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Originally Posted by Frownland
Great insight.
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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.
Just saying its as feasible as considering him naming it after a black lesion. Also Bowie was very symbolic and his mind worked on a different level.
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Pretty sure he wasn't being sarcastic.
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Originally Posted by Plainview
I wasn't necessarily saying he'd called it Blackstar for that reason, only that those lyrics, which didn't really make sense prior, suddenly have their meaning illuminated when you apply the perspective of death/cancer.
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Actually, if you go down the Wiki article, to "History", it does kinda make it explicit. I'm assuming that what's your original point was anyway.
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Showing but few stars, and its brightest stars being of only 4th magnitude,[1] Cancer was often considered the "Dark Sign", quaintly described as black and without eyes. Dante, alluding to this faintness and position of heavens
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