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In reply to DiabloWags • 6:43p, 6/7/25
DiabloWags said:
I was always a Steelers fan during the 70's.
Great rivalry!


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In reply to Eastern Oregon Bear • 6:46p, 6/7/25
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Cal88 said:
Wow! I didn't even know Aaron Rodgers was ill. RIP to an enigmatic Golden Bear.


He's so ill his family has moved on.
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7:41p, 6/7/25
ARod is, as the kids like to say, sick.
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1:48p, 6/9/25
Sly Stone isn't up for more Hot Fun In The Summertime. Dead at the age of 82. RIP Sly.

Https://YouTube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc
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In reply to Eastern Oregon Bear • 2:21p, 6/9/25
Eastern Oregon Bear said:
Sly Stone isn't up for more Hot Fun In The Summertime. Dead at the age of 82. RIP Sly.

Https://YouTube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc


I bet he expected die from a cocaine damaged heart years ago like a couple of famous Bay Area college athletes did.

When I was growing up his sister, Rose, a band member, lived a stone's throw (pun intended) from St. Paschal's and Sequoyah Country Club (next door to a buddy on Sequoyah View Court). His bass player, Larry Graham (later of Graham Central Station), lived out by Lake Chabot Golf Course on Malcolm, off Golf Links Rd.

I always dug this tune. Not one of his big hits:


Sly Stone played a critical role in the development of funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s. (Wikipedia)


*He killed it at Woodstock.

Sly Stone Dead: Funk-Rock Pioneer Who Led Family Stone Was 82


https://variety.com/2025/music/news/sly-stone-dead-funk-rock-pioneer-family-stone-1236423831/
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4:27p, 6/9/25


*Edward Fox is not the one in the Marble Orchard.
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In reply to Eastern Oregon Bear • 5:08a, 6/10/25
Eastern Oregon Bear said:
Sly Stone isn't up for more Hot Fun In The Summertime. Dead at the age of 82. RIP Sly.

Https://YouTube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc


Wow. Haven't heard that song in a very long time. Nice. Nostalgic.
RIP
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10:49a, 6/11/25
A lot of people say this was one of the best songs ever written;



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In reply to bearister • 10:55a, 6/11/25
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A lot of people say this was one of the best songs ever written;



Yeah. Brian Wilson is at the Pearly Gates finding out if God Only Knows. Also, whether Rhonda can really Help him now.
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In reply to Eastern Oregon Bear • 11:47a, 6/11/25
Wow. He really gets around!!

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In reply to bearister • 11:51a, 6/11/25
bearister said:
A lot of people say this was one of the best songs ever written;



It's an incredible song. One of the best, absolutely.

RIP

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11:52a, 6/11/25
In all somber seriousness, fans (and aren't we all!) may find this website interesting.

https://www.brianwilson.com/

Loved his Beach Boys music in the mid 80's, young, free and top down!!!
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In reply to SBGold • 12:20p, 6/11/25
It was the song my wife and son danced to at our son's wedding.

….in other news, since we all know that celebrities die in 3 packs, if I'm Keef, I'm renting a room in a Swiss ER for a month.

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12:22p, 6/11/25
Paul McCartney: "God Only Knows" Was the Favorite Song Ever Written


https://consequence.net/2025/06/paul-mccartney-brian-wilson-beach-boys-god-only-knows-greatest-song/

Brian Wilson Dead: Beach Boys Co-Founder Was 82


https://variety.com/2025/music/news/brian-wilson-dead-beach-boys-1236428336/
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In reply to bearister • 1:29p, 6/11/25
bearister said:
Paul McCartney: "God Only Knows" Was the Favorite Song Ever Written


https://consequence.net/2025/06/paul-mccartney-brian-wilson-beach-boys-god-only-knows-greatest-song/

Brian Wilson Dead: Beach Boys Co-Founder Was 82


https://variety.com/2025/music/news/brian-wilson-dead-beach-boys-1236428336/
I think it was controversial at the time because of having "God" in the title.

Incredible lyrics and melody to this one.

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3:39p, 6/11/25
Another keeper:



On my Beach Boys Playlist I only have the songs Brian sang lead on and a couple of keepers from Carl, who sounded like Brian. Carl sang lead on God Only Knows. I never was a fan of Mike Love.
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3:58p, 6/11/25
The Beatles were greatly influenced by The Beach Boys and vice versa. The legend is that the first time Wilson heard "Strawberry Fields" he was in a car and pulled over in despair, muttering " they got there first."
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4:53p, 6/11/25
"He's like Mozart or Chopin or Beethoven or something. This music will live forever. It's going to be these melodies and these words. It's just fantastic. I can't describe it. There's very few writers I feel the emotional and spiritual contact with that I feel with Brian."
Neil Young

"Heard the sad news about Brian today and thought about all the years I've been listening to him and admiring his genius. Rest in peace dear Brian."
-Bob Dylan

Questlove posted a lengthy tribute on Instagram, writing, "If there was a human being who made art out of inexpressible sadness … damn it was Brian Wilson … Without him I dunno how so many that came after felt safe to express a feeling of sadness that most humans would be otherwise ridiculed/punished for."
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5:19p, 6/11/25


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4:31a, 6/12/25
This morning, I rewatched this documentary. (It's great, if you haven't seen it.)

In it, Brian Wilson recalls Sly Stone visiting his house and sleeping over.

If only they knew they would die days apart.

(Taylor Hawkins is also featured extensively, talking about the fallibiity of musiicans.)

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