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Post by Patrick on Dec 30, 2010 15:07:01 GMT
Bobby Farrell, front man of the 1970s disco group Boney M, has died at the age of 61, his agent has announced.
The singer was found dead in a hotel room in St Petersburg, Russia, where he had been performing, John Seine said.
Farrell, he continued, had complained of breathing problems before and after the show on Wednesday. The cause of his death has yet to be established.
Farrell, the only male member of the popular four-piece, had been due to perform in Italy on New Year's Eve.
Born Alfonso Farrell in Aruba, he had been touring with three female backing singers under the name Bobby Farrell of Boney M.
The original Boney M, known for such hits as Daddy Cool and Rivers of Babylon, disbanded in 1986.
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Post by everso on Dec 30, 2010 17:22:34 GMT
Bobby Farrell, front man of the 1970s disco group Boney M, has died at the age of 61, his agent has announced. The singer was found dead in a hotel room in St Petersburg, Russia, where he had been performing, John Seine said. Farrell, he continued, had complained of breathing problems before and after the show on Wednesday. The cause of his death has yet to be established. Farrell, the only male member of the popular four-piece, had been due to perform in Italy on New Year's Eve. Born Alfonso Farrell in Aruba, he had been touring with three female backing singers under the name Bobby Farrell of Boney M. The original Boney M, known for such hits as Daddy Cool and Rivers of Babylon, disbanded in 1986. I have memories of my daughter (now 33) jigging up and down to "Brown Girl in the Ring" when she was tiny.  |
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Post by aubrey on Dec 30, 2010 19:34:10 GMT
I hated them at the time - they seemed like everything that was wrong with pop music. Now I quite enjoy seeing them, if only for his dancing.
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Post by everso on Dec 31, 2010 9:38:19 GMT
Actually, he used to irritate me. Still, shame that he died so young.
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Post by aubrey on Dec 31, 2010 16:26:55 GMT
I think Bobby Farrell succeeded by having not a bone of self-consciousness in his body: or maybe he was very self conscious, and the whole Bony M thing was an art project designed to find all the things he was terrified of doing, and doing them regardless (Genesis P Orridge out of Throbbing Gristle did the same thing).
He seems to have ended up in an ex-pop star hell, on constant tour, forever playing the same 4 or five songs to audiences who want a bit of nostalgia for their night out.
Scott Walker did a song about this (though he avoided it himself by becoming really weird):
Here's the original (though Jacques avoided it by dying young):
And a freely translated version by Momus (who avoids it by never have been that popular in the first place):
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Post by everso on Jan 1, 2011 23:54:21 GMT
Scott Walker (Engel is his real name, I think) was someone else who could have married me if he'd been a bit quicker. He was very good looking. I used to like the Walker Brothers, but, yes, he did become a bit weird. Shame.
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Post by aubrey on Jan 2, 2011 11:23:06 GMT
Oh, you!
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Post by everso on Jan 2, 2011 13:48:24 GMT
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