Anthony 'Tony' Wilson is Dead
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/6941105.stm


i owe this man. without anthony wilson, my life would have been completely different.

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Aw man! :(

It was only a few weeks ago I was reading something about him doing some sort of speech at a convention or other. He was a brave and innovative, if sometimes naive, bloke who did a lot for music and the club scene.

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uff.............:(

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;(anyone got a cigarette?

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a sad day...

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Very sad. That's like a big part of the first thing I ever loved in life passing away.

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wow...

like... even though I got into the whole Factory Records/ New Order "deal" a bit late (ok, after Factory even dissolved) - it still meant a lot to me

:(

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I had no idea who Tony Wilson was until I heard of '24 Hour Party People'. So can't say I feel sad, but he definetely left a huge footprint on the music world.

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a sad day and puts a bit of a cloud over the start of the weekend.

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Never really heard of the guy but RIP regardless.:(

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99X in Atlanta was playing Blue Monday, I would guess it was a tribute.

Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They will turn away no more

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ahhhh! this is the worst news:mad: he was a guy who wanted to entertain people....will be sadly missed.....gutted!

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i knew Tony had cancer, but i just read this in the peper today... and am truely sad

i met mr Wilson briefly in Manchester in 1993 and he was a truly nice man when i met him

for those who don't know him, I suggest watching the satirical but mainly accurate 24 hour party people film of his life, which he endorsed, or the book of the same name... it pretty much sums him up and his philosophyon life music and the rest...

without Wilson, there would have been no joy division, new order, happy mondays or hacienda

basically the musical landscape would be wholly different

(i appreciate that others were involved in the whole factory /madchester movement - but Wilson was at its heart)

rest in peace, Tony

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i owe this man. without anthony wilson, my life would have been completely different.[/quote]


i dont know what to say. few albums he released from factory, simply changed me forever.

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Same here. 57 is way too young, I feel sad for that.

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that's very sad to hear. i've never heard of him before, although i do listen to new order. it's a shame that people that do such great things have to die young. i hope he's in a better place.

RIP.

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check this, tony wilson meets god

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JfXzvCrn9c

conversation which tony had at the roof is actually new order's manager rob gretton.

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and this:

part one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rlFwScEjUk

part two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIbSB...related&search=

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a true pioneer, both factory and the hac will always be his legacy

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I heard the news last Friday and was gutted, the guy was a genius, a true ambassador for music. It was odd growing up and watching him present the local news every night on Granada reports.

I was on my way home and read it on the front of the local paper - funnily enough walking at the same time past a new exhibition for the Hacienda and factory celebrating 25 years of Manchester music. :(

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http://mediaweb.musicradio.com/MP3/7...9879E60E00.mp3


XFM Tony Wilson Tribute

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awww fuck. i just came back from hols and i found out that he and max roach have both died. :(

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listening my old factory records... golden greats.