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, why couldn't this have been a troll?
Lemmy and now this. What a ty star to the year. RIP Thin White Duke
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/ar...smtyp=cur&_r=0
David Bowie, the infinitely changeable, fiercely forward-looking songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images and personae, died Sunday, two days after his 69th birthday.Mr. Bowie’s death was confirmed by his publicist, Steve Martin, on Monday morning.
He died after an 18-month battle with cancer, according to a statement on Mr. Bowie’s social media accounts.
“David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family,” a post on his Facebook page read.
The mul alented artist, whose last album, “Blackstar,” a collaboration with a jazz quintet that was typically enigmatic and exploratory, was released on Friday — on his birthday. He was to be honored with a concert at Carnegie Hall on March 31 featuring the Roots, Cyndi Lauper and the Mountain Goats.
He had also collaborated on an Off Broadway musical, “Lazarus,” that was a surreal sequel to his definitive 1976 film role, “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”
Mr. Bowie wrote songs above all about being an outsider: an alien, a misfit, a sexual adventurer, a faraway astronaut. His music was always a mutable blend: rock, cabaret, jazz, and what he called “plastic soul” but was suffused with genuine soul. He also captured the drama and longing of everyday life, enough to give him No.1 pop hits like “Let’s Dance.”
If he had an anthem, it was “Changes,” from his 1971 album “Hunky Dory,” which proclaimed:
“Turn and face the strange / Ch-ch-changes / Oh look out now you rock and rollers / Pretty soon now you’re gonna get older.”
Born David Jones on Jan. 8, 1947, in South London, Mr. Bowie rose to fame with “Space Oddity,” in 1969, and later through his jumpsuit-wearing alter ego Ziggy S ust and another persona, the Thin White Duke. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
Mr. Bowie was his generation’s standard-bearer for rock as theater: something constructed and inflated yet sincere in its artifice, saying more than naturalism could. With a voice that dipped down to baritone and leaped into falsetto, he was complexly androgynous, an explorer of human impulses that could not be quantified.
He also pushed the limits of “Fashion” and “Fame,” writing songs with those les and also thinking deeply about the possibilities and strictures of pop renown.
Mr. Bowie was married to the international model Iman, with whom he had a daughter, Alexandria Jones.
In a post on Twitter, the musician’s son from an earlier marriage, Duncan Jones, said, “Very sorry and sad to say it’s true. I’ll be offline for a while. Love to all.”
Continue reading the main storyMr. Bowie largely left the spotlight after a heart attack in 2004 brought to an abrupt end a tour supporting his album “Reality.” The singer experienced pain during a performance at a German festival and sought treatment for what he believed was a shoulder injury; doctors then discovered a blocked artery.
The following year, he performed with Arcade Fire, a band he championed. In 2006, he performed three songs in public for what would be the final time, at the charity Keep a Child Alive’s Black Ball fund-raiser at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
, why couldn't this have been a troll?
I can't say I was a true fan. But over the years, I've bought a few CD's and downloaded some of his stuff. Certainly I can appreciate his longevity and ability to remake himself and his songs.
I appreciate his career, but never understood the big deal, especially after that cringe worthy Dancing in the Streets video with Jagger.
He had about a half dozen songs I liked. But, I only have 3/4 cassette tapes of his, no CD's.
RIP
Its not the side effect of the cocaine, I am thinking that it must be love...
Who thought Iggy Pop would be the last one standing?
My favorite musician ever and one of my heroes. Terrible news. The way he seamlessly merged art and pop will never be replicated. He will be missed.
One of my favorite songs of his
Here's to the master of self reinvention. RIP.
I'm sad it took so long for his music to grow on me. Irreplaceable genius.
One of the greatest artists in the history of mankind. We will never ever get anyone like him again.
Sad day indeed.
I think I will listen to Ziggy S ust, haven't heard that since it came out.
Didnt know his music but saw him in enough films to ser he was an unmatched talent tbqh. He also merged music with science ficetion something noone really dares to.
Damn...that brought on some feels.
That's got more than a half a dozen songs on it.
It's so cool to dismiss a brilliant 40 year career with a reference to a song and video that were both recorded in one day to benefit famine relief. I'm not saying it was good, but the whole thing was done in 13 hours... for charity... but go ahead and slag on David Bowie. You sound very informed.
Which one of Bowie's hits did Vanilla Ice sample from?
Why not comment on Bowie instead of bothering with me/others?
Queen x Bowie - Under Pressure
Thank you.
Dale, Google exists for a reason.
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