Note: This thread was referring to a hoax about Bowie dying a few weeks ago, but as of the 11th of January 2016, David Bowie has actually passed away. *sigh* Ziggy returns to stardust
News of David Bowie's death... ...were greatly exaggerated. http://en.mediamass.net/people/david-bowie/deathhoax.html
Now it seems it's for real (I'm legitimately crying right now) https://www.facebook.com/davidbowie/posts/10153176666977665
now my previous post from before he died looks in bad taste. Proper shame though. At his height he was and always will be a legend. Always loved Low.
I was about to put up the thread glad someone beat me to it. We lost an immortal rock god! Love Bowie he influenced every lyric and guitar chord I strummed from Space Oddity to Rebel Rebel it was all good of course his many many other great songs some that never got play. I was just a little kid when I heard rebel rebel for the first time and i would go nuts when it came on my radio. That was a grab the broomstick guitar song for sure! He will be missed and the world is not as strange today and that's not a good thing. My daughter is 15 and about three years ago she downloaded her first song of iTunes and it was David Bowie changes I knew then I had raised her right! That's the first song I listened to this morning when I awoke to the sad news.
David has been singing to me and touching my heart for most of my life. Many many years ago I was setting up my first AOL account and it prompted me for a username. I had never had one before. The song playing in my apartment was Cygnet Committee. My favorite song at the time was Seven. This is hard to accept. You will be missed and remembered. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel
Man, Blackstar is fantastic from start to finish. Really, really sad but as close to perfection as I've seen or heard in my lifetime.
Sad day Already told the wife we will have a tribute to Bowie tonight and watch The Labyrinth. It was my favorite movie growing up and still is my favorite movie at 32. I wore out the VHS and bought the collector's edition of The Labyrinth and Dark Crystal on DVD when it released. Now I get to share my best movie with my 2 little kiddos. R.I.P Jareth, The Goblin King
What a total drag that he is gone for real now. Never forget seeing him in the 70's in the good ol' days! Also saw him twice later in the 80's at the Forum here in L.A. Fantastic catalogue of music! And here his new album comes out this week! Strangely, a jazz album! Well, I guess not so strange. At 69, other artists like Rod Stewart, Barry Manilow, even Bob Dylan tinkered with oldies and completely different stuff than they were known for. On the new album, his voice sounds as good as ever, though he seems to be making odd sounds. DAMN that frikkin' cancer! Takes no prisoners and kicks your ass!! I s'pose if there wasn't so much money to be made just treating it, maybe someone would come up with a real cure and we wouldn't have to worry about it anymore. Who knows what the future holds. Rest in peace, Dave. Sadly, I'm crying as I write this. I am definitely a fan! We've lost another legend........#
Cancer is killing off a whole generation before our eyes. I have a disease there is no cure for chrohns disease and I do believe some diseases could be cured if enough people cared. Look at the cancer research organizations and see how much of that money actually goes to research, it's a money grab. My medicine would be 300$ a month non generics only if I took it but since there is no cure why take it as its prolly a placebo anyway. That 300$ would Be when it's bad cuz w chrohns it's some days and months are better than others.
Slip Away always spoke to me on a personal level about the passage of time, but I feel it's all too relevant now as well. I'm still in shock. I'm a few months removed from 20, but Bowie has been so immensely influential throughout my late teens and singlehandedly introduced me to so many genres and eras. That Ozzy outlived him is ludicrous. I'm beyond crushed that I'll never be able to see him live. Stardust to stardust, David; you left us so much.
"Slip Away always spoke to me on a personal level about the passage of time, but I feel it's all too relevant now as well. I'm still in shock. I'm a few months removed from 20, but Bowie has been so immensely influential throughout my late teens and singlehandedly introduced me to so many genres and eras. That Ozzy outlived him is ludicrous. I'm beyond crushed that I'll never be able to see him live. Stardust to stardust, David; you left us so much." Good music and I'm sure you have good taste I forgot he was involved with Iggy Pop. No lie when I was 16 I got on stage with Iggy Pop. One of my highlights in my life. I had to fight a security guard to get to him but he loved it and he kept me on stage and invited 10 more people on stage and said f the security. He then played wild child.
