Bowie Dead!!

Hi All,
Was never a big enough fan of David’s to buy his albums but did like quite a few of his hits over the years as many I can recall various times of my life that will last with me till I pass on. His last hit Lazarus was good I thought and quite a few fans seem to think it was his goodbye to them. RIP Mr Bowie you’ll live on in the minds of everyone you touched through your music.

Geoff.

One of these nights….co-written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley….bought the single and my favourite Eagles song….it was Glen Frey’s favourite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTgk1qEJn_4

Glenn Frey said the song is about putting things off.

“We’ve all said, ‘One of these nights I’m gonna do something — get that girl, make that money, find that house.’ We all have our dreams – a vision we hope will come true someday. When that ‘someday’ will come is up to each of us.”

Added later:

Another great song from the same album…..Lyin’ eyes……sung by Glenn Frey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNBspJGVko

And of course: ‘Some dance to remember, some dance to forget’…….’they stab it with their steely knives but they just can’t kill the beast!’

Life is short…

Dylan Thomas, 1914 – 1953

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Not a good time to be in the entertainment industry is it

They’re dropping like Frey’s

They come in threes? Glen Frey (Eagles) has passed. RIP and thanks for the music. ‘You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave………………)

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Like I said:

You’re very clever, no one saw that coming did they.:rolleyes:

Like I said:

…we all know that death can be a wonderful career move…

Nineteen of David Bowie’s albums have entered the UK album charts, after fans sought out his classic hits in the wake of his death.
His new album, Blackstar, reached number one, selling almost 150,000 copies since its release last week.
It had already been on course to top the charts before news of his death was announced on Monday, said the Official Charts Company.
Thirteen Bowie tracks also entered the top 100, led by Heroes at number 12.
The song, which originally peaked at 24 in 1977, is joined in the top 40 by Life On Mars, Starman, Let’s Dance and Space Oddity.
In total, Bowie sold 241,000 albums and 167,000 singles over the course of the week, while his songs were streamed more than 19 million times on services like Apple Music and Spotify, which said streams jumped by 2,822% following news of his death.
The star accounts for 25% of this week’s Top 40, with the best-sellers including greatest hits collections Nothing Has Changed and Best Of 1969/1974.
Hunky Dory was the most popular of the Bowie’s classic albums, charting at 14. The 1971 record includes the singles Life on Mars and Changes, as well as Kooks, an ode to Bowie’s son whose lyrics went viral earlier this week.

David Bowie’s albums in the Top 100
1) Blackstar
5) Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best Of
11) The Best Of 1969 / 1974
14) Hunky Dory
17) The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
18) Best of Bowie
23) Aladdin Sane
25) The Next Day
31) Low
37) Diamond Dogs
42) Let’s Dance
45) Heroes
55) Station to Station
59) The Best Of – 1980 / 1987
60) Young Americans
61) Scary Monsters
89) The Man Who Sold The World
95) Space Oddity
97) Five Years – 1969 – 1973

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35326988

Sooner or later, we’ll all go through ch-ch-changes.
RIP

Amused me when I heard that, after Bowie started Tin Machine there was a rule that during press interviews each band member – in order to be fair to the lesser known (ie the other three) of them – could only be asked 25% of the questions; one well known music journo sat down before them, consulted his note pad then looked up to ask ‘right, which one of you is David?’

With a few exceptions his work from Lets Dance onwards did not interest me – it was too popularist, then it was just too desperate to be different and I gave up.
Guess he won’t be touring this album, but we all know that death can be a wonderful career move – if only Bieber and the reality show karaoke artists would take the hint. Apparently his ex-wife Angie hasn’t been told – she is in the Big Brother house, but who knew? – but will be informed this evening.

Play this one loud Rebel Rebel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Xg_rQZkA ….hot tramp I love you so! ; -)

Sad loss….so many to chose from but Hunky Dory is a great album….

….starts with Changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQTENuQYgjM ….then Oh you pretty things and just the first few notes of my favourite Life on Mars takes me back….

Added later:

I just realised part of the magic of the song is the lyrics….the start of Life on Mars hooks me in….”It’s a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair”

then the chorus

“Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It’s the freakiest show Take a look at the Lawman Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he’ll ever know He’s in the best selling show Is there life on Mars?”

The tune ain’t half bad either….perhaps with inspiration from the second movement of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2?

The French song “Comme d’habitude” was re-written in English by Paul Anka as My Way and sung by Sinatra.

Per the sleeve notes “inspired by Frankie” (Sinatra)……..for those who like to know these things (maybe no one!) ;- )

You may be gone but your legacy is immortal.

Goodbye you Legend 🙁 https://youtu.be/Tgcc5V9Hu3g

Knew he had, had health problems in the past, but didn’t expect this……utterly shocked….part of my youth….doesn’t seem possible he is no longer here…

A fitting tribute me thinks. https://youtu.be/KaOC9danxNo RIP David Bowie 1947 – 2016

I wrote this today after hearing the sad news, still feel so sad that he has left us

Don’t look where I am
Look where I want to be
Don’t look at who I am
Look at who I want to be

Today in the news they tell me we’ve lost David Bowie
A true icon who made game changing a reality
Trend setter, character maker, rule breaker
South London boy come genius music maker

In Lazarus opened a window on your soul
But I was too ignorant to understand
You were a dying man and Blackstar was your final plan
But today the lyrics of this have knocked me for six

From Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke
From Major Tom to Aladdin Sane
We loved you whatever you became
From Space oddity to Blackstar it’s been a fantastic ride
Thank you David see you on the otherside

Martin Stitchener
11th January 2016 on the news of David Bowie passing.

Sad sad news R.I.P Major Tom

Still in shock at this news, been a Bowie fan for years he was a true icon and unlike many of his peers he was always able to adapt. You literally never knew what he would record next. He had been suffering cancer for 18 months and kept recording and kept it private that he was suffering such an illness.

I admit I didn’t understand his new album Blackstar, but this line in Lazarus really rings true now

Look up here, I’m in heaven

I’ve got scars that can’t be seen

I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen

Everybody knows me now

RIP David.

Whether you like his music or not doesn’t matter, you cannot deny that he has left a massive impact on popular culture in so many fields – something that modern day “artists” can’t come within a brass razoo of.

Although many of them are jumping on the ” His music influenced what I do” bandwagon.

I remember when Space Oddity first came out. It was so different from anything anyone else had done,
and has a lot of personal meaning to me.

As Charlie said, a lot of his music left me cold, but there were a few notable highlights.

Sixty Nine is no age to die, but probably about average for those in his profession, who have indulged in
the excesses of drink and drugs over the years.

R.I.P Major Tom

Bellarine – your third paragraph says it all, perfectly!