Lee Perry RIP

[Crunchy Col]

www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/29/lee-scratch-perry-visionary-master-of-reggae-dies-aged-85

An absolute giant.

A fair old age, too, I suppose.

Rest in peace you wild son of the sun x

[sloopjohnc]

I guess they're getting to that age now.

Surprised to read he died in Jamaica. I thought he lived in Switzerland now. Kinda poetic though.

[Half Machine Lipschitz]

For some reason, I thought he had already died in the last couple of years. Weird.

RIP

[neige]

Oh fuck!!

He did live in Einsiedeln since 1989. I really love this collaboration that can be read as a tribute to Switzerland.




Good innings, though.

RIP, Mr. Upsetter

[Deleted]

Goodbye to The Upsetter.
RIP

[sloopjohnc]

Aug 29, 2021 17:03:33 GMT Half Machine Lipschitz said:

For some reason, I thought he had already died in the last couple of years. Weird.

That was Edwin Starr.

[Charlie O.]

Listening to Heart Of The Congos now.

I saw him years ago in a tiny club in Austin. He was the most ferociously stoned person I think I've ever witnessed up close. It wasn't like he or his (European, blond, seemingly sober) backing band actually did anything particularly noteworthy, yet it was a really enjoyable show, and warmly remembered ever since.

RIP.

[jeffk]

[Reactionary Rage]

For the past 15 years, Perry has been living here in a tiny village just outside Zurich, with Mireille and their two children. He still can’t speak a word of Swiss-German, and Mireille runs the day-to-day operations of the Perry household. A former dominatrix, Mireille has engaged in a two-decade-long struggle with Perry over his lack of cleanliness. “I am tidy, so I give him this room to make his mess,” she says, “but he must learn to be clean in the house.”
Perry battles against this enforced domestication, and every so often, he defecates in champagne glasses, placing them in cabinets throughout the house or burying them in the backyard. He justifies this habit by explaining that shit and piss are the essence of humanity: “The rain holds the sky, the rain goes in the water, we swim in the water, we piss in the water, and we drink the water. To live, we must piss and shit the water out. I believe in my piss. I believe in my shit.”

Quite probably insane. Deffo touched by a bit of genius. RIP Lee Perry

[fange]

What a life in music. So many great, great records with his name on them - RIP.

[fearlessfreap]