David Bowie *RIP* 1947-2016
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Fine by me, but you just know they'll feel they have to put someone young up there to let the viewers know he inspired artists they listen to, rather than just have the rock icons who knew him pay tribute, Maybe there's a big-name modern artist who would be a better choice. I don't know.
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In a perfect world, Ian Hunter
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I think this is probably the most significant musical death in my lifetime so far. I was born in 1970, so I was too young for Elvis and Lennon to register that much. By the time Michael Jackson died, he was a punchline that was more pitied than remembered as a legend.
off the top of my head, the only living musicians whose deaths seem like they will be as big a deal as Bowie's are Jagger, McCartney and Dylan.
off the top of my head, the only living musicians whose deaths seem like they will be as big a deal as Bowie's are Jagger, McCartney and Dylan.
John Lennon - I was 13. I still remember the atmosphere - the music from Double Fantasy playing bittersweetly, the vigils, but I was yet to fully understand what Lennon WAS.
I fully know what Bowie WAS and he was a giant.
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My god, I thought the same thing. At least Lady Gaga is fucked in the head and a bizarre person.
My god, no. Please.
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There have only been two other musician/icon deaths that have rattled my world - Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone.
This one, however, is different. Very different. With the other two I felt that two major forces in the shaping of musical tastes/styles were gone - yet the sense of loss was nowhere near what I feel now.
This one has really shaken me, but when I step back and see what Bowie's vision was for Blackstar I have to smile a little. Even in death the guy was performing/transforming.
If it wasn't so completely depressing it would be ridiculously beautiful. But that will come in time.
This one, however, is different. Very different. With the other two I felt that two major forces in the shaping of musical tastes/styles were gone - yet the sense of loss was nowhere near what I feel now.
This one has really shaken me, but when I step back and see what Bowie's vision was for Blackstar I have to smile a little. Even in death the guy was performing/transforming.
If it wasn't so completely depressing it would be ridiculously beautiful. But that will come in time.
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I listened to a bunch of David Bowie albums last night and put one on that for whatever reason, I don't listen to too often - Diamond Dogs. What a fucking GREAT album. For me, it seemed like an apt record for the occasion.
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Bowie had 25 albums and was still creating relevant material until 2016. Zeppelin ended in '79. Pink Floyd ended thereabouts as well. I don't think they measure up to Bowie as far as singular influence.
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I'm well aware and that still won't diminished the impact of someone like Plant or Waters.
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I also don't think the point was to say they were equal. Just others that will have an significant impact when they pass. And I happen to agree with him, although I would include Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Ray Davies, and Clapton.
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So you throw out everything they did as solo artists?
I also don't think the point was to say they were equal. Just others that will have an significant impact when they pass. And I happen to agree with him, although I would include Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Ray Davies, and Clapton.
I also don't think the point was to say they were equal. Just others that will have an significant impact when they pass. And I happen to agree with him, although I would include Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Ray Davies, and Clapton.
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This really smashed me way more than I could have ever imagined. Like everyone else, just didn't see it coming at all. It was almost surreal; I was up late Sunday night, and around 1:30 a.m before bed a friend on Facebook posted a video of Space Oddity, without any commentary. I thought nothing of it, since in my circles that's a completely normal thing. Closed up my Macbook with that tab open and drifted off to sleep. Woke up, refreshed my feed, and the innocuous video transformed into dozens of tributes. Completely stopped me right in my tracks. Bowie would have had it no other way.
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Joe Strummer was a big one too. He was still releasing good music with the Mescaleros, and even though the R&R Hall of Fame is sometimes seen as a joke, The Clash was about to be inducted, which would have brought all the members together even if just to accept an award.
Strummer was even joking about doing a performance (of The Police's Every Little Thing She Does is Magic ) with the band.
Strummer was even joking about doing a performance (of The Police's Every Little Thing She Does is Magic ) with the band.
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So you throw out everything they did as solo artists?
I also don't think the point was to say they were equal. Just others that will have an significant impact when they pass. And I happen to agree with him, although I would include Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Ray Davies, and Clapton.
I also don't think the point was to say they were equal. Just others that will have an significant impact when they pass. And I happen to agree with him, although I would include Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Ray Davies, and Clapton.
Perhaps I'm reflecting my personal feelings too much. I listened to Pink Floyd and Zeppelin well before I started to appreciate Bowie. I just think Bowie meant a lot more socially as well as musically.
I could care less if I ever hear another Robert Plant solo song. Roger Waters? While interesting, not too memorable.
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I just noticed that my 14 year old daughter put up a Ziggy Stardust picture as the cover photo for her Twitter feed. I'm a proud papa.
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Unrelated side note but weird coincidence:
This morning I was watching the most recent The Simpsons (from this past Sunday) and there was a Bowie reference.
Principal Skinner was mentioning someone who had a cat with two different colored eyes, and it was named...Bowie.
This morning I was watching the most recent The Simpsons (from this past Sunday) and there was a Bowie reference.
Principal Skinner was mentioning someone who had a cat with two different colored eyes, and it was named...Bowie.
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It's not like she listens to Bowie on her own (yet) but she is well aware of him and she too posted tribute stuff on her social media.