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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2016 16:21:09 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 13, 2016 16:58:21 GMT
Indeed TT and Elvis's performance in that film captivated Andy Warhol and inspired him to paint this; i66.images obliterated by tinypic/ztskz8.jpg[/IMG] Andy Warhol of course,having an even greater influence on Bowie. Bowie meets Warhol - brief video. How young Bowie was and with yet another look.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 15, 2016 9:26:21 GMT
The same organist as the Tull concert on December 11th I believe www.hertsad.co.uk/St Albans Cathedral organist hopes David Bowie tribute helps grieving fans12:35 14 January 2016 Debbie White David Bowie’s legions of heartbroken fans have been moved to tears after a video of a St Albans Cathedral organist’s ‘breathtaking’ tribute went viral, with 3.2 million views.
After news of the music legend’s death broke on Monday (11), the Cathedral’s 24 year old organ scholar, Nicholas Freestone, played a rendition of hit single Life on Mars.www.hertsad.co.uk/news/st_albans_cathedral_organist_hopes_david_bowie_tribute_helps_grieving_fans_1_4379516IA bit at the end of the piece: Now 18 months into his two-year post as an organ scholar, Nicholas recently played the organ for Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson when he held a fundraising concert for the Cathedral.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 15, 2016 9:49:15 GMT
The same organist as the Tull concert on December 11th I believe I fitting tribute played on a magnificent organ built and restored by Harrison and Harrison of Durham City.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jan 15, 2016 20:29:27 GMT
Beautiful Tribute to David Bowie by Alex Pattie When all you have is a $h1tty laptop microphone but you still want to do it. Anyway, this is how I thank you for the music, Starman. Can you hear me, Major Tom? #RIPDavidBowie
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 16, 2016 7:43:48 GMT
Touching and very beautiful. What a lovely voice. I started to watch the Lazarus video just after his death was announced and there was around about 4 million views now less than a week there's almost 21 million. Someone has made a very interesting point on the comments section; " I teach mythology and in my classes, we discuss modern myths. Most myths are based in reality, and over time, they take on the mythic aspects. David Bowie was already a legend but now, he will become a myth. His name will be said over and over, and reality will intertwine and mix with the fantastic and the magic. Ancient Egyptians believed that as long as one's name continues to be spoken (or is written somewhere), that person will continue to live in the after-world; David Bowie will live for what will pass as "forever," long, long after other "celebrities" are forgotten. Others are but pale imitations, but he was bona fide. Orpheus by any other name or style is still Orpheus. Sing to Persephone now, Mr. Bowie, and accept the accolades of other heroes and artists..." I never thought of it like that. Not only are artists like Bowie and Anderson creating beautiful songs,thoughts and images but because of modern technology they will be remembered in even greater clarity long into the future like the myths and legends that were passed down by word that we know today. Where the comments section gets even more interesting is the religious zealot who is answering the mythology teacher at the moment - worth a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-JqH1M4Ya8
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 16, 2016 21:07:46 GMT
Are we giving Bowie a bit of a pass for being VERY VERY VERY media and image savvy...like many near or true artists that would catalyze skepticism ? I mean...he is the REAL thing...but still...
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 16, 2016 21:08:43 GMT
Let's save the mythical, at God's feet in heaven, spot for Ian...okay ?
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 16, 2016 22:27:16 GMT
Are we giving Bowie a bit of a pass for being VERY VERY VERY media and image savvy...like many near or true artists that would catalyze skepticism ? I mean...he is the REAL thing...but still... A BIG pass from me as far as media savvy in this instance and any other thought that he was in it for the money. The man's a multi millionaire,I don't think he needed the extra multi- millions that his family will get from having all the albums including this last one in the charts today. I can't repeat enough what an impact this album has had on me. I've thought and listened long about it and I believe that it is such a phenomenal album that I would have liked it had I listened to it as a foray into Bowie's catalogue and from someone who doesn't have that much experience of his music. It's a sad set of circumstances to come to listen to any musicians work but it's not a bad thing either. The dedication and the need he had to make this swansong - I consider it bravery in the face of death. He has turned his death into a multi layered, work of art - in failing health and with dignity. In this day and age of crappy Kardashians and the crap the media craps out it's not just in a class of it's own it's a reminder of what art is and was before money spewed out 'celebrities'
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 16, 2016 23:58:03 GMT
I'll buy and gobble blackstar ASAP and then shutup with my crabby comments. Listened to 'Better future' in the car today..amazing
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 17, 2016 2:18:11 GMT
I'll buy and gobble blackstar ASAP and then shutup with my crabby comments. Listened to 'Better future' in the car today..amazing Goody then you and I can sit and talk about it for hours and hours and .......
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2016 19:18:10 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Jan 19, 2016 21:52:03 GMT
Although I can't verify all the facts mentioned here... Bowie was always 'a-head of the times' News footage of David Bowie and Iggy Pop's arrest in Rochester, NY, 1976
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 19, 2016 23:33:09 GMT
Bowie as William Burroughs....cool
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Post by Equus on Jan 24, 2016 10:34:47 GMT
We all know that Nonrabbit is a big Kate Bush fan, and I just stumbled on this video featuring David and Kate... I know that you have moved on to other subjects, but I'm still sad about the passing of one of my absolute greatest heroes... I can't really explain the logic behind being a Jethro Tull fan, and a David Bowie fan, but Ian and Bowie have a very big place in my heart... (...could it be the silly clothes??) Well, never mind... Still crying...
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 24, 2016 17:08:11 GMT
Great video Equus you can see the Anthony Newley influence there too. Kate Bush tribute to Bowie.'He created such staggeringly brilliant work,' Bush says "He was intelligent, imaginative, brave, charismatic, cool, sexy and truly inspirational both visually and musically," Bush said. "He created such staggeringly brilliant work, yes, but so much of it and it was so good. There are great people who make great work but who else has left a mark like his? No one like him." www.nme.com/news/david-bowie/90854
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 25, 2016 3:58:55 GMT
That's a lot of brains and beauty in one room...Bowie and Bush!. Bought and listened to Blackstar. So so so good....and i doubt I would have had the sense to buy it sans extra attention by his passing...and he knew that....Now I wanna run out and get the one before.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 10, 2019 16:35:26 GMT
bestclassicbands.com/david-bowie-tributes-1-11-166/Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull (Facebook – edited): Bowie resurrected himself on many occasions, such was his strength; a strength born of restlessness and the urge to move on. The most inventive, original and very British of artists, perhaps, since the late ’60s. David Bowie. Art Pop supremo. RIP.
It doesn't seem possible it's been three years David Bowie Published on Jul 9, 2015
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Post by newdayyesterday on Nov 6, 2020 10:03:44 GMT
Already 4 years......how time flies, man......time waits for no man
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Post by orion12 on Nov 6, 2020 13:10:46 GMT
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Post by steelmonkey on Nov 9, 2020 8:03:42 GMT
My missing Bowie just increases and increases...the definition of 'ahead of his time' as I am just now catching up with his whole catalog. Blackstar as intense as first listen and overlooked gems like 'Outside' , Heathen, Reality and the classic berlin trilogy get more play via my headphones than ever.
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Post by newdayyesterday on Nov 9, 2020 10:25:04 GMT
My missing Bowie just increases and increases...the definition of 'ahead of his time' as I am just now catching up with his whole catalog. Blackstar as intense as first listen and overlooked gems like 'Outside' , Heathen, Reality and the classic berlin trilogy get more play via my headphones than ever. Yes, Black Star is a very cool album.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 9, 2020 15:50:46 GMT
My missing Bowie just increases and increases...the definition of 'ahead of his time' as I am just now catching up with his whole catalog. Blackstar as intense as first listen and overlooked gems like 'Outside' , Heathen, Reality and the classic berlin trilogy get more play via my headphones than ever. I was listening and thinking of Bowie too. I think I'll give this a miss as indeed will his family. Bowie asked that there be no films made about him. Anyone who sees it will be short-changed anyway as the family refused permission for any of his music to be played. I know I've linked it - but I did warn
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Post by orion12 on Nov 15, 2020 16:43:42 GMT
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Post by newdayyesterday on Dec 21, 2020 11:36:53 GMT
I agree with the comments all over the web about how people of my age and older feel privileged to have shared the planet at the same time as geniuses and culture-changers like Bowie. When I was a teenager I didn't listen too closely to his music - with exceptions, however I think it's a great comfort as you get older that your become more open to music and can appreciate what you may have dismissed years ago. I telephone my 88 year old mother every evening. She's very religious and also listens to Classic FM and Radio 4 all through the day. I well remember her comments when I was listening to all kinds of music in my teens. 'That's not music!!' I knew she would say something about Bowies death like 'That's sad' I didn't expect what she actually did say. 'That's very sad about David Bowie I was listening to his last album - Blackstar and Lazarus on the radio. It's very good and with some very good words in it especially about what comes after this life!' Gobsmacked! Blackstar is very, very good and remarkable given his circumstances at the time and a wonderful gift to music appreciators- for always. Some say it's very dark and I must admit at the moment I see it that way too but maybe through many more listens I will see more. Bowie had many layers. Listening to the album right now
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Mar 1, 2022 14:54:17 GMT
I agree with the comments all over the web about how people of my age and older feel privileged to have shared the planet at the same time as geniuses and culture-changers like Bowie. When I was a teenager I didn't listen too closely to his music - with exceptions, however I think it's a great comfort as you get older that your become more open to music and can appreciate what you may have dismissed years ago. I telephone my 88 year old mother every evening. She's very religious and also listens to Classic FM and Radio 4 all through the day. I well remember her comments when I was listening to all kinds of music in my teens. 'That's not music!!' I knew she would say something about Bowies death like 'That's sad' I didn't expect what she actually did say. 'That's very sad about David Bowie I was listening to his last album - Blackstar and Lazarus on the radio. It's very good and with some very good words in it especially about what comes after this life!' Gobsmacked! On a cold morning in 1977, when I was eleven, my parents were already at work as my brother and I dressed for elementary school. Since our parents weren't home, we cranked 93.3 WMMR on the stereo. Still dark out, I can still remember the glow of the receiver as one of the coolest songs ever to grace our ears came over the airwaves. It was Suffragette City. I had NO IDEA what he was talking about that day. I just knew I was crazy about it. My brother knew the song, since he was fourteen. That weekend I walked a mile to Sam Goody and bought Changes One. That began my love affair with Bowie and his music. I never heard or saw anything off-putting by him in the coming years. I saw him as a class act in a very human existence. My Father? His take on Bowie was, "Who's this nutcase? He looks like he needs a meal?" I just giggled. I think my parents and most of the WWII generation were taken aback by the likes of Bowie, Jagger, Zappa, Morrison, etc. I'm supposing they thought that type of look and fashion in music was just a phase until I started coming home with Adam Ant and Flock of Seagulls albums a few years later. They must have been figuring, "Oh well, Sinatra gave way to a much different type of artist. The world as we understand it is coming to a close." They'd have to be thinking that. Just as I, at 55, don't understand this world anymore, and wish it was the way it was in the 70's.
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