Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 20:03     Subject: David Bowie RIP
Before his time every minute he lived.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 19:52     Subject: David Bowie RIP
Factoid (from the wapo obit): Bowie's half brother was schizophrenic and lived in a mental institution. He always feared that he'd go mad, too.

Today I listened to Lodger and Blackstar. So good. Yassassin is perpetually stuck in my head.

Tomorrow I think I'll listen to Aladdin Sane and Young Americans. Did you know that Fame was co-written with John Lennon?

Wednesday: Diamond Dogs. Then who knows. Sigh, the world is bummed today.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 19:32     Subject: David Bowie RIP
Watching the golden globes last night .. All the shallow celebs yucking it up ..congratulating each other looking like they all had gas at their tables.

If David Bowie came out to speak and present an award, they would sit up and listen with rapt attention.

The world is less cool without David Bowie.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 19:26     Subject: David Bowie RIP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html

He planned Blackstar and the videos that accompanied it for us all, to say goodbye. What an amazing man.


A genius. And a class act to the end. Of course he orchestrated his own death. Only David Bowie.

Oh, David. You fucking miracle. Thank you.


I cried today, such an impact on my life and reminds me when music could be so impactful and meaningful. You said this so well. Given a sentence of death, he finished his life on his terms.


15:32 again.

I've cried today, too. David Bowie has been my idol since I was old enough to "get" music - longer than I care to recall. This is a true loss for the world. If you like any kind of music that was produced in the last 50 years, you have Bowie to thank for it. A true innovator, creative and visionary. For all of us who didn't fit in, he told us we weren't alone. And now it feels like we are, a little bit.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 18:20     Subject: David Bowie RIP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html

He planned Blackstar and the videos that accompanied it for us all, to say goodbye. What an amazing man.


A genius. And a class act to the end. Of course he orchestrated his own death. Only David Bowie.

Oh, David. You fucking miracle. Thank you.


I cried today, such an impact on my life and reminds me when music could be so impactful and meaningful. You said this so well. Given a sentence of death, he finished his life on his terms.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 18:18     Subject: David Bowie RIP
Anonymous wrote:I've adored David Bowie for 40 years. He was brilliant in so many ways, and his music is gorgeous. He inspired me, made me feel anything is possible. His last album is beautiful and sad, and now even more so. I'm not ashamed to say I've cried today. He's truly loved by many.


+1

Wondering about favorite songs (or is that a separate thread, don't want to be redundant by creating another)?

Wild is the Wind has been in my head all day.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 17:52     Subject: David Bowie RIP
I've adored David Bowie for 40 years. He was brilliant in so many ways, and his music is gorgeous. He inspired me, made me feel anything is possible. His last album is beautiful and sad, and now even more so. I'm not ashamed to say I've cried today. He's truly loved by many.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 17:11     Subject: Re:David Bowie RIP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Modern Love


Let's Dance


"Put on your red shoes and dance the blues." RIP.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 16:59     Subject: David Bowie RIP
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone remember a movie from the 80's ( I think it was on HBO) - it took place in Montreal and was about a boy who took up running and decided to run the (I think) Montreal marathon.....it was kind cheesey/coming of age teen movie - but the final scene when he is finishing the race has David Bowie's "Heroes"it made such an impact on me........


It's about two lovers in the shadow of the Berlin wall. (Factoid as another pp requested).
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 15:32     Subject: David Bowie RIP
Anonymous wrote:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html

He planned Blackstar and the videos that accompanied it for us all, to say goodbye. What an amazing man.


A genius. And a class act to the end. Of course he orchestrated his own death. Only David Bowie.

Oh, David. You fucking miracle. Thank you.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 15:08     Subject: David Bowie RIP
Does anyone remember a movie from the 80's ( I think it was on HBO) - it took place in Montreal and was about a boy who took up running and decided to run the (I think) Montreal marathon.....it was kind cheesey/coming of age teen movie - but the final scene when he is finishing the race has David Bowie's "Heroes"it made such an impact on me........
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 13:57     Subject: Re:David Bowie RIP
Anonymous wrote:The Thin White Duke, from Station to Station. Loved him.

Did any of you know he was a fluent German speaker from living in Berlin? He wrote "Heroes" there, and lived in a very (then) working class part of the city. He also made an album for a German movie. Interesting guy in many ways, and so talented.



I did NOT know that. Fascinating! Any other factoids?
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 13:43     Subject: David Bowie RIP
Anonymous wrote:Anybody else see him at the US Festival in 1983?

Also, the Serious Moonlight tour...


I didn't go to either of those performances but I saw him at Live Aid in Wembley in 1985. That stretch of the afternoon was the hardest to get through trying to do a bathroom break - there were so many legends on stage.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 13:37     Subject: Re:David Bowie RIP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wasn't a fan but I just read on another site some man posting about sobbing and saying his hero just died . OMG. What a drama queen. He's acting like this man was his best friend.

Silly. We all die. Unlike this famous person, no one will give a damn.

Cancer is hateful to everyone.


People connect to art. It's a fact of life. Bowie was particularly inspirational to people who didn't feel validation or community in their every day lives. He made it okay on some level to be a weird queer kid at a time when that wasn't okay. He was also a compositional genius with a breadth of work that encompasses critical periods in history - musical and otherwise.

I know a lot of people who are really upset by this. Some of them are musicians who were inspired by his work to create their own work. The thing that is the most moving to me is not just the span of his career and the impact it had on music, but the end, when he created this amazing record in a year, knowing he might be dead by the time it was released. It's beautiful and sad, and your post demonstrates that you don't understand that. Your dismissiveness of someone else's grief makes you a bad person.


+1

Well said. So many creative people appreciate what he contributed throughout his lifetime.
Anonymous
Post 01/11/2016 13:36     Subject: Re:David Bowie RIP
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I wasn't a fan but I just read on another site some man posting about sobbing and saying his hero just died . OMG. What a drama queen. He's acting like this man was his best friend.

Silly. We all die. Unlike this famous person, no one will give a damn.

Cancer is hateful to everyone.


The fact that we all die doesn't make it silly to grieve a loss, whether that person is someone close to you or just an artist you admired. Not sure why you're on this thread if you're not a fan of Bowie, and feel the need to point out how silly mourning a death is. Post your inane comments elsewhere.


+1

Well said. Some people are on this earth to make it better (bowie); others are on this earth to make it worse (PP).