'Fluff' Freeman dies aged 79

[BeestonBoy]

Hey!!

Sunday dinner at my Mum and Dads aint been the same since they stopped having his show on in the back ground. Part of me ,when I was there was all ways expecting him too come back one day. Sad too finally realise he wont. But what a top bloody bloke he seemed. Fingers crossed it might be Tony Blackburn next!!

[Ace]

I remember him and Johnny Rotten going at it on Juke Box Jury in 1979. Rotten tried to be a smart arse, Freeman won that battle of wills when Johnny slagged off some songs for the sake of it

[steve56]

yeah ace i recall that he aid o shut up johnny and he did go all quiet.

[mrmcfister]

Must agree..a really pleasant fella.Those old taped shows (steve 56)sound fab..

[steve56]

Sent some to a collector last year in bournemouth to copy and return but not as yet.

[Arginald Valleywater]

My gut feeling was right, he was a pillow biter.

[Pervert]

And that affected his abilities to be a disc jockey how exactly?

When I was a kid, and had very limited access to radio and music, his was one of the few shows to broadcast stuff other than the playlist. And if his taste in music wasn't always cutting edge, at least his enthusiasm could not be doubted.

[Robches]

I was surprised at this news, I was sure I read his obit years ago. I wonder if it was printed by mistake?

[steve56]

you might be thinking of record producer Alan A. Freeman.Robches wrote:

> I was surprised at this news, I was sure I read his obit years
> ago. I wonder if it was printed by mistake?

[kinetic]

GQ's blog wasted no time!

"Once you were Fluff.
Now you are dust.
And have fallen out of the charts.
Completely.
Not arf.

You were the friend
Of pop-pickers.
Now the work
Of grave-diggers

?Greetings, pop pickers?
You used to say
?Greetings, St Peter?
Is now order of the day.

You reversed the top ten
So the last were played first
Now the only thing reversing near you
Is a hearse"