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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 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
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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.
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 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.
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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 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 08:38
Holy Crap! I heard it early this morning on the news and am absolutely floored. Like Chris Squire, out of the blue and gone way too fast. I'm holding my breath to see who falls next. I guess we're now really living in the age of heroes passing into legend.
Thanks for some of the greatest music I've listened to over the last 4 decades. You set the bar high and stood alone in a field of talent unparalleled in the modern age.
Edited by JD - January 11 2016 at 08:38
Thank you for supporting independently produced music
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Posted: January 11 2016 at 07:09
Wow! ... Just like that. After the B-day, after Blackstar, ... . Cancer. Either I missed it or he was very secretive about it.
RIP, man.
(Let me take a crack at it: some celebrities are going to come out and for a tribute will cover some hit singles instead of stuff from Low or Heroes or Station To Station. And my head will go a-spinning.)
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