Didn’t see a thread about this yet, figured many would like to pay their respects.
His latest album has taken on a new meaning lyrically now that this has happened - he knew his time was up and was saying goodbye.
I still can’t quite believe it. RIP you magnificent creature.
Speechless but RIP.
Had been listening to the new album all weekend.
Such a sad, sad day.
We all have a little of Bowie in our music.
Such an innovator and inspiration.
Also a synth pioneer .
Have a good trip back to the stars mister Bowie.
it’s not that I listen this all the time… but last weekend I have been listening to LOW a lot (like 5 times the B side)
I think this was my first serious electronic music ever (next to technotronic, ace of bass, etc when I was 12 years old), I bought it when I was 15 years old…
Don’t miss the video for Lazarus. His gift stayed with him right to the end.
I have no memories of David Bowie, nor do I know or like his music particularly. (Except The Passenger from Iggy Pop, of which he is a part). It is thus interesting to hear how many people are fond of him. I think the following tweet summarizes it quite well - how one can be fond of David Bowie, even if you are not a fan of his music:
“Today, in honor of David Bowie, please take a little time to work on that weird thing you secretly create, whatever it is. He’d want you to.”
Rose Eveleth on Twitter
What a wonderful tweet.
I’ll put that over my bed to read it everyday.
RIP - what a sad day for the music world 
Not a huge fan of his early stuff tbh tho no doubt a pioneer.
His 80’s stuff I hated.
The ‘Outside’ album was an absolute killer tho & its a permanently on my playlist.
This version of 'hello spaceboy from the Jools Holland show is so intense, it makes Slayer look soft!
‘This chaos is killing me,
And the chaos is calling me,
Bye bye love,’
RIP
Don’t miss the video for Lazarus. His gift stayed with him right to the end. [/quote]
Growing up in West Virginia as a weird, arty kid, local heroes didn’t really exist. I found Bowie when I was sixteen or so, and it was like being thrown a life raft. He’s never been my favorite musician, although I’ve certainly given most of his albums many plays, but he was always this sort of unimpeachable figure of peculiar, visionary sensibilities and fearless confidence in his vision. His art was his life, right up to the end, and there’s something extraordinary about that sort of commitment.
I will miss his work, and I will cherish the ways that he shared his life, his art, with us.
This is heartbreaking news. He is such an inspirational artist. A juggernaut. To honor him I’m going to make more of an effort in my life/art to be fearless and always move forward. Nobody did it like Bowie!
Absolutely loved his early albums, and even more so the Station to Station, Low, Heroes trilogy. A true artist has left us. “I did it my way” applies to Bowie, probably more than any other artist that I can think of right now. The complete and utter opposite of a sell-out. RIP David.
True.
Or “I did it my ways”, even, as I can’t think of another artist that reinvented himself that much / so well.
Do you guys sing ?
His songs are really pleasant to shoot out loud, they’re full of energy, it feels so good.
RIP. Love his music and even liked his movie. Rent “Man who fell to earth”, if haven’t seen it yet.
Also, here is a video of him taking about synths. Interesting take on “presets”.
Free like a Blue Bird,
One of the artists who changed my life,…and vision on music.
I loved Ziggy as a kid; all the rock and folk side of Bowie.
In the nineties, the record “1. Outside” changed my vision on electronic music and its interaction with rock and pop music.
In the end, probably I wouldn’t be writing this post in this forum without him.
It was such a shock to hear the news yesterday. Only a couple of days earlier, I had been to Rough Trade to pick up a copy of Blackstar, on the day it was released, all excited as I really liked what I had heard from it. I just assumed that the coming years would be bring another cool phase of Bowie creativity.
I grew up listening to Bowie’s albums thanks to my uncle (who passed me both the Bowie bug and the vinyl bug), and over the last four years, as a music obsessed father, I made sure I played all my favourites to my son. He absolutely loves Hunky Dory and Space Oddity and does these impromptu concerts for me where he grabs some plastic instruments out of his toy drawer and sings all the songs on those albums!
A true inspiration. Thank you for the music! Rest in peace.
