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Rod Temperton RIP
Sad news, just lost his battle with cancer
Many believe, along with Quincy Jones, revived Michael Jackson's career. He was a great songwriter with some brilliant tunes, in an era where British attempts at disco were very poor. |
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shit..... the big c yet again...
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A truly great songwriter. RIP.
That said, what on earth was a man from Cleethorpes thinking when he wrote Yah Mo B There? Is it some weird northern expression, like On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at? |
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Such a talented guy and what a career. He just oozed creativity.
If I drew up a top 50 list of my favourite music tracks I'm sure that a large percentage will have been written by Rod Temperton. RIP Rod |
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Incredibly sad news.
Rod penned some of my very favourite tracks from my youth. Such a quiet unassuming guy with such a huge talent. RIP |
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With losing Kashif last week and Rod this week, thats some big song writer/producer talent we've lost.
2016 continues being the worst year ever for loss of true talent |
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Such a talented guy and what a career. He just oozed creativity.
If I drew up a top 50 list of my favourite music tracks I'm sure that a large percentage will have been written by Rod Temperton. RIP Rod Quote:
Incredibly sad news.
Rod penned some of my very favourite tracks from my youth. Such a quiet unassuming guy with such a huge talent. RIP Proof that with all the talent we'd lost so far, 2016 hadn't even done its worst. Didn't know he was ill. Legend. May he rest in peace. |
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RIP.
And there was i thinking Micheal Jackson wrote his own material.
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It was only last week that I found out that Temperton also wrote Give Me The Night and Love x Love for George Benson. What a talent he was.
Why wasn't he a MBE at the very least? RIP sir. |
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It was only last week that I found out that Temperton also wrote Give Me The Night and Love x Love for George Benson. What a talent he was.
Why wasn't he a MBE at the very least? RIP sir. I wonder about the MBE - he was a shy retiring type so maybe he just didn't want the fuss. He so deserved some kind of honour though. |
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It was only last week that I found out that Temperton also wrote Give Me The Night and Love x Love for George Benson. What a talent he was.
Why wasn't he a MBE at the very least? RIP sir. |
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RIP Rod "The Invisible Man" - one of the best songwriters the UK has produced yet largely unrecognised in this country.
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RIP Rod "The Invisible Man" - one of the best songwriters the UK has produced yet largely unrecognised in this country.
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I think he was well-known as the songwriter behind Off The Wall, Thriller etc back in the 80s. I remember reading about him back in the day.
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RIP Rod "The Invisible Man" - one of the best songwriters the UK has produced yet largely unrecognised in this country.
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A truly great songwriter. RIP.
That said, what on earth was a man from Cleethorpes thinking when he wrote Yah Mo B There? Is it some weird northern expression, like On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at? |
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He wrote Stomp as well which is an absolute disco classic
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He wrote Stomp as well which is an absolute disco classic
Rod was sat next to Quincy at The Quincy Jones Prom shown live on BBC4 just a few weeks back, the orchestra did a stunning version of Stomp. |
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