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Posted: January 11 2016 at 10:36
An amazing talent....I only saw him onstage once, in the Chicago performance of "The Elephant Man," a dramatic role vs. rock & roll performance! His acting was sublime.
RIP David, you changed the trajectory of rock & pop music many times.
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 11:10
The word 'icon' gets bandied about too much, as do the words 'legend' and 'influential' - in Bowie's case, all these and more seem insufficient. He was quite possibly the most influential singer, songwriter and musician of his generation.
Never content staying still, never content in one genre - hell, he invented several genres in his lifetime.
I am genuinely gutted at his sudden & unexpected loss - no doubt, people will be quoting & posting their favorite songs, so my humble contribution is this - my favorite of his songs, from my favorite of his many periods & my favorite of his many bands:
David Bowie - Thanks for the last 46 years & Rest In Peace
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 12:28
"No ice."
Very sad. Over the last month or two I have listened to more Bowie than any other music -- I tend to be obsessive.
He has been my favourite singer-songwriter and art pop/rock artist. Just saw the music video for Lazarus the other day when searching for more of his stuff on youtube, and was thinking how he is one of those rare artists whose creativity never waned, and has remained relevant. So many become a parody of themselves later on, just tired musicians reliving their glory days which I find rather sad and pathetic. That said, I still like his albums up to Scary Monsters the best, but I bought Reality and Heathen when they came out so I have not ignored his modern stuff, and like music from all his periods.
And Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence and The Hunger are two of my favourite films.
Very sad loss. His music has touched so many people and had such massive resonance.
This has been one of the most perplexing days. My beautiful name brother gone coupled together with a lovely afternoon spent with kids on my lap - shooting the breeze, talk of nature and where we come from. In the back of my mind Bowie lurked - as he's done for the past 20 years - either by way of his words or merely the feel of his music. Those kids though...cute as pandas and they make you forget. 20 minutes later I jumped on my bike and heard the last bit of Station to Station. Wild is the wind had me in tears from the moment it started, and I very rarely cry.
Here's to you David and thanks for the music. This Dane is wishing you a fantastic voyage
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 13:46
Wow. Didn't hear he was afflicted with cancer until the obituary.
Shame to read. RIP
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 13:46
That's really shocking... and unexpected... R.I.P. Legend.
I know it's a shame but I almost don't know his music. I've been meaning to check his output for a long time but never gotten round to it. Will do now. How often does it happen when only the death of an artist prompts you to know them (same happened for me with Lou Reed e.g.)?
Edited by Tuzvihar - January 11 2016 at 13:47
"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 14:43
I'm just stunned. I found out after work just checking my Facebook. Two days after his last album was released...his last single called "Lazarus". Insane.
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 15:14
My Wife has the same birthday as David, 8th Jan, and we always chose and played a few of our favourite tracks/lps on that day (Hunky Dory and Heroes this year).. To hear of his death this morning was a total shock (though we knew he had been suffering from Cancer) and hearing the songs saturating the radio stations today poignantly brought home how much his music was a vast part of the soundtrack of our lives, whether fans or not. Respect and love; RIP David.
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 19:02
Well, at least he's got Mick Ronson back as his guitarist. The Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane. Those two together again. RIP.
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 19:21
Terribly sad and unexpected. A unique mixture of cult artist and rock star , I´m not sure everybody is aware of the depth (and in a sense, darkness) of his music. Interestingly, I had been "rediscovering" his work thanks to my teenage daughter during the last year.I don´t think there will ever be another like him, not because there aren`t talented musicians around, but due to the negative changes in music industry in the last decades. But the thought just occured, that we`re nobody´s children at all...after all
Surrogate People they walk on by, they walk on by When they replace you They live your life, they live your life
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Posted: January 13 2016 at 05:50
cemego wrote:
Chris Squire, Daevid Allen, and now Bowie.
WOAH - that'll teach me to take my eye off the ball for as long as I have. I hadn't heard of Allen going.
I kind of hope Eno goes ahead with revisiting Outside using his discussions with Bowie as a guide - it's ripe for revisiting and considering how much material they recorded then ended up in the vaults it's the sort of musical archaeology process that is right in Eno's wheelhouse. I already thought Blackstar sounded in parts like an alternative Outside with less Nine Inch Nails influence, so it'd be interesting to see what a version of Outside reconfigured away from the commercial demands of the mid-1990s and taking the existence of Blackstar into account wound end up like.
Start with "Low" his most prog related album (he was not a prog artist as we all know). Then the wonderful "Station to Station and "Scary Monsters". Grab "Ziggy Stardust" and you have what I have rated with five stars on this site. "Heroes" could also please your ears for its prog orientation. Enjoy the music of this GREAT man.
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