So Glenn Frey breaks the 69 hoodoo by carking it at 67.

[Berni]

It is starting to look as though a life of 70s rock and roll excess is making the late 60s about par in terms of life expectancy.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

due to the passing of Glenn. Not as cool as Dave or Lemmy, obviously.

Poor, poor Glenn. Rejected by the Twitterati :-(

He did write, 'Desparado'. Surely he deserves a small weep just for that?

[Pat Vegas]

[Luis Anaconda]

[redgunamo]

http://fiftiesweb.com/tv/miami-vice-glenn-fry.jpg

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

can't be cool. Don't you know the rules?

[Berni]

I never really understood what Miami Vice was supposed to be about. Wasn't it essentially one big Phil Collins video?

[Berni]

He's very much in the Rymans League of Celebrity Death, I'm afraid.

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

No one cares. It's all down to that *****fiddler John Peel, you know. He taught a whole generation that any song with a discernible melody should be dismissed out of hand.

['Neg]

[redgunamo]

The little guy fighting against the hegemony of whatever institution is *what* it's about; the Phil Collins video aspect is *how* it's about it.

[Berni]

much more insular and much less accessible for those in other markets.

Also, he was a bearded, vegetarian, Liverpool-supporting nonce.

[Berni]

bikini-clad lovelies to a synth-pop soundtrack.

[redgunamo]

[redgunamo]

[redgunamo]

based an episode on it, even named it after it and gave him a starring role in it.