R.I.P. David Bowie

Passed yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 69 years old. Goodbye Major Tom, you will be missed.

tom689701-11-2016 7:58am

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bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,816 posts 01-12-2016 at 10:03am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete A Facebook "friend" (I know him from the record business) tonight posted that Bowies death is the greatest loss to music since John Lennon. Really? I responded with a list of the musical people who have died since 1980, reminding him of each of them in case he had forgotten. Bowie, a bigger loss than Ray Charles? I, myself, consider that absurd. But, as I stated in that Facebook posting, it may be a generational thing; I was already an adult when Bowie made his appearance.
bondmanp Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,816 posts 01-12-2016 at 12:45pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "You know who I am," he said The speaker was an angel He coughed and shook his crumpled wings Closed his eyes and moved his lips "It's time we should be going"... ...Waiting so long, I've been waiting so, waiting so Look back in anger, see it in my eyes, Till you come Bowie is one of the few artists whose records survived my transition from metal pop to more modern fare in the early '80s. His talent and passion showed through in everything he did. I especially enjoyed his rare acting appearances, especially his role as Pontius Pilate in "The Last Temptation of Christ." Brilliant, as was everything he set himself to. He passed as he lived, away from the glare of publicity, allowing his art to speak for itself. He will be greatly missed. Rest in peace, Ziggy.
dgarretson Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,599 posts 01-13-2016 at 01:08am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Traveling this evening in reverse from Black Star to Scary Monsters, Lodger, and Heroes. Every stage of his career ages gracefully. On balance he equals Lennon as a composer and Jagger as a singer and performer. And in the manner of his passing, what grandeur as an artist and modesty as a celebrity!
tostadosunidos Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,197 posts 01-13-2016 at 05:02am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete No one has mentioned "The Man Who Fell to Earth," a stellar performance on film. The local classical radio station played his reading of "Peter and the Wolf" (Ormandy/Philadelphia Orch.) yesterday. He was quite an entertainer.
lou_setriodes Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 687 posts 01-16-2016 at 01:53am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete A true original who reinvented himself many times as the years went by...I've been non stop listening to his music since his passing and have now come to really appreciate the genius that he was. Even the songs I've heard and started to dislike because I heard them so much, I now appreciate.... I do not have all his lps and still need to hear Hunky Dory and Young Americans in its entirety and some of the later ones. What are your top 5 favorites? Mine are: Life on Mars, Station to Station, Sweet Thing, Ashes to Ashes, Panic in Detroit RIP Starman....

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