# Glen Campbell has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130 "2017-08-08T20:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/1 "2017-08-08T20:44:54Z")
[He was 81](http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/glen-campbell-dead-at-81). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/2 "2017-08-08T20:46:24Z")
:smack: Too bad you can’t edit titles. I should have made the thread title ‘The Wichita Lineman is now off the line.’ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/3 "2017-08-08T20:47:06Z")
Much respect. Thanks Mr. Campbell. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/4 "2017-08-08T20:51:27Z")
R.I.P., sir. Thank you for sharing your talents. ETA: I love [his version of Mason Williams’ Classical Gas](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V4Ga67EDrKI). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/5 "2017-08-08T20:54:22Z")
Did he go to heaven or Galveston? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/6 "2017-08-08T20:55:20Z")
Incredible talent. I only came to appreciate him well after the fact, but am glad for it, and for his guitar playing. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/7 "2017-08-08T20:59:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Did he go to heaven or Galveston? He stopped in at Galveston on his way to Iowa. “This isn’t heaven. It’s Iowa.” (_Field of Dreams_ (1989)) ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/8 "2017-08-08T21:03:38Z")
I loved his voice, his playing, and his TV show. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/9 "2017-08-08T21:04:42Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > :smack: > > Too bad you can’t edit titles. I should have made the thread title ‘The Wichita Lineman is now off the line.’ Maybe if you ask a Mod… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/10 "2017-08-08T21:06:47Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I only came to appreciate him well after the fact… I was never a country music fan. Growing up in San Diego, ‘I listen[ed] to Fun-Loving KCBQ!’ then, a rock & roll station. But I was aware of Campbell’s music because it crossed over onto the frequency I frequented. And _The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour_ was on when I was a child. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/11 "2017-08-08T21:08:15Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Maybe if you ask a Mod… If a mod wants to change it, I wouldn’t mind. If a mod doesn’t want to change it, I’m fine with that too. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/12 "2017-08-08T21:12:09Z")
Saw him once on the Carson show. He said he had a joke but he probably shouldn’t tell it. Carson told him to go ahead and if was that bad they’d just bleep it out. He told the joke and they censored the PUNCHLINE! You know that at that moment that what you were thinking about the NBC censor was much worse than ANYTHING that would going to come out of Glen Campbell’s mouth. (Finally heard the rest of the joke years later. A poor family asked their kid what he wanted for Christmas. He said something he could wear and something he could play with. They only had enough for one present so they got him a pair of pants with the pocket linings cut out.) No longer shackled by forgotten words and bonds. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/13 "2017-08-08T21:14:41Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Saw him once on the Carson show. He said he had a joke but he probably shouldn’t tell it. I saw that episode. (Can’t remember what channel… Decades?) Thanks for the punch line. It reminds me of when I was ten. My parents asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I told them I want a watch. So they let me. . ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/14 "2017-08-08T21:24:40Z")
I guess he’s gone, gone, gone. ☹ RIP. I hate that f—ing disease. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oQPVHSQIMAo/hqdefault.jpg "Glen Campbell Gone, Gone, Gone") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQPVHSQIMAo) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/15 "2017-08-08T21:35:14Z")
Glen had an amazing career. First as a very respected studio musician. I highly recommend the documentary, The Wrecking Crew which reunited the LA studio musicians and captured their memories of making music in the early sixties. Glen told some incredible stories about those early days of Rock N Roll. Many of Glen’s songs will be played for many years to come. Galveston, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Gentle on My Mind, and the Wichita Lineman have a permanent place in musical history. Crossover songs loved by pop and country music fans. Glen is one the artists that inspired me to learn how to play guitar in high school. He always made it seem so effortless. Thank you Glen for filling my entire life with your wonderful music. RIP ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/16 "2017-08-08T21:44:18Z")
☹ A huge talent, great singer and fantastic guitarist. RIP Glen. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/17 "2017-08-08T21:44:55Z")
[Adios](http://www.rollingstone.com/country/videos/glen-campbells-adios-watch-video-w493734). StG ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/18 "2017-08-08T21:46:44Z")
[Nick Cave cover.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc2oKEXFL5w) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/19 "2017-08-08T21:58:33Z")
Even when you know it’s coming, death is so hard when it hits. He didn’t have a song I disliked.:(:(☹ ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130/20 "2017-08-08T22:09:06Z")
Good Bye, Sir. We knew when a Glen Campbell single came in to put it in rotation immediately. It was gonna be a hit. Fantastic musician. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-campbell-has-died/793130.md?page=2)