http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35278872
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html
Quote from: SteveG1988 on January 11, 2016, 02:45:07 PM
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35278872
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html
I heard on NPR just as I was getting up this morning. :(
The DJ I was listening to just after midnight on WFMU had just played "Station to Station" as a nod to Bowie's birthday. It was just about that moment that the news happened to come in. Needless to say, the DJs on since have been crafting some amazing tributes with some really interesting and rare Bowie material with loads of good stories. You won't get that on Spotify, Pandora, or commercial radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszLwBaC4Sw <-- title track from last album
I watch this all the time, Bowie doing "Young Americans" on The Dick Cavett Show:
http://youtu.be/ydLcs4VrjZQ
Not to take anything from Bowie himself, but if Luther Vandross's exuberance in the background doesn't make you want to dance, you're just not paying attention.
I knew he was big, but not this big that a ton of 20-somethings have a fairly impromptu massive street party in Brixton.
Or that the German Foreign Ministry hold him in such high esteem that not only was there this tweet (https://twitter.com/GermanyDiplo/status/686498183669743616) praising him for helping to bring down the wall, but the German Foreign Minister held a press conference to pay tribute to him.
Quote from: english si on January 12, 2016, 04:56:46 AM
I knew he was big, but not this big that a ton of 20-somethings have a fairly impromptu massive street party in Brixton.
Or that the German Foreign Ministry hold him in such high esteem that not only was there this tweet (https://twitter.com/GermanyDiplo/status/686498183669743616) praising him for helping to bring down the wall, but the German Foreign Minister held a press conference to pay tribute to him.
Oh, let the people have their fun. None of this should come as any surprise.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 12, 2016, 08:03:00 AMOh, let the people have their fun.
I can see that my post can be read in a way that would elicit that response, but that wasn't my aim.
QuoteNone of this should come as any surprise.
It did though, I am surprised by how many people are genuinely sad at his passing, and at the reach of Bowie's life and music. I reckoned on a little bit bigger than Lemmy level of mourning, but this is much much bigger.
That's what I was trying to express.
I think I brought outpouring as for a couple reasons. First, he kept producing new and interesting material up until the end, even if it didn't achieve the commercial success that he once had.
And second, and more importantly, Bowie appealed to a hugely wide range of people. He had appeal from the freaks to the casual mainstream listeners and everyone in between. He was the Ferris Bueller of rock stars.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 12, 2016, 12:27:06 PM
Bowie appealed to a hugely wide range of people. He had appeal from the freaks to the casual mainstream listeners and everyone in between. He was the Ferris Bueller of rock stars.
He even appealed to Bing Crosby's generation:
Thirty-nine years later, he's back with Bing enjoying peace.
There was a bowie for all of humanity. From Ziggy Stardust, to the Thin White Duke, to the actor.
I figured it would never happen, but I was so wanting to see Bowie do a remake of Space Oddity with Chris Hadfield.
Wide variety of work, and almost all of it good (though "Let's Dance" got played a few too many times). Here his 1975 "TVC15" played at Live Aid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFO323uDkSQ
RIP David :-( Thanks for the great music! :clap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aqvIU1dkD8
Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 13, 2016, 12:03:15 PM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on January 12, 2016, 08:45:55 PM
There was a bowie for all of humanity.
Well put.
Thank you
He even had a comedic side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8PVtzAH2ig
He will be missed.
I grew up on MTV, so I saw the late David Bowie's videos quite a bit.
In high school, there was some sort of counselor or social worker who strongly resembled Mr. Bowie. So I always called him The Guy Who Looks Like David Bowie - but only behind his back, never to his face.
He knew he looked like David Bowie, but just never admitted it and hoped nobody would notice. But I think I was the first student to notice. I remember snickering to classmates that he looked like David Bowie, and they laughed in agreement.
But one day, I kept acting up in class, because this school was just so futile. Then The Guy Who Looks Like David Bowie popped into the room. I greeted him by putting on my best radio voice and mimicking a concert announcer.
I declared, "Ladies and gentlemen..." The social worker began getting an uneasy look on his face, as if he knew what was coming.
I continued, "Now, right here on our stage..." The look of uneasiness grew.
I went on. "It's the electrifying..."
I continued, "The stupendous..."
I doubled down. "The amazing..."
"DAVID BOWIE!!!"
I then started humming the intro to "Modern Love."
It was during the first syllable of "DAVID BOWIE!!!" that The Guy Who Looks Like David Bowie emitted a sigh of defeat. It was at that precise moment that he knew he had lost us all for good. He knew that now everyone would think of him as The Guy Who Looks Like David Bowie.
He tried to keep a game face, but the truth was out: The Guy Who Looks Like David Bowie looked like David Bowie.
From then on, every time he entered the classroom, I'd inevitably hear a student whispering, "It's David Bowie."
That was before I had a college professor who looked like Mick Fleetwood.
This appears to be an excerpt from this month's issue of Last Word.