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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 7:00:44 GMT -5
Well, that's quite the kick in the nuts first thing this morning. I had just read an article about Bowie and his latest album in EW and was planning to get it sometime soon; I still will, but it will be with a sense of sadness, knowing it will be the last one released during his lifetime. This sucks. This really, really sucks. He has been a fave of mine for quite a while. RIP Bowie. I've heard the new album is great. Like, truly, TRULY great. My copy will be here tomorrow. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jan 11, 2016 7:14:24 GMT -5
I'm still trying to process the fact that he was 69. I think I'd kind of always considered Bowie to be ageless.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 7:29:28 GMT -5
I'm still trying to process the fact that he was 69. I think I'd kind of always considered Bowie to be ageless. The more I am waking up, the more this is hitting me. It'll be all Bowie in the ears of everyone in this house today. Celebrating the man's life and his accomplishments. |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 11, 2016 7:57:28 GMT -5
Very sad news. I was a big admirer of his music. I had a feeling he was in poor health, given how he'd stopped touring and doing interviews, but I never heard any specifics about his aliment.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 11, 2016 9:44:17 GMT -5
I've been persuading my niece (she's 15) to expand her musical tastes a bit and she's really started to appreciate Bowie. She loves "Life On Mars?" and plays it a lot. (I'm not sure how Bowie would feel about being alone in a sea of Imagine Dragons and One Direction and "Wrecking Ball.")
She tells me I pronounce "Life On Mars?" wrong because I don't say it like it's a question. She's right. It never even occurred to me.
The news of Bowie's death has really hit me hard. I haven't felt quite so sad since Joan Fontaine died.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 11, 2016 10:45:58 GMT -5
Life on Mars is one of my favorite songs, rest in piece Bowie.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 10:49:18 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 11:10:45 GMT -5
What a selfless man he was towards his fans to the very end. Thank you for posting that. <3 It makes you see and hear his final work in an entirely different light. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 11:16:33 GMT -5
What a selfless man he was towards his fans to the very end. Thank you for posting that. <3 It makes you see and hear his final work in an entirely different light. That man was brilliant. And he controlled and delivered that brilliance until the moment of his death. That is awesome. That is a selflessness. I'm done with words. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 11:31:12 GMT -5
Thank you for posting that. <3 It makes you see and hear his final work in an entirely different light. That man was brilliant. And he controlled and delivered that brilliance until the moment of his death. That is awesome. That is a selflessness. I'm done with words. Words can never be enough to describe the brilliance that is David Bowie. His music shall live on forever. There are those that will discover his music long after he is gone and enjoy it just as we have. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 11, 2016 12:08:43 GMT -5
Shocked and saddened by this. I suppose I just assumed Bowie was immortal, like his character in "The Hunger." I was lucky to see him perform in Atlanta 20 years ago with Nine Inch Nails. He did Scary Monsters, Breaking Glass, Heroes, The Man Who Sold the World to name just a few. He was so brilliant and charismatic, and I was awed to be sitting just a few feet away. Pinched myself repeatedly that night to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Irreplaceable.  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 11, 2016 12:29:38 GMT -5
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 11, 2016 12:37:07 GMT -5
I'll always remember hearing Space Oddity from David Bowie for the first time on the radio late in 1969 (my favorite year in music). He was unknown in the U.S. at that time and the song was only played on FM progressive rock stations. It was very distinctive and timely with the moon shot that was about to take place. I heard it long after midnight on WNEW FM, the Allyson (The Nightbird) Steele show.
Never did have an opportunity seeing David live.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 11, 2016 13:01:10 GMT -5
Even though I knew of him way back in 1986, from one of my childhood favorites, The Labyrinth, I didn't who he was. So more so than his music, he is the Goblin King to me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 14:02:22 GMT -5
Shocked and saddened by this. I suppose I just assumed Bowie was immortal, like his character in "The Hunger." I was lucky to see him perform in Atlanta 20 years ago with Nine Inch Nails. He did Scary Monsters, Breaking Glass, Heroes, The Man Who Sold the World to name just a few. He was so brilliant and charismatic, and I was awed to be sitting just a few feet away. Pinched myself repeatedly that night to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Irreplaceable. I had heard he was done touring, most likely, but was hoping he would do one last one, because I really wanted to see him live with my dad.  You are so lucky you got to see him live. You have that memory forever.♡ |
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