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Goodbye Gilson

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the coming of gary
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Goodbye Gilson

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RIP Gilson Lavis, Drummer for Squeeze, 74.

Rotten year for drummers, following Rick Buckler (the Jam), and Clem Burke (Blondie)
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violator wrote: 08 Nov 2025, 10:37
Apparently Gilson was a right handful, especially after a beer. 
That made me chuckle.

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the coming of gary
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the coming of gary" wrote: 06 Nov 2025, 15:56 RIP Gilson Lavis, Drummer for Squeeze, 74.

Rotten year for drummers, following Rick Buckler (the Jam), and Clem Burke (Blondie)
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... And now its RIP Kenny Morris, drummer of Siouxsie and the Banshees
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Sunlight on the lino, woke me with a shake, I looked around to find her, but she'd gone

Apparently Gilson was a right handful, especially after a beer. The engine room of one of the greatest bands ever. RIP
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Briano
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honky cat" wrote: 07 Nov 2025, 19:53
Briano wrote: 07 Nov 2025, 18:51
‘the devil came and took me from bar to street to bookie’

RIP big man
That is probably my favourite lyric of theirs. RIP a great band.
My lyric of all time, the people I think of from that ilk are all  long gone
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Briano wrote: 07 Nov 2025, 18:51
‘the devil came and took me from bar to street to bookie’

RIP big man
That is probably my favourite lyric of theirs. RIP a great band.
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Always saw Squeeze as a band that appealed to the working class because their lyrics were something most of us could identify with.
'Some fantastic place' isvsheer poetry.


RIP.
stewey
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Very underrated band is squeeze ,great wordsmiths 
RIP gilson 
 
Briano
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The lyrics of Squeeze sum up life in the late 70’s 

‘the devil came and took me from bar to street to bookie’

RIP big man
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I also didn't know Clem Burke had died. Love the the drum roll intro to Denis Denis. 

Not a big Squeeze fan. A bit wishy washy for me however RIP Gilson and Clem. 
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Sat and chatted with him once, 1979, lovely bloke.

RIP
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Didn't know Clem Burke had passed, bloke was a machine, regardless RIP  Clem and RIP Gilson.
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Takashi Miike
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must have watched/listened to Gilson for most of my life. squeeze, toothbrush, later.

rest in peace, big man
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