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Shared by Brian Eno, Bowie from December 2015:

Still looked great even so close to the end :')

 

[jesu]

Night out for me next weekend

https://www.facebook.com/events/887885591325239/

 

[Gurgelhals]

He looked like an older version of his Thin White Duke character. Still fabulous considering the circumstances.

 

[Oreoleo]

In regards to "favorite Bowie song" from a day or two ago, I was always a pretty casual Bowie fan and have been chewing through a lot of his albums lately.

Listening to 'Heroes' for the first time and Moss Garden is kinda blowing my mind. What a beautiful and serene track.

Also the song Heroes might be Bowie's best.

 

[Midas]

Shared by Brian Eno, Bowie from December 2015:

Keeping it classy with that McQueen jumper.

 

[NateDog]

Very cool video, enjoyed watching it, thanks for posting.

Also picked up the Time issue with Bowie on the cover, I thought maybe it was an issue dedicated solely to him, but still enjoyed the article.

Wait so the Time magazine just has one article on Bowie? I'm confused, I know Omega Man was talking about the one with the "Heroes" cover, are you talking about the same one?

 

[The Omega Man]

The Time magazine issue I am talking about is new and it is in its entirety dedicated to David Bowie.

 

[Slowdive]

Shared by Brian Eno, Bowie from December 2015:

It's from November, two more:

Here's an album of pretty much every picture of him from last year, the ones of him in public and on stage are from December.

 

[eot]

I generally don't give two shits about celebrity deaths but I tried to listen to some of his tracks today and they sound different knowing he's dead. It's weird.

 

[Nether!]

The Time magazine issue I am talking about is new and it is in its entirety dedicated to David Bowie.

Okay, I bought the wrong issue then. The one you're talking about wasn't available where I went.
I'll go search for it today.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

I've been loving Blackstar lately. I've also revisited albums I haven't listened to in years, like Aladdin Sane and Ziggy.

Yesterday I checked out Heroes, and I definitely need to get that one. I could use recommendations on others I should check out. These are what I've heard so far: Low, Heroes, Blackstar, The Next Day, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Earthling, Scary Monsters, and Station to Station.

 

[Oreoleo]

I've been loving Blackstar lately. I've also revisited albums I haven't listened to in years, like Aladdin Sane and Ziggy.

Yesterday I checked out Heroes, and I definitely need to get that one. I could use recommendations on others I should check out. These are what I've heard so far: Low, Heroes, Blackstar, The Next Day, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Earthling, Scary Monsters, and Station to Station.

Wow, Hunky Dory is notably absent from that list! I think everyone will agree it's one of his best albums. Lodger is also really good and required listening if you like Low and Heroes at all.

 

[NateDog]

I've been loving Blackstar lately. I've also revisited albums I haven't listened to in years, like Aladdin Sane and Ziggy.

Yesterday I checked out Heroes, and I definitely need to get that one. I could use recommendations on others I should check out. These are what I've heard so far: Low, Heroes, Blackstar, The Next Day, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Earthling, Scary Monsters, and Station to Station.

Can't say much more than that tbh. Although I'll add Young Americans and Space Oddity.

 

[minor effort]

I've been loving Blackstar lately. I've also revisited albums I haven't listened to in years, like Aladdin Sane and Ziggy.

Yesterday I checked out Heroes, and I definitely need to get that one. I could use recommendations on others I should check out. These are what I've heard so far: Low, Heroes, Blackstar, The Next Day, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Earthling, Scary Monsters, and Station to Station.

Good selection, but don't overlook Lodger and Hunky Dory.

 

[Darksol]

I've been loving Blackstar lately. I've also revisited albums I haven't listened to in years, like Aladdin Sane and Ziggy.

Yesterday I checked out Heroes, and I definitely need to get that one. I could use recommendations on others I should check out. These are what I've heard so far: Low, Heroes, Blackstar, The Next Day, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Earthling, Scary Monsters, and Station to Station.

Outside

 

[mattiewheels]

I always thought people who buy those Time commemorative collectors issues are weird

...but this was the only one I'll buy, promise.

 

[C4Lukins]

I was aware of Bowies hits, and always respected him. But I just started going through his back catalogue. What an amazing catalogue. I have been listening to 5 of his albums on repeat and I have 20 more to hit up. What a fun experience.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

Wow, Hunky Dory is notably absent from that list! I think everyone will agree it's one of his best albums. Lodger is also really good and required listening if you like Low and Heroes at all.

I forgot to add it. It was the first Bowie album I bought back in 2009, I think.

Space Oddity is a great recommendation. Forgot about that.

 

[Plasticine]

Rolling Stone posted Trent Reznor's thoughts on David Bowie passing. It's from their upcoming David Bowie tribute issue.

For me, every Bowie album has its own set of memories. Back in the heyday of records, I'd go over to my friends house and listen to his collection of records in his basement. Scary Monsters was the first one I related to. Then I went backwards and discovered the Berlin trilogy, which was full-impact. By the early Nineties, as I found myself onstage with an audience, I was in full-obsession mode with Bowie. I read into all the breadcrumbs he'd put out — the clues in his lyrics that reveal themselves over time, the cryptic photographs, the magazine articles — and I projected and created what he was to me. His music really helped me relate to myself and figure out who I was. He was a tremendous inspiration in terms of what was possible, what the role of an entertainer could be, that there are no rules.

Then, in the mid-Nineties, he reached out to me and said, "Let's collaborate and do a tour together." It's hard to express how validating and surreal the whole experience of the Outside tour was — to actually meet this man in the flesh and find out, to my delight, that he passed any expectation I had. The fact that he was this graceful, charming, happy, fearless character became a new point of inspiration for me.

At one of our first meetings, in rehearsals, we were talking about how the tour was going to go. I was faced with a strange predicament: At that moment in time, we'd sold more tickets than he did in North America. And there's no way on earth David Bowie is going to open for me. And on top of that, he said, "You know, I'm not going to play what anybody wants me to play. I just finished a strange new album. And we're going to play some select cuts from a lot of Berlin trilogy–type things, and the new album. That's not what people are going to want to see, but that's what I need to do. And you guys are going to blow us away every night." I remember thinking, "Wow. I'm witnessing firsthand the fearlessness that I've read about."

Much more at the link. Too much to copy and paste.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Rolling Stone posted Trent Reznor's thoughts on David Bowie passing. It's from their upcoming David Bowie tribute issue.



Much more at the link. Too much to copy and paste.

Beautiful. Thank you.

 

[mantidor]

Rolling Stone posted Trent Reznor's thoughts on David Bowie passing. It's from their upcoming David Bowie tribute issue.



Much more at the link. Too much to copy and paste.

This was a really good read, thanks.

 

[rezn0r]

Woke up to a few texts with that link, now I'm back to feeling like it's two weeks ago

 

[Scythesurge]

Despite being a fan of both Bowie and NIN, I never really realized how much of an influence Bowie was/is on Trent until the past few weeks. That Rolling Stone article is a great and revealing read.

 

[kitchenmotors]

I love Trent. Glad he was able to really take the time and give his feelings on David's passing, as opposed to the many quick quotes that we were treated to the week of his death, like that shitty Coldplay one.

 

[Bread]

Despite being a fan of both Bowie and NIN, I never really realized how much of an influence Bowie was/is on Trent until the past few weeks. That Rolling Stone article is a great and revealing read.

The second half of Low is a big inspiration to some of NIN's best music.

 

[Steamlord]

There's this, for instance

Crystal Japan

A Warm Place

(it wasn't deliberate though, apparently)

 

[injurai]

There's this, for instance

Crystal Japan

A Warm Place

(it wasn't deliberate though, apparently)

Whoa. This is neat.

 

[kitchenmotors]

There's this, for instance

Crystal Japan

A Warm Place

(it wasn't deliberate though, apparently)

I remember watching that interview back in the 90s and Trent talking about A Warm Place and how it wasn't intentional. Both are incredible tracks though.

 

[bakedpony]

Bono has a write up on Bowie via The Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/bono-remembers-david-bowie-he-is-my-idea-of-a-rock-star-20160127

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Rolling Stone posted Trent Reznor's thoughts on David Bowie passing. It's from their upcoming David Bowie tribute issue.
Much more at the link. Too much to copy and paste.

A few years later, Bowie came through L.A. I'd been sober for a fair amount of time. I wanted to thank him in the way that he helped me. And I reluctantly went backstage, feeling weird and ashamed, like, "Hey, I'm the guy that puked on the rug." And again, I was met with warmth, and grace, and love. And I started to say, "Hey listen, I've been clean for ..." I don't even think I finished the sentence; I got a big hug. And he said, "I knew. I knew you'd do that. I knew you'd come out of that." I have goosebumps right now just thinking about it. It was another very important moment in my life.

I didn't think we were done. It feels like the loss of a mentor, fatherly figure, someone looking out for you, reminding you that in a world where the bar keeps seeming to be lower, where stupidity has got a foothold, there is room for excellence and uncompromising vision.

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Wow. I personally was very surprised at TR not commenting on Bowie's death, though I'm glad he took his time. Just... Wow.

 

[80s Bad Guy]

Bono has a write up on Bowie via The Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/bono-remembers-david-bowie-he-is-my-idea-of-a-rock-star-20160127

Wow. I personally was very surprised at TR not commenting on Bowie's death, though I'm glad he took his time. Just... Wow.

It's one thing to lose someone you consider an idol. But when your other idols express how much of an idol he was to them...it really adds a whole 'nother level of gravity to the situation.

Crazy.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

I watched Lost Highway the other day which features the song "I'm Deranged".

I really liked that song.

 

[DataStream]

The brit awards tribute was much better than gaga.

A huge part of Bowie was his selection of collaborators and he never used Niles outside the studio, so i found it really odd to have him serve as musical director (except that oh yeah it's the grammy's and gaga is working with him currently).

 

[Slowdive]

It was a great tribute, I wasn't expecting to see the band together again. And Duncan approves of this one.

 

[RecRoulette]

The brit awards tribute was much better than gaga.

A huge part of Bowie was his selection of collaborators and he never used Niles outside the studio, so i found it really odd to have him serve as musical director (except that oh yeah it's the grammy's and gaga is working with him currently).

That was amazing

 

[Palculator]

The brit awards tribute was much better than gaga.

A huge part of Bowie was his selection of collaborators and he never used Niles outside the studio, so i found it really odd to have him serve as musical director (except that oh yeah it's the grammy's and gaga is working with him currently).

Nice tribute but this part of the article is daft:

Instead, she was dressed in plain clothes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_White_Duke

 

[Hex]

Just been listening through Scary Monsters, Teenage Wildlife comes on and it sends me down a rabbit hole starts with a simple lyrics search to discovering that Bowie fucking hated Gary Numan. The lyrics reference him and I come across this funny story from The Kenny Everett Show.


GARY NUMAN
interview by David Buckley on Strange Fascination
"I'd done my bit, then Mallet said, "Bowie's going to be here next week. Do you want to come and see him?" Can you imagine? You'd just got famous yourself and all that was brilliant in your life and the next thing you're actually going to meet David Bowie! Short of flying to the moon and back I couldn't imagine anything else I would have rather done. So, I go along and there are a few other famous people there like Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, and I am shy. There's a little side room and we are allowed to look through a doorway and bugger me if Bowie didn't see me! I am sitting in the back of this room, trying to keep out of the way, and totally in awe. So recording stops and it's all awkward for a bit and nobody's sure what is going on. Obviously, something's happened because Bowie's not happy. Mallet comes over to me and says, "Can I have a word?" So he takes me outside and says, "David Bowie spotted you. He's not very happy about it and doesn't want you in the building." And that was it! So I'm thrown out! If Bowie had said, "Look, Mallet, I want that bloke off," then you were off because Mallet had a huge financial incentive to want to stay doing Bowie's videos. The next thing I know is that about three or four days later we get a call saying unfortunately it's not possible to have your song on The Kenny Everett Show, it doesn't fit in schedule, or some other fuckin' stupid excuse. So that was it! Out of the building and off the programme."

Fair enough, David. I always thought that there was something inescapably shit about Gary Numan too. I guess you did too. Also, Scary Monsters is brilliant. I don't think I've ever give it it's due, but listening it now, I love it. Anyway, to conclude, Gary Numan is shit.

Numan is amazing and has continued to put out great music.

 

[DataStream]

Nice tribute but this part of the article is daft:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_White_Duke

Yeah that was pretty obvious (honestly didn't read the article, was just trying to find one that had a working video as some were taken down)

 

[Androidsleeps]

Much better tribute, because it is actually a tribute and not a promotion piece that was all over the place.

 

[Slowdive]

The tribute is up on the Brits channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7l3y7LOzLc

 

[Always-honest]

The tribute is up on the Brits channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7l3y7LOzLc

Oldman's words were really amazing

 

[The Scollard]

Oldman's speech was really touching, as was Lennox's. I remember seeing the video of her and Bowie performing Under Pressure for the tribute to Freddy Mercury. Both of them seemed like the perfect people to give be a part of that tribute to the man himself. I also thought Lorde's performance was really great. Just all the raw emotion she put in Life On Mars made the tribute even more touching.

I also loved the little musical tribute the band did before, going through several of his songs. I was able recognize every one almost immediately (I didn't recognize Changes until the backup singer sang the title).