R.I.P. Charlie Watts

brianlux
brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
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I know this has been reported elsewhere, but Charlie deserves his own thread at this time.
R.I.P the great Charlie Watts

"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni

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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Damn it. Rest in Peace.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 3,013
    The coolest of the Stones in my opinion. Rest In Beats as the kids say today (fitting for a drummer).
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,935
    Just heard this news. Sad. RIP Charlie
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,500
    Well that sucks.  RIP
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    RIP to an absolute legend 
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,695
    RIP legend indeed! I was fortunate enough to see him at least three times going back to 78..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Edved82
    Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    A gent and a legend. Thanks for everything, Charlie.
    "...though my problems are meaningless....that don't make them go away...."
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    RIP legend!! 
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  • dr122931
    dr122931 Posts: 464
    edited August 2021
    Classiest guy in music.  Best band ever. 

  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,825
    Very sad news.....he was the quintessential English gentleman.
  • onemorshow
    onemorshow Posts: 637
    RIP Charlie!! You will be missed dearly!! 
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,125
    I just heard. So sad. He will be missed. RIP!
  • RE658041
    RE658041 Sweden Posts: 410
    Very sad. RIP.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    One person posted on another site said, "...it’s strange but you trick yourself into believing that the Stones, McCartney, etc. will be around forever."  So true.  Yet despite knowing full-well that none of our music greats will be around for ever, when the sting and pain of the loss comes, it sets us back on our heels. 
    When you've listened to the beats of a drummer like Charlie for so long, those beats become a part of your own pulse, and with Charlie gone, a part of us greatly feels that loss.
    Thank you Charlie Watts for so much great music.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,267
    Sad....still too young at 80
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Very sad news, but what a legacy he helped create.  RIP
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    edited August 2021
    Does anyone else remember an Ed interview where he talked about opening for the Stones at whichever point this was, and spending the rest of one night in Keith Richards' hotel room, playing records loudly, talking & hanging out?  And eventually the hotel phone rang it someone was very annoyed on the other end, complaining of the noise, and it turned out to be Charlie Watts!  Anyone else remember that?

    I just loved that snapshot of a legendary band around so long, so set in their habits and ways, and of course Keith is up all night blasting music and hanging, and Charlie is trying to relax and rest and is annoyed as hell at the noise.... I just love how many times that scenario propbably played out over decades <3

    Rest In Beats Charlie Watts <3
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    JH6056 said:
    Does anyone else remember an Ed interview where he talked about opening for the Stones at whichever point this was, and spending the rest of one night in Keith Richards' hotel room, playing records loudly, talking & hanging out?  And eventually the hotel phone rang it someone was very annoyed on the other end, complaining of the noise, and it turned out to be Charlie Watts!  Anyone else remember that?

    I just loved that snapshot of a legendary band around so long, so set in their habits and ways, and of course Keith is up all night blasting music and hanging, and Charlie is trying to relax and rest and is annoyed as hell at the noise.... I just love how many times that scenario propbably played out over decades <3

    Rest In Beats Charlie Watts <3

    Never heard that one.  Great story, thanks for sharing it!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,272
    RIP
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,000
    Sad day for music..RIP Mr. Charlie..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..

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