Originally posted by Bryn
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David Bowie RIP
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Just a brief word: I think we have established a convention that when someone starts a tribute thread it's to express respect and a personal sense of loss. Anyone who feels indifferent or out of sympathyn should ignore the thread.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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... such a presence for those of us who were students in the 1970s.
A harsh loss.
Véritable artiste caméléon, le chanteur britannique David Bowie est mort dimanche, à l’âge de 69 ans.
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Originally posted by DracoM View PostAs others have said, I was taken aback. Had we had any warning at all that the man was dying of cancer? Innovative voice, quiet revolutionary.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... it seems that 'Blackstar' was a conscious farewell gift -
http://bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/20...cadeau-dadieu/
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I bought a copy of this for my stepson yesterday, but I have yet to hear any of this. I was stunned when I heard the news this morning - I was aware of rumours that he was ill, but had no idea it was terminal. He will live on through his songs - and don't forget Philip Glass's symphonies based on his Low and Heroes albums.
RIP
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Was on Soul Train in 75 and invited back again. How hip was that?
He kept up with the innovations in Dance/Soul music unlike most rock acts of his age and older, which along with his stuff with Brian Eno put him ahead of the game in chart music territory. I remember critics knocking his stuff with Nile Rodgers at the time. Never shy of a catchy tune. I bet that many old and young farts, squares and bubblegum fans sang along to Sound and Vision or "Ashes to Ashes, Funk to Funky etc."
Last edited by burning dog; 11-01-16, 12:51.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View PostI was very taken aback when I heard this news.
a great talent, and a wonderful body of work.
more than anything though, he simply was the soundtrack of the lives of so many people , especially in the 70's.
THe first Bowie I heard ( and saw)was Starman, when I was 10 years old in 1972. A revelatory piece of music and film for me, and even now those first few chords still stop me in my tracks. Fabulous.
Going to be a lot of sad people out there with this news.
A vast body of work. I'm not sure how he'll be best remembered - but fwiw the song I find myself now playing is Life on Mars...
Last edited by Tevot; 11-01-16, 13:44.
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I remember Space oddity the first time (69'?) around, very popular with a lot of older people it was considered a bit of a novelty record, probably played on R2 as well as R1.
His early influences included Lester Bowie and Anthony Newley who surprisingly never collaborated.
My friends Nan, born in about 1905, had a copy of The Laughing Gnome from its first release ! B Side was "All Coppers are 'Nanas (Bananas) "...Bastards" was the real lyric
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