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04-05-2020, 07:43 PM
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Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers has died

Another loss of someone from a reasonably well known group, this seems to be happening so regularly nowadays.

"The Stranglers keyboard player Dave Greenfield has died at the age of 71 after testing positive for Covid-19.

Greenfield died on Sunday having contracted the virus after a prolonged stay in hospital for heart problems.

He penned the band's biggest hit, Golden Brown, a song about heroin, which went to number two on the UK singles chart in 1982."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52537293

RIP Dave Greenfield
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04-05-2020, 08:58 PM
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Re: Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers has died

Sad to hear about Dave.....Loved their music.
And have you heard the complex keyboard playing on 'No More Heroes'..?
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04-05-2020, 09:35 PM
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Re: Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers has died

Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
Sad to hear about Dave.....Loved their music.
And have you heard the complex keyboard playing on 'No More Heroes'..?
Heard their music before but don't know too much about them. Couple of videos below of that one you mention:



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04-05-2020, 10:09 PM
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Re: Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers has died

I thought The Stranglers were great. i loved their early stuff like Beaches, No more Heroes and something better change.

Golden Brown must be one of the most recognisable intros in pop/punk


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05-05-2020, 08:36 AM
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Re: Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers has died

I was quite taken by their first album Rattus Norvegicus, loved the picture on the front with Dave Greenfield in the foreground. I think it cost about £2.99 at the time.

RIP Dave Greenfield
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05-05-2020, 09:31 AM
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Re: Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers has died

Genius


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Re: Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers has died

Originally Posted by Baz46 ->
Heard their music before but don't know too much about them. Couple of videos below of that one you mention:



Thanks for that Baz, absolutely brilliant.....
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05-05-2020, 11:42 AM
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Keith Floyd was a huge fan of The Stranglers and chose this as his theme tune, also instrumental versions of other Stranglers songs as incidental music.

Dave Greenfield was a genius composer and achieved some pretty extraordinary sounds on his keyboard.


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05-05-2020, 08:01 PM
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Keith was a huge fan of red wine also if I recall d00d...
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05-05-2020, 08:54 PM
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Re: Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers has died

I was a big fan of The Stranglers after buying their first album Rattus Norvegicus and they were a massive part of the Punk scene .
I only saw them the once , at the 02 in Bristol.......brilliant gig and I still regularly play their music today!
 
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