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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: LieLowTheWantedMan on January 11, 2016, 12:17:38 AM
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https://pitchfork.com/news/62834-david-bowie-has-died/
Just awful. :'( I haven't been this shaken by news in a while.
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I was just looking for Blackstar yesterday and couldn't find it anywhere.
Fuck cancer, man. This came out of left field for me and I think my heart stopped when I saw his FB page post that. RIP.
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Oh FUCK.... that's... wow... :'(
RIP Mister Bowie... Ziggy Stardust... The Thin White Duke. You were an awesome musician.
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That news really hit me. Man. :(
R.I.P. Bowie, you were the fucking man.
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Fuck cancer, man. This came out of left field for me and I think my heart stopped when I saw his FB page post that. RIP.
I know. Everything seemed ok and then it just happened. RIP
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I mean, he looked really worn down in the music videos for the new album, but I just assumed he was aging badly. :sad:
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First Lemmy then Bowie?! Seriously wtf is going on... RIP hard.
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Terrible
RIP
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Sad.
I think I'll watch Labyrinth later on.
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Rest in Peace David Bowie. Between Scott Weiland, Lemmy, and now this, it's been an awful few months for amazing musicians. Absolutely brutal.
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Oh fuck.
Rest in peace, David Bowie.
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RIP David :(
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This news hit me hard this morning. There goes a true icon and a favourite of mine.
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Really saddened to hear this. One of the most unique musicians (and individuals, really) that we have ever seen. I had been waffling on whether to buy the new album.
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fuck :(
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"This is Major Tom to Ground Control. Im stepping through the door, and Im floating in a most peculiar way, and the stars look very different today...."
God, I'm gonna miss him :'(
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RIP David Bowie.... you brought a lot of great music to the world
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I could never get into his music, but still had a lot of respect for him as an artist. And he wasn't a bad actor either.
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This is the moment we suddenly get the new videos and songs. "Look up here, I'm in heaven." Nobody knew, but he left us these works of art, as if he was like "I told you everything."
Rest in peace, Bowie, I'm devastated about this...
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Shocked.
R.I.P.
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Never was a big fan but I appreciate his work and the news of his passing came very unexpected.
He sure was an influential and iconic rock musician. Rest in Peace David.
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A typical case of someone who had a lot more art in him. I really think he could've been making wonderful things until he would a hundred years old.
Listening to Nothing Has Changed right now. Rest in piece, David.
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Saw the breaking news on the tv while in the gym tonight, left me completely shocked. Such an amazing icon gone too soon, can't believe it. Such an elegant and charasmatic man and to keep this to himself shows the class and dignity of this man.
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I could never get into his music, but still had a lot of respect for him as an artist. And he wasn't a bad actor either.
Loved his cameo in Zoolander and his Tesla in The Prestige.
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Didn't deserve it.
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Fuck you cancer. RIP to an amazing artist and entertainer
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So much worse when it comes out of nowhere. Of all the people to lose in 2016 i'd never have expected it to be David.
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God fucking dammit! I read this on facebook when I woke up. I have to agree with Kowtoboy here, this came totally out of nowhere which makes it a lot worse. He had just released an album and I thought maybe, just maybe he had recovered enough from his problems that he could go out on tour again. So fucking sad :'(
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What the fuck.
I didn't think this day would ever come :'(
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R.I.P., Thin White Duke.
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Rock lost a legend and an influential figure. Wow. RIP.
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R.I.P. :(
Looks like i'll be having a marathon of his discography later today. Haven't even heard Blackstar yet.
Truly an amazing musician!
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I've never listened to him that much but I'm quite sad right now. He was a big big deal.
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Huge shock when I saw the news this morning. Absolutely no one like him before, since, or to come, ever.
Thanks for the music, and RIP.
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RIP
Never got into his music but he was an artist in every sense of the word. Glad he got one last album out.
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Wow, RIP David.
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:sadpanda:
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Never really listened to Bowies albums besides his classic songs but i'm well aware of his influence on pop music and how loved he was for tons of artists and fans around the world.
Listening on Blackstar right now.
RIP Bowie
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Haven't really discovered much of his music yet except for a handful of songs, but I like what I've heard. I'm going to check out The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.
Rest in Peace, David. :heart
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This one really hits hard. I was literally listening to a big Bowie playlist last night while working on some things.
Loss of a legend.
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So sad. Such a legend!
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Very sad. A giant.
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Very sad news. R.I.P.
RESPECT
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:(
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I was listening to Blackstar yesterday, thinking how awesome is that such an old man could craft an excellent albums like it. And then this. Fuck.
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Just ordered Blackstar... have a couple of his earlier records and meant to get this. It was an obvious choice today...
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Just went through Blackstar.
The hype is real, this album as a strange vibe to it... I'm not able to describe it per se, but it does feel as the culmination of a world-changing musical career. A nice balance between his older styles and a more modern/experimental edge, it's truly a worthy goodbye album.
The news hit me harder than I thought! I wasn't born yet when John Lennon was killed, but I guess people felt a little bit like this, like the world just lost a positive force.
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I hadn't heard a whole lot of his material but I did really like a handful of his songs... but it was still a shock to hear, especially since I've been hearing news of Blackstar just releasing. He was a supremely talented being, both in music and otherwise; fantastic actor to boot and seemed like a genuinely nice person with an awesome personality.
I'm sad to see him go.
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Was never really a fan but there is no denying the talent that he had.
R.I.P
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Couldnt believe when my mom told me she heard this on the radio, had to see for myselft in the internet to see if it really was truth and, yep, it was. Fucking sad, was just listening to Blackstar a day before, thinking how great it was :'(
RIP David Bowie, will forever be remembered as one of the greatest songwriters to ever live.
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He left us with, imo, his best, most refined album and artistic statement. As he would, and only he could. :hefdaddy :millahhhh
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Not a fan at all (I simply never got a chance or the interest to actively follow his music) but he's one of those huge music personalities that you can't be indifferent to. And I hate that horrible, bastard disease that is cancer that strikes famous and unknown people alike, my uncle died of that and I'm sure many around here have a relative or an acquintance that succumbed to that disease.
Respect for a man that left his undeniable mark on rock music and, to put it on a lighter note, since I never really followed his music my memories of him are all mostly about his junk flaunted in front of a teenager Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth ;D
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In the Queen world, there's certainly a lot of heart felt emotions. David and Annie Lennox's 'Under Pressure' was one of the best performances at Freddie's Tribute. As for the 'artist' in Bowie, I had to watch 'Ashes To Ashes'. Loved that video for some reason.
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I've always been a casual fan, but by pure coincidence I was getting into him quite a lot lately. 'Let's Dance' was definitely my jam last week, I loved the new singles and record, and as a matter of fact, I was just playing his track 'Fame' with my band yesterday night.
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I'm listening to one of his collections right now. He really did make some unique and brilliant music.
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David Bowie is one of those artists that while I am not into his music, I have immense respect for.
Definitely very sad indeed and I sympathize with all of his fans.
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Just went through Blackstar.
The hype is real, this album as a strange vibe to it... I'm not able to describe it per se, but it does feel as the culmination of a world-changing musical career. A nice balance between his older styles and a more modern/experimental edge, it's truly a worthy goodbye album.
The news hit me harder than I thought! I wasn't born yet when John Lennon was killed, but I guess people felt a little bit like this, like the world just lost a positive force.
Just listening through now. I hear a massive Scott Walker influence, the title track sounds a lot like Cossacks Are. But Bowie was very open about how much he admired Scott, covering Nite Flights in the 90s
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It's so surreal that he's gone.
I think I always just assumed that he'd be the one to hit the lights at the end of the universe.
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Is Blackstar his new album?
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Yes, it is. One of my teenage sons has already listened to it, and has been asking me what I'm waiting for! He says it's really good.
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Oh it is. It's dark and solemn, but also quite experimental. It's a potential AOTY imo.
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David Bowie is one of those artists that while I am not into his music, I have immense respect for.
Definitely very sad indeed and I sympathize with all of his fans.
Ditto.............my main memory is the joy that Labyrinth brought my little sister. She was reeling off entire scenes from the movie last night on the way home from Nightwish when we heard the news.
I would struggle to name more than a handful of his songs off the top of my head but he would be one of those artists where (when reminded) I would know a lot more than come to mind immediately. Even so , I admire his achievements and can't question his influence.
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I once heard a bootleg of Bowie, Ronson and Wakeman playing during the Hunky Dory era - before Ziggy, where he still really hadn't ascended to full stardom. I think it was basically just them playing in front of a handful of poeple, acoustic. The recording was so otherwordly, so poetic, so strange.
When I saw the news, I couldn't believe it, but could believe that this is how he would have wanted to leave us - a bit of drama and a fond adieu. I had my Bowie phase a few years ago, but the affection will always be there. Hunky Dory Bowie will always be my favourite, although I loved his latter albums, his tin machine noise (and Reeves Gabrels!), and Ziggy of course. But Hunky Dory is just a freak out, and also, it always reminds me of the beach, and (for different but similar reasons) also the life aqautic with steve Zissou.
Rip DB.
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I don't listen to Bowie that much, but I do love Low (terrific record) and songs from many other albums. Definite legend; he will be missed.
R.I.P.
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Ashes to ashes...funk to funky...
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Goblin king, Goblin king...
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You know, with the passing of several rock "greats" in the past couple years (Dio, Lemmy...) you see a sort of pattern: they pass, and in the first couple days you hear how great they were as human beings (even if they weren't), you hear how influential they were, etcetera... but at the end of the day, the average soccer mom has no idea who Ian Kilmister was, and hasn't heard even a snippet of Rainbow's "Stargazer" or "The Last In Line".
I realize Bowie was bigger than that, but I didn't realize HOW "bigger" until these last few days. He made the nightly news. Stern spent almost a whole show talking about him, in the most reverent of terms. I'm a respectful fan (meaning, I respect him far more than I actually "like" his music, though I have "The Singles Collection" set and it rules, HARD), but I'm suitably impressed by how he has transcended just "rock music".
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I cannot think of anyone who has managed to create such art (and such an artistic statement) out of their own death.
I got Blackstar this morning. Only three tracks in (hooray, short commute!), it really is strange, beautiful, alien and familiar all at once. King Crimson fans should check it out...not for riffs, but for the unsettling electronic-tinged avant-jazz feel.
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Rest in peace to a legendary and revered artist. I've loved Bowie since I was a kid. Unbelievable.
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You know, with the passing of several rock "greats" in the past couple years (Dio, Lemmy...) you see a sort of pattern: they pass, and in the first couple days you hear how great they were as human beings (even if they weren't), you hear how influential they were, etcetera... but at the end of the day, the average soccer mom has no idea who Ian Kilmister was, and hasn't heard even a snippet of Rainbow's "Stargazer" or "The Last In Line".
I realize Bowie was bigger than that, but I didn't realize HOW "bigger" until these last few days. He made the nightly news. Stern spent almost a whole show talking about him, in the most reverent of terms. I'm a respectful fan (meaning, I respect him far more than I actually "like" his music, though I have "The Singles Collection" set and it rules, HARD), but I'm suitably impressed by how he has transcended just "rock music".
Speaking of that, and also a bit of the perspective of someone not from Europe and USA, I don't think there were loads of news in Russia about the deaths of a lot of rock and metal stars, for example Lemmy (as great and influential as he was) got only a few short videos in the mass media here. David Bowie, however, made the news on almost all the central channels and he appeared on the newspapers front pages and every reporter I saw and read was praising his work immensely.
He was huge indeed.
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How could we forget to mention his marriage to Iman, along with all of his (and her) charitable works?
https://globalnews.ca/news/2446846/david-bowie-leaves-behind-legacy-of-performing-for-good-causes/
It wasn't just the music that made him popular.
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/121405252a75980c8a1a249bc463eedf/tumblr_mifjda0nHi1s3pwlko1_500.jpg)
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Iman AKA the shape shifter in Star Trek 6.
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I wasn't really familiar with Bowie's music until now, but I've listened to a lot of his songs after reading about his death, and I've liked pretty much everything I've heard. He was an innovative man for sure... Sad news, but I find it admirable that he managed to put together one more album despite his struggle with cancer - in that sense he left with his boots on just like Lemmy.
RIP
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I wasn't really familiar with Bowie's music until now, but I've listened to a lot of his songs after reading about his death, and I've liked pretty much everything I've heard. He was an innovative man for sure... Sad news, but I find it admirable that he managed to put together one more album despite his struggle with cancer - in that sense he left with his boots on just like Lemmy.
RIP
That's pretty much how it is for me. I knew a few of his songs but I've been checking out a bunch of his releases and he really had this brilliant ingenuity with his music. I wish I had discovered more of his work sooner.
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The new album, Blackstar, is fantastic. So weird, so awesome.
Also, BEST opening lyrics of any tune ever: "and then she punched me like a dude" :rollin
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I don't own a single Bowie album. Where would be a good place to start?
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I don't own a single Bowie album. Where would be a good place to start?
i don't either but probably Blackstar. Then work backwards. I hear that The Next Day is also really good.
Then Probably some deep cuts like " Low ".
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He has so many different styles. It's hard to pinpoint where. There is a documentary about a 5 album run in the 70's through the 80's that very interesting to see him change styles.
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I don't own a single Bowie album. Where would be a good place to start?
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - Not my favorite album of his, but pretty darn good, and a great place for anyone to start.
And Stadler nailed it. Bowie was HUGE, a true legend.
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So sad, RIP David. A True icon of music. I had just watched Labyrinth, (I love that movie!) the night before he passed.
Some of my memories growing up was my Mum playing Space Oddity very loud, very often.
He truly was one of those artists you believed would be around forever, haven't heard too much of the recent music,
huge fan of the 80's classics Let's Dance, China Girl, Dancing in the streets to name a few.
F**K Cancer!
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I know everyone won't agree with this, but I was talking with someone at work today about Bowie and we kind of agreed that he is one of those rare popular artists whose most well known and/or most popular song is arguably his best. I, of course, am talking about Space Oddity.
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I don't own a single Bowie album. Where would be a good place to start?
You have a long journey ahead of you.
Basically, pick your genre and start with his album in that style. Aside from metal and country, he touched nearly everything else.
I think Blackstar is the most indicative of everything, and he likely planned it that way. It begins way, way out there – his most 'out there' ever... most prog, most jazz, most avant-garde, weirdest Bowie song ever made. Then he gradually works through most of the genres he's dabbled in – save jungle/drum-n-bass on Earthling – until landing on the 'classic Bowie' rock sound in the last song.
There are constellations in the album art. Surely his swansong would show you where to begin.
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https://time.com/4177071/david-bowie-musical-tributes/
^^Very cool rendition of "Space Oddity" by Mr. Jordan Rudess. pretty sweet
RIP MR Bowie
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Bummer that it took him dying to get me back into a Bowie listening phase, but I think I've listened to him more in the last three days that I had in the six-seven previous years combined. I don't "get" a lot of his stuff, but the stuff I do is freaking great. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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https://time.com/4177071/david-bowie-musical-tributes/
^^Very cool rendition of "Space Oddity" by Mr. Jordan Rudess. pretty sweet
RIP MR Bowie
Thanks for that link. Jordan's tribute was nothing short of beautiful.
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Rick Wakeman also did a really nice tribute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jogv7tD18gs&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jogv7tD18gs&feature=youtu.be)
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So yeah, I think back when I dove into Bowie's catalogue a little, I was so nutty over Low than I never really gave Ziggy Stardust and Heroes many full listens, instead remembering just a few standout tracks from both, but having listened to both a lot this week, I've really been missing out. The Secret Life of Arabia, Sons of the Silent Age, Lady Stardust, It Ain't Easy and Hang On to Your Life, in particular, are all slaying me now. :hat :coolio
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Sons of the Silent Age
This song is insane, one of my absolute favorites. :hefdaddy
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Sons of the Silent Age
This song is insane, one of my absolute favorites. :hefdaddy
Love it as well!
Hey, whoever started this thread, can we turn this into just a regular David Bowie discussion thread? Maybe make it David Bowie v. RIP? Just a thought.
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Some Belgian astronomers just named a lightning bolt-shaped constellation Aladdin Sane in honor of him. :metal
There's a StaaaarMAAAAAN waiting in the sky...
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Some Belgian astronomers just named a lightning bolt-shaped constellation Aladdin Sane in honor of him. :metal
There's a StaaaarMAAAAAN waiting in the sky...
I still can't hear that line without thinking of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. :lol :lol
Great song, regardless!
Hey, whoever started this thread, can we turn this into just a regular David Bowie discussion thread? Maybe make it David Bowie v. RIP? Just a thought.
I'm in favor of this idea. :coolio
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Brilliant singer/songwriter...will be missed big time :(
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What a great musician. I always admired his creativitiy. RIP. \:
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I can't stop listening to him and watching videos and interviews on YouTube, it's been a week already. So much good stuff all over the place.
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Some Belgian astronomers just named a lightning bolt-shaped constellation Aladdin Sane in honor of him. :metal
There's a StaaaarMAAAAAN waiting in the sky...
They also created this page for people to tell which is their favorite song and leave a little review
https://stardustforbowie.be/ (https://stardustforbowie.be/)
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Listened to Young Americans, Hunky Dory and Earthling today. Awesome.
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The entire second side of Low, plus the bonus tracks, is incredible. Not that I needed to say it.
Also addicted to "1. Outtakes," the original sketch of Outside that sources all the segues on the final record. Three 20-minute suites. Bowie at his most explorative.
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subterraneans is a song I bow down and worship :hefdaddy
Just one of many incredible bowie songs.
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Yep, it's great.
My brother, who has a lot more Bowie than I do, gave me songs from albums I don't have. In particular, I love Dead Man Walking (from Earthling) and A Better Future (from Heathen), especially the lyrics in the latter.
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I'm suggest anyone that likes Bowie should listen to his new album, Blackstar. It's so excellent i doubt anyone will release something good as it this year and there's still gonna be releases by major acts like Kanye West and Radiohead... That's how high Bowie set the bar for 2016.
Songs like Lazarus, Dollar Days and Blackstar belong right there with his best.
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I bought it online last night. It's good, but I think some are gonna overhype is as AOTY simply because Bowie died. And that is not meant to take anything away from what is a really nice swan song. :hat
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Yeah, there's definitely some of that happening but i myself though it was a really great album before his death.
But his death kinda made the album better as now we can understand the meaning behind the lyrics.
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I'm suggest anyone that likes Bowie should listen to his new album, Blackstar. It's so excellent i doubt anyone will release something good as it this year and there's still gonna be releases by major acts like Kanye West and Radiohead... That's how high Bowie set the bar for 2016.
I'd argue the new Ulver album is slaying it, and I really like Blackstar, so :P
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I meant it more based on my personal tastes. I rated Blackstar a 9, so i doubt i will like anything as much as it this year (even something by some of my favorite artists).
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Blackstar is pretty fantastic. I love the homage to Cossacks Are in the first section of the title track. I can't think of any album in history that has this kind of aura and... myth (maybe?) surrounding it. Truly a remarkable piece of art.
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I listened to some of it on the way home from work a bit ago, while it was snowing, and it was pretty damn great. :coolio
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Listened to Blackstar today and the title track is like a much better version of what Radiohead attempted on Kid A.
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The music video to Blackstar is trippy as all hell. I haven't checked out Lazarus yet
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So, in a dick move, I heard last night from a friend who's a KJ, that Bowie's reps are pulling all his songs from professional karaoke shows. Like, for what reason?!
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Lawyers are weird about stuff like that sometimes, and now Bowie isn't alive to tell them to stop.
Anyway, I am starting to think that Blackstar is one of his best songs ever, and yeah, that video is awesome. Very haunting and beautiful, at the same time.
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Anyway, I am starting to think that Blackstar is one of his best songs ever, and yeah, that video is awesome. Very haunting and beautiful, at the same time.
Agreed and, for me, Lazarus is even better.
Dollar Days and I Can't Get Everything Away are pretty great too. And for fans of Low like you, Kev, there's the harmonica from "A New Career in a New Town" in the latter.
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Been listening to some of his nineties albums lately and they are actually quite good. Very experimental, daring, very well structured. Such a loss.
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I need to check out more of the 90s stuff. I only know a few songs from that decade by him.
Back to the new album, Girl Loves Me sorta snuck up on me last night on the way home from work. Such a bizarre little song, but lots of fun. :hat
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I liked Blackstar. But at work we've had Bowie on repeat and I gotta say. Still not a fan of his music or his voice.
Not saying he *can't* sing or write good songs.
They just do anything for me. Like at all. :(
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Revisiting his discography over the last two weeks or so. I'm starting to gain a strong appreciation for Lodger, a very underrated album.
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Lodger is on my list of ones I need to revisit more, along with Hunky Dory. It's hard revisiting too many at once, and for me, the albums I have really hammered over the last two weeks are the new one (since buying it last weekend), Ziggy Stardust, Low and Heroes. And of course assorted songs from other albums.
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A couple of weeks ago, a friend gave me a copy of Blackstar as a late Christmas present. It's the first Bowie album I have listened.
I have to listen to it a bit more, but I like it so far. The title track reminds me of The Mars Volta (particularly "El Ciervo Vulnerado"), and "Dollar Days" is a nice ballad.
Also, I found it strange that the packaging came with a "Parental Advisory" sticker; I didn't think David swore in his songs. Reading through the lyrics, I picture a man not taking himself seriously and having fun while writing, which amazes me (considering his situation while recording the album).
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Yep, despite the weirdness of it, it definitely sounds like an album Bowie had fun making. What a record to go to your grave having just made. :coolio :hat
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Yep, despite the weirdness of it, it definitely sounds like an album Bowie had fun making. What a record to go to your grave having just made. :coolio :hat
Of the earlier tracks I know from him (which are not many, I must admit), I remember I really liked "Little Wonder" on first listen - it also sounded like a man having fun in the studio.
Would you say it's a mood on most albums? I'm asking because I'm not really familiar with his work.
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Lodger is on my list of ones I need to revisit more, along with Hunky Dory. It's hard revisiting too many at once, and for me, the albums I have really hammered over the last two weeks are the new one (since buying it last weekend), Ziggy Stardust, Low and Heroes. And of course assorted songs from other albums.
'Look back in anger' from Lodger: that drumwork! are you kidding me??! I'm telling you that band was no slouch.
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"Girl Loves Me" gives me a major Peter Gabriel vibe. Just the way it's sung.
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The song Blackstar reminds me of Kid A.
Except good.
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Me too.
Except I love both. :P
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Yep, the song Blackstar is almost as great as Kid A. ;)
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Yep, despite the weirdness of it, it definitely sounds like an album Bowie had fun making. What a record to go to your grave having just made. :coolio :hat
Of the earlier tracks I know from him (which are not many, I must admit), I remember I really liked "Little Wonder" on first listen - it also sounded like a man having fun in the studio.
Would you say it's a mood on most albums? I'm asking because I'm not really familiar with his work.
There is still quite a bit of Bowie material I am unfamiliar with (so many albums, so little time!), but he always did a great job of moving from sound to sound, style to style, as far as I can tell.
And it's so weird to be talking about him in the past tense now. :(
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Slowly making my way through his discography. I own about half right now, all from random points in his career.
I'm sad to find that I can't get into the "Heroes" album all that much.
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There is still quite a bit of Bowie material I am unfamiliar with (so many albums, so little time!), but he always did a great job of moving from sound to sound, style to style, as far as I can tell.
And it's so weird to be talking about him in the past tense now. :(
Yeah, I knew of that aspect of his work. Maybe I'll delve into it later this year, after I save some money.
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Many months later, Blackstar is still freaking great. :hat
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The soundtrack/original cast recording for his musical, Lazarus, was just released. I think any Bowie fan would appreciate it. And Michael C. Hall (Dexter) sounds surprisingly like Bowie.
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Good point. A few weeks back, I saw the performance Hall did of Lazarus last winter, and it was really good.
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I had lost interest for Bowie for such a long time. His passing took me by surprise and I was very much sadden by it. I knew he was not Touring anymore and thought he was a bit retired.
I became a very big fan of him around 83-84-85 and bought a lot of records. I was singing and playing his songs on guitar and saw him in concert in 83. He was already a legend and the concert had something unique I had not experienced yet. I will miss him for sure.
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The soundtrack/original cast recording for his musical, Lazarus, was just released. I think any Bowie fan would appreciate it. And Michael C. Hall (Dexter) sounds surprisingly like Bowie.
Are those four new songs on the second disc done by the cast, or are they just straight-up Bowie studio recordings? Because if it's the latter, I'd love to pick that up.
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The soundtrack/original cast recording for his musical, Lazarus, was just released. I think any Bowie fan would appreciate it. And Michael C. Hall (Dexter) sounds surprisingly like Bowie.
Are those four new songs on the second disc done by the cast, or are they just straight-up Bowie studio recordings? Because if it's the latter, I'd love to pick that up.
The bonus disc is "Lazarus" from Blackstar and then the three other songs recorded by Bowie and the Blackstar backing band during those sessions. (Note that there are also cast versions on disc 1.) They're easily just as good as the record, especially "Killing a Little Time."
I think the cast versions are awful, but it's mostly because I just don't care about the play whatsoever, and have no interest in someone who isn't Bowie singing his songs. I like that they used the Outside tour arrangement of "The Man Who Sold the World," though.
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Yeah, that's why I didn't buy it. No interest in the cast singing, but I'd love to have those final three Bowie songs and just sort of "attach" them as tracks 8, 9, & 10 to the Blackstar record.
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So yeah, I've been randomly checking out Bowie songs on YT I am unfamiliar with and then buying the ones I like from iTunes, and this one is a major winner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSA37Qe9Xm4 (I'm Deranged)
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So yeah, I've been randomly checking out Bowie songs on YT I am unfamiliar with and then buying the ones I like from iTunes, and this one is a major winner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSA37Qe9Xm4 (I'm Deranged)
Definitely a highlight! I'm quite partial to Outside. Another kicker from that one is "The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)," particularly the 50th birthday performance.
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Kev, saw that tour with NIN. I loved it.
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Outside seems to be the go-to later-day-Bowie album for many people. Not counting Blackstar and The Next day, both of which kind of immediately achieved cult status. There's plenty of good stuff on Outside.
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I really enjoy Heathen as well. I think his later work is great.
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Any recommendations on songs from later albums are more than welcome. :coolio
So yeah, I've been randomly checking out Bowie songs on YT I am unfamiliar with and then buying the ones I like from iTunes, and this one is a major winner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSA37Qe9Xm4 (I'm Deranged)
Definitely a highlight! I'm quite partial to Outside. Another kicker from that one is "The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)," particularly the 50th birthday performance.
Good recommendation! I checked it out, liked it, and bought it from iTunes. :hat
Kev, saw that tour with NIN. I loved it.
Very nice!
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Speaking of Outside, I love the tracks The Heart's filthy lesson, Strangers when we meet and Through these architect's eyes.
And then afterwards, there's stuff like Dead man walking, Battle for Britain, Thursday's child, Survive (Steven Wilson vibe, anyone?), Slip away, New killer star, Bring me the disco king... Very diverse stuff.
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I should have already said, the songs since 1995 I already have are:
Outside
The Hearts Filthy Lesson
Hello Spaceboy
The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)
I'm Deranged
Earthling
Little Wonder
Dead Man Walking
I'm Afraid of Americans
Heathen
Sunday
Slip Away
A Better Future
Reality
New Killer Star
Never Get Old
Bring Me the Disco King
And then I have The Next Day and Blackstar both in full. Some of those were given to me my brother (probably half of the songs from non-completed albums and The Next Day), and the others I bought (Blackstar and the other half).
I'll check out those recommendations, Mladen. :hat
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I finally got around to getting Station to Station. I listened to that a while back on YT, and it sounded good, so it's been on my "to get" list.
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Earthling was an album not in my musical wheelhouse UT I fell in love with it.
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I am a big fan of Dead Man Walking from that record.
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I finally got around to getting Station to Station. I listened to that a while back on YT, and it sounded good, so it's been on my "to get" list.
Probably my favorite Bowie album after Low.
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I finally got around to getting Station to Station. I listened to that a while back on YT, and it sounded good, so it's been on my "to get" list.
Probably my favorite Bowie album after Low.
My top three:
1. Ziggy
2. Low
3. Station to station
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Low was my favorite for a long time, but Ziggy finally totally clicked with me this year and is now easily my favorite. I think Blackstar is one of his best as well.
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Blackstar is also up there for me. So are Lodger, Let's dance, Scary monsters and The Next day.
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Only David Bowie albums I never got into were Tonight, Never Let Me Down and the ones before Space Oddity
..And like Rush, I think his best work is later in his career.
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Jordan Rudess filmed a record store visit on Friday and he shows him picking up a copy of Heathen on Vinyl.
I wonder if it a new issue, per Bowie's death (like much of Prince's back catalog recently).
I'd likely be taking a copy home myself if/when I see it as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW4dEHo1ITI&t=0s
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A new EP was released today!!
New video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIgdid8dsC8
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Nice! I bet it has something to do with it being his 70th birthday today.
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Sounds like it. That song in the video is really good. :hat
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A new EP was released today!!
New video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIgdid8dsC8
That was a nice song. Those vocals were amazing considering how ill he was.
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BBC just aired a new Bowie documentary called The Last Five Years. Very good stuff, with interviews from those who worked with him toward the end. Those in the UK can stream it on their website. Others may have to do some searching to find it as I did.
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BBC just aired a new Bowie documentary called The Last Five Years. Very good stuff, with interviews from those who worked with him toward the end. Those in the UK can stream it on their website. Others may have to do some searching to find it as I did.
This has been airing on HBO lately, so I DVR'd it and finally watched it last night. Really good stuff.
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Had to bump this. Can't believe 5 years have passed. I listened to Blackstar today on the way home from the beach. Still not quite sure how I feel about it. Very different. Dark and lacking melodies but kind of puts you in a trance.
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I find myself coming back to Blackstar so often. It saddens me that such a talent was gone just as he was on the cusp of something truly amazing and bold, and it would have been far from the only time he had done so.
Seeing as how it was also the 45th anniversary of the release of Station to Station today, I gave it a spin earlier. Truly one of Bowie's best as well. The title track is my favorite Bowie song of all time, and the album itself is just nothing but highlights, cocaine abuse be damned.
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Yeah, I think Blackstar has held up really well. The title track, Lazarus and Dollar Days are all killer tunes, and I Can't Give Everything Away is a helluva goodbye as the last song on this last studio album before his passing.
Not sure I had posted about it in another thread, but I had never heard Aladdin Sane until a year or so ago, and I wish I hadn't waited so long. Very similar to Ziggy Stardust in style, it is nearly as good. The Stones cover is just kind of there, but the other nine songs all rule.