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Points: 31169 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 19:43
Wasn't his biggest fan, but can't deny his originality and his influence on many avant prog artists then and now.

RIP
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 19:49
I wonder if the Telephone got to him. Shocked
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Points: 10185 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 19:55
Originally posted by Mushroom Sword Mushroom Sword wrote:

Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

At the very least, him and Leslie Nielsen. 


Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

At the very least, him and Leslie Nielsen. 


Good enough.

Also, I think this might be a little offensive (and done very poorly and quickly) but:




Lmao
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Points: 4625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 19:57
I'm so drunk, I can't be sure if I imagined the last few posts or not, but lol anyway.
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Points: 1474 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 20:20
RIP. I never got into him for some reason. It's not really that I don't like his music as much as I've never really heard much of him. I need to explore him more I guess. 
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Points: 3577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 20:28
Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

Noooooooooooooooooo! Cry
 
Sigh...just saw the news myself. Terrible Terrible news. What a character...definitely a prog man to the bone.
 
He'll be missed for sure. Will have to have a marathon of his works sometime soon to commemorate.
 
RIP Capt. May you sail on forever.


This a very sad day indeedShockedCry




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Points: 2822 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 20:33
Old fart no longer at play.

/moment of silence
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Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 20:33
Now that my jaw is off the floor, I like to imagine that the Captain finally has grown fins, and taken up with a mermaid.
Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 21:03
Oh, didnt know this. Have nothing from him except for Zappa projects. He was a pioneer for sure!
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Points: 13382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 22:03
A The carrot Captain is as close as a rabbit human gets to a diamond. 
R.I.P Cry
New album!
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385
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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2010 at 22:20
Wow that sucks. I'll honor him tomorrow with my listening. 
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Points: 178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2010 at 03:02
Didn't hear that anywhere on the news - guess he wasn't mainstream enough.
R.I.P.
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Points: 5964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2010 at 03:08
A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?




Edited by Trouserpress - December 18 2010 at 03:09
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Points: 5964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2010 at 03:12
I've already posted in the other thread, but I've decided to celebrate his work today by flooding all my internet haunts with choice morsels of his genius. Thus:
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Points: 13768 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2010 at 04:28
Very sad news. RIP.
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R.I.P.

A true genius...
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Points: 13244 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2010 at 08:14
RIP Don. On the up side, you'll be jamming with Zappa again now.
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Points: 17647 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2010 at 08:36
bye bye Donald Unhappy  liked his tricky vocals and arrangements ...

Edited by Rivertree - December 18 2010 at 08:37


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Points: 8138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2010 at 09:46

sad loss indeed, 'trout mask replica' is quite unique in the history of music.
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2010 at 09:53
I will have ot get hold of Trout mask replica in honour of the man
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