I remember rummaging through my elder brotherās vinyl collection when I was about 13 and and finding The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, an absolute classic.
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Iām a little surprised by how widespread the adoration for Bowie is. I would say I could have named 1 Bowie song if asked this morning before he died. That would have been Heroes. I know there were lots with āspaceā in the title but couldnāt name one. I have just recently learned (in the last couple of posts) that The Man Who Sold The World was written by Bowie. Iām shite at remembering cultural things but I appear to have missed out on Bowie being properly famous - I had him chalked down as a semi-obscure oddity.
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For fuck sake.
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I remember going to a āSale of Workā event (Car boot sale) locally around 1985 or so and the father buying a load of books and vinal. There was a Bowie record in there along with some Jim Reeves and Joe Dolan. I instantly loved Jim Reeves but Bowie (Hunky Dory) was a slow burner but I revisted it a few times and eventually became a huge fan. Great memories.
Even @ChocolateMice heard about David Bowie FFS.
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Jeez rocko thatās nearly as bad as farmers post
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You are right mate. I only know that christmas song he sang with fred astaire
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He was excellent in Zoolander
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That would make you something of an oddity.*
*Please pretend I was posting from a desktop and could quote your sentence about songs with space in the title.
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Acid most likely as well.
Thatās worse that @ChocolateMice not knowing who Christy OāConnor Jr is.
All is forgiven Choco.
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I think Heroin may have done the most damage, thus the Thin White Duke moniker.
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Fuck sake, the Thin White Duke name came about from the vast amounts of cocaine he was doing. There was actually a quote at the time that said he lived on āred peppers, cocaine and milkā.
I donāt class myself as a massive Bowie fan. Like, I donāt know his back catelogue inside out and I canāt name all his album releases in sequence starting at the beginning or anything. But I dipped into his music at various times over the years and recognised his outrageous talent. I listened to Low this morning before and during my commute as I love Sound and Vision. RIP.
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Always liked his music, it was sort of there in the background. The brother, the font of much of my musical education, was a big fan. Great songs that everyone knows. Then went to see him in Sydney in 2004. Didnāt expect much, hadnāt listened to any of his new stuff since Lets Dance.
Fucking blew me away. Didnāt know any of the songs he played that night, but didnāt care. He was fucking brilliant, his band were fucking incredible. He said at the start āIf youāve come here expecting all the hits, youāll be sorely disappointedā. I loved that. he could be doing any number of retirement fund / tax bill / couldnāt give a shit, just want more adoration tours. But he wanted to play new songs.
The new album is brilliant. Itās clearly influenced by his impending death, but there is, as always with Bowie, a large portion of humour and self deprecation. Very few artists keep challenging themselves and their audience after such a long time, as David Bowie did. He turned down a knighthood. Iman was his wife. For all these things he should be respected.
He was a fucking genius.
I am quite sad about this, but Iāve just watched the video to Lazarus for the umpteenth time and it makes me feel happy, in a warped way, as only bowie could.
He was a fucking genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-JqH1M4Ya8
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Youāre worse than that @ChocolateMice cunt.
Some of my favourite Bowie songs
Changes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3vxEudif8
Rebel, Rebel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Xg_rQZkA
Lets Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4d7Wp9kKjA
Absolute Beginners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8NZa9wYZ_U
The Stars (Are out Tonight)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH7dMBcg-gE
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