Support NeoGAF

[jabuseika]

Damn this hurts.

I don't think I would be the same without his music.

 

[munchie64]

From: https://twitter.com/alwaysbenwright/status/686454776830099456

 

[Blizzard]

Ugh, rewatching the Lazarus video is even more impactful than I expected.

"Look up here, I'm in heaven."

"I've got scars that can't be seen."

 

[spats]

Oh no.

RIP.

 

[Frozenprince]

The next 5-10 years will be brutal. All of the stars of the 60s and 70s will start dropping like flies.

I'm bracing for when Ozzie goes. That one is going to just kill me.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

I lost a hero today. I lost 2 of my biggest heroes in less than a year (Bowie and James Horner)

The world doesn't want me to enjoy my musical heroes. No other way to explain this.

His son, perfectly reliable. His twitter account, not so much. But I've explicitly been told to stop doing this, so I am. I guess I just gotta accept it...

My fucking god, you are ANNOYING

 

[doctorblurg]

The music video for Lazarus makes a lot of sense now with the hospital bed focus... I think the part that hurt the worst is how hes frantically writing on the paper, kinda like he's in a race against time to finish the album before he died.

 

[Bear Force One]

As a gay man. This is like losing my best friend.

Gutwrenching. Spent the last 20 minutes crying.

Exactly my thoughts, FP. I'm gutted.

He gave us so much.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

If he was battling this for a year and a half, he must have had some thought that Blackstar could be his last album.

It's going to make listening to it absolutely brutal.

 

[DieH@rd]

RIP

 

[striferser]

RIP David Bowie.

 

[PrawnyNZ]

I'm a little shell-shocked, devastated, sad. Especially so soon after a new album where he was obviously still so creative.

Only got to see him live once, on the Glass Spider tour - don't think I saw him at his best but still worth it.

 

[Odrion]

In the context of everything we now know "Dollar Days" and "I Can't Give Everything Away" feel very much like a final farewell from a dying man whose made his peace.

 

[bomma_man]

Fuck this.

Rip.

Aladdin sane, hunky dory, low, station to station, Ziggy.... Farkkkk

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

No way

 

[MajorTom]

This is Major Tom to ground control....

 

[Volotaire]

RIP legend. Your music will forever be with me.

 

[Jugendstil]

My hero, forever and ever. Rest in power, Ziggy.

 

[Deleted member 125677]

He was one of the most important figures of pop music. An absolute legend, a fantastic and inspired performer, an unforgettable voice and a genius songwriter.

RIP

 

[Spider from Mars]

The music video for Lazarus makes a lot of sense now with the hospital bed focus... I think the part that hurt the worst is how hes frantically writing on the paper, kinda like he's in a race against time to finish the album before he died.

Look up here, I'm in heaven.
I've got scars that can't be seen

Look up here, man, I'm in danger
I've got nothing left to lose
I'm so high, it makes my brain whirl
Dropped my cell phone down below
Ain't that just like me?

Oh, I'll be free
Just like that bluebird
Oh, I'll be free
Ain't that just like me?

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

This is extremely sad to hear.
R.I.P. David Bowie

 

[reptilescorpio]

Fuck 2016 so far

Thanks for all the amazing songs and feeling Bowie. You had a huge impact on a lot of lives

 

[Cranster]

He was a class act. All of the artists in this performance were influenced, worked with David Bowie before or both. He helped alter the landscape of rock/pop music especially during the glam rock movement of the 1970's.

 

[Chris Ticehurst]

Very sad news to hear.

 

[8bit]

Fuck, that's a shitty start to Monday/January/2016. RIP.

 

[derFeef]

What a huge loss, he just had his birthday as well.

RIP David Bowie.

Fuck cancer!!!

 

[Sobriquet]

Planet earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do.

 

[Polari]

Damn. Pleased I managed to see him live - it was an amazing show.

Station to Station is one of my favourite albums of all time.

 

[brickarts295]

Damn I just became a fan thanks to MGSV

 

[NCR Redslayer]

Rest in Peace the man who sold the world.

 

[Tomita]

I never know if it's nice or awful to die right after a birthday ):

 

[Fuzyfrog]

Rip Ziggy Stardust.

I just recently bought Blackstar hearing good reviews and have not heard a single note yet.

Your in for a treat. Its phenomenal

 

[Frozenprince]

Exactly my thoughts, FP. I'm gutted.

He gave us so much.

Gotta break my feather boa out of whatever box it's laying in for this. I can't handle it.

He was our peoples voice, he gave us a voice when we had none, he gave us an identity, when we had none.

This just crushes me. I am in legitimate shock that Ziggy is gone. It just doesn't feel real.

 

[mariachi507]

No fucking way

 

[Hydrargyrus]

This year couldn't start worse...

What a loss!

 

[kinoki]

David Bowie was supposed to live forever...

 

[Snarfington]

I reckon he was aware and planned his album release around it. The album feels just like an epitaph in places, so it makes a lot of sense.

What a huge loss. Legend in every sense of the word, and in a lot of ways still ahead of the times now. RIP.

 

[Slowdive]

If he was battling this for a year and a half, he must have had some thought that Blackstar could be his last album.

It's going to make listening to it absolutely brutal.

Definitely, Lazarus (and the video) and the final two tracks have new meanings now.

It's going to be hard listening to Everyone Says Hi now knowing he had his father's death in mind when he wrote it.

 

[Tubie]

I was hoping the thread title resulted in some sort misinformation.

I don't think I've felt this bad in a long time.

RIP you legend.

 

[jabuseika]

Please Jeff Lynne don't go any time soon, then all of my music heroes will be gone.

 

[Ihyll]

Fuck

I can't fucking believe it.

 

[Choppasmith]

Man, just saw Labyrinth the other day too. RIP

 

[KAOz]

Fuck.

Fuck.

Fuck.

Rest in peace.

And may he always be only Stardust now. Goddamnit Ziggy. Not like this. Fuck.

 

[ManUnkindH]

"Great" way to start the week, FUCK!!

RIP Mr. Bowie.

Can't believe this, especially he released a new album just a couple of days ago.

 

[Kwixotik]

Damn. He was my favorite musician. We lost a legend today, but he went out with a bang. If releasing Blackstar days before the big sleep isn't a good way for Bowie to go, I don't know what would have been. Especially given the themes of the album, he must have known it was coming. Still, I hate that he's gone.

 

[heavymetalpancakes]

For someone like Bowie who was just so charismatic and influential, it just seemed like he was immortal and could never die...Well, now, not in our hearts and minds, anyway...

 

[NintendoRev]

Listening to Lazarus, the opening line just kicked me in the teeth because of this...

 

[Xun]

I'm in complete and utter shock.

You will be greatly missed Bowie.

R.I.P.

 

[Frozenprince]

Blackstar is the best album he's put out in a decade. EVERYBODY should stop whatever they are doing and listen too it, right now.

 

[OricWindstar]

Hardly a proper tribute, but if anyone wants something for their cover photo: