Kirsty MacColl - 20 years ago today since she died..

[rjfp1962]

Remembering Kirsty MacColl who died in a tragic accident 20 years ago today...

https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/fans-lead-tri...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnzpg5GgQCo

[craigjm]

and a horrible way to go it was too!

[CallThatMusic]

A great talent, sorely missed.

[Merc 450]

Decapitated by a Jet skier whilst swimming, I think about her every time I go jet skiing in Thailand always on the look out for people that stray out of the swimming zone. Tragic, hard to see a swimmer at 70mph on a 1200cc Jet ski with saltwater in your eyes.

[Gameface]

Wasn't a jet ski and she died of chest injuries.

[craigjm]

Gameface said:

Wasn't a jet ski and she died of chest injuries.

She got ran over by a speedboat when she was out swimming a cut to bits by the blade

[Gameface]

Was a speedboat and there's some debate about who was piloting it.

[Simes205]

Her boyfriend (Who I knew from our music college days) was in the water at the time and saw all.

So sad.

[GetCarter]

I worked with her on French & Saunders for while. Even appeared briefly! (15'40" in - I'm the one with the hair!)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p032kk1c/fre...

Great voice. Lovely lady

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Merc 450 said:

Tragic, hard to see a swimmer at 70mph on a 1200cc Jet ski with saltwater in your eyes.

It wasn't a jetski, it was a speedboat, being driven recklessly in an area reserved for swimmers only, by a millionaire playboy who lied about who was driving it.

[Merc 450]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Merc 450 said:

Tragic, hard to see a swimmer at 70mph on a 1200cc Jet ski with saltwater in your eyes.

It wasn't a jetski, it was a speedboat, being driven recklessly in an area reserved for swimmers only, by a millionaire playboy who lied about who was driving it.

I used to listen to her best mate Annie Nightingale on Radio 2 in the wee small hours i'm sure she said jet ski anyway tragic and the playboy got away with it.

[paulguitar]

Her dad, Ewan McColl, was a great songwriter, he wrote 'Dirty Old Town' and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', amongst others.

[gooner1]

A loss of a great talent and a decent human being . RIP.

[rjfp1962]

[quote=paulguitar]Her dad, Ewan McColl, was a great songwriter, he wrote 'Dirty Old Town' and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', amongst others.

Didn't know that - looks like she had an excellent tutor..!

[lost in espace]

I always think of her two boys who were with her, hope time has healed a bit. Such a loss.

[craigjm]

lost in espace said:

I always think of her two boys who were with her, hope time has healed a bit. Such a loss.

At least one of them wouldn’t be alive if she hadn’t thrown them out of the way of the oncoming boat

[Skyedriver]

And that guy still works down the chip shop.....

She wrote some brilliant lyrics, New England possibly my favourite

[henrycrun]

So what's your favourite Kirsty album ?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Skyedriver said:

And that guy still works down the chip shop.....

She wrote some brilliant lyrics, New England possibly my favourite

New England was a Billy Bragg song that she covered.

But that aside, she did write some great stuff. My fave is They Don't Know About Us, which ironically was a big hit not for her, but for Tracey Ullman. Is the boyfriend wonderful, and all her family and friends are just jealous or have misjudged him, or is he a scumbag and she's the only one who can't see it?

[gooner1]

Her cover of the Kinks Day’s was pretty damn good too imo.