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Rod Temperton RIP

Few people may know this British songwriter. Certainly Heatwave weren't the biggest pop art of the 80s. But he wrote some of the best songs recorded by the man who claimed to be the King of Pop, including Thriller, Off The Wall and Rock With You.

Rest in peace, Rod.

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  • edited October 2016
    Love Off The Wall.
  • A friend of mine's band (Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves) were taken to court by Heatwave for using their name; this resulted in them changing it briefly to Blast Furnace and the Legal Matter...
  • A recent repeat of Top of the Pops featured Heatwave, with Rod playing his keyboard, performing Boogie Nights. He wrote (and co-wrote) lots of songs, many of which became major hits.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Temperton
  • Pedro45 said:

    A friend of mine's band (Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves) were taken to court by Heatwave for using their name; this resulted in them changing it briefly to Blast Furnace and the Legal Matter...

    I remember them - wasn't Charles Shaar Murray of NME fame/infamy involved?
  • Pedro45 said:

    A friend of mine's band (Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves) were taken to court by Heatwave for using their name; this resulted in them changing it briefly to Blast Furnace and the Legal Matter...

    I remember them - wasn't Charles Shaar Murray of NME fame/infamy involved?
    Yes, Charlie was Blast Furnace! I roadied for them a couple of times, once supporting Eddie & the Hot Rods at The Marquee, and later supporting the Boomtown Rats at The Lyceum.
  • Wrote some great tunes in the80's RIP.
  • Sounds of the 80's RIP
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  • There are very few people or bands I was a fan of . However, Heatwave was one, followed them all over London when the did the small venues. Saw them at Yorshire Grey, Saxon Tavern etc

    Met Rod one night had 5 minutes in his company. A man with real talent, and a loss to the world of music.

    Always and Forever . RIP Rod.
  • Terrific talent .. R I P ..... A Lincolnshire (Cleethorpes) man .. I believe that he went to the same school in Market Rasen as another great songwriter/lyricist, Bernie Taupin of Elton John fame
  • Loved Heatwave and everything that followed. Music that will live forever. RIP
  • Always & Forever was/is a great song.
  • a true loss to music
  • Pedro45 said:

    Pedro45 said:

    A friend of mine's band (Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves) were taken to court by Heatwave for using their name; this resulted in them changing it briefly to Blast Furnace and the Legal Matter...

    I remember them - wasn't Charles Shaar Murray of NME fame/infamy involved?
    Yes, Charlie was Blast Furnace! I roadied for them a couple of times, once supporting Eddie & the Hot Rods at The Marquee, and later supporting the Boomtown Rats at The Lyceum.
    Eddie and the Hot Rods at the Marquee - I was there (dunno if they played there more than once) - it is the hottest gig I have ever been to. The crowd were calling for an encore and an announcement came over the PA that 2 members of the band had collapsed so there would be no more songs!
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