The best road trip tune ever.
Sad news indeed!
I grew up with those guys. Me and my brother use to play Radar Love’s opening with him on the drum set and me on guitar. I have a big chunk of their albums and like their 80’s hit When the Bullet Hits the Bone. The singer had attitude (almost too much some times) but they were all perfect for the band... and I think there was even another guitarist for a brief spell in the 70s.
I haven’t thought about that group since I was in High School. That was a long, long time ago.
I had no idea they were still together. “Radar Love” is still a great tune to blast while driving down an empty freeway late at night.
I had no idea that they were still a group.
When I worked in Massachusetts in the 1980s one of my colleagues was president of the Golden Earring fan club. He even went to Holland for concerts. He knew and was friends with all of the band members. At the time I thought it was a pretty odd choice of bands to get fanatical over. Time has proven me wrong.
Sad news, indeed, but....Barry Hay needs to stop his whining.....and, be very thankful for what they HAVE been blessed with.
ALS, or Charcot’s disease, is nasty—one of the worst ways there is to die. A Sunday school classmate of mine from kindergarten through confirmation passed away from it several years ago.
I heard a story last year about how long they had been together. I never realized they were together that long.
They should have kept their original name.
My favorite song was ‘Ce Soir’ off of their ‘Switch’ LP...covered by Iron Maiden (post-Dickinson, sadly). Golden Earring also does a great eighteen-minute cover of ‘Eight Miles High’.
Very few bands have been as durable, with few personnel changes.
ZZ Top has been going at it since 1969, with the same three guys.
The Stones have had some personnel changes over the years, but outside of that, not many bands, came close to Golden Earring’s longevity.
One more radar lover gone.
One of the best bands ever. I was lucky enough to see them twice back in the 70s. “Radar Love” was our unofficial theme song when my future bride and I ran off to Jamaica. Wild days indeed! Shame about Kooymans. He was always so perfect.
I haven’t heard their music in 50 years.
“Radar Love” and “Twilight Zone” are in my collection. They certainly belong there.