RIP Bonnie Tyler, aged 75

[Dave7]

I just read a quote from her family so I assume it must be true.
Not everyone's cup of tea but imo she made some good music in her prime.

 

[DCLane]

It is - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9326rq1509t

 

[Drago]

Noooooo! A legend in her own lifetime, and not many folk can claim that. R.I.P.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Let the punning begin - in any event it's a heartache.

 

[raleighnut]

I remember she was once booked to play at a biker gathering and as she was singing she was pelted with cans and bottles that to quote a fellow Welshman (Max Boyce) "Once held Bitter Beer" but now held something else.
She was a decent 'Pop' star but playing to a biker audience was never gonna end well

 

[postman]

Her cd with Meatloaf is in my mind superb.

 

[raleighnut]

I remember she was once booked to play at a biker gathering and as she was singing she was pelted with cans and bottles that to quote a fellow Welshman (Max Boyce) "Once held Bitter Beer" but now held something else.
She was a decent 'Pop' star but playing to a biker audience was never gonna end well

internet search says it was the 1988 Reading festival and she wasn't the only one targeted, serious mistake by the organisers to book 'Pop' acts at a Rock event

 

[Yellow Fang]

I remember she was once booked to play at a biker gathering and as she was singing she was pelted with cans and bottles that to quote a fellow Welshman (Max Boyce) "Once held Bitter Beer" but now held something else.
She was a decent 'Pop' star but playing to a biker audience was never gonna end well

Well, bikers are cretins. Next time you see one you can say so from me.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Her real name was Gaynor Hopkins. You don't get more Welsh than that. Always liked her, ever since I watched her on the telly singing Lost in France.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Her real name was Gaynor Hopkins. You don't get more Welsh than that. Always liked her, ever since I watched her on the telly singing Lost in France.

Lost In France, such a melodic song!🤩


View: https://youtu.be/gK-SVR86ThY?is=EtiXRQAfF06RiNu5

 

[a.twiddler]

That is so sad. Worse for being so sudden too. I liked a lot of her stuff. RIP.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Lost In France, such a melodic song!🤩


View: https://youtu.be/gK-SVR86ThY?is=EtiXRQAfF06RiNu5

I was listening to this song last night. One thing I never picked up on before was the lyric about 2:19 when Bonnie sings, "I looked around for a telephone to say 'Hey baby, I won't be home.'" So who is this person she's ringing up, her husband, her boyfriend?

 

[Drago]

So who is this person she's ringing up, her husband, her boyfriend?

Meat Loaf.

 

[Illaveago]

She had a lovely powerful voice. R.I.P.