Gordon Waller of PETER AND GORDON passed away

[pepperbear]

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/07/breaking-news-gordon-waller-peter-and-gordon-dies

Gordon Waller, half of the British rock duo, Peter and Gordon, died July 16 in Connecticut, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.

Gordon and Peter Asher were part of The British Invasion, the 1960s influx into the U.S. of bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Peter and Gordon even recorded several tunes written by Paul McCartney, whose sister was dating Asher at the time. The duo had recently reunited and had several tour dates scheduled for later this year

[Captain Hilts]

1. Shit!!!

[aikoaiko]

2. who? what?

:shrug:

post some favorite videos. I hadn't heard of that skye guy until he dies and folks posted their favorite youtube videos.

[frazzled]

3. Aw ... a world without love

I used to love that song when I was a teeny teen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6WaCVv5kRg

[TahitiNut]

9. I loved "Lady Godiva" ... fun tune.

:silly:

[drm604]

30. Thank you for posting that.

I'll be honest, I didn't remember who they were until I looked at that video. I certainly remember that song!

[stillrockin]

4. RIP, Gordon.

I saw Peter and Gordon open for the Beach Boys in 1966 in San Antonio.

[JuniperLea]

12. Wow... awesome!

That had to rule!

RIP, Gordon... and Don't Fear the Reaper...

[predfan]

5. Youtube up " I go to pieces" by Peter and Gordon, all you young whippersnappers,

and get some good 45 year old music.
God I feel old.

[dmr]

17. And 'World Without Love'

I loved their smooth, harmonic sound. Those were the days ...

A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE

(J. Lennon - P. McCartney)

Please lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness

I don't care what they say I won't stay
In a world without love

Birds sing out of tune
And rain clouds hide the moon
I'm OK, here I'll stay
With my loneliness

I don't care what they say I won't stay
In a world without love

So I wait and in a while
I will see my true love's smile
She may come, I know not when
When she does I lose
So baby until then

Lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness

I don't care what they say I won't stay
In a world without love

http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/paul/lyrics/petergordon/worldw~1.html

[Manifestor_of_Light]

6. They were both really cute back in the day.

Peter's sister Jane dated Paul McCartney. That's why they got some good McCartney tunes.

[tilsammans]

7. RIP, Gordon!

Great music, you and Peter gave us. :yourock:

[lesliewhitebird]

8. Wow...another celebrity death this month! And connected with Macca, no less!

Just like MJ was connected to him in some way.

Funny--I loved some of their songs like "World Without Love" (written by Sir Paul), but I always confused them with Chad and Jeremy's stuff, LOL.

[karynnj]

22. I really liked both Chad and Jeremy and Peter and Gordon

and Gerry and the Pacemakers. Not to mention the Beatles.

[elocs]

10. I am getting to the age where the musical favorites of my youth are passing away.

I enjoyed the music of Peter and Gordon. No, they were not musical giants,but I liked their songs.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

11. Bummer. RIP.

[Po_d Mainiac]

26. Ayah...The youth of our our youth are shittin the bed too. n/t

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

13. I played my Peter and Gordon album night and day

World Without Love

To Know know know YOU is to love love love you

Woman

The horrific Lady Godiva

:cry:

I feel as bad as when I heard Mike Smith from the Dave Clark Five died. Another great 60's icon.

[rurallib]

14. When did Mike Smith die?

And isn't Peter Tork about ready to die?

[Maccagirl]

16. Peter's cancer has returned

But he is positive and upbeat. Those of us who care are wishing him well, of course.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

19. Mike Smith died last year. A very sad story

see link.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23395584/

I haven't heard anything about Peter Tork(elson) - hope he's ok.

[Are_grits_groceries]

15. Ahh No..........

RIP Gordon!

"I Go To Pieces" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB6l4i-zA_Q

This took me waaaaaaaay back.

[rockymountaindem]

18. Believe it or not, I grew up with that music and I'm only 22

My mom used to listen to oldies in the car all the time. I can still remember the words to a lot of those songs. This is real sad :(

[TexasObserver]

20. He was loved almost as much as CHAD, from Chad and Jeremy.

As Freddie said, "I'm telling you now."

[karynnj]

23. My kids absolutely could not believe Freddie and the Dreamers

which they saw when I picked a 60s music show at NYC's broadcast museum (now the Paley Center). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lIup-Dma1I They absolutely couldn't believe my friends and I thought it was the "Freddie" was fun - they did not take the excuse that I was 14 years olds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGxDS10VAbg&feature=related

[TexasObserver]

24. Do the Freddie!!

I suppose you've never sung them "Ting Tang, walla walla bing bang ...."

[karynnj]

28. They had that on one of the halloween cds

I guess you can see why I could never have successfully made fun of their music. I thought it was cool that both John Sebastian (Loving Spoonful) and Carole King wrote music for the Care Bears. I suspect we are the same generation. :)

I always figured that between Raffi, Tom Chapin and the Care bears, their generation had to become liberals from seeds sowed in childhood. (They were born between 1985 and 1990)

[Morning Dew]

31. Hell, I still do the Freddie sometimes.

Gotta keep my nerd cred with my teen Godkids.

[karynnj]

21. I really liked the series of hits they had in 1964/1965.

World without love ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lJPUKTchI&feature=related ), I go to Pieces ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB6l4i-zA_Q ), Woman ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtfIrO8CFnQ&feature=related ), True love ways ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3MuDauUvig&feature=related )etc.

listening all I can say is that they haven't stood the test of time like the Beatles, but they weren't bad.

[Po_d Mainiac]

25. Still have a 45rpm "Knight in Rusty Armor"/"The Flower Lady" n/t

[SoCalDem]

27. That's too bad. I always liked their music ..n/t

[Liberal In Texas]

29. RIP Gordon. A statement from Peter Asher:

"Gordon played such a significant role in my life that losing him is hard to comprehend – let alone to tolerate.

He was my best friend at school almost half a century ago. He was not only my musical partner but played a key role in my conversion from only a snooty jazz fan to a true rock and roll believer as well. Without Gordon I would never have begun my career in the music business in the first place. Our professional years together in the sixties constitute a major part of my life and I have always treasured them.

We remained good friends (unusual for a duo!) even while we were pursuing entirely separate professional paths and I was so delighted that after a hiatus of almost forty years we ended up singing and performing together again more recently for the sheer exhilarating fun of it. We had a terrific time doing so.

Gordon remains one of my very favourite singers of all time and I am still so proud of the work that we did together. I am just a harmony guy and Gordon was the heart and soul of our duo.

I shall miss him in so many different ways. The idea that I shall never get to sing those songs with him again, that I shall never again be able to get annoyed when he interrupts me on stage or to laugh at his unpredictable sense of humour or even to admire his newest model train or his latest gardening effort is an unthinkable change in my life with which I have not even begun to come to terms."

http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner~y2009m7d17-In-memorium-Gordon-Waller--a-remembrance-plus-a-statement-from-Peter-Asher

[Vinca]

32. Oh . . . very sad. I had a huge crush on him when I was a teenager.

Met him once and he seemed like a very nice person. "Woman" is one of my all-time favorite songs.

[Liberal In Texas]

33. Makes me feel old. Theirs was one of the first (if not the first) album I owned when I started to

discover pop music as a young teenager.

[spooky3]

34. RIP. A minor point - didn't the writer mean that Asher's sister was dating McCartney at the time?