The Life & Tragic Death Of ROBERT PALMER
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- Explore the highs and lows of Robert Palmer's iconic career in this video. From early influences to chart-topping hits like "Addicted to Love," delve into the music legend's journey. Discover the personal and professional challenges he faced, including the formation of The Power Station. However, the video also addresses the struggles leading to his tragic death. Join us for a tribute to the life, music, and enduring legacy of Robert Palmer.
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I saw him in concert with my husband and we both thought he sounded even better live. It was the best concert ive ever seen. Just love his music, his voice. RIP Robert Palmer
I saw him in Utica in the late 80s. Such a fantastic voice!!
I Had A VERY Similar Experience at Michigan State University, Where he Performed in The Early 1990's! So Sexy, & Great Concert! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
😮Me to and he was fantastic he had people dancing in iles ,he had nothing special, but his singing was possibly the best concert we went to
You can tell by this video live performance how good he was.
Seen him at Newcastle City Hall in the 80s he was brilliant
He was simply irresistible❤
I only know of him from that excellent and weird Addicted To Love video. I gave up smoking and drinking before it killed me. I wish Palmer would have realized the dangers and done the same. He was obviously very talented and creative. Congrats to you on kickin' the habits. I do treat myself to a cannabis scone for insomnia...since I don't "booze" anymore. Alcohol was my GO TO...in the past. There was no weaning off those vices...just COLD-TURKEY-ED IT.
I see what you did there. Good on ya.
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I reckon Diana might have been.
I discovered him as a teen in the 80's. I'm 54 now and I still love & miss him.🥰
I was 17 when addicted to love came out it was a baaad ass song and video he was always a class act
I thought Power Station kicked butt. Also 54 here
He was a beautiful, stylish man with so much talent and vision. Very very much missed. Thank you so much for this! We are all irreplaceable and now there’s a huge Robert Palmer sized gap in the world. I miss him.
Yes he is been in my top highest list of my music concerts saw him at Florida R.I.P. Naples,Florida
Good looking man and a very elegant dresser. I like his songs Addicted to Love and Mercey, Mercey Me. R.I.P.
As an ex smoker (and an athlete in my youth) who performs live, I can assure you that three packs of cigarettes per day is not even a tiny bit "healthy". You wake up hocking and coughing and clear your lungs out- sometimes it takes hours, you lack endurance in any aerobic activity . . . such as dancing around on stage, while singing.
If you're a weed smoker and a drinker AND a cigarette smoker it's about 50% worse. I never drank, but I did, and still do, smoke weed. I was running on E at age 49 when my doctor told me to quit: pains in the chest, heavy mucous in my lungs, and I was far more susceptible to every kind of respiratory illness. Quitting cigs gave me 20 more years of performing live. It was soooo worth it. I seldom get sick (colds, flu, etc) in the winter anymore. That, alone, is a big bonus.
Kids- your bodies are temples to music; don't fuck them up. You'll play longer and get better that way.
I'm a former smoker who'd go through half to one full pack every other day. No weed, no coke, and only drink socially. Like you said, I was unable to endure long, intense activity on just that little bit of smoking. Dude was blowing through 3 packs a day. There's no way in creation he was "healthy."
Smoke 'em if ya got 'em! 😅
The odds of anyone smoking 60 cigarettes a day living a long life cannot be high. I just read the other day that Patrick Swayze smoked 60 a day and he died at 57........
To, if you never done any of that and, you actually are normally a healthy person and, yet you come down with a chronic illness and, then, one thing leads to the other, all cause it’s in the genes! Gee, does that suck!
I didn't hack and cough , only when I caught colds, which was 3-4 a year now I might get one mild one a year!
Thank you for this video on Robert Palmer. He had a special place as a singer and artist. I thought no one could touch him. It was a sad moment when I'd heard that he had died. There was so much more to come from him, I feel.
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I agree
Oh THAT was his name?? I thought that he was just cocaine, personified. Or like, Huey Lewis's werewoof azz after a shave. Palmer, huh?? Like Laura and them?? Nice people, them.
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Totally classy guy. Always wore a suit and was always putting out great music.
Strange how I did like Addicted to love when it was released, I was 15, I thought the suit a bit cheesy. Now I think he looked divine, and what a classy move. I work in a corporate and before Covid every guy was in a suit, and it was so boring. Then I would rewatch Robert and be like yes, yes, he’s perfect.
RIP to a great singer great classy dresser what a waste a destructive habit will kill u sing in heaven❤❤❤❤❤
and very sexy
Love Robert Palmer! And The Power Station! ❤
"I didn't mean to turn you on" - one of my favorite eighties dance tunes. 🥰🤗
Fantastic song.
Great song and video clip with the ladies in it❤
Bad Case of Loving You is one of my favorites. Outstanding voice, and epitome of effortless coolness.
Robert Palmer, the BEST dressed man EVER in rock!
The ZZ Top song "Sharp Dressed Man" is doubtless about him.
Robert Palmer and Bryan Ferry I would say.
@@l.rongardner2150 That era of music was so diverse, you had your choice of Southern Rock such as the Allman Brothers, Glitter rock, David Bowie… Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, downtown clubs like CBGB’s was a wide range of Punk, early Metal Bands, I often went to Roxy Music at the Beacon Theater, Todd Rundgren, was emerging in the same time period, then there was Watkins Glen in 1973. A 3 day outdoor concert with The Band, The Grateful Dead & The Allman Brothers. I got to see Queen at Avery Fisher Hall. In Shea Stadium was Jethro Tull, Lou Reed at the Felt Forum. NYC had wonderful venues such as seeing David Bowie at Radio City Music Hall. Other venue was Gaelic Park, and if I remember correctly it was Mott the Hoople, and perhaps it Spooky Tooth together at the sharing the Bill. Of course Madison Square Garden was always headlining ledges, with a 6 night Tour in 1975, using a unique Stage that was so huge, I heard it was only used in LA and NYC, if I recall correctly it was the Lotus Stage. The Fillmore East had just closed when the Allman Brothers recorded, Live at the Fillmore East. Even Carnegie Hall had some amazing performances starting off with the Beatles in 1964, and from there the list went on. I personally never got to see any of the many Rock Legends that performed at Carnegie Hall. But NYC was busy 24/7 with shows like Rod Stewart, ELO, Led Zeppelin, ELP etc. I was always a fan of Gordon Lightfoot and only after watching his life in documentary did I discover that one of his own personal favorites at Carnegie Hall.
Thanks to TH-cam many of these historical performances have been preserved for generations to see.
When I seen The Rolling Stones for 6 nights at MSG, tickets in the red sections were $12.50, which is unbelievable to the cost of tickets today.
As a young teenager I was at the Orange County Fair, and Chuck Berry did a full two hour show for what I remember costing a dollar, many families were taking their kids to go on the variety of amusement rides, so there was around a hundred people or less watching Chuck Berry only around 20 feet away.
So many great artists that I never got to see back then, but I truly grateful for the many live performances that I was fortunate enough to see.
The Apollo Theater on 125th always had a great schedule of performances for the coming season. I was able to see a Morton Review.
@@Billytomtom18 , I saw Boz Scaggs for 50 cents in the UC San Diego gym in 1970. And I was right in the standing front row. I also saw Santana '69 or '70 in our gym for $2 And I think it was just $2 to to see Pink Floyd, in '70, in an outdoor concert on our campus, with Hot Tuna the opening group. Those were the days.
He was simply irresistible.
Robert was a fantastic vocalist,and always performed with phenomenal musicians. He was a big part of my younger life. ❤️❤️❤️❤️💐.
Im 62, and I was heartbroken when I heard of his passing!
RIP Robert Palmer!🙏
Robert Palmer was a gigantic talent!!!! To me that was a big deal when he passed away. He’s missed.
Irreplaceable and much missed.❤❤❤
He was a great songwriter and musician. A real talent.
Thanks. Loved his work.
The 60 cigs a day cut his life tragically short.
John Mellencamp to this day still smokes that much and probably more
I've been listening to Sneakin Sally since 1974. Blows me away every time.
Sneakin’ Sally was produced by New Orleans’ genius producer Allen Toussaint using The Meters and Little Feat founder Lowell George as backing band. Lowell was my friend and he was quite surprised when I knew of the album *before* it was released in the US. My pals in the record biz made certain I had an Import copy as soon as it came in.
ELKIE BROOKES WAS IN HIS BAND IN THE VERY EARLY DAYS FANTASTIC 💙❤️💜@@FeatnikSF
Shes so fine couldnt tell you were the money went what a line
This man belongs in the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame.
Robert Palmer had wonderful songs. I enjoyed his work. RIP Robert Palmer you are sadly missed.
That's a shame. And it's a bit of a stretch to say he was in good health, and smoked three packs a day in the same sentence.
That's A.I. generated text and narration for you.
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The cocaine probably didn’t help either.
@@stevenmiller7747: Going to have to face it you’re addicted to coke.
I smoked 3 packs a day and ran 10km a day! I finally quit and now cannot run as fast as I did as a smoker
He was very handsome and I enjoyed his music.
He was brilliant. Loved him and all his music. ❤
I believe he was hugely underrated
In my 1968 Chevy pickup I have a 8-track tape deck and Robert Palmers sneaking Sally through the alley on 8-track. My 1982 Camaro has a cassette deck I also have Robert Palmer on cassette. Point is I'm not riding without Robert Palmer. Long live blue-eyed soul.
Thank you for this video. I was at Scarborough High School with Robert in the early 1960's and remember how dedicated he was to his music but had no idea he would go on to become such an icon in the music world. It's so sad that he died well before his time with so much still to offer. Although I no longer live in Scarborough I think I'm correct in saying that his mum still lives in the town.
what is she 140 yrs old
@@Tom-os4hy ,probably about 101,so she could well be alive
Hi. I'm 72 and Robert was 3 years older than me so if alive he would now be 75. If his mum was 21 when she had Robert she would now be 96. My brother still lives in Scarborough and a year or so ago he told me he was delivering medicines to her home as he's a delivery driver for a local chemist. Next time I speak to him I'll find out if she's still alive 🙂@@Tom-os4hy
Not quite as old as that Colin, my guess is 96 as I've mentioned in my reply to @Tom-os4hy🙂 @@colincorn8678
Thank you for your kind words and for watching! 🥰
Loved Robert Palmer. His "Sally" trilogy - I can't count the number of times I've played that in my life. Nor how many times I danced to his 80s hits in the clubs. Such a legacy!
Sorry to hear this. I quit smoking 30 years ago. Never smoked more than 1 pack a day, smoked weed and hash, and have bladder cancer which is caused by smoking. If you smoke anything quit now. Quitting smoking was harder than quitting opium. RIP Mr. Palmar.
I'm so sorry to hear this 😥 I myself used to smoke for many years and know how hard it is to quit. Thank you for your comment and for watching. Take care
I am a sinner still.
CHECK OUT .MY CANCER STORY ROCKS .
O the fabulous Robert Palmer and the eighties,beyond awesome,and grateful for the memories
Loved Addicted To Love Great video
I saw Robert Palmer in concert once. It was excellent. It was one of those shows where you keep saying, "Wait, I forgot he does this one, too!" He just kept pulling out excellent songs. A true class act. (he and the show)
"Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" is a 1978 song, written and originally recorded by Moon Martin and sung a year later by Robert Palmer. The song became one of Palmer's definitive hits.
A sad loss Robert was and still is an exceptional artist/musician. His work is timeless in my opinion RIP dude 🙏🏻❤
I first discovered Robert Palmer in 1974 with Sneaking Sally Through The Alley, and I performed the trilogy with my band “Hot Sauce”😊 I was so impressed with his vocals and also his work with the Meters and Lowell George and Little Feet. As a vocalist myself I had a very similar voice and my original songs were bluesy,rock,reggae rhythms🎶👊🎶🥳👍 I was so sad when I heard he died,to me he was a one of a kind musician vocalist and producer and what I thought was sophisticated and unique….RIP Robert P. 🎶💎🎶
Robert Palmer was a great singer, songwriter, performer & an all-round good guy. I still miss him. The soul that came out of that humble man was a joy to behold. R.I.P. Mr. Palmer :0*
I loved Robert Palmer’s music videos in the early days of MTV.
Definitely the best dressed guy in rock,but great voice too and he rocked in his live performances.
Didn't know his background, so thanks for this. I knew he was special. Even his covers were awesome. I miss him.
Wonderful voice , I loved his song mercy mercy me !!!!!!😊
A Legend ❤❤❤
Me and my father always enjoyed Robert Palmer's music I did not realize he was born in the same year as my father until I looked it up one day
Thank You for This ROBERT PALMER Biography...
His Contributions, Influences and Talent deserves Greater Recognition.
Most Appreciated.
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Thank you for your lovely comment and for watching, it's very much appreciated 😁💯👍
I learned a lot on him as I knew only 'addicted to love' where the serious top models eclipsed him.
Tnx for sharing !
Thanks so much for watching! 😁
Saw him with the Power Station in Vancouver, B.C. and bought the tour tee shirt as well. Good show and have the ticket stub in my collection.
Robert was a great guy and treated me well when I was in the Bahamas. 🇧🇸 I stayed at his house for 8 days. I met his son Jimmy. Whenever he came to Las Vegas I had fun lining things for him to do. What a shocking loss
What a lovely memory 🥰 Thanks for watching.
@@HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv Thanks for the content
@@constipatedinsincity4424 Thank you 🥰
Yea he was at my house also. We were best friends until he passed.
Have been listening since the 70's. Always loved his music.
His 2 videos for Simply Irresistible & Addicted To Love were iconic. They were like mini movies.
Johnny and Mary is my favourite, it sounded strange and still does, very unusual and haunting. Mr Palmer was blessed with a healthy head of hair.
Never knew that he grew up in Malta.
His music brings me back to my younger years. Great times!
I loved his music and voice and his whole way of doing what he did. I saw him live at an auditorium at Belmont college in Nashville. He was fantastic!!
For me, the lasting memory of Robert is a short video of him in a friend's house swatting moths with a rolled up newspaper.
I love that song "Every Kind of People." I forgot all about it!✌️
I saw Robert Palmer live when he was vocalist with Vinegar Joe. He was very good but overshadowed somewhat by Elkie Brooks. Vinegar Joe were a great band live but they couldn't sell albums. I'm not surprised that Robert Palmer and Elkie Brooks both had successful solo careers as they were both great vocalists and performers.
I grew up admiring Robert Palmer. He was my favorite singer through most of my youth, and I never saw him perform live. One of my biggest regrets.
He was so handsome. And so innovative, having all those beautiful women wearing the same outfits standing behind him, playing the guitar or just dancing… Today people would say that was sexist, but that’s a bunch of BS.
Simply Class, with a capital C.
I always enjoyed his music and fantasy videos, and cutting edge songs like Addicted To 💕 Love.
I never knew he was so talented with performing with Duran Durian and so many others.
R I P Robert, you will always be missed.
He was an amazing artist and left this world too soon. I am so grateful that I got to see him in concert April 1986 at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco.
if there was just one thing greater than mister palmer's music it would be his character and integrity. rip sir greatly missed and loved
Amazing showman, so lucky to have seen him live.
He was great I liked all of his albums and collaborations . It was a shock when I heard he passed away very sad. He is missed but we will always have his music.
I loved his collaboration with Gary Numan..thank you for sharing this with us all..best wishes from the wirral peninsula,bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea...geography and rhyme..E..😊😊
What a shame he died so young ,he had so much more to give.😢
He was truly an amazing Singer /Songwriter/ Frontman....He will be forever missed and remembered......🎤🎶🎵🎼🔥💪👊🙏
Wanted it to be longer but it was really good. He was a great singer and this documentary reminded me of a couple of songs I had forgotten about so thank you for that.
My gf made me join her while seeing Robert with Power Station in 1985 at Saratoga NY. I am a hippie but I found him entertaining.
I had the privilege to see Robert Palmer, (He opened for "Heart"), at the Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA, August 1980, it was an intimate outdoor venue, arguably one of the best concerts I ever participated in, after that show I was hooked!
One of a kind! Love Sneaking Sally Through the Alley"...Good Stuff!
"Secrets", "Clues" and "Pride" are my favorites by far. what a cool middle period pre-super star MTV stuff. RIP.
Saw him at the Ohio State Fair, great show with an incredible band backing him.,
I went to his condo in Nassau for a Halloween party when I lived there. He lived next door to me and I could hear him playing almost every night in his house
I'll never stop singing his songs. Perfect ❤️🤓😽🦜
Brilliant video - thank you, so much, for making & posting it :0)
I saw Rod Stewart and they opened the show with Addicted to Love mocking 5 girls with Guitars and keyboards strapped on! Excellent cover.
I never knew Palmer covered Girl U Want by D-E-V-O!!!!
Comprehensive (except for the omission of "Vinegar Joe Band") and entertaining video on a singer who stayed RELEVANT, not afraid to attempt various music "styles". "H&H", thanks for resurrecting this iconic performer who was really never given the appreciative "closure" upon his untimely death that his career and legacy warranted. 🖤♠
... I heard him mention Vinegar Joe. A quick mention - if you blinked, you missed it sort of thing - but it was in there.
@@deannadrake2040 Thank you "dd"!! 🖤♠
@@Dafalex22 You're welcome. 😊 It's around the 2:48/2:49 mark, for anyone who's interested.
I saw him in Vinegar Joe in April of 73. Course I was mostly admiring Elke’s very short dress.
@@mikeroberts7921 A typical RP "upskirt" fan!! BRAVO!! TALLY HO!! 🖤♠
Truly a Class Performer ⭐️🌟👑
Never heard of him heard of Arnold Palmer now there was a man a real man.
My favorite solo artist of all time! Thanks for the video!
The smoking! I'm so sad he died such a preventable death, so early. Rest in peace, sir.
Saw him live in Seattle, opening at a small venue for Heart. He just floored the joint with the power of his voice! Heart was great, but it was a Robert Palmer album I went and bought the next day.
Really loved Robert's work and remember those great songs and videos back in the 80's. Didn't realize what a heavy smoker he was but was really shocked and saddened when I heard he had died.
A musician who will truly be missed. Loved his beautiful, soft, silky voice. You will most certainly be missed, that's for sure. RIP 😢😢😢💗💔💗💔💗💔💗
I went to see this great man in the early nineties
My first real concert, shame I never got to see him again.
But what a performance
RIP Robert.🎉
I was never a big cigarette smoker but i was a heavy drinker,idk why we do these things to ourselves but we do,even though somewhere in our minds we know the end result of our addictions,What a great singer and performer and great style to boot
Wow 😮 wow 😯 I didn’t know he had passed away 😢😅 his music
Simply inrrisisteble the video was
Awesome his
Voice and the
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Good Day. Excellent Review of Palmer's history. I learned a lot and loved his music. Thank You & Best Regards.
I saw him at the Werchter festival in Belgium in 1984, with an incredible band, one of the best gigs I've ever seen. Even better than Dire Straits at the same festival. Good memories!
I was there too! For Dire Straits, but Robert Palmer was a great bonus.
That was a great musical era. Sneakin Sally through the alley was so much fun. And he had great style.
I saw him at the Wiltern theater in Los Angeles in the’80s. It was a good show.
Pride was such a great album….saw him do that at park west I. Chicago…….great concert
A true Legend
Heavy Nova was his best album. Famous.
Robert palmer was 1 of my favorite rockers 😅 so talented!!!
An amazing singer and career ❤️🙏😞rip
Loved him in my young years
I'm sorry but a 3 pack a day smoker at age 54 is NOT in good health and a heart attack is not a surprise for someone like him.
Robert was a class act. I saw him in San Francisco for Riptide. He was excellent.
So much class
Thanks, I was looking for his video.
Heavy smoking and drinking gave me a heart attack at 54...luckily survived and had surgery. Been off cigs and booze and never felt better. Can't live like a 25yo forever. As I tell my friends who ask me if I want a drink, I say sorry but I used up my life quota! Quit young kids or don't start at all.