diskwave Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 What a legendary original pop figure. Kinda represented everything that was cool and groovy about the crazy 70's. Often copied but never replaced. 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 A real shame. I hadn't realised how old she was - 83 when she reached the runoff groove. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Extraordinary person and life, all too easy to overlook that at a time of serious sexism and elitism she was always seen by audiences and colleagues alike as the real deal and never a token, and that was still the case 50 years later among audiences and colleagues of very different generations and cultures. RIP Annie ❤️ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevsy71 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Loved listening to her request show in the 80s, came after the Top 40 and was always miles better (both the music and the chat). Introduced me to loads of new tunes and genres. Thanks and RIP Annie x 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Loved her on OGWT and it’s hard choice between her and whispering Bob for my favourite presenter of that show. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskwave Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Her death has really got me thinking. I'm 63, started off a punk ended up in a pit and all the clubs and dives inbetween.. done a lot, loved it all. To me she was more than Peely, maybe because she was a woman...I dunno...In a way the female equivalent of Bowie tho not a musician, just one of those people who maybe influenced more people in the pop scene than it's realised. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I used to do my homework on a sunday night, after the charts, listening to her show 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezz55 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, ezbass said: Loved her on OGWT and it’s hard choice between her and whispering Bob for my favourite presenter of that show. +1 RIP Ms Nightingale, I'll miss you. xxx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 She was very kind to me, and had some nice words about my voice after the first thing I recorded on Radio 1 in the 80s. I never forgot that complement. Very sad indeed. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 One of those icons of my youth I guess, back when Radio 1 seemed important. On a side note, I dislike the use of the word 'dead' in thread titles like this. It lacks empathy for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 minutes ago, Angel said: On a side note, I dislike the use of the word 'dead' in thread titles like this. It lacks empathy for me. Whereas I welcome it. When someone dies they are dead. They have died. This recent trend to say 'passed' is, imo, just a pointless euphemism that is simply ducking what is perceived to be an uncomfortable issue. Yet it will happen to every single one of us. Seems daft to me. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Well, she certainly had her fan base, but I never latched on to her; I found her a bit disparaging of the music I liked and a somewhat offputting on the OGWT. (I guess "passed" is a shortening of "passed away", which has been a term used for many years.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 30 minutes ago, Paul S said: Whereas I welcome it. When someone dies they are dead. They have died. This recent trend to say 'passed' is, imo, just a pointless euphemism that is simply ducking what is perceived to be an uncomfortable issue. Yet it will happen to every single one of us. Seems daft to me. I absolutely agree, which is why I want a gravestone just like Patrick Caulfield... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 29 minutes ago, Angel said: On a side note, I dislike the use of the word 'dead' in thread titles like this. It lacks empathy for me. One email list I'm on just puts a name in the email subject, nothing else, to signify that they've snuffed it. This has led to me having the occasional double take in BC when some bassist's name is the subject of a topic. Still, I wouldn't worry too much about lacking empathy, as Annie Nightingale probably isn't reading BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, tauzero said: One email list I'm on just puts a name in the email subject, nothing else, to signify that they've snuffed it. This has led to me having the occasional double take in BC when some bassist's name is the subject of a topic. Still, I wouldn't worry too much about lacking empathy, as Annie Nightingale probably isn't reading BC. Maybe it's meant as lacking empathy for those who may be shocked to hear the news? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 7 hours ago, Paul S said: Whereas I welcome it. When someone dies they are dead. They have died. This recent trend to say 'passed' is, imo, just a pointless euphemism that is simply ducking what is perceived to be an uncomfortable issue. Yet it will happen to every single one of us. Seems daft to me. I find it irritating when the word “passed” is used to describe a person who has died, it’s another euphemism that’s made its way over from the USA. ☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskwave Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 10 hours ago, Angel said: I dislike the use of the word 'dead' in thread titles like this. It lacks empathy for me. She died. My dad died last year and dear ole mum died four years ago. They are all dead. So you gonna say all those people who died in war or by any other means "passed away". Nope, they died...they're dead. We live in a soppy silly world where people have lost all sense of reality, people die, they do not "pass away". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Years ago, a friend of mine sent me a text message to let me know of the sad news of his father's death. He tried using 'passed away' but, unfortunately, typed 'Dad pasted away this evening', which made it sound like he'd done a bit of wallpapering before shuffling off this mortal coil. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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