RIP David Bowie

[Gromit]

Ground Control to Major Tom is the very first musical experience that i can remember.
I remember my neighbour and I playing it over and over whilst stood next to his dad's piano aged around 7 or 8

The first song i loved ad nauseam.

 

[William of Walworth]

I think it was in the press release his own publicist put out (Davidbowie.com)

Apologies -- I must have missed that aspect. I do tend to assume it's always the media that's behind these phrases.

 

[William of Walworth]

If it was... ok.... it was in spite of Vine. Why did they use him? He seemed to have no particular interest in it and kept saying odd things.

I agree -- should definitely have been someone else. No more than OK then.

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't think kids are aware of Bowie much, judging from a comment at work this morning: 'Sir, did you know that a pop star has died?'

 

[belboid]

Saw the Martian the other day this song brought back a lot of memories of traveling to see the Grandparents and aunts and uncles. Bowie was the sound track of my childhood, 1976ish to 1985ish. Such sad news.

Another example of Hollywood being crass and stupid - "It's really famous, and mentions stars, so it fits, right?' No, not really.

 

[hipipol]

He is also the funder and producer of this...

When no other bugger would touch him.....

 

[Lord Camomile]

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere

In May 1979, David Bowie did a two hour radio show called Star Special in which he played some of his favourite records.

The show introduced me to lots of artists to whom I have been listening ever since, such as Iggy Pop, Talking Heads, The Doors, The Velvet

Tracklist available here

 

[hipipol]

Apparently he met Iggy thru Nico - his velvets obsession - apparently met her at the Stones Hyde Park gig - an event commemorated on Memory of a Free Festival

 

[8den]

ETA
I sort of regret posting this. Not coz what I said, if anything a topic I'm up for quite a deep conversation on, but I've in terms of stuff to do, I've got the week from hell, on top of trying to help my brother and his wife who ARE having the week from hell.



Will be a manana manana response

I sympathise. My mum passed from liver cancer slipping into a coma ay Christmas. I know she held out (that really is the only word to describe it) for my brother to make it home from Canada, and she had one or two fully lucid days before slipping into a coma. She took six horrible lingering days to die.

Fuck Cancer.

 

[5t3IIa]

Another example of Hollywood being crass and stupid - "It's really famous, and mentions stars, so it fits, right?' No, not really.

Chris Hadfield covered it from the ISS. What you gonna go?

Edit: sp!

 

[fishfinger]

Chris Hadfield coveted it from the ISS. What you gonna go?

Chris Hadfield did "space oddity".

 

[5t3IIa]

Chris Hadfield did "space oddity".

I stand corrected

 

[Orang Utan]

This is brilliant - a 17 year old Bowie whining about being taunted for having long hair:

 

[Pickman's model]

anyone who passed through the angel this morning may have seen the screen on the green's display saying

ground control to major tom
rip​

 

[belboid]

This is brilliant - a 17 year old Bowie whining about being taunted for having long hair:

altho he is being incredibly fey about it, longhairs were regularly having seven bells of shit kicked out of them, for having long hair. Not unlike goths today, those freaks who looked a bit different were severely picked upon, and had frequently had to deal with a lot more than just 'taunting.'

 

[Pickman's model]

altho he is being incredibly fey about it, longhairs were regularly having seven bells of shit kicked out of them, for having long hair. Not unlike goths today, those freaks who looked a bit different were severely picked upon, and had frequently had to deal with a lot more than just 'taunting.'

i think bommi baumann, in 'terror or love', recalls how as a teenager in the 60s he had long hair and was picked on then went to jail and, coming out with short hair, was picked on by all the long-hairs.

 

[belboid]

i think bommi baumann, in 'terror or love', recalls how as a teenager in the 60s he had long hair and was picked on then went to jail and, coming out with short hair, was picked on by all the long-hairs.

probably not as badly as they would have done if they knew he was a Stasi nark

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I don't think kids are aware of Bowie much, judging from a comment at work this morning: 'Sir, did you know that a pop star has died?'

One of my customers by email yesterday:

I know what you mean, he is a legend after all. There's quite a few fans here in the office.

I think a lot of people grew up with Bowie... My dad for one is a huge fan.

Thanks, so I'm a la mode with your dad

 

[Mogden]

That doesn't make sense unless you pronounce Bowie wrong.
(oh shit, how many pages can we get out of how to say his name?)

The great man himself says it does rhyme.

David Bowie: In his own words - BBC News

But I agree with the scone like status of it.

 

[malatesta32]

I never realised that David Bowie was actually mortal until today. RIP.

yeah me too. one of the 1st puzzled comments I made was 'bowie cant die. he's fecken BOWIE!'

 

[Pickman's model]

yeah me too. one of the 1st puzzled comments I made was 'bowie cant die. he's fecken BOWIE!'

that is not dead which can eternal lie
and with strange aeons even death may die

 

[butchersapron]

He is also the funder and producer of this...

When no other bugger would touch him.....

Should be on the misquote thread.

 

[hipipol]

One thing i wanted to mention yesterday, but it got lost, is about that short lived daft 'fascist flirtation' - drugs doesn't cover it or justify it, but using drugs as a way to deal with the onfoing mental disintergration of his nazi brother who he hero worshiped and paired with undisciplined druged upreading

Should be on the misquote thread.

?

 

[Sea Star]

altho he is being incredibly fey about it, longhairs were regularly having seven bells of shit kicked out of them, for having long hair. Not unlike goths today, those freaks who looked a bit different were severely picked upon, and had frequently had to deal with a lot more than just 'taunting.'

even in the late 70s/ early 80s long hair was seen as aberrant on a boy. My hair was only1966 Beatles length as a kid but even so I was called a girl a lot by members of older generations - who presumably lived through the long era of long hair in late 60s/ early 70s. Mind you, it didn't really bother me to be called a girl, but I had to pretend it did.

 

[butchersapron]

?

That bit was from an earlier post i decided not to send but forgot drafts are saved now.

 

[belboid]

[wrong thread]

 

[malatesta32]

im just listening to quicksand off hunky dory and forgot it referenced goebells and himmler but it's a really good song.
oh, and in case you aint seen it, christianna f link:

very gritty and hard to watch.

 

[peterkro]

even in the late 70s/ early 80s long hair was seen as aberrant on a boy. My hair was only1966 Beatles length as a kid but even so I was called a girl a lot by members of older generations - who presumably lived through the long era of long hair in late 60s/ early 70s. Mind you, it didn't really bother me to be called a girl, but I had to pretend it did.

I was a teenager in the sixties with long hair (it's nearly gone now) and was saving to go to Europe,one of the cheapest ways was via Singapore,guess what no foreigners with long hair even in transit (males that is).

 

[ouchmonkey]

This is good, mix of favourites from Optimo DJ JD Twitch

 

[Kid_Eternity]

no. Bow as in stoop respectfully

Nope it's Bowie rhymes with Joey.