By stranger56 (24.47.50.195) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 06:10 pm:

Just got the news off Yahoo.
God bless him.
Far too young at 58 years old.

Jim

By stranger56 (24.47.50.195) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 06:18 pm:

Sorry. Didn't see the earlier post on this sad topic.
Please feel free to delete this thread.

Jim

By spidergirl (67.210.243.54) on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 - 05:01 pm:

Jim
My step dad has one of his cd and like Barry White he was a good man and I will miss him to I like one of his song and that was (Cat get enough of your love babe) he will be missed.

Kim

By moanman (24.44.218.110) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 07:18 pm:

For Barry White (1944-2003)

Big Burly poppa, stroking
The keys,
Putting it down something propa.
This one�s for you.

Who would know you were
A ghetto-bred, gang-related,
Youthfully-incarcerated
Thug turned Maestro?

I think of you as stately
And well-stated, powerful
And orchestrated--
A groaning baritone, who
Made two generations of
Natures Rise and
Bloom like the strings of Love
Unlimited�

Damn! You sho could croon!
More than this, you were
That other man in the
Room, conducting the slow jam
I lost my
Virginity to�

I close my eyes & think of you
In Leonard Street boogies
And banana solitudes
And being sixteen & horny
When Kisses rained like music
Past my lips, down my neck,
My chest, my body-- Oh�

Never felt naughty, tho
Never felt sordid, or dirty
Like I was told sex would be.
No, you gave love and sex a soundtrack
Gave it color, class & majesty
Made it sing on the skin
Like a tender memory.

They say, about a million
Babies were made
To your moaning songs, long
And blue, & thick with mood.
Like you, Maestro. Like you�

My boy used to crack on me
For diggin� you,
Called you:
�The Walrus of Love�
And I laughed--
But just a little,
Cause, in actuality, you knew
Me, and my secrets
Better than he ever would�

So, a big chunk of sensitivity
Caught in my throat
When I heard the news�
I felt sad, and choked on
A memory...

A sweet memory
So many memories
So many songs
So many good moments
That never felt sordid,
Dirty, nasty,
Like I was told
Sex would be.

Peace, Maestro
Peace, yo.

By medusa9e2003 (66.73.10.229) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:30 pm:

...and I will miss him 2. Moanman, that was just so nicely done, so well said. Barry N Song. Poetry so, soo,so Barry~fied.

Thanx! 4 keepin' it 'Live'~~~

By moanman (24.44.218.110) on Monday, July 28, 2003 - 12:19 am:

Thanks Medusa. I'm sure we all have our Barry memories. Just thought I'd share the importance of his contribution to the soundtrack of my life from a deeply personal tip. Peace.