David Bowie Passed Away

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ColdPizza said:
For Bowie to basically kick off 2016 in celebrity deaths (I know there were a few others first), I just have a bad feeling about this year in general.
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I really hope stan lee makes it through this year, but he's freaking 93 so it wouldn't really be a '"bad" thing if he died if you catch my drift. I think he's had quite a full life lol
 
uncelestial said:
Irritated that everything in life has to be scrubbed for intersectionality value, but don't know what to say to my FB acquaintance about her post. Probably going to just leave it.

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I feel sorry for her, trying to be controversial and ending up sounding ridiculously ignorant. Of all artists out there she had to pick David freaking Bowie of all people trying to go for the "cis white straight male" angle, it's kind of hilarious in a way. Has she even seen anything he did in the 70s? Ahead of everyone by decades?

Deckard Chapel said:
My all-time favorite David Bowie song is "Cool World" - the title track from the movie of the same name.

Great movie, great song. Features strong, very early 90's vibes, so check it out!

Cool World
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Thanks for reminding me of this song, I love it too.

His career is just so damn vast, covering so much, sometimes you forget a thing or two.
 
I was a complete mess yesterday, but now I think I had at least some time to process it all so I feel ready to post.

Nobody would deny that Bowie had a fulfilling life, legendary career and all that. But Blackstar and all the circumstances surrounding it are just crushing to me. Rewatching both videos is a haunting experience, even if both songs (as the whole album) are stunningly beautiful. But there is just so, so much pain and suffering in there. A dying man, obviously afraid of the inevitable, fighting the illness that was destroying his body and hurting him along with his family - and still trying to make some sense in it, through his art. It's not easy to listen or watch, and it must have been ten thousand worse actually experiencing it.

The song Blackstar deals with legacy and its worth, but the video is also the study of agony. In Lazarus, Bowie is on his deathbed, terrified and begging for just a little more time to finish his work. His young spirit was still there, restless and full of creativity - but it had no chance. He did what he could with what little he had left.

I'm somehow grateful that I had a chance to listen to the album without any idea what it was really about. It gave him some privacy in his struggle without looking like an exhibitionism - and still Bowie allowed us to share his burden, just a little bit. We just didn't know what we had at that time. Still, he couldn't give everything away. I'd like to think that's what he intended.
 
FyreWulff said:
considering her post is a positive support of Bowie's efforts, yes?

People are misreading the fuck out of that post, including the person that screencapped it.
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Yeah. She's saying she hopes that in all this "Bowie will be missed, I like him because of ___" that people don't forget the good he's done by "using his privilege" as a white male to help out and carve a place for non-privileged races/genders/sexual orientations.
 
It's sure looks like Blackstar is going to Bowie's first album to hit #1 in America, as amazing that is to consider. It was heading there even before his passing. (EDIT: Ha! That's coincidence.)

The comments on this page persuaded me to watch Lazarus instead of just listening to it, and I'm glad I did. Your comments are spot on. The music is evocative, but the video is unforgettable.
 
Man, it finally hit me. I felt pretty sad when I heard he died, but now that I have started listening to Blackstar I just feel like shit. The man was a genius. Is this how it felt when Freddy Mercury died? Because if so, I am glad I was born after that.
 
Get'sMad said:
I mean I've listened to the album hundreds of times but jesus...side 2 of Low is still so incredible.
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This recommendation comes courtesy of fellow member Zebetite, but since I bought it on his advice recently and was very fascinated reading it I'll forward this link to you. Very interesting read on the album Low specifically. Just shy of 150 pages too so it's a relatively light read.
 
I put on Blackstar for the 5th time, and it just makes so much more sense than it did on friday. David Bowie is the foundation for my taste in music and Monday morning hit me hard when I found out. My phone started chirping around 11pm Sunday night and I am glad I didn't look, sleep would have been very hard. He has such an impressive body of work. I am know as the Bowie guy in my group of friends because I drop Let's Dance at every gathering and everyone always loves it. This is the hardest a celebrity death has hit me. I feel like I will need a break from his music for a little bit, but blackstar as a parting gift has been an enormous comfort. Rest in Peace you freaky space weirdo, you were too good for this planet.
 
I love that so many people are listening to Blackstar. It's a triumph for avant garde expression. It's not that they get it, but that they feel uncomfortable in their assessment of art. That plants a seed.

EDIT: The entire album is fucking amazing. The music, production, everything.
 
I just watched the Blackstar music video.

It is so multi-layered in meaning and nuance and as subtle as the song. I feel bad about watching it only now, because it is impossible to avoid retrofitting the meaning of the video in light of Bowie's death.

But it is an exceptional video.
 
blueteainfusion said:
I was a complete mess yesterday, but now I think I had at least some time to process it all so I feel ready to post.

Nobody would deny that Bowie had a fulfilling life, legendary career and all that. But Blackstar and all the circumstances surrounding it are just crushing to me. Rewatching both videos is a haunting experience, even if both songs (as the whole album) are stunningly beautiful. But there is just so, so much pain and suffering in there. A dying man, obviously afraid of the inevitable, fighting the illness that was destroying his body and hurting him along with his family - and still trying to make some sense in it, through his art. It's not easy to listen or watch, and it must have been ten thousand worse actually experiencing it.

The song Blackstar deals with legacy and its worth, but the video is also the study of agony. In Lazarus, Bowie is on his deathbed, terrified and begging for just a little more time to finish his work. His young spirit was still there, restless and full of creativity - but it had no chance. He did what he could with what little he had left.

I'm somehow grateful that I had a chance to listen to the album without any idea what it was really about. It gave him some privacy in his struggle without looking like an exhibitionism - and still Bowie allowed us to share his burden, just a little bit. We just didn't know what we had at that time. Still, he couldn't give everything away. I'd like to think that's what he intended.
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*clap clap* Spoken directly from my head/heart. I'm also glad I got to experience the album before it happened. It already felt dark, like a warning of some kind. My experience with the album is so layered now...It's heavy.
 
Zomba13 said:
Yeah. She's saying she hopes that in all this "Bowie will be missed, I like him because of ___" that people don't forget the good he's done by "using his privilege" as a white male to help out and carve a place for non-privileged races/genders/sexual orientations.
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She sounds like a grade-A cunt to me.

It's nice to know any achievements in life are invalid when you not a gay, chinese, transexual though.
 
Finally had my first proper listen to the whole album yesterday (bought when it came out but had no real time for it and was waiting until Tuesday to listen), but like when he released them before it Blackstar and Lazarus just get you in so deep. I actually quite like Dollar Days too. The day of his death I broke my hardest into tears listening to A New Career in A New Town, something about the song is so incredibly powerful, it garners a feeling of hope and dread at once I think, so listening to I Can't Give Everything Away just feels so strange, I can't even describe it.
 
FyreWulff said:
considering her post is a positive support of Bowie's efforts, yes?

People are misreading the fuck out of that post, including the person that screencapped it.
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I got that on second reading, but it comes out as a passive agressive criticism of Bowie because he "had it easy", it almost sounds like she thinks he exploited minorities which is fucking offensive.
 
mantidor said:
I got that on second reading, but it comes out as a passive agressive criticism of Bowie because he "had it easy", it almost sounds like she thinks he exploited minorities which is fucking offensive.
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to me it's 100% clear that she meant he used his privilege to help the unprivileged, something few do and elevates him as a human being. nothing about that post is negative.
I think it can only be considered negative by people who are automatically triggered by the word "privilege"
 
lensoftruth said:
She sounds like a grade-A cunt to me.

It's nice to know any achievements in life are invalid when you not a gay, chinese, transexual though.
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She is saying she hopes people DON'T do that. She is saying even though he's white that she hopes people don't ignore what he's done to help under-represented demographics and help people feel better about them selves for not being "normal". She is saying she hopes that while people praise him for the fantastic music he has made, they also praise him for the good he has done in the industry and in general regarding "other" demographics instead of just ignoring it all and being a popular white male musician.

The only shitty thing in the post is the "no matter what his flaws may be" bit which you could take as her calling him being a cis white male a flaw (ignoring for a long time he identified as bi).
 
Macadinho94 said:
Saw Blackstar on vinyl in the shop there, I'm in a coffee shop across the road. I'm so tempted to get it.
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Do it

Ive looked for the album at every store Ive been to that sells them with no luck

So rare to see that nowadays

Every single song on it is good

Girl Loves me hasnt really been discussed here but is a fantastic track and lighter than a lot of the others
 
Mike Garson:

"I was lucky enough and so proud to have been able to perform with David in his first live American performance as well as what I now realize was his last public American performance. Here’s a video from that final performance..."

Here's the video

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Ricky Gervais Speaks About His Friendship with David Bowie

Excerpt:

"I wrote the Extras scene about meeting your hero and him not being what you thought. I wrote the lyrics and called him and he said, "Sorry, I was eating a banana." I thought that was funny. I asked if he could do something retro, something like "Life on Mars?" He said [sarcastically], "Sure, I'll just knock off a quick little 'Life on Mars?' for you." We laughed. And then he came and did the show and gave us exactly what Bowie was.

Later he was doing a benefit in New York for The High Line [park] and wanted me to do the show in Madison Square Garden. I said yes, "but only if you introduce me." So he came out in a tuxedo, the crowd goes completely crazy, and then, a cappella, he started in with, 'Chubby little loser … Please welcome Ricky Gervais.' " So that's two highlights of my career with the same man."
 
"Like cats, Bowie had more than one life.
He was a rock star of course, but he was also a dandy, an icon, a demon, Ziggy, Major Tom, a man who felt from the moon, a gentleman and a bad boy, an amazing actor, and even a video game character.
He's been to hell and back, he confronted his dark side, created his own light, he made history, he danced with life, tried so many different masks before finally finding who he was.
I met him during one of his many lives. He was insanely charming and elegant, simple and accessible. We talked about the Velvet and his years in Berlin, about painting and art, design and video games.
I didn't want to ask him the million questions I had, but I had the chance to see in his eyes all the stories that he will never tell.
This week, like millions of fans around the world, I lost someone who was a part of me.
But he just lost one life. I know he will never die."

- David CAGE / Quantic Dream
 
Melchiah said:
"Like cats, Bowie had more than one life.
He was a rock star of course, but he was also a dandy, an icon, a demon, Ziggy, Major Tom, a man who felt from the moon, a gentleman and a bad boy, an amazing actor, and even a video game character.
He's been to hell and back, he confronted his dark side, created his own light, he made history, he danced with life, tried so many different masks before finally finding who he was.
I met him during one of his many lives. He was insanely charming and elegant, simple and accessible. We talked about the Velvet and his years in Berlin, about painting and art, design and video games.
I didn't want to ask him the million questions I had, but I had the chance to see in his eyes all the stories that he will never tell.
This week, like millions of fans around the world, I lost someone who was a part of me.
But he just lost one life. I know he will never die."

- David CAGE / Quantic Dream
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That's very nice, probably the best thing David Cage have ever written.
 
David was a man full of love and extraordinary humour. During the recording of Blackstar, we spent our days laughing. David and I battled with words. It was hilarious. He dished them out with his great British accent. He laughed and nicknamed me "Cunt," a reference to the song by British comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore where they keep repeating the world "cunt." At the end, everybody called me 'cunt,' even the sound engineer.
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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...the-greatest-musician-ive-ever-heard-20160111

He had a great sense of humour, some funny Bowie moments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4d8QrRJvsE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x22swFn52Ng

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bQtHeQhU7I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUXp59NaNig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXvAaNcXNzI
 
Lys Skygge said:
I'm surprised we haven't heard anything from Trent Reznor yet. David and Trent were somewhat close, especially in the 90's.
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Same here, I catch myself randomly checking his Twitter account, which he doesn't use much lately, but nothing so far

mantidor said:
Oh we definitely saw it, its somewhere in the thread.
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I think you're thinking of a few links to the '94/'95 footage of them touring together; I could be wrong
 
Listened to Low and Diamond Dogs at work today (our music system is broken and it was quiet). I remembered how Sweet Thing - Candidate was the first Bowie song I listened to where I properly heard and understood his wonderful voice and his range to a good degree. Low in particular feels so different and difficult to listen to.
 
lensoftruth said:
She sounds like a grade-A **** to me.

It's nice to know any achievements in life are invalid when you not a gay, chinese, transexual though.
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Careful there my friend.

John Dunbar said:
that would probably be true even without the second half of the sentence.
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What's really sad is that I was feeling for him and his 16 year old sister when I made a horrible joke: "at least David didn't have to see Warcraft".
 
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