David Bowie Passed Away

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I had to bring my cat to the vet for a surgery. He cried all the way, it rained and was dark. Then in the waiting room I read about it.

Cried on my way home. Can't bear it.

RIP David.
 
Wow unbelievable. Surely no other musician stayed so relevant for so long.
Heroes still sounds like a gift from the future every time I hear it.
 
He was arguably the coolest, most fascinating man in the world. A musical genius who's creativity radically changed pop culture forever. In my mind, I kinda thought he was immortal. That he'd someone outlive me, despite being more than twice my age, and look super stylish while doing it. I'm going to be listening to his new album and some of the classics for the next few days. Better to celebrate his brilliance than be depressed by his absence. Goodbye Mr Stardust, rest in peace.
 
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in 10 years nobody ever got what this was
 
Even though I'm only 35 years of age, David Bowie was my life from a relatively young age. He informed my musically taste for many years. I loved his style. I loved his voice. I loved how bold he was in changing musical styles so many times. He was a pioneer in pop, rock, glam and many other genres of music. My heart truly is broken with this news. My he rest in peace.
 
Man, we're going to lose so many important musicians over the next years as age and illness catches up to them. Formative years.

RIP David Bowie, his contributions to music and culture will stay relevant for a long time to come
 
I'm 23 and this is probably the first celebrity/musician death that I'm genuinely torn up about. What a fucking horrible way to start the year, we've been robbed of one of the most talented artists to ever walk the planet.


RIP David
 
Wow. I can't quite believe it. My sister rang me up to tell me and it just bounced off me in a way, not quite sinking in. The man was a legend and is a legend and his legacy is one of most diverse, interesting and influential back catalogues in the history of music.

Growing up I kind of had a mild dislike of Bowie; Let's Dance and China Girl were records I actively despised. From that, I didn't have any kind of interest in him or his music. The first tentative steps towards devouring his back catalogue were made when he teamed up with the Pet Shop Boys who remixed Hallo Spaceboy for a single release. It was a corking, electronic record, right up my street, and became a favourite of mine in 1996.

Still, I never quite moved beyond a passing interest in his music. That is, until Bowie released Heathen in 2002. It's a good record, one that liberally excavates from his early 70s work, but nothing that special in the context of his larger back catalogue. But, it's important in that it set me off on a furious expedition retrieving album after album during the summer of 2002. Each week I'd peruse the racks of the myriad of discounted CD's trying to decide which album I'd buy next. My collection started with the most obvious choices - Ziggy Stardust, Hunky Dory and Space Oddity. The "Eno trilogy" felt somewhat esoteric and impenetrable; it would be a year or so later before I managed to mine those particular nuggets and find diamond after diamond; Red Sails, Always Crashing in the Same Car and Joe The Lion are amongst my favourite Bowie tracks. But, such was the task of devouring a massive album collection, they were lost to me for a long time. They became my favourite albums, but somewhat embarrassingly my first response was "ughh....no!"

For me the summer of 2002 is defined by my discovery of Bowie and his immense collection of songs. Listening to tracks like Life on Mars for the first time and literally feeling my heart pound and just having my breath taken away by the sheer euphoria and theatricality of it all. Hearing The Thin White Duke and being taken on a ten minute journey, with a huge beaming smile, because, my God, what a bloody great song that is. Yet, at the same time, I'd only just scratched the surface.

I envy anyone who has yet to dip their toes in, because to be at the start of that particular journey again, well, what a gift that would be. So, thank you David Bowie, thanks for a fucking incredible collection of records.
 
Fuck

This is not the news I was expecting to see this morning.

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Listening to tracks like Life on Mars for the first time and literally feeling my heart pound and just having my breath taken away by the sheer euphoria and theatricality of it all.
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Life On Mars? is probably one of the few songs to actually make me have to stop for a minute and be amazed (along with Boston's Foreplay/Long Time and Rush's Spirit Of Radio)

Vocals in that song are so powerful, yet at the same time don't distract from the instrumentation, this is probably one of the main reasons why I was drawn to his music.
 
PedroPanache said:
For me the summer of 2002 is defined by my discovery of Bowie and his immense collection of songs. Listening to tracks like Life on Mars for the first time and literally feeling my heart pound and just having my breath taken away by the sheer euphoria and theatricality of it all. Hearing The Thin White Duke and being taken on a ten minute journey, with a huge beaming smile, because, my God, what a bloody great song that is. Yet, at the same time, I'd only just scratched the surface.
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Life on Mars was also my entry song. I'd still say it's his best song next to Under Pressure.
 
"...and these children that you spit on,
as they try to change their worlds are
immune to your consultations. They're
quite aware of what they're going through...
- David Bowie"

This meant so so much to me.
Thank you and Rest in Peace, my friend.
 
I wasn't the biggest Bowie guy, but his influence and legacy on pop culture across the last 40-odd years is undeniable.

Ordered Blackstar for my Dad this afternoon.
 
Dammit. Listened to Blackstar on the way to work today and couldn't help thinking how many good years he still had in front of him. Huge loss. RIP
 
I just woke up to the news. God damn it, first Lemmy and now Bowie. The world has just lost two of it's coolest dudes. RIP you magnificent man. I guess Ziggy plays guitar somewhere else now...
 
never really got into bowie until a few years ago. i liked him a lot in labyrinth and other acting roles, but i only got hooked on his stuff in 2013 thanks to 'the next day'. bought the album, loved pretty much all of it, and then sought out more. that year i listened to almost the entirety of his discography, aside from tin machine, his first album, and his early stuff as a teenager. just a great artist who made all kinds of fantastic stuff.

this is pretty shocking. i hope his family finds peace, and that he has too.
 
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