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David Bowie dies at 69

JackieInCo said:
When I got the first saw a tweet saying RIP Bowie, I thought it was just another twitter killing just like people have down with Justin. I immediately searched Google and it was confirmed, this was just past midnight here in Colorado.

I shouted out How the F can this happen? How is this possible? He was supposed to live forever.
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David Bowie and Jackson Browne. For some reason, these two guys just never seemed to age, no matter how old they are. Pre-stroke, you could have added Dick Clark to that list as well.

I've cried more times then i can count today. This mans music was a part of my life more than any other band. Even now, tears are streaming from my eyes.

I hope he can now see just how his music has affected the world and how the world is today, thanking him for enriching our lives.
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I had the interesting timing of being born right around the time of the zenith of his work (IIRC, Space Oddity was 1967/1969, Ziggy Stardust started around 70/71, which he killed off in '73, while I was born in '74), so I didn't see much of his work until the 80s. Little China Girl, Blue Jean, Let's Dance, Dancin' in the Streets. So I caught the MTV/Labyrinth/Tin Machine years. So he had to at least have gone through 3 reinventions of himself by then, and introduced the world to Stevie Ray Vaughan.

If anyone in the world personified Glam, this was the guy, full stop.

BL.
 
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Rigby said:
Works. Sounds like Brixton is having fun. I'm sure David is sitting on a cloud somewhere (or floating far above the moon) and bobbing his head.
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If he is, I hope he's looking down at us and saying...

Wow, Cmdr. Hadfield! You were right about this view!


BL.
 
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bradl said:
David Bowie and Jackson Browne. For some reason, these two guys just never seemed to age, no matter how old they are. Pre-stroke, you could have added Dick Clark to that list as well.



I had the interesting timing of being born right around the time of the zenith of his work (IIRC, Space Oddity was 1967/1969, Ziggy Stardust started around 70/71, which he killed off in '73, while I was born in '74), so I didn't see much of his work until the 80s. Little China Girl, Blue Jean, Let's Dance, Dancin' in the Streets. So I caught the MTV/Labyrinth/Tin Machine years. So he had to at least have gone through 3 reinventions of himself by then, and introduced the world to Stevie Ray Vaughan.

If anyone in the world personified Glam, this was the guy, full stop.

BL.
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He personified Glam but he was sooo much more than that, he transcended any label or genre.

Regarding his 80s output, he actually dismissed much of it, saying his creativity had dried up, (except for Scary Monsters, which was a great album especially the title track and It's No Game Part 1, which was half sung in Japanese and better than the full English spoken Part 2), man 90% of musicians would kill for his 80s output.

I loved his 70s stuff (Station to Station being my favourite) and thought he was great but I actually properly got into him via his early 90s stuff Black Tie, White Noise which no-one even mentions, Outside and Earthling, all three completely different but each fantastic albums, I then went back and listened to his earlier stuff and ever since thought genius.

Also what I loved about him was he never lost his "Englishness", never tried to sound something he wasn't.
 
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lobeyonekenobi said:
He personified Glam but he was sooo much more than that, he transcended any label or genre.

Regarding his 80s output, he actually dismissed much of it, saying his creativity had dried up, (except for Scary Monsters, which was a great album especially the title track and It's No Game Part 1, which was half sung in Japanese and better than the full English spoken Part 2), man 90% of musicians would kill for his 80s output.

I loved his 70s stuff (Station to Station being my favourite) and thought he was great but I actually properly got into him via his early 90s stuff Black Tie, White Noise which no-one even mentions, Outside and Earthling, all three completely different but each fantastic albums, I then went back and listened to his earlier stuff and ever since thought genius.

Also what I loved about him was he never lost his "Englishness", never tried to sound something he wasn't.
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Yes he took his Englishness from Syd Barrett,Ray Davis (best pop song in the English language ever with Waterloo Sunset).and bizarrely Anthony Newly.Let all the Children Boogie.(by the way his 80's output was skewed by having a huge coke habit.I would't forgive him his Nazi stuff just because he was out of it).
 
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Yes he took his Englishness from Syd Barrett,Ray Davis (best pop song in the English language ever with Waterloo Sunset).and bizarrely Anthony Newly.Let all the Children Boogie.(by the way his 80's output was skewed by having a huge coke habit.I would't forgive him his Nazi stuff just because he was out of it).
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Man he lived it large didn't he Heroin in the 70s Coke in the 80s as he said to Morrissey he was amazed he was still alive after everything he did, then Morrissey said he amazed he was still alive after having done nothing ha-ha!! I'd kill for a beer or two in that pub right now.
 
lobeyonekenobi said:
Man he lived it large didn't he Heroin in the 70s Coke in the 80s as he said to Morrissey he was amazed he was still alive after everything he did, then Morrissey said he amazed he was still alive after having done nothing ha-ha!! I'd kill for a beer or two in that pub right now.
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When (if) you come to London get a Victoria tube to Brixton and then ask where the Albert is (it's only 200 yards away) the vey last community pub in Brixton.
 
Peterkro said:

That's the BT tower until 1980 the tallest building in Europe.It had a revolving restaurant until the 'ra threatened to bomb it when they closed it.Owned BT it has no need to display that message but fair play to them they see Bowie's death as something to mark.
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Always remember seeing this building not far from where I lived as a kid, It's not everyday a National Icon dies, so yes good on them for marking their respects, I also read on my lunch break he turned down a knighthood (More respect) on a couple of occasions and some woman who wrote a book about him reckons he had SIX heart attacks (Daily Mail Online) as well as having liver cancer, but he fought to the end.
 
lobeyonekenobi said:
Always remember seeing this building not far from where I lived as a kid, It's not everyday a National Icon dies, so yes good on them for marking their respects, I also read on my lunch break he turned down a knighthood (More respect) on a couple of occasions and some woman who wrote a book about him reckons he had SIX heart attacks (Daily Mail Online) as well as having liver cancer, but he fought to the end.
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Lung cancer,he not only turned down a knighthood but when given various music awards he sent other people to collect them.
 
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The Brixton Academy still around? Saw some concerts there in the 80s.
 
"Under Pressure" is one of the greatest songs and music videos of all-time. A reflection of who we are. It falls under a short list of favorite songs that inspires me or makes me reflect about myself...

Inspiration or reflection -
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", U2
"Human Nature", Michael Jackson
"Under Pressure", Queen (f. David Bowie)
"In My Life", The Beatles
"The Adventure", Angels & Airwaves
"Shot At The Night", The Killers
"Reality", Lost Consequences
"Waves", Mr. Probz
"Landslide", Fleetwood Mac
"Let Down", Radiohead

Couples Retreat (2009) is one of my favorites because of the ambiance from Bora Bora. Great replay value for me. "Encouragement!" Fantastic intro with David Bowie's "Modern Love."

~Peace on Earth, can it be?~

^ Beautiful voice from "The Man Who Sold The World"...

Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love, give
love, give love, give love, give love?..

'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure

RIP to both rock gods in rock n roll heaven...
 
Rather surprised at the comparatively low turnout in this thread. If "Think Different" described anyone, it was David Bowie. If U2 is a PC, Bowie is 100% Mac.

All I've been thinking today is how so few people in the 20th/21st century have fully inhabited and informed the word "cool." Cary Grant. Steve McQueen. Paul Newman. Peter O'Toole. Harrison Ford. Hunter S. Thompson. Katherine Hepburn. A handful of others. Very few musicians. But near the very top of the list, it's David Bowie. And by cool, I'm talking about that rare mix of style, wit, charisma and humility. With the others, we got movies, and some books. But David Bowie gave us music. Cool ass music.
 
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Never into him all that much but I do like most of his classic tunes, very talented musician and showman no doubt, RIP.
 
aaronvan said:
Bowie looks good in drag.
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Problem is, that isn't even drag. That's crossdressing, pure and simple.

And what's more interesting is the fact that he's superficially androgynous enough to pull it off.

I get what you mean, though.

BL.
 
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