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Chris Rea - RIP

DA9
DA9 Posts: 11,110
in Not Sports Related

A sad sense of timing & irony, RIP

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  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,765
    Just seen this.
    Very sad.
    RIP Sir.
    Think I’ll rewatch the Gone Fishing Christmas Special he appeared in ♥️
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 8,226
    yes, RIP - had some great songs 
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 8,226
    KBslittlesis said:
    Just seen this.
    Very sad.
    RIP Sir.
    Think I’ll rewatch the Gone Fishing Christmas Special he appeared in ♥️
    The one where Bob Mortimer said Chris liked to have an egg cracked in the bath  :D  
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 8,226
    Josephine and Fool were and are top tunes 
  • WHAddick
    WHAddick Posts: 1,193
    RIP. Driving home for Christmas is my favourite Christmas song.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,360
    RIP Chris. 
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,518
    RIP
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,286
    KBslittlesis said:
    Just seen this.
    Very sad.
    RIP Sir.
    Think I’ll rewatch the Gone Fishing Christmas Special he appeared in ♥️
    I saw that again last week.
    It’s a miracle he’s lived as long as he did.
    RIP.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,286
    Hopefully he’s not on The Road to Hell.
    Sorry, but someone was going to say it.
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 8,226
    Covered End said:
    Hopefully he’s not on The Road to Hell.
    Sorry, but someone was going to say it.
    U can just see the wats- app jokes that will be flying about - so much material - that's no disrespect to Chris Rea , just the way it will be.    

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,512
    His brother Michael ran Charlton's retail back in the 2000s 

    RIP
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,481
    RIP
  • jose
    jose Posts: 879
    RIP Chris.
    Liked his stuff very much.
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,709
    oh that is sad, R.I.P. Chris, the Lass and I loved your music
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,468
    I'm sure it won't be long before the joke about the collaboration between Dire Straits and Chris Rea puts in an appearance. 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,668
    RIP
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,831
    Very sad news. Driving home for Christmas is one of the best Christmas songs.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,999
    DOUCHER said:
    Covered End said:
    Hopefully he’s not on The Road to Hell.
    Sorry, but someone was going to say it.
    U can just see the wats- app jokes that will be flying about - so much material - that's no disrespect to Chris Rea , just the way it will be.    
    Wasn't that Bruce Hornsby? 

    RIP Chris - will think of you when driving home...
  • raytreacy
    raytreacy Posts: 87
    One of my friends grew up in the same street as Chris Rea in Middlesbrough. They were friends. He was a very friendly down to earth man. Driving Home For Christmas was my favourite Christmas song. RIP Chris.
  • Chaz Hill
    Chaz Hill Posts: 5,225
    RIP Chris. Driving Home for Christmas is one of those songs that encapsulates Christmas. 

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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,457
    Love his music. Was surfing YouTube only a couple of days ago and stumbled on Road to Hell, haunting and thought provoking. At the time it crossed my mind fleetingly, as I knew he had been ill.

    RIP
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,354
    On the Beach is another one of his classics.

    Sad that a charity video for Driving Home for Christmas was banned on youtube for copyright reasons. Great video staring Lionel Blair & Martin Shaw (amongst others). If you get a chance to see it then make sure its not the backwards one !

    RIP.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,765
    My daughter beamed when Driving home for Christmas came on the CD when I picked her up from uni that first year. 

    I made sure it came on for the next two years too.  It'll always represent those journeys home for her and me.

    Just checked my little used CD collection - I have five of his albums - notable tracks to many to mention.

    RIP Chris. 
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,973
    Shamrock Diaries is a great album.

    RIP Chris 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,120
    RIP 
  • bristoladdick
    bristoladdick Posts: 1,156
    RIP Chris.
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 840
    RIP Chris 
    An unmistakable voice like no other.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,500
    edited December 22
    R I P

    Edit .. The brief video in this BBC obituary describes his pretty serious health issues of which I, and I guess most of us, knew nothing
    Chris Rea: Driving Home for Christmas singer dies aged 74 - BBC News
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,303
    Gutted. Almost everyone of a certain age would have had one of his albums in their collection, and if you didn't you still looked forward to Driving Home For Christmas as that would mark the start of the festivities. Much, much more to his music than a Christmas cracker of a tune and probably opened my eyes to more wider forms of music than I would otherwise had looked at.

    RIP Chris.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,935
    That's sad to hear. Driving home for Christmas is my favourite Christmas song. RIP

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