# Scott Walker \[musician\] has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491 "2019-03-25T08:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/1 "2019-03-25T08:40:00Z")
[Article from his record company here.](https://4ad.com/news/959?fbclid=IwAR2ZOXca_Wt1NF5Fow2Xr2vKEbZ5oUbgU89JChZEtpIKZ0DGrrVt61rMfJo) This is shocking and unexpected. One of the greatest of all time, and certainly responsible for introducuing me to the weirder side of music. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/2 "2019-03-25T09:08:54Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > [Article from his record company here.](https://4ad.com/news/959?fbclid=IwAR2ZOXca_Wt1NF5Fow2Xr2vKEbZ5oUbgU89JChZEtpIKZ0DGrrVt61rMfJo) > > This is shocking and unexpected. One of the greatest of all time, and certainly responsible for introducuing me to the weirder side of music. RIP It certainly is sad. His recent records were never less than confronting and completely absorbing, and I learned to really like a Walker Bros Greatest Hits CD almost as much. The documentary made by Don Was - 30 Century Man - was great and worth tracking down. He had two distinct great lifetimes in music, when most barely achieve one. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/3 "2019-03-25T10:52:14Z")
For a second I thought you were talking about the former governor of Wisconsin, but then why would that be in CS? Brian ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/4 "2019-03-25T21:21:05Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > For a second I thought you were talking about the former governor of Wisconsin, but then why would that be in CS? > > Brian If it was THAT Scott Walker, the news should be in every forum. (Sorry for the thread shit.) I don’t recognize Scott Walker, the musician, but with a bit search at least I recognize “All I Do is Dream of You”, which I admit I like. Am I missing something that about him that I should know? ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/5 "2019-03-26T05:45:15Z")
Yes, Scott and his group, the Walker Brothers (not actual brothers) were never that big in America, their homeland, though they did have a hit in “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”. They were huge in Europe, though. When Scott went solo, his records got increasingly innovative, and since the 90s he found an audience for uncompromising albums like “Tilt” even as his pop-star fans headed for the exits. What tied it together was an amazing voice - it could be soothing or scary, or both at once. Sorry he is gone. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/6 "2019-03-26T05:59:13Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > I don’t recognize Scott Walker, the musician, but with a bit search at least I recognize “All I Do is Dream of You”, which I admit I like. Am I missing something that about him that I should know? If you are a big Bowie fan, you should read these: > **[Nite Flights](https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/nite-flights/)** > > Scott Walker, Message to David Bowie on his 50th Birthday, 1997. I see God in the window. David Bowie, after hearing it. See the dwarfs and see the giants. Which one would you choose to be? Scott W… > **[The Motel](https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/the-motel/)** > > The Motel (early mix, fragment). The Motel. The Motel (live, 1995). The Motel (live, 1996). The Motel (live, 1997). The Motel (live, 2003). Prologue: Eat This, Crows! Consider two planets in the sa… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/7 "2019-03-26T13:20:00Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > If you are a big Bowie fan, you should read these: > > [Nite Flights | Pushing Ahead of the Dame](https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/nite-flights/) > [The Motel | Pushing Ahead of the Dame](https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/the-motel/) I remember a radio broadcast for Bowie’s birthday. Bowie was in the studio and Scott Walker called in to congratulate him. Bowie was awestruck. He sounded like a kid who had just met his greatest hero. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/8 "2019-03-26T13:32:56Z")
A great shame. And the documentary referred to in post #2 is excellent. Saw it on a big cinema screen when it got a cinema release in 2007. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/9 "2019-03-26T14:11:29Z")
I was confused, too. I could edit the title to include [musician], if you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/10 "2019-03-26T14:24:48Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I was confused, too. > > I could edit the title to include [musician], if you’d like. That’s probably a good idea as people have been confused, I hadn’t considered that. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/11 "2019-03-26T16:32:05Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xgvU0YI-Ut8/hqdefault.jpg "Scott Walker - Angels Of Ashes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvU0YI-Ut8) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J6XPXC-AKZ0/hqdefault.jpg "Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6XPXC-AKZ0) Scott 4 is a real trip, completely unique mood. It was released around the time of Sgt Pepper and was ignored. It was out of step but timeless. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/12 "2019-03-26T17:05:56Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvU0YI-Ut8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvU0YI-Ut8) > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6XPXC-AKZ0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6XPXC-AKZ0) > > Scott 4 is a real trip, completely unique mood. It was released around the time of Sgt Pepper and was ignored. It was out of step but timeless. Yeah, I don’t have a deep catalog of Scott Walker, but I do have Scott Walker 4, and it is a wonderful work through and through. (I also have Scott Walker 2, but it’s 4 that I listen to at least once every month or two.) He’s very much a respected and even revered figure in the music circles I run in (or used to run it is probably more accurate now). And he was the first Scott Walker I thought of when I read this thread, despite living next door to Wisconsin. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/13 "2019-03-26T17:26:03Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, I don’t have a deep catalog of Scott Walker, but I do have Scott Walker 4, and it is a wonderful work through and through. (I also have Scott Walker 2, but it’s 4 that I listen to at least once every month or two.) He’s very much a respected and even revered figure in the music circles I run in (or used to run it is probably more accurate now). And he was the first Scott Walker I thought of when I read this thread, despite living next door to Wisconsin. RIP. It’s less loungey and Brelly, I think. It was a perfect LP for late night insomnia for me. In those moments I had this strange feeling that we missed something by choosing the fabs over Scott (!?) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/14 "2019-03-27T01:23:30Z")
Excellent profile and remembrance of Walker today in “The New Yorker:” > **[The Weird and Vast and Periodically Devastating Music of Scott Walker](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-weird-and-vast-and-periodically-devastating-music-of-scott-walker?utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_032619&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd670ef2ddf9c619438ea3c&user_id=22982125&esrc=&utm_term=TNY_Daily)** > > I like to think that Walker, who was perhaps our most prescient artist, was just making a series of increasingly absurd jokes about the hellishness of existence. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/15 "2019-03-27T02:07:22Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > Yes, Scott and his group, the Walker Brothers (not actual brothers) were never that big in America, their homeland, though they did have a hit in “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”. They were huge in Europe, though. When Scott went solo, his records got increasingly innovative, and since the 90s he found an audience for uncompromising albums like “Tilt” even as his pop-star fans headed for the exits. What tied it together was an amazing voice - it could be soothing or scary, or both at once. Sorry he is gone. They used “Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine” quite effectively in the trailer for the very first season of the Walking Dead. 😉 [https://youtu.be/-fItDquicVo](https://youtu.be/-fItDquicVo) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/16 "2019-03-27T16:14:52Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvU0YI-Ut8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvU0YI-Ut8) > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6XPXC-AKZ0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6XPXC-AKZ0) > > Scott 4 is a real trip, completely unique mood. It was released around the time of Sgt Pepper and was ignored. It was out of step but timeless. I had my timing wrong. I think Scott 1 was around the time of Sgt. Pepper, and 4 was in 1969. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/17 "2019-03-27T16:59:10Z")
I had never even heard of Scott Walker until reading that Radiohead’s Thom Yorke said the band’s song “Creep” was influenced by him. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491/18 "2019-03-27T21:04:08Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I had never even heard of Scott Walker until reading that Radiohead’s Thom Yorke said the band’s song “Creep” was influenced by him. Really? Huh. I never noticed that influence, but it’s certainly influenced (some may say more than just influenced) by “The Air That I Breathe” by the Hollies.