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RIP David Bowie

That is dreadful news, I was unaware that David had been ill.

Oh my, what a shock that is.

So many memories, so much music, & so original in so many ways.

RIP David.

 

http://www.mindblowingvideos.com/how-under-pressure-sounds-without-music-freddie-mercury-and-david-bowie-a-cappella.html

never heard this version before

reunited in heaven

RIP.

Never a great fan, but as I have grown older I have understood better, what a genius he was, with music that transcends generations.

V sad.

To say he was legendary is to understate him.

RIP

Having missed the impact of Ziggy and the sexual awakening of 70's Bowie, it will be Tin Machine era that had that Bowie wow factor for me.

Live Aid was my first real introduction to Bowie and I followed him after the event, for a time he was once again the biggest star on the planet, him and Jagger strutting their stuff all over the place.  Then Tin Machine arrived, the impact that this man could change direction, and have little regard for what it did to his public person was a wow moment for me and in some small way must have been similar for those that heard Ziggy at the time.

He was a true pioneer and his influence will be felt through popular music forever.

Big shout to Radio 5 and Nicky Campbell this morning - Campbell is a huge Bowie fan and has fronted the breakfast show quite wonderfully this morning.

"You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear"

All the Young Dudes, written by Bowie for Mott the Hoople, still stands scrutiny today - no less than 43 years on from it's release back in 1972.

As a sign of the times, it originally contained the lyric......

"Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks"

Rigidly enforced regulations back in the day did not allow such things to be broadcast, so it was changed to....

"Wendy's stealing clothes from unlocked cars"

A terrific song, but if we were to list all of Bowie's great songs, we'd be here all day. 


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfwVfEXJhQQ

Always feel sad when a great artist passes, but this one has really shocked me. Turned the radio on this morning and they were playing one of his songs and immediately thought you can't be serious, hoped maybe it was a late tribute to his birthday, but no sadly not.

I was lucky enough to see him live many years ago and it ranks as one of my all time favourite gigs.

Very sad day.

Really shocked and saddened to hear the news.
Such a large part of my youth.


R.I.P David Bowie.

i know its very difficult but what was you favourite Bowie song? Bowie album?

I love "Changes"

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3vxEudif8

Without doubt

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBuwC4VJi50

Two Bowie tracks i absolutely adore and which hold special memories for me - the aforementioned All the young dudes , and this fantastic track from Aladdin Sane


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skelvy5-0X4

Saw this on Twitter earlier, great Bowie story:
 
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Ziggy died in the early 70s, such an inapproproate title.

I don't know how you pick one track, probably this one.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b06x7egW6jc

Maybe Life on Mars, Lady Grinning Soul is a good pick, Station to Station, Sweet Thing, Cat people, so so many

I tend to change favourite Bowie albums a lot, play one too much then move on.  Maybe Diamond Dogs right now.

Some of his stuff still feels fresh, I sometimes pit it on for the kids and thay are wow, what is this?

RIP Legend and Genius.

I count myself lucky that my mum introduced me to  Bowie through her love of Ziggy, Hunky Dory, Aladdin sane. Too many great songs but always loved Quicksand and favourite album as a whole piece is probably Low.

Spent most of my young years 12-14 with a massive androgynous poster of Bowie on my bedroom wall..might be the only time I seriously contemplated my sexuality. Haven't listened to much since the early 80s but feel like I'll miss him.

Not only a great artist ,writer and performer in his own right but so influential on so many artists who followed.
R.I.P.

Bowie's isolated vocal track for Starman

https://soundcloud.com/studebaker/david-bowie-starman-single?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter

Bowie is currently at 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11,17,18, 22, 23, 25, and 30 on the iTunes Top 30.

Where do we find this? 

What a terrible day.  Many thanks for posting this link Dave.

Think the guy made 5 of the 10 best songs I've ever heard.

What a loss

RIP

One less star in the universe.

RIP.

Very much this.

A true icon.

lol

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the world really was a better place for having bowie in it.

uncompromising and popular, not an easy marriage.

he was never a tourist either. when he dabbled with drum and bass it wasnt because he was trying to appeal to yoof or appear relevant, it was because he was properly into the scene. he was attending the seminal metalheadz sessions in a pokey london club long before the music gained traction in popular culture. indeed even the promoters of the night were unaware that bowie was an atendee at the club until one of the dj's spotted him sat in the middle of the dance floor. [contrast that witj today's pop-idols who appropriated another wildly innovative london musical movement in having dubstep as a standard backing track, most without having any clue on the musics origins]

and what a vocal performer. for me he'll be epitomised by the following track:

phillip glass, bowie and aphex twin are radical in their fields. well glass rinsed bowies heroes album. he essentially covered bowies songs in his unique repetitious brooding manner.

aphex twin sourced the accapella version of bowies heros and laid it over glass' interpretation adding some distortion, but essentially letting the vocal stand. jesus what a vocal.

i'm sure bowie would have approved of the result.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjBcNU1UZUs


that tracks holds some special memories i had the pleasure of DJing at magic mushroom parties back when they were legal. liverpool had a home delviery service and a pub in the city centre held magic mushroom sundays where they served hallucinogen soup, tea and the twisted fungus itself. they were a bit pf liverpool phenomenon for a while. i used to mix the bowie/glass/ahx track into bruce sprigsteens ghost of tom joad. bosssss.

Exactly this just no idea he was poorly.
Landed in Phuket ordered a beer, opened wifi and just shocked by the news. Grew up with Bowie from early 70's. RIP the amazing David Bowie.

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https://chartmkr.shinyapps.io/DavidBowieSingles

twitter

1) Go to @DavidBowieReal's account. 2) Click 'following'. 3) Look at who he followed last. 4) Laugh and cry.

Last night on Channel 4 @ 10.35pm there was a wonderful tribute to Bowie entitled "Starman". I have no idea if you can find that on Catch Up or whatever, but it was just splendid.

They'd play a Bowie track, & I'd think "oh yeah, forgot that one, one of his best ever". Then another, & another, & another, & this was over several decades.

I suppose we are all guilty of waiting until someone passes on before we realise how much we appreciated them. I may be a bit dewy-eyed, but on reflection, there can have been few better or more deserving talents.

Good looking boy, with the sort of frame that carries clothes well, & few dressed better. Always, or mostly, polite & deferential, & managed to re-invent himself over & over, unlike so many rock stars who are too scared to change for fear their popularity will decline.

And his lyrics - I read so many of them yesterday. Simple, but just so perfect.

Very shrewd guy, too, I believe he owned the back catalogues to several artistes. I may have misread the situation, but I'd guess he was immensely wealthy, & will have invested his earnings wisely.

It was such a shock yesterday to read the news, though it seems he had been unwell for some time.

A class act in every way.



Here he is, just one month ago.


   

BBC2 last night at 11.15 was "sound and vision" the story of bowie's five albums from 71- to 80 and how the songs were made, his various images developed etc

fascinating documentary

I watched that, too, but I thought the Channel 4 version at 10.35 was much the better.

it is here

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/david-bowie-starman/on-demand/63632-001 (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/david-bowie-starman/on-demand/63632-001)

love this, had past me by until yesterday

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnleeu_extras-david-bowie_shortfilms (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnleeu_extras-david-bowie_shortfilms)

favourite cover, released after Cobain's death.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8

David Bowie's 40 Greatest Songs - As Decided By NME And Friends


http://www.nme.com/photos/david-bowie-s-40-greatest-songs-as-decided-by-nme-and-friends/361814#/photo/1

Sky Arts tonight 7.30pm till 1 am is all Bowie .

Bugger, I'm working, so will have to use Sky Planner, which is already 96% full.

What a decision, tape Bowie but have to delete "The Golden Age of Coaches" "The Rise & Fall of Penn St Station" & "How Brooklyn Bridge was built". 

He was business savy.

He anticipated the effect digital formats would have on thd music industry, and not just by famously releasing an album for download in thr mid 90s. He also was one of the first artists to list himself publically, and sold shares of his future record sale royalties. He even described it as taking advantage of his last oppoutunities to cash in on the declining industry.

I'm not so old that I don't appreciate a remix of the classics of my earlier years, but that is horrible.

horses and courses.

its not really a remix though.

i love the original and glass's version.

guess being a huge aphex head and some hazy memories means its inevitable i love the resulting mash up.

i guess the measure of the respect for the mans talent is the diverse range of people being mad into his music. from people sitting atop the classical music world to the founders of dope drum and bass nights or people like aphex who make strange electronic music.

some of the resulting work aint going to resonate with everyone.

here's a heartfelt tribute from the hip-hop scene which might miss the mark with some. i again thinks its BOSS:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nKb2JC7Qn0

Spotted on the Twitter feed of AlunB.

I've listened to more Bowie in the past two days than I have done in the past 20 years.

Think most of us can plead guilty to that one.

Surely not?  Old music is so easy to access these days compared to when I was a kid.  You can just load it up on youtube or spotify in seconds.  Even if you spent 20 years making no attempt to do this, or dust off your old albums, surely you'd just hear them when out and about on the radio, in pubs or even shopping malls.

18 of the top 20 albums right now on Amazon are Bowie albums

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/music/ (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/music/)

Quite a lot of them are showing as out of stock.  If anybdy wants them on vinyl, sure I can do a deal.

vinyl is a hot commodity.

esp if its clear and limited edition:

http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/7959077?ev=rb

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Great find Rich.

A lot of the time, we're all just some ***** in a clown suit.

Brilliant.