RIP David Bowie

[skyscraper101]

Love this

 

[editor]

In photos: David Bowie fans gather in Brixton to celebrate what would have been his 72nd birthday, Tues 8th Jan 2019

 

[Orang Utan]

David Bowie is – The AR Exhibition

 

[editor]

We had our biggest ever Bowie party in Brixton on the weekend and raised over £1.500 for local charities. We had people of all ages there but it was interesting that so many young people came along this year.

In photos: David Bowie celebration party at the Dogstar, Brixton, Fri 11th Jan 2019

 

[andysays]

David Bowie: Rare Ziggy Stardust footage hailed as the 'holy grail'

David Bowie's performance of Starman on Top of the Pops in 1972 is considered a watershed moment in musical history. Dressed in a snakeskin jumpsuit, he draped his arm around guitarist Mick Ronson, shocking viewers and ushering in an era of glamour and androgyny.

But few people remember that Bowie actually debuted his Ziggy Stardust persona on ITV a month earlier. Long thought to have been erased, the performance has just been unearthed and could feature in a new BBC documentary.

 

[editor]

So this was the "girl with the mousy hair"

'I inspired David Bowie's top hits then ditched him and broke his heart'

 

[GarveyLives]

Three years after this piece, the allegations have suddenly resurfaced in the media ...

David Bowie had sex with underage girls. Is that creepy or cool?

 

[andysays]

Three years after this piece, the allegations have suddenly resurfaced in the media ...

David Bowie had sex with underage girls. Is that creepy or cool?

If so, you'll surely be able to produce an example of them resurfacing, rather than linking to a three year old piece by Julie Burchill

 

[Libertad]

Three years after this piece, the allegations have suddenly resurfaced in the media ...

David Bowie had sex with underage girls. Is that creepy or cool?

Where have they "suddenly resurfaced in the media"? Link?

 

[Libertad]

Snap.

 

[Celyn]

In the "Daily Mail".

 

[D'wards]

Yep, the Mail.

It's cos David Baddiel has a Bowie podcast where he said he met a woman who Bowie tried to seduce when he was 40 and she was 16.
Baddiel didn't say it as a shocking reveal, more just an anecdote about how promiscuous rock stars are with groupies. It's no secret!

Two women reveal their flings with David Bowie aged under 15 | Daily Mail Online

 

[D'wards]

Tonight on BBC 2 at 9pm; David Bowie: Finding Fame. The third part in the Five Years trilogy of films.
Although it was initially called The First Five Years, dunno why they changed the name.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Tonight on BBC 2 at 9pm; David Bowie: Finding Fame. The third part in the Five Years trilogy of films.
Although it was initially called The First Five Years, dunno why they changed the name.

They probably didn't want people to think "The First Five Years" was a reference to the age of his youngest sexual conquest.

 

[D'wards]

Yawn

 

[Orang Utan]

Yawn

Is that a suitable reaction to talk of Bowie being revealed to have abused children?

 

[Saul Goodman]

Is that a suitable reaction to talk of Bowie being revealed to have abused children?

Don't go there. You're fighting a losing battle. Apparently it's OK to abuse children if people like your songs. Gary Glitter was obviously not a good enough singer that people would turn a blind eye to his transgressions.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Is that a suitable reaction to talk of Bowie being revealed to have abused children?

 

[D'wards]

Is that a suitable reaction to talk of Bowie being revealed to have abused children?

Have you followed this thread at all? Look at all dear Saul's contributions

 

[D'wards]

Is that a suitable reaction to talk of Bowie being revealed to have abused children?

Anyway, what's it to ya, you sanctimonious old tit

 

[Orang Utan]

Anyway, what's it to ya, you sanctimonious old tit

What's it to me? Strange question.
I'm disturbed that people don't want to know about child abuse just cos it was perpetrated by someone they admire. Something like thst is everyone's business and not to be yawned at and dismissed

 

[andysays]

Is that a suitable reaction to talk of Bowie being revealed to have abused children?

Gosh, has David Bowie just been revealed to have abused children? That's certainly going to come as a shock to the world of music.

And no one had even an inkling until the Daily Mail broke the story today, forty something years later. Who says investigative journalism is dead?

 

[D'wards]

What's it to me? Strange question.
I'm disturbed that people don't want to know about child abuse just cos it was perpetrated by someone they admire. Something like thst is everyone's business and not to be yawned at and dismissed

The yawn was cos it's been mentioned time and time again on this thread. It's been covered, mate

 

[Orang Utan]

strange reactions

 

[Saul Goodman]

Have you followed this thread at all? Look at all dear Saul's contributions

It's worth popping in once in a while to remind you that your idol was a nonce

 

[andysays]

What's it to me? Strange question.
I'm disturbed that people don't want to know about child abuse just cos it was perpetrated by someone they admire. Something like thst is everyone's business and not to be yawned at and dismissed

People already know about it, I would be amazed if there is anyone posting regularly on Urban with the slightest interest in Bowie who didn't already know about it while he was still alive.

 

[Orang Utan]

it's good that is still being discussed. harrumphing at this is rather strange.

 

[D'wards]

It's worth popping in once in a while to remind you that your idol was a nonce

Do you also monitor the site for mentions of Emmeline Pankhurst, and leap in to remind people she shamed and bullied men, including the mentally and physically disabled, to go and die in the trenches?
Or that Malcolm X was a pimp? Or that Mohammed Ali and Martin Luther King were serial adulterers?
Or the same thing you mention about Bowie on the Led Zep, Jimi Hendrix and Stones mentions?

Cos if you are gonna police the boards so diligently you don't wanna be a hypocrite do you?

 

[Pickman's model]

Do you also monitor the site for mentions of Emmeline Pankhurst, and leap in to remind people she shamed and bullied men, including the mentally and physically disabled, to go and die in the trenches?
Or that Malcolm X was a pimp? Or that Mohammed Ali and Martin Luther King were serial adulterers?
Or the same thing you mention about Bowie on the Led Zep, Jimi Hendrix and Stones mentions?

Cos if you are gonna police the boards so diligently you don't wanna be a hypocrite do you?

He touched a nerve I see

 

[D'wards]

He touched a nerve I see

Certainly has Pickman's. I love Bowie.

He was good- have you heard any of his music at all?