Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Karl Wallinger 1957 - 2024

The auteur of The Waterboys and World Party has passed. Damn, I'd forgotten how much I loved this song of his.

I've said it before and I'll say it again -- this death shit is really starting to piss me off.

PS: I'd also forgotten that I reviewed the album from whence that song derives. Here it is, in the September 1990 issue of Stereo Review.

Jeez, I really was a cynical bastard back then. I mean, the digs at XTC and Todd Rundgren strike me as a bit much. Other than that, however, I think I got the album right.

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6 comments:

  1. John K3/12/2024 9:36 AM

    That was a nice review Steve and, if you want to be even more pissed....Eric Carmen also died.

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  2. steve simels3/12/2024 9:51 AM

    I heard about Carmen right after I finished writing about Wallinger. Not a fun day.

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  3. Sal Nunziato3/12/2024 10:27 AM

    "I really was a cynical bastard back then."

    Back then?
    xoxo

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  4. mistah charley, sb, ma, phd, jsps3/12/2024 10:32 AM

    a joyful song and a great band name

    grief is a consequence of love

    we are all time-limited phenomena - and memory can be a blessing

    as the george carlin character says in the bill & ted movie

    be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!

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  5. daudder3/12/2024 12:30 PM

    RIP to the great Karl Wallinger. He defineatly goes into the "You never know what you got til its gone' category. One of the greats...

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  6. billy b3/12/2024 2:24 PM

    Ouch. Wallinger was a favorite.

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