Bob The Badger Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) What a loss. I loved that guy growing up. Get the geese off. RIP. Edited February 13 by Bob The Badger Steve How Hard?, therealhantsram, FlyBritishMidland and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Gosh what a shock. Such a pity he was ditched by the Beeb. Hope he gets a decent tribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie20 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Oh no! I used to listen to him in the afternoons when driving around with my job. R.I.P. and thank you for giving so much pleasure and laughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 15 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: Gosh what a shock. Such a pity he was ditched by the Beeb. Hope he gets a decent tribute. He was still on Radio 2. therealhantsram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Just now, Bob The Badger said: He was still on Radio 2. Oh really? Sorry, I thought he had been moved on. I remember his energy when at Radio 1. Less keen on his Radio2 stuff but he was really popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 This had a cult following at school back in the day... Rev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 This one has really hit me hard. Celebrity deaths don't do that normally. I've been trying to figure out why. I think it's because he has just been a constant presence all my life , chatting away in the background in the kitchen. I was just listening to his show Sunday morning. Who knew he was almost 70? He still sounded like he was 30. Whatever misery was going on in the world his shows always brought a smile. I remember hanging out with my mates on the school playing field, all of us trying to copy his Mr Angry character back in the 80s. I guess his voice takes me back to those childhood times of footy in the park and back home for tea at 5pm on the dot or there would be hell to pay. His death reminds me of the parents I have lost and those incredible childhood friendships I'll never have again. Rest well Steve. Rev, i-Ram, Miggins and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) Same age as my brother (69) and passed away a month ago. RIP Steve, you were a constant in the workshop in the 1980's. 😢 Edited February 13 by Grumpy Git Miggins, Bob The Badger, Ramrob and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Such a sad loss. A really nice guy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggins Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 A lovely guy and a brilliant radio show. What sad news this is. RIP Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loughborough Ram Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I'm so angry I could throw the phone down i-Ram and GB SPORTS 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 10 hours ago, therealhantsram said: This one has really hit me hard. Celebrity deaths don't do that normally. I've been trying to figure out why. I think it's because he has just been a constant presence all my life , chatting away in the background in the kitchen. I was just listening to his show Sunday morning. Who knew he was almost 70? He still sounded like he was 30. Whatever misery was going on in the world his shows always brought a smile. I remember hanging out with my mates on the school playing field, all of us trying to copy his Mr Angry character back in the 80s. I guess his voice takes me back to those childhood times of footy in the park and back home for tea at 5pm on the dot or there would be hell to pay. His death reminds me of the parents I have lost and those incredible childhood friendships I'll never have again. Rest well Steve. Hence the song 'Panic' by the Smiths - Wright played some syrupy Wham song right after a news flash about Chernobyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 2 hours ago, AndyinLiverpool said: Hence the song 'Panic' by the Smiths - Wright played some syrupy Wham song right after a news flash about Chernobyl. Maybe not 100% accurate if Wiki is to believed: A story circulated as the basis for the song holds that Marr and Morrissey were listening to BBC Radio 1 when a news report announced the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Straight afterwards, BBC disc jockey Steve Wright played the song "I'm Your Man" by pop duo Wham![6] "I remember actually saying, 'What the f*** has this got to do with people's lives?'" Marr recalled. "We hear about Chernobyl, then, seconds later, we're expected to jump around to 'I'm Your Man'". While Marr subsequently stated that the account was exaggerated, he commented that it was a likely influence on Morrissey's lyrics.[2] The band later commissioned a T-shirt featuring Wright's portrait and the phrase "Hang the DJ!"[7] "The anecdote might well be true," writes Tony Fletcher in A Light That Never Goes Out, his biography of the Smiths, but he states that "I'm Your Man" had been off the UK pop charts for several months by the time of the Chernobyl disaster and that "Morrissey hardly needed further provocation to attack Wright, whose highly ranked afternoon show treated all popular music as secondary to his madcap party format". (The antagonism was apparently mutual; former Smiths manager Scott Piering says that at a 1985 meeting, Wright and his producer both made clear that they disliked the band's music.)[8] Moreover, the song itself makes no mention of the radio I know nothing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier ram Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Such sad news , a radio legend, RIP Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 First job had radio on in office and his afternoon show got us through the day. Will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Moved the dial with his style of show. Still chuckle at the memories of going over to the Wine Bar....okay, yaa.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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