# Eddie Money R.I.P **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [September 13, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170 "2019-09-13T15:51:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/1 "2019-09-13T15:51:58Z")
> **[A Pine Knob staple, Eddie Money remembered for his music and personality](https://www.mlive.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/09/ce4088fbd86058/a-pine-knob-staple-eddie-money-remembered-for-his-music-and-personality.html)** > > The world has lost musician Eddie Money. Here's how some are remembering the "Two Tickets To Paradise" singer. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/2 "2019-09-13T16:20:08Z")
Aw, shit! Here’s wishing him two tickets to Paradise. Damn, this makes me so sad. I’m wiping tears from my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/3 "2019-09-13T16:22:52Z")
He did a great bit last year on \*The Kominsky Method \*where he played an Eddie Money impersonator at a casino. Very funny and some decent acting. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/4 "2019-09-13T16:26:22Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > He did a great bit last year on \*The Kominsky Method \*where he played an Eddie Money impersonator at a casino. Very funny and some decent acting. He was also Mimi Bobeck’s husband on _The Drew Carey Show_. She wanted to get an annulment so she could marry Steve. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/5 "2019-09-13T16:26:42Z")
Aww Too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/6 "2019-09-13T16:59:01Z")
So where’s the other ticket? He only needed one for this last trip. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/7 "2019-09-13T17:10:32Z")
He was in a Geico commercial. He had a gift for self-parody. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PWTgwvh4v1w/hqdefault.jpg "GEICO Two Tickets to Paradise Commercial Eddie Money") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWTgwvh4v1w) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/8 "2019-09-13T17:10:34Z")
Just learned some cool trivia about “Shakin’”: > [@Wikipedia](#): > > The video for the single featured actress/model Patricia Kotero, better known as Apollonia, as the female doing the “shakin”. She would later go on to co-star in the film Purple Rain. Rae’s Diner, located on Pico Blvd. in Santa Monica, CA is featured in the video. It is still in business today. RIP, Eddie. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/9 "2019-09-13T17:12:47Z")
Aw, he rocked. RIP, Eddie. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/10 "2019-09-13T17:36:02Z")
Mishear lyric: “I’ve got two ticks and a pair of lice.” ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/11 "2019-09-13T17:36:16Z")
Eddie may not be legendary, but he was one of my faves growing up. RIP Eddie! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/12 "2019-09-13T18:05:56Z")
Aww, Eddie, there goes my favorite Red Meat comic; in which Bug-Eyed Earl talks about antique shops and the beat-up old rocker he saw in one (Eddie Money). ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/13 "2019-09-13T18:14:11Z")
RIP Mr. Money; you done good. A handful of truly fantastic earworm songs and a terrific stage presence; Eddie Money totally fucking rocks! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/14 "2019-09-13T18:29:52Z")
For any youngsters who aren’t familiar with Eddie Money, (and for those of us who know him, too): [Eddie Money - Shakin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tcD_dVcXE4) (my favorite song of his) [Eddie Money - Two Tickets to Paradise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYEgYVyBDuM&list=PL_M_TPjEl5nbNKFYoIPuIeO3muIzPJdUD) [Eddie Money - Baby Hold On](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWyNSIS8jRY&list=PL_M_TPjEl5nbNKFYoIPuIeO3muIzPJdUD) [Eddie Money - Think I’m In Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJbBSIFN36k&list=PL_M_TPjEl5nbNKFYoIPuIeO3muIzPJdUD&index=5) [Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVj61ZX_8Cs&list=PL_M_TPjEl5nbNKFYoIPuIeO3muIzPJdUD&index=1) I’ve heard each of these songs hundreds, if not thousands, of times and yet they all still sound fresh and vital to me. Again: RIP Eddie; you done real good. ---
**Author:** ![TheKingOfBread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@TheKingOfBread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheKingOfBread)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/15 "2019-09-13T18:38:34Z")
Wow - that’s so sad. My folks actually saw him live what feels like a few years back now. RIP… ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/16 "2019-09-13T19:26:59Z")
Many, many years ago my brother was touring with Eddie as a roadie, so he got me tickets to the show and then brought me back to the tour bus to meet him. Eddie was already hanging around in his boxer shorts by the time I go there. It was…awkward. He really did not have the face to pull off rock band front man (i.e. dude was ugly) and yet…somehow he did. He produced some really tight little numbers that were pretty perfect for their time. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/17 "2019-09-13T19:31:56Z")
He seemed like a genuinely decent guy, an easy-going, self-deprecating family man who never fell for all the rock-star trappings. RIP Eddie. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/18 "2019-09-13T23:00:35Z")
It’s weird that I just put Eddie Money into rotation on my playlist and then he dies. Fun fact: before he made it in music he was a member of the NYPD. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/19 "2019-09-14T02:26:00Z")
I have to ask: how big was he in the USA? Here in Germany, he was a classic one hit wonder with “Take Me Home Tonight”, I’ve never heard another of his songs, not even “Two Tickets To Paradise” that is mentioned as his other great hit in the obituaries. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170/20 "2019-09-14T03:26:30Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I have to ask: how big was he in the USA? Here in Germany, he was a classic one hit wonder with “Take Me Home Tonight”, I’ve never heard another of his songs, not even “Two Tickets To Paradise” that is mentioned as his other great hit in the obituaries. He was big in the USA in the 80s. He had tons of singles, was always getting his songs played on classic rock radio stations, and had numerous videos on MTV. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-money-r-i-p/840170.md?page=2)