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Rock singer Robert Palmer, known for his sharp suits and hits including "Addicted to Love," died Friday in Paris of a heart attack, his manager said. He was 54.
Palmer was on a two-day break in Paris following a television recording session in Britain, his manager Mick Carter said from the French capital.
In the 1980s, Palmer became a superstar with singles which also included "Simply Irresistible"-- accompanied by slick videos featuring the smartly dressed Palmer with a back-up band of attractive women, all in black outfits and glossy makeup.
A side project, Power Station, formed in 1985 with John Taylor and Andy Taylor of '80s supergroup Duran Duran, scored three U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Communication" and "Get it On."
The son of a British naval officer, Palmer was a member of several British rock bands before he hit the big time as a solo artist.
He had lived in Switzerland for the past 16 years.
Known for his GQ sense of style, Palmer was named best dressed male artist by Rolling Stone in 1990.
The "Addicted to Love" video, with its miniskirted models strumming guitars as Palmer sang, became one of MTV's most-played clips, and sparked protests from some feminists.
"I'm not going to attach inappropriate significance to it because at the time it meant nothing. It's just happened to become an iconic look," Palmer once said of the video.
He had his first hit album and single, "Sneakin' Sally through the Alley," in 1974.
In his 20s, Palmer worked with a number of small-time bands including Dada, Vinegar Joe, and the Alan Bown Band. He occasionally appeared in opening acts for big draws, including The Who and Jimi Hendrix.
Palmer once confessed that he was not attracted to the excesses of rock 'n' roll stardom.
"I loved the music, but the excesses of rock 'n' roll never really appealed to me at all," he said. "I couldn't see the point of getting up in front of a lot of people when you weren't in control of your wits."
He was noted for dressing up and being somewhat restrained.
"I don't want to be heavy," he said in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
"I can't think of another attitude to have toward an audience than a hopeful and a positive one. And if that includes such unfashionable things as sentimentality, well, I can afford it."
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Fri Sep 26 '03 10:03:40 am
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Clarky
Paul Clark plays the organ, going blind www.paul-clark.com
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Climber - thanx for the comment... There's a little story attatched to Balena.. The was a guy who used to come in here a while ago call DeAvila.. a real nice guy.. lives down in Sao Paulo Brazil... he wrote a little tune but was struggling to come up with a chord progression that fit nice so he asked me to help him.. he sent me an e-mail with the notes of the melody and described the duration of each note etc.... I figured that he was struggling because the melody momentarily modulates [changes key] and steps back tpo the original key again... I sent him a big long reply talking about various options as to how the modulation could be handled.. next he starts asking about the lydian mode as he was getting confused with this stuff... so I explained all of this and he seemed to be picking everything up pretty good... I suggested "how about if I interpret your sweet little tune my way, create a backing track and record it... I can then stick it up on the IUMA site for you"
so the main melody was writen by Cristian [DeAvila] but the backing idea was my example to illustrate what I was try to teach him... I figured that the melody needed a contrasting section, Chris wanted to know about Lydian, so I added the Lydian thing on the back of it...
So this ended up a kind of 'applied' theory / song writing tutorial... it was a lot of fun... Chris liked it very much..
I'm glad you do too.... thanx..
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Fri Sep 26 '03 10:04:25 am
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Greg M
Greg Melia York UK
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Books with black covers for evil children - hahahahahaha
Set the overdrive to stun - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Clarky, you're not only in a creative mood guitar wise today, you're in a creative mood humour wise!
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Fri Sep 26 '03 10:04:50 am
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Clarky
Paul Clark plays the organ, going blind www.paul-clark.com
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Climber - oops sorry I forgot to mention.. my album is nothing short of 600 years late.. lol.. I'm hoping to have it done by Feb next year now.. also, Balena will not be on the album..
my album is a very different thing to what you'll hear on the IUMA site... the closest thing to my 'current' sound on there is The Rape of the Sabine Women [which will be on the album]...
greg - I have been known to be just a little bit funny from time to time... lol..
or was that stupid all the time..
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Fri Sep 26 '03 10:12:01 am
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pizza man
michael hildreth ft.wright, ky. kenton Plays: Guitar (35 years)
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Joe:- I still love ya'.
Clarky:- I'm not that weird, i'm just really sarcastic at times: I love things that offend people! I'm actually too serious most of the time, so maybe I need to cut loose...I'm really O.K. I promise to be good. I'm human.
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Fri Sep 26 '03 10:44:02 am
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pizza man
michael hildreth ft.wright, ky. kenton Plays: Guitar (35 years)
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Michelle:- Do you write for a paper, or work for the media?
You are an A1 original library of knowledge amd remind me of entertainment tonight. I like it. I guess everyone has a very long story. Do you know the history of coffee? haha.
Ovation:- Is american music dominant in japan?
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Fri Sep 26 '03 10:58:00 am
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pizza man
michael hildreth ft.wright, ky. kenton Plays: Guitar (35 years)
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stu clone:- maybe I did have you confused with someone else. Emotions run high when all you have to go on is imagination. Maybe I felt pushed aside with ......ummm....yeah.
maybe you weren't referring to me. I just want to have some good conversation. So let's not b haten. It's all good.
sometimes it's easy to misenterpret, or miscommunicate.
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Fri Sep 26 '03 11:12:20 am
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Stu Clone
Graham Shackelford Tacoma, Washington USA Plays: Bass (26 years)
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pizza man, ? I'm thinkin either you got very offended by a post i made about you or you made a post that you think I ignored intentionally to blow you off, but really just didn't see
please clear this up for me, I'm not seein any reason for you to get all protective of your own ability when I never said anything about you not being able to play. seriously man, chill out. don't step in and get all pissed off at someone you don't even know. What's the matter? Are you too cool for me? I guess you're too busy satisfying the illusion of coolness. Ask me anything. Can YOU play any satriani?? Or billy sheehan? Or primus? How good are YOU? so you're telling me there's no illusion of your own ability when you say to ask you ANYTHING???
illusion of coolness? i can't think of a time when i wasn't the first to say how not-cool i am... take some time to read my posts and learn who i am before you rip on me. come on man, lighten up.
edit: in case anyone else can help me figure out why it seems like pizza man is getting hostile here (and maybe i'm reading way too far into this and taking it personally?) only post i've found from P.M. concerning me is the one quoted above
only posts from me concerning P.M. = this one, and
"who/what is hiram abif?" pizza man,
hiram was a poster here on the boards, no one's seen him/her for a while though... we think he left with avarice, but has probably rejoined as wolf2, and apparently me too, according to what greg was saying. lol
also, in response to "opinions are like orgasms" wow... i'm certainly a multiple orgasm type of guy i guess, and they're all goin in different directions.
i wish you hadn't gotten me started on that analogy...
there was the other one where i mentioned the matrix that i can't find. it was something like "is it just me or does it sound like pizza man's been watching a bit too much of "The Matrix"...
do you maybe think that "ummmmmmmmm....... yeah" post was about you? check the link dude! it's insane!
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Fri Sep 26 '03 11:30:35 am
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jblaze1
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Hi Joe!
Clarky:Thanx man.I feel as if I missed a whole bunch of things here but I know that there will always be topics of interest....lol...Things are kind of hectic right know for me. But I can't stay away for too long or else I start to flap like a fish out of water.You know"withdrawl"....that sort of stuff...
2Ton Tessie:Things are getting better but not fast enough for me.I always get the shitiest luck at the worst possible times.Sometimes I wish I had no luck at all...lol...
Ovation:I still play the guitar all the time.It takes me away from the problems & gives me peace of mind when I need it most.I'm sure that most people who play guitar(or music) feel the same way about it.It sure shows with Joe.Sometimes I'd rather listen to him than play along.His quality of sound is spectacular.
Well,enough rambling on.The librarian is scooting me off....
jblaze1 for guitar guard
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Fri Sep 26 '03 11:42:52 am
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Simon Granada, Andalucia Spain Plays: Guitar (24 years)
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hehe, I'm sorry but Stu Clone, I'm so with you on this one.....Pizza Man, I have no doubts that Graham can play bass well. You can't really come into a 'community', from new, and slag off those who have been here since the beginning. I think experience is valuable.
got any more Matrix-isms for us? hehe.
Narface, congratulations, you have done the right thing! hehe. don't hesitate to ask us for advice when you have trouble getting to the bonus disc......there's a nack!
Olly, yeah Jon's band. Jon f*ck*n rocks man, I'm looking forward to this show. Oh, and, you're a b*st*rd.....you got lessons from Jon! hehehe. I really want lessons from him. anyhow, yeah, I'll give you details in about a weeks time!
laters dude
JS1000 scale length - it's a 648 scale just like most other 'super-strats', isn't it? which means it's longer than a Gibson type scale, so if you want shorter stretches, you won't find it much easier than any other 'super-strat.' That said, it's radius is really nice - easy to wrap your hand around!
Those who like Yngwie's speed antics really should check out Igor Belsky. he rocks. I much prefer him to Yngwie, cuz I find him more melodic, and he plays some really nice phrases.
'Adrenaline Junkie' may appeal to those who think speed is everything.
HELL YEAAHHH! The Forgotten (Part 2) for G3!
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Fri Sep 26 '03 11:45:46 am
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Scrawn
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Anyone know if the Rockline interview on October 1st with Joe, Steve, and Yngwie will be available to listen to online afterwards?
I live in Colorado and we used to get Rockline, but I don't think we do any more.
Any info would be much appreciated.
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Fri Sep 26 '03 12:11:12 pm
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Fretslayer
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pizza man: I'm sure Nuno still shreds with the best of em' I just don't dig that guitar he's holding. I'm also sure it's not his only one.
R.I.P. Robert Palmer...
Got my setlist all dialed in, awful lot of tunes for the G3 spot! Would be great if Joe did play that long of a set....I could hang!! Never get tired of a Satch live experience.
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Fri Sep 26 '03 12:18:55 pm
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pizza man
michael hildreth ft.wright, ky. kenton Plays: Guitar (35 years)
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Fretslayer:- I haven't seen the guitar you were talking about that nuno had.......
"get the funk out"
is still one of my favorite guitar solos.
Did you ever here of john sykes? or Ken marcello?
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Fri Sep 26 '03 12:26:53 pm
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Fretslayer
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pizza man: Sorry dude, I guess it was somebody else who made the post to me. Anyways, I really only liked the first s/t cd from Extreme. That album shreds! There are some good songs on "Three sides" as well. The solo in "Get the funk out" is sick! Didn't really care for the song though.
I've heard of both the guitarists you mentioned. Kee Marcello's leads on the Europe cd "Out of this World" are awsome, I love that stuff. Did he only do that one cd with them??
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Fri Sep 26 '03 12:34:26 pm
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pizza man
michael hildreth ft.wright, ky. kenton Plays: Guitar (35 years)
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Fretslayer:- I'm assuming marcello played on "final countdown" - love that solo too- buy i'm not 100% sure.-
john sykes played with whitesnake before steve vai.- i.e."still of the night."- love that solo as well. -Nuno is great, but he's certainly not my favorite. Did you ever hear ozzie foxs' guitar playing? I'm not a big fan of stryper, but I do like a lot of his solos.
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Fri Sep 26 '03 12:49:13 pm
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Uber Warren
Warren Brown Radiokop, Gauteng South Africa Plays: Guitar (41 years)
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I'm really looking forward to the G3 at Massey Hall in Toronto.
I live in South Africa, and my brother lives in Toronto, so when he said that he was going to the concert, I told him to buy me a ticket as well.
Hey! What's a 20 hour flight and +/- $1,000 later compared to an evening with Joe, Steve and Yngwie.
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Fri Sep 26 '03 1:25:44 pm
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Fidge
Clint Polcare
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hello Joe,
first and foremost i just want to say how much your music has influenced me through good and bad times.just absolutely incredible melodies.ok enough with the ass kissing and sappy crap.i have a JS1000 and want to buy another.i was wondering if you plan to have ibanez put their new tremolo bar on one of your models.i guess it is supposed to be pretty hi tech.ihope to see you in ny on either the 11 or 12 of nov.
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Fri Sep 26 '03 1:39:57 pm
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