OT - David Bowie has died
I've never made a thread before but here goes. I just saw that David Bowie died from cancer. That was very unexpected, especially considering he just released a new album. I've never really listened to his solo music much, and so I will always remember him best for collaborating with Queen on 'Under Pressure'. May he rest in peace. Oh and fuck cancer too.
https://www.yahoo.com/music/legendary-artist-david-bowie-dies-69-064252…
January 11th, 2016 at 9:28 AM ^
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January 11th, 2016 at 11:40 AM ^
What a brilliant and creative man. RIP David Bowie.
January 11th, 2016 at 5:26 PM ^
I'm too young to have been a fan in the 70s, but I've been a big fan of his earlier output for years. I was aware of him growing up but a decade or so ago I felt kind of bored with the music I had, and looking for something new, decided to educate myself on the music of the 70s. Really getting to know David Bowie completely blew me away.
I never really paid much attention to his more recent stuff. But after hearing the news (and yep I got it from mgoblog first) I listened to the new album a couple times and watched the two videos. The album is fantastic from start to finish, and the two videos are superbly creepy and haunting.
It's amazing that he had the capability to foresee his own death and put out such a moving statement on it in a way that is so clearly recognizable as uniquely his own style.
January 11th, 2016 at 8:21 AM ^
January 11th, 2016 at 9:03 AM ^
Bowie's music was banned in Russia but he was still allowed to travel by train across Russia in 1973. He finally performed there in 1996 during a concert in Moscow.
January 11th, 2016 at 11:58 AM ^
Not even a moped or Russian rickshaw from the airport, or anything?
/s
January 11th, 2016 at 8:32 AM ^
Going to put it up on the computer even now! Great song! "Time may change me . . ."
January 11th, 2016 at 8:33 AM ^
Now I get to look forward to my wife being a drunken sobbing mess when I get home from work today.
But RIP Mr. Bowie. I was never a huge fan, but he was pretty damn good when I saw him in concert with NIN about 20 years ago.
January 11th, 2016 at 8:46 AM ^
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January 11th, 2016 at 8:42 AM ^
People stared at the makeup on his face
Laughed at his long red hair, his animal grace
The boy in the bright blue jeans jumped up on the stage
And Lady Stardust sang his songs of darkness and disgrace
And he was alright, the band was altogether
Yes he was alright, the song went on forever
And he was awful nice, really quite out of sight
And he sang all night, night long
January 11th, 2016 at 8:36 AM ^
January 11th, 2016 at 8:52 AM ^
What a great artist with so many iconic songs! I was never fortunate enough to see him live, but his music nonetheless touched so many people. RIP Ziggy Stardust.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:04 AM ^
I actually just saw the story mere seconds before I managed to get to MGoBlog - very bummed indeed and yet another reason why, yes, fuck cancer. I grew up in a house where Bowie featured a lot in the rotation whenever my parents cranked up the stereo and I am also quite the fan as well. So many great songs and so influential even now. A huge loss for music.
RIP David Bowie.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:04 AM ^
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January 11th, 2016 at 9:07 AM ^
He'll be a rock n rollin bitch for you
-My favorite Bowie song, a legend, RIP
January 11th, 2016 at 9:33 AM ^
With one of the most amazing guitar solos by Mick Ronson.
I'm busting up my brains for the words...
January 11th, 2016 at 9:10 AM ^
Today seems like a good day to watch Labyrinth as it's Bowie-rific. In my mind he's just returning to space where he belongs.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:27 AM ^
in this case, the shoe fits. So many creative works. From great rock and one of the all time great riffs (Rebel, Rebel) to being the first artist to simaultaneously hold down #1 on the Rock and Soul charts (Fame), and many other distinctions.
RIP, Thin White Duke.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:33 AM ^
Suffragette City and Panic in Detroit were two of my favorite Bowie songs. In fact the latter was the first riff I ever played on a guitar.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:28 AM ^
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January 11th, 2016 at 9:37 AM ^
His duet with Bing Crosby is by far the best Christmas classic, maybe challenged only by Nat King Cole's "Christmas Song."
So as unique and edgy as he was, he also conquered the most traditional of all music genres. Totally special talent. The Lord decided today we'd been blessed long enough by his presence and we deserve no more. If anyone wants to hear more original music by Ziggy, you're going to have to earn your way to a ticket.
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January 11th, 2016 at 9:38 AM ^
I truly hate waking up to bad news. The fact that he kept his condition totally quiet, specially away from the media in this day and age, is quite amazing. A legend again leaves us too early. RIP and may you keep rockin' in the afterlife.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:40 AM ^
Back in 1984 I purchased this new-fangled device called a "CD player."
The very first CD I purchased was David Bowie.
Suffragette City is one of the best balls-to-the-wall rock songs ever.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:42 AM ^
the news. I'm with the OP on "Under Pressure". R.I.P. to one of the greats.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:43 AM ^
He did avoid the pratfalls that claimed so many of his musical generation(drugs, booze). His body is no longer with us, but his soul remains in the form of his music.
Artists never really die. They just ascend to a higher plane.
RIP, David Bowie.
January 11th, 2016 at 11:06 AM ^
...except for that whole decade where he literally wore a coke spoon around his neck...
January 11th, 2016 at 11:08 AM ^
Many a musician has succumbed to the excesses of youth, wealth, and fame. Bowie survived. That was what I was saying.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:46 AM ^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ildVYgYWPqc
Hope there will be tribute concert to this legend. RIP David Jones. You shaped my youth.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:50 AM ^
Bowie and Iggy in Berlin in the 80s had a profound impact on this young man, I quit my job in London and eventually made my way there to try to experience that scene. I was a huge Iggy fan as a teen, but Ziggy was his mentor, his savior, the progressive and marketable version of the muse, sometimes annoyingly slick but always at least one step ahead and not nearly what you expected.
RIP Ziggy, Major Tom, Aladdin Sane, Thin White Duke, Halloween Jack, Thomas Newton, etc. I think many of us have lost a reference point for moments in our youth which challenged our sense of what was cool and cutting edge.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:55 AM ^
I'm really crushed by this in a way that's only happened for me when George Harrison died. I don't even know how I'm going to function today.
January 11th, 2016 at 9:57 AM ^
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January 11th, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^
So much of my early musical development came from him. The really long debates about which of the Berlin trilogy was best, it's Lodger. The concept albums, especially the very over looked Outside. Just so much to remember him by. I'll be off listening to the weird Bowie albums no one will be talking about like Buddha of Suburbia, Black Tie White Noise and the Tin Machine stuff.
January 11th, 2016 at 10:14 AM ^
I'm so glad I got a chance to see the David Bowie exhibit at the MCA in Chicago. I always liked his music, but that exhibit made me a fan.
January 11th, 2016 at 10:34 AM ^
One of the best moments from this show. Also the entire "Bowie" episode from Flight of the Conchords.
January 11th, 2016 at 10:38 AM ^
He'll be remembered as a pop artist, but his influence permeates the underground as well. Just a legend! He was more than a musician, he was an artist and an icon in so many aspects of his life.
January 11th, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^
My favorite Bowie-penned song:
January 11th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^
I feel older than I ever have this morning. Fuck cancer.
January 11th, 2016 at 11:12 AM ^
Not enough credit for his actual music....live performances seemed to over shadow the quality of the music itself. I remember training in high school listening to him on my brand new walkman (yes, I am a child of the '80s).
RIP Thin White Duke
January 11th, 2016 at 11:48 AM ^
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January 11th, 2016 at 12:09 PM ^
Well shit - this is very sad news. I was a big fan of Bowie, and I didn't know he was ill. RIP
January 11th, 2016 at 12:22 PM ^
Never knew he performed it and Fame on Soul Train. That's bad ass. Every time I hear "Fame" I think of this
January 11th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^