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R.I.P. David Bowie


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KarlSchlag

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 One of my favourite starchilds, David Bowie walked off the earth today.  

 

 

Thank you for the music


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May his journey to the stars be peaceful.

 


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ugh. sad day. :(


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As a man turning 40 in some days now, who jammed out in his youth to phish's "David Bowie";
It really stunned me this morning to hear he's gone.  I reflect on the refrain from that song which is "ub40".
It was dedicated to his 40th birthday back when I was an angry rebellious art kid discovering Warhol for myself.
Here he is gone before I made it to mine.
 
I'm often playing a lot of Bowie while I stream, as some may have noticed..
His stuff is often really at it's best when other artists cover it, which has always baffled me.
He seemed to embrace this fact.
For exampe his well-known reaction to Nirvana's success with "Man who sold the World" Bowie said of Nirvana's cover: "I was simply blown away when I found that Kurt Cobain liked my work, and have always wanted to talk to him about his reasons for covering 'The Man Who Sold the World' and that "it was a good straight forward rendition and sounded somehow very honest. It would have been nice to have worked with him, but just talking with him would have been real cool". Bowie called Nirvana's cover "heartfelt," noting that "until this [cover], it hadn't occurred to me that I was part of America's musical landscape. I always felt my weight in Europe, but not [in the US]." In the wake of its release, Bowie bemoaned the fact that when he performed the number himself he would encounter "kids that come up afterwards and say, 'It's cool you're doing a Nirvana song.' And I think, '**** you, you little tosser!'"
 
Bowie has referred to the cover as "possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created."
He managed to restore it's distribution onto youtube after his record company had taken it down.
 
When I was busy playing music for a living, my favorite song of Bowie's to cover was Life on Mars.
There are a million excellent versions of it done by other artists.
It's the one Bowie song I want my children to remember.
 
"I think, '**** you, you little tosser!" -David Bowie  January 8, 1947 –  January 10, 2016

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R.I.P Mr. Bowie


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Damn, first Lemmy, and now Bowie. 2016 has already taken an incredible toll in musical talent. Rest in peace Bowie, made some pretty good stuff and was a big influence on the music industry. 


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Guys, it's fine, he simply returned to his golden astral starlight party-dimension. The instructions on how to shed your physical manifestation and join him there are hidden throughout his entire musical catalog.


Edited by (TDM) DeeRax, 11 January 2016 - 01:06 PM.

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I've listened to David since day 1. His brilliant intuitive writing was so innovative. His style so individual it could be rocognized immediately as his work. His voice was amazing. The first sentence out of his mouth identified him instantly. I cannot even begin to imagine how many times his songs have brightened my day and brought clarity to my life. I will sorely miss new songs, new outlooks from him. This is not just the passing of a great musician to me, it is the passing of a friend.

 

"It is better to burn out than to fade away. And he burned so brightly, like a star in the night. " goodbye David


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