Celebrity Death: Avicii(Tim Bergling) dead at 28

[Tim Calhoun]

I wasn't a big fan of his or the genre in general, but the guy had some of the most iconic songs of the last 5 years or so. The one he did with the guy from Edward Sharpe - "For a Better Day" - is stand out for me. May he rest in peace.

 

[Tim Calhoun]

Got to see him at Ultra and a fairly small club in Chicago several years ago. He was excellent that night.

How was he excellent? At pressing the "play" button?

 

[Muston Atthews]

I took a pill in Ibiza, to show avicii I was cool...

 

[awfulwaffle]

Sad day, he made some great music. BPM has had the entire studio staff on the air today, taking calls from people, other djs have called in(Kaskade, Tiesto, Steve Aoki, Laidback Luke, Nicky Romero were the ones I heard). They are playing lots of music(thankfully), because sitting down and listening to these people talk is tough. They'll be in the studio until 11 EST, and mentioned that this is going to be going on all weekend. It's a sad day in the music community for sure.

 

[awfulwaffle]

How was he excellent? At pressing the "play" button?

Do you think he didn't make his own stuff? Geesus, why do people keep bringing this up. Why don't you go do that.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Do you think he didn't make his own stuff? Geesus, why do people keep bringing this up. Why don't you go do that.

People are morons and let's pick the thread about his death to do that. Creating something from scratch and to be successful doing it is not easy.

 

[hi]

How was he excellent? At pressing the "play" button?

If pressing buttons is easy, why are you so bad at posting?

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

If pressing buttons is easy, why are you so bad at posting?

Dis boy like “hey, you mind if I drop that YEET”

 

[Xelebes]

Seeing a liveshow of a star producer can be very underwhelming. Usually they are not particularly good on the decks which makes sense since they spend so much of their time in the studio. They don't have the instruments that they have that makes them so well known. The benefit of a star producer is that other upcoming artists will throw their tracks at the star producer so that they can play them, or be associated with other star producers who provide undersourced cuts.

Unfortunately for me, I do require a good dj who can play around with dodgy tracks to get a good beat going. It was what I grew up with. I remember seeing big European artists who came over and do the whole hand-waving thing (I'm looking at you Blank & Jones, Tiësto and Lisa Lashes) that I admit that I'm not particularly excited when I see big giant headliners on a lineup.

 

[VictorLustig]

Went to the same school as him for a few years. Didn't know him personally but he seemed like a very nice, reserved, somewhat nerdy guy who had that "genius aura" around him. Still remember how shocked I was when I found out he was Avicii and that he was the guy who had made Levels. Surrounded himself with "friends" and managers who all pushed him to do more gigs and make more money. Not sure what happened in Oman but his success story was also a very sad story.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

RIP

 

[izzy]

If pressing buttons is easy, why are you so bad at posting?

lmao get f***ed up playa

 

[Jussi]

Wake Me Up was the hottest song of 2013, and instead of getting really tired of it, I embraced it because it was catchy as heck. There were so many other songs that sounds so recognizable that I didn't know he did, like Levels.

28 is so young. RIP.

Wake Me Up has been played to death during IIHF World Championships at the arenas. Kind of hard to avoid that songs every Spring.

 

[Chuck Norris Trophy]

"Levels" is in every other hockey highlight video from last five years.

 

[MAHJ71]

Sad..

and wondering what in the world he was doing in Oman...

 

[Dubi Doo]

If pressing buttons is easy, why are you so bad at posting?

Damn, burned

 

[ClassLessCoyote]

RIP but I never heard of this person before.

 

[Prntscrn]

Celebration of Avicii in Stockholm today

 

[IBleedOil247]

How was he excellent? At pressing the "play" button?

Clearly you have no idea what you are talking about

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Don't do drugs kids.

 

[awfulwaffle]

RIP but I never heard of this person before.

I'm 99% sure you've heard a song he produced. He was an amazing talent for being so young.

 

[awfulwaffle]

SiriusXM is replaying their day long tribute, f***, this sucks. Too young, too talented.

 

[Beauner]

RIP but I never heard of this person before.

is the rock you live under roomy?

SiriusXM is replaying their day long tribute, ****, this sucks. Too young, too talented.

It's really hard to listen to but I've had it on while I've been in the car last night and today.

 

[Huggy43]

is the rock you live under roomy?

You do realize how large the pool of music is these days right? For people who aren't into the genre it's not hard to believe that a group of people have never heard of someone...

 

[chicagoskycam]

Most people heard his music before but as the previous poster said he wasn't that popular in name to the majority.