The David Bowie Memorial Thread

[Cuthbert]

TH check The Man Who Sold The World if you like metal. The intro (Width of a Circle) is a track you will definitely enjoy. Guaranteed.

If you don't like that track then I am a monkey's uncle.

[Trollheart]

Originally Posted by monkeytennis

TH check The Man Who Sold The World if you like metal. The intro (Width of a Circle) is a track you will definitely enjoy. Guaranteed.

If you don't like that track then I am a monkey's uncle.

I love the title track to that. It was I think the B-side (ask yer da) of "Life on Mars?" and I was very taken with it. I will check the album out, indeed, as I will all of his, very soon now.

(I always knew you had a thing about monkeys....)

[Paul Smeenus]

Whoa. Holy ****. I had no idea

[Two Spirit]

I actually thought he was doing pretty well, considering he just released his new album. I had no idea he was struggling with cancer and that he wrote this album as an artistic goodbye.

Looks like I'll need to finally dig through his entire catalog since I never got around to it before.

[Trollheart]

It's not Bowie, but I feel somehow appropriate...

[Pet_Sounds]

I can't believe this. Please tell me it's a publicity stunt… anything.

[Tristan_Geoff]

Never really listened to a Bowie album, loved individual songs but I had always put off listening to full albums. That's gonna change today though. Gonna knock out Low (right now actually), Ziggy Stardust, and Blackstar. Shame I had to have him pass to initiate me listening to them, but still needed to be done anyways.

Edit: Alright, Hunky Dory too then. Might make this an all-day thing and see how many I can get through.

[wexy]

RIP Mr. Bowie... Sad day.

[Plankton]

I had never really been a Bowie fan growing up, since his music didn't fall into any of the categories I was pursuing. It wasn't until I went to Germany while in the service that I realized just how brilliant he was.

I had a roommate that didn't quite fit into the G.I. mold back then, and one of his favorite pastimes was to read two books at the same time, one in each hand, all while listening to either Young, Zappa, or Bowie. I had no choice in the matter as to whether or not I got to choose the music we would be listening to for the evening since it was his stereo, so I'd sit with my guitar and try to play along with whatever was on, unplugged of course since I didn't want to disrupt the 'sessions'. I found that I could follow a lot of Young, and Zappa was way over my skill level (I'd come to have an understanding about him later on in life), but when it came to Bowie, things started to sink in. I found myself starting to understand (or at least wanting to for that matter) the lyrics and meaning behind these masterpieces. In particular, the album "Low" was continually on rotation, and the soundscape that emanated from my roommates stereo crept into my consciousness very slowly, and very deliberately as Bowie crooned. After about a dozen or so listens, it was me that started suggesting that we put on some Bowie for the nights listening sessions, to which he'd smile and say "He's sinking in, huh?". Bowie was certainly a distinct personality, and he showed me how a person could stretch any idea into a musically driven theatrical masterpiece. I can only think of a few people with as much charisma, talent, showmanship, and something that the entertainment world could never have too much of... class.

R.I.P. Mr. B.

[Paul Smeenus]

I saw the Glass Spiders tour in the late 1980's, my honest reaction was that, while his performance was good, the whole thing was so overblown that I was just LMAO. The most surprising aspect of the event was that I thoroughly enjoyed Duran Duran as the opening act.

I truly regret that I missed this show in Tacoma in 1983