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David Bowie - RIP

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  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    RIP David.
    Died one year ago today.
    Probably the most incredible unique musical artist the world has known.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    edited January 2017
    The_President said:

    RIP David.
    Died one year ago today.
    Probably the most incredible unique musical artist the world has known.

    Oooooooh........as successful and talented as he was, that's one hell of a sweeping statement El Presidente!
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    Could not agree more @The_President
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    The_President said:

    RIP David.
    Died one year ago today.
    Probably the most incredible unique musical artist the world has known.

    Mozart?
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,740
    Mike Batt?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    SuedeAdidas said:

    Mike Batt?

    For the younger Lifers:

    image
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    The_President said:

    RIP David.
    Died one year ago today.
    Probably the most incredible unique musical artist the world has known.

    He was ok, but he was no Rick Parfitt.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    BowieAddick said:

    Could not agree more @The_President

    Well there's a surprise! LOL.
  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    One year on and the shock of hearing the news comes flooding back. I think I'd like to spend the day listing to his music with joy this year rather than sadness.
    RIP David Bowie.
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    I was listening to "The Man Who Sold the World" in the car this morning with a smile and a tear, rather than just the tears of last year.
    RIP David
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  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    edited January 2017
    The Bowie Roundabout....
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Greenie said:

    The_President said:

    RIP David.
    Died one year ago today.
    Probably the most incredible unique musical artist the world has known.

    He was ok, but he was no Rick Parfitt.
    Those LOLs are a bit unfair - I'm pretty sure Greenie was being serious.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    Really looking forward to watching "Beside Bowie:The Mick Ronson Story"

    For anyone else interested in this, it's on at 9.00 on Sky Arts tomorrow night.
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    Addick Addict said:

    Really looking forward to watching "Beside Bowie:The Mick Ronson Story"

    For anyone else interested in this, it's on at 9.00 on Sky Arts tomorrow night.

    Should be a good watch, I have seen some reviews of the program and all have been positive.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    Addick Addict said:

    Really looking forward to watching "Beside Bowie:The Mick Ronson Story"

    For anyone else interested in this, it's on at 9.00 on Sky Arts tomorrow night.

    It's a God-awful small affair.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    Scoham said:

    That internet thingy never caught on so he was talking bollocks.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,991
    I just watched the David Bowie documentary Finding Fame, about his early years.
    It's available on iplayer until early March, worth a watch for Bowie fans.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    Covered End said:
    I just watched the David Bowie documentary Finding Fame, about his early years.
    It's available on iplayer until early March, worth a watch for Bowie fans.

    I saw it over the weekend - excellent documentary.
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    Was away at the weekend, haven't watched it yet. Aiming to sit and watch it tonight
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  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    BowieAddick said:
    I was listening to "The Man Who Sold the World" in the car this morning with a smile and a tear, rather than just the tears of last year. RIP David
    Oddly i was listening to this in the car today,forgot how good it is. I also like the kurt cobain cover but its annoying how many people think its a Nirvana song.
     RIP both
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    orpingtonRED said:
    BowieAddick said:
    I was listening to "The Man Who Sold the World" in the car this morning with a smile and a tear, rather than just the tears of last year. RIP David
    Oddly i was listening to this in the car today,forgot how good it is. I also like the kurt cobain cover but its annoying how many people think its a Nirvana song.
     RIP both

    Or Lulu's before that!
  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    Never heard her version or even knew
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    orpingtonRED said:
    Never heard her version or even knew
    It reached number 3 in the Charts in 1974. Bowie played sax and provided backing vocals on it.


  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    Seeing Holy Holy at London Palladium next week, band which includes Woody Woodmansey (Spiders drummer) and Tony Visconti along with Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17) on vocals. They are performing Man Who Sold the World and Ziggy Stardust albums in their entirety, saw them last year as well and they put on a fantastic show.
    Well worth seeing for any Bowie fans.
  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    Thanks. Just listened to it
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Addick Addict said:
    orpingtonRED said:
    Never heard her version or even knew
    It reached number 3 in the Charts in 1974. Bowie played sax and provided backing vocals on it.


    And provided the sassy lass with a good seeing to, according to the lady herself 
     ;) 
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    Watched the documentary last night, excellently put together and a real insight into his determination to make it from those around him at the time.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    Really enjoyed "Finding Fame" and also just watched "Five Years" again which is, from a more musical perspective, is in my opinion as good.

    There's so much behind how Bowie made his songs different as highlighted by Rick Wakeman's explanation of how Bowie used unusual chord changes in "Life On Mars".

    It is the combination of change of persona to wide ranging music styles that made him so unique.
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    Anyone else finding it hard to listen to Blackstar?
    I bought it on pre-order not expecting anything special, but was blown away, playing it three times in a row, back to back. I instantly rated it as one of his finest albums. 
    The very next day the news came through that he’d died, and I was sent to Brixton for ITN, and spent a couple of days covering the story.
    Bowie was a big part of my life from my mid teens, and loved most of his albums up to the mid eighties. 
    But right now I find listening to Blackstar much too painful, which I think makes me a major snowflake. Not sure if I’ll ever be able to give it a spin again. 

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