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Post by supersonic1983 on Jan 11, 2016 5:13:29 GMT -5
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Post by scott1 on Jan 11, 2016 5:15:26 GMT -5
I can barely believe it, I don't think anyone expected this at all. Awful, awful news.
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Post by mimmihopps on Jan 11, 2016 5:18:02 GMT -5
Very shocked to hear this sad news. Blackstar is one of his masterpieces and his greatest testament.
RIP Bowie, you were, are and always be the only one, only great great David Bowie.
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Post by draper on Jan 11, 2016 5:41:47 GMT -5
Very very sad. Was shocked when I heard in on the radio during my breakfast, I didn't want to believe it at first. But it's true, one of the greatest artists of all time has passed away. Was listening to his latest album last week. Loved the singles Blackstar & Lazarus. Was so glas when he returned with new music in 2013. Where are we now was such a beautiful nostalgic single.
I've never seen him live. I would have at rock werchter 2003, but then he got his heart attack and never returned to live performing...
I've listened to almost all his albums, he has an amazing output. One of my favourite musicians of all time is no more. Rip David Bowie
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jan 11, 2016 5:43:49 GMT -5
Lazarus sounds so apparent. I mean, even the name. The opening lyrics, "look up here I'm in heaven. I've got scars that can't be seen.:
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jan 11, 2016 5:45:18 GMT -5
I'm just heartbroken. I really don't know what to do with myself. I was literally just about to put Blackstar on when it flashed up on my phone. Don't feel I can bring myself to do it now...
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Post by batfink30 on Jan 11, 2016 5:49:47 GMT -5
Just cant watch that, so obvious now to see what the meaning behind it was. :-( |
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Post by The Thieving Magpie on Jan 11, 2016 5:57:43 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 6:01:27 GMT -5
what a talent, up until (literally) the very end. R.I.P.
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Post by carryusall on Jan 11, 2016 6:01:42 GMT -5
I'm just heartbroken. I really don't know what to do with myself. I was literally just about to put Blackstar on when it flashed up on my phone. Don't feel I can bring myself to do it now... I'd say do it. I was exactly the same, I woke up to put it on when I heard the news. So maybe Five Years would have been more appropriate. It was like a gut punch, and I really never expected to be so upset by this. This is how I felt when Lou died, but I always thought that was because Lou was so very human. Which Bowie was not. So I guess I figured there was nothing to suggest he would have a normal life span. I mean, who knows how long Aliens live for? It's tempting to think the signs were there. Blackstar is clearly about death. But all his albums are about death. Even Young Americans. In his absence I always knew he'd come back, and he came back so vital. It just seemed that if he was ever going to die, that would have been the time he did it. Blackstar was such a forward looking work, it's so exploratory, but although the last two songs provide a fitting epitaph, it doesn't feel final. It feels like he's searching for something. I couldn't wait to see what he did next. I didn't expect that to be this. I can't believe he knew, and put this out, now. It's a very Bowie move. No matter how close we get to the man, the myth, no matter how much we identify with the music, we never really knew him at all. And maybe it's good he left us on such a searching note. Maybe he's searching. I have no idea what happens to us when we die, but I bet something very different happens to David Bowie. So I'm starting to think Blackstar was a fine note to go out on. For me 'If I never see the English evergreens I'm running to/ It's nothing to me' is a perfect, haunting epitaph. I just can't believe he knew, and he planned this, and he made this bizarre, brilliant, experimental record. I was honestly expecting gigs. But what a way to bow out. He left us wanting more. And which of his contemporaries can honestly say that? Can honestly say they remained vital. He was Bowie right until the end. Rest in Peace you beautiful, maddening, magnificent bastard. Gimme your hands cause you're wonderful |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 6:01:52 GMT -5
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Post by eva on Jan 11, 2016 6:02:17 GMT -5
I had no idea he was ill. It's a sad sad day for music. RIP
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jan 11, 2016 6:04:53 GMT -5
I was stunned upon waking up and reading this news today. Stunned.... I literally just spent the entire weekend listening to his new album and being amazed by it. What a shocker for sure. My favorite personal Bowie story was seeing Arcade Fire live in September 2005 at Summerstage in Central Park, New York City. Bowie came out for the encore dressed in a white suit, black shirt and white fedora. He looked and sounded amazing. He did Queen Bitch and Wake Up with the band.  #RIPDavid |
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Post by glider on Jan 11, 2016 6:06:29 GMT -5
The album makes complete sense now. He was telling the world. What an absolute genius.
Live forever.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jan 11, 2016 6:15:23 GMT -5
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Post by beentherenow on Jan 11, 2016 6:26:26 GMT -5
Just devastating news,
He was a maverick, an innovator, a genius, a gentleman, the greatest,
Legend is vastly overused in moments like this but it isn't a big enough word to describe Bowie
RIP Starman,
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Jan 11, 2016 6:44:19 GMT -5
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Post by space75gr on Jan 11, 2016 6:50:22 GMT -5
its such a sad sad sad day for everyone.
we ve lost the greatest artist of the last 100 years, a genius, the starman...
Gutted, still in shock, in tears...
R.I.P.
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Post by Sternumman on Jan 11, 2016 6:54:12 GMT -5
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Post by supersonic1983 on Jan 11, 2016 7:05:13 GMT -5
Just cant watch that, so obvious now to see what the meaning behind it was. :-( It’s incredible. |
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Post by glider on Jan 11, 2016 7:12:50 GMT -5
I'm just heartbroken. I really don't know what to do with myself. I was literally just about to put Blackstar on when it flashed up on my phone. Don't feel I can bring myself to do it now... I'd say do it. I was exactly the same, I woke up to put it on when I heard the news. So maybe Five Years would have been more appropriate. It was like a gut punch, and I really never expected to be so upset by this. This is how I felt when Lou died, but I always thought that was because Lou was so very human. Which Bowie was not. So I guess I figured there was nothing to suggest he would have a normal life span. I mean, who knows how long Aliens live for? It's tempting to think the signs were there. Blackstar is clearly about death. But all his albums are about death. Even Young Americans. In his absence I always knew he'd come back, and he came back so vital. It just seemed that if he was ever going to die, that would have been the time he did it. Blackstar was such a forward looking work, it's so exploratory, but although the last two songs provide a fitting epitaph, it doesn't feel final. It feels like he's searching for something. I couldn't wait to see what he did next. I didn't expect that to be this. I can't believe he knew, and put this out, now. It's a very Bowie move. No matter how close we get to the man, the myth, no matter how much we identify with the music, we never really knew him at all. And maybe it's good he left us on such a searching note. Maybe he's searching. I have no idea what happens to us when we die, but I bet something very different happens to David Bowie. So I'm starting to think Blackstar was a fine note to go out on. For me 'If I never see the English evergreens I'm running to/ It's nothing to me' is a perfect, haunting epitaph. I just can't believe he knew, and he planned this, and he made this bizarre, brilliant, experimental record. I was honestly expecting gigs. But what a way to bow out. He left us wanting more. And which of his contemporaries can honestly say that? Can honestly say they remained vital. He was Bowie right until the end. Rest in Peace you beautiful, maddening, magnificent bastard. Gimme your hands cause you're wonderful I believe he wants everyone to play his record. It's his final piece of art and every artist wants their work to be celebrated. Legends never die. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 7:22:33 GMT -5
When a friend learnt me that this morning, I just couldn't believe it. I was just discovering is new album yesterday... R.I.P David, a legend has gone...
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jan 11, 2016 7:24:27 GMT -5
I'd say do it. I was exactly the same, I woke up to put it on when I heard the news. So maybe Five Years would have been more appropriate. It was like a gut punch, and I really never expected to be so upset by this. This is how I felt when Lou died, but I always thought that was because Lou was so very human. Which Bowie was not. So I guess I figured there was nothing to suggest he would have a normal life span. I mean, who knows how long Aliens live for? It's tempting to think the signs were there. Blackstar is clearly about death. But all his albums are about death. Even Young Americans. In his absence I always knew he'd come back, and he came back so vital. It just seemed that if he was ever going to die, that would have been the time he did it. Blackstar was such a forward looking work, it's so exploratory, but although the last two songs provide a fitting epitaph, it doesn't feel final. It feels like he's searching for something. I couldn't wait to see what he did next. I didn't expect that to be this. I can't believe he knew, and put this out, now. It's a very Bowie move. No matter how close we get to the man, the myth, no matter how much we identify with the music, we never really knew him at all. And maybe it's good he left us on such a searching note. Maybe he's searching. I have no idea what happens to us when we die, but I bet something very different happens to David Bowie. So I'm starting to think Blackstar was a fine note to go out on. For me 'If I never see the English evergreens I'm running to/ It's nothing to me' is a perfect, haunting epitaph. I just can't believe he knew, and he planned this, and he made this bizarre, brilliant, experimental record. I was honestly expecting gigs. But what a way to bow out. He left us wanting more. And which of his contemporaries can honestly say that? Can honestly say they remained vital. He was Bowie right until the end. Rest in Peace you beautiful, maddening, magnificent bastard. Gimme your hands cause you're wonderful I believe he wants everyone to play his record. It's his final piece of art and every artist wants their work to be celebrated. Legends never die. And everyone should. It's a truly magnificent swansong. |
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Jan 11, 2016 7:31:37 GMT -5
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Post by mimmihopps on Jan 11, 2016 7:49:22 GMT -5
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
Look up here, man, I'm in danger
I've got nothing left to lose
I'm so high it makes my brain whirl
Dropped my cell phone down below
Ain't that just like me?
By the time I got to New York
I was living like a king
Then I used up all my money
I was looking for your ass
This way or no way
You know, I'll be free
Just like that bluebird
Now ain't that just like me?
Oh I'll be free
Just like that bluebird
Oh I'll be free
Ain't that just like me?
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#RIPDavid
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