>> > >

>> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz9YiOWXBb8

>> > >

>> > > Compared to his older clips back in the 80's and 90's:

>> > >

>> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-w16vdoO1A

>> > >

>> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcTt1IdxGew

>> > >

>> > > With Thin Lizzy:

>> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpOxjOj0zhk

>> > >

>> > > I don't know what the status of his final album is, but I understand

>> > > he had just finished a Celtic Rock style album for release this

>> > > year.

>> > >

>> > > RIP Gary.

>> > >

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