RIP Karl Wallinger

[LessoftheLip]

Of World Party fame and prior to that The Waterboys.

He wrote the song She's the One covered and made famous by Robbie Williams.

 

[dooderooni]

That's bad news. I'm a fan if all his work.

 

[guisborough_rob]

Ah damn. Loved him in The Waterboys and World Party.

Put the Message in The Box is a fine pop song.

 

[Lady Felicia]

Oh no, that is sad news. Loved his stuff with World Party. He was gigging and being interviewed quite recently.

What happened?

 

[asredastheycome]

World Party should have been massive. My favourite by them

 

[Yearbyred]

Totally shocked. Wrote and performed some great songs both with The Waterboys and World Party.

Save us from tomorrow, I don’t want to sail with this Ship of Fools.

RIP Karl.

 

[HarryVegas]

Put the message in the grooves
of a seven inch record,
spin it all around the world
and with all the perfect harmonies
on a sunny, sunny day
you can do most anything.

 

[rkangel]

Very shocked by this. While I first heard Sinead o'Connor singing with The The it was World Party who first told me who she was. And they were very very good live the couple of times I saw them.
RIP

 

[borolad259]

Way too young.
Message in the Box is a bit af a regular in this house.

 

[tonybiriyani]

RIP

 

[Billyzin]

RIP.
No age at all.