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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dead at 80,
Fox News ^ | 8..24.21 | Tyler McCarthy

Posted on 08/24/2021 11:07:30 AM PDT by Carriage Hill

Charlie Watts, best known as the prolific drummer for the rock band the Rolling Stones for more than half a century, has died. He was 80. A representative for Watts told Fox News Tuesday that the musician "passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family." No cause of death was given yet.

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To: grey_whiskers

I apologize for being grouchy today. I think we are all on edge as we see what’s going down. And I do mean going down.


61 posted on 08/24/2021 6:08:10 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." —Bob Dylan)
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To: FamiliarFace

The music world was a better place for him being in it, for all the years he was.


62 posted on 08/24/2021 6:29:05 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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To: teevolt

Pretty sure when I saw them in 2019 at Soldier Field, that Charlie was the one who told Mick that he was on the wrong song on the set. Great moment, and Mick took it in stride.


63 posted on 08/24/2021 6:32:21 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: The Pack Knight

Beautiful!


64 posted on 08/24/2021 6:35:49 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: carriage_hill

That’s a pity. I used Stub Hub, because the early tickets were always gone, I don’t regret one penny of the money we spent. The RS are the BEST BAND, and especially live performances are their thing. They never disappointed me.

We had wanted to see them again in 2020 but the CoVid gods shut everything down. This year they barely made it out of the gate. And now this. There will never be another band as good as the Stones.

Some people are Beatles fans, and while I like them, I am a Stones girl through and through. This is a huge loss.


65 posted on 08/24/2021 6:43:18 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: dfwgator

ping


66 posted on 08/24/2021 6:44:48 PM PDT by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity-- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

No wonder I love them so much. I probably don’t have any childhood years that don’t include them in there somehow or another.


67 posted on 08/24/2021 6:46:22 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: AloneInMass

One of my RS faves. Classic rock and roll. Charlie was a genius. The sax is also awesome.


68 posted on 08/24/2021 6:50:05 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: SamAdams76

***80 years old is not an embarrassing age to die as a rock and roller. He lived an incredible life and he lived well.***

IMHO, Watts was taken too soon! He shouldn’t have left this earth before me. Or any of the Stones.


69 posted on 08/24/2021 6:53:43 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: ifinnegan

*** He’s no Ringo.***

Thank the good Lord for that! Watts is far superior to Starr as a drummer.

(I do like Ringo, but the Beatles are overrated. George and John were the only ones worth anything.)


70 posted on 08/24/2021 6:56:17 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: equaviator

No time like the present!


71 posted on 08/24/2021 6:58:19 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: FamiliarFace

Charlie Watts was the mist minimal drummer I ever heard.

High hat snare.

That’s it.


72 posted on 08/24/2021 7:09:35 PM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

If you’re wanting to diss Charlie to me tonight of all nights, you’re barking up the wrong tree. Is there a polite way to tell you to GFY?

Great drummers don’t need to hide behind cymbals and 12 tom-toms. Watts was humble but amazing. Simple, humble, and timeless.


73 posted on 08/24/2021 7:18:53 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: FamiliarFace

“Great drummers don’t need to hide behind cymbals and 12 tom-toms. Watts was humble but amazing. Simple, humble, and timeless.”

I agree.

I didn’t put a value judgement on it.

I noticed it back when.

Listen to Satisfaction. He doesn’t do anything except the same beat all the way. The drum solo sounds like if but its just the same beat without the instruments for a measure or two.

It works. Sounds good.


74 posted on 08/24/2021 7:59:06 PM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: FamiliarFace

Yep, and my first selection was “Dandelion”...Great drumming by Mr. Watts and a great Stones tune.


75 posted on 08/25/2021 5:44:30 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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