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Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 - 18 December 2000) was a British pop singer-songwriter. She was the daughter of dancer Jean Newlove and noted folk singer Ewan MacColl.
MacColl began her career in the late 1970s UK punk rock scene, singing backing vocals for Drug Addix. She was probably most recognizable in the United States as the writer of “
They Don’t Know”. Tracey Ullman’s version, helped by a video guest-starring Paul McCartney, reached Number 2 in the UK in 1983 and the Top Ten in North America. She had more success in her native England, where her hits included the 1981 single “There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis”, a cover of Billy Bragg’s “A New England” in 1985, a duet with Shane MacGowan of The Pogues on “Fairytale of New York” in 1987, and a cover of The Kinks’ song “Days” in 1989.
After a break from the music industry for much of the 1990s, several trips to Cuba and Brazil restored MacColl’s creative muse, and the world music-inspired (particularly Cuban and other Latin American forms) Tropical Brainstorm, often described as her finest work, was released in 2000.
On 18 December 2000, while swimming in a restricted diving area with her family on a holiday in Cozumel, she was killed in a collision with a powerboat while managing to drag her son out of its path. The boat was owned by Mexican supermarket millionaire Guillermo González Nova (owner of Comercial Mexicana), who was on board with several members of his family.
MacColl began her career in the late 1970s UK punk rock scene, singing backing vocals for Drug Addix. She was probably most recognizable in the United States as the writer of “
They Don’t Know”. Tracey Ullman’s version, helped by a video guest-starring Paul McCartney, reached Number 2 in the UK in 1983 and the Top Ten in North America. She had more success in her native England, where her hits included the 1981 single “There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis”, a cover of Billy Bragg’s “A New England” in 1985, a duet with Shane MacGowan of The Pogues on “Fairytale of New York” in 1987, and a cover of The Kinks’ song “Days” in 1989.After a break from the music industry for much of the 1990s, several trips to Cuba and Brazil restored MacColl’s creative muse, and the world music-inspired (particularly Cuban and other Latin American forms) Tropical Brainstorm, often described as her finest work, was released in 2000.
On 18 December 2000, while swimming in a restricted diving area with her family on a holiday in Cozumel, she was killed in a collision with a powerboat while managing to drag her son out of its path. The boat was owned by Mexican supermarket millionaire Guillermo González Nova (owner of Comercial Mexicana), who was on board with several members of his family.
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lolspud wrote:
RIP Kirsty.
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muttonmolester wrote:
My favourite track is "Terry should know" Fabulous!!
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starclaidissa wrote:
♥. Nothing else needs to be said. Her music's made me who I am.
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poor-de-chirico wrote:
Playing "Soho Square" on her birthday since I can't I be in London. Bless.
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FlyStraight wrote:
Kirsty would have been 50 this Saturday. If you have a chance then stop by her bench and pay respects. R.I.P.
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mickeyglitter wrote:
And though you're gone/You're with me every single day/Believe me
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anthonypizarro wrote:
Probably one of the best thing's an ex ever did was to introduce me to this amazing singer! I am upset to this day that I wasn't able to experience her before her untimely death. But her music lives on and touches me every time I listen to her.
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YControl755 wrote:
Currently reading her biography written by her mother. What a lady. They don't make 'em like her very often. Without a doubt one of the most unique and important songwriters ever.
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rainy-dog wrote:
i really want to go and see kirsty's bench someday. and watch pigeons shiver in the naked trees and whatnot.
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marcy50 wrote:
Beautiful voice,,now she can sing with the angels!
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manxmaid wrote:
I too have sat on her bench in Soho Square and thought of her. Such talent, such a waste.
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mondays_boy wrote:
Oh gawd why did she have to go, saving children I know, intresting Documentaire on bbc4 a couple of months back.
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EmmaKSpence wrote:
SENSUAL PIANO, SOULFUL VOICE: www.last.fm/music/Emma+K+Spence Her seductively soulful voice delivers her gift for rendering a story into song, telling of the wavering temperament of love. Her sensual piano style is a melodic and passionate richness that will effortlessly shift your senses. www.last.fm/music/Emma+K+Spence/The+Piano+Sessions
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Riverman86 wrote:
Justice for Kirsty - http://www.justiceforkirsty.org
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timpunk wrote:
She has a bench in Soho Square W1 London, dedicated to her by her friends. I have sometimes sat there, watching the drunks and the pigeons, thinking of a lady i never met but who meant something to the youthful 'me'. X
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PaisleyPlay wrote:
Days - what a beautiful song, sung beautifully too.
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LondonLouis wrote:
Sad Loss. Currently chuckling to the Guy Works Down the Chip Shop. ..... but Fairy Tale is what will give her immortality.
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cowfoot wrote:
Miss you Kirsty.
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martenHH wrote:
RIP Kirsty! Far to early
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enfieldchris wrote:
Christmas is a hard time for Kirsty fans. Behind the joy of hearing FAIRY TALE OF NEW YORK in shops and bars is the sadness that she was killed a week before Xmas. Gone but not forgotten.
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