RIP David Bowie

[The Mystery Machine]

All I can say is thanks for sharing your memories on this post. The vids and pics are so touching.

I was thinking of "Space Oddity" as I was driving today on the road from dropping my kid off at college.

The radio had plenty of stories and tributes. I heard the song Lazarus as I was driving but to watch the vid, is pretty powerful.

I commend him for doing a song like that. I am sure it had to get out of him, you know?

RIP Ziggy

 

[Not My Fault!]

I've been trying to process this all day...was in a fog all day at work. So unexpected...

 

[Planogirl]

I feel the same way. It's hard to wrap my mind around this. This one is very hard to take.

 

[WDWBarb]

It feels like we've lost a family member in this house. My DD is only 21, but one of his biggest fans. We introduced her to Labyrinth when she was young and she fell in love with the movie. DD fought autoimmune disease and was very sick most of her adolescent life. When she was sick, she turned to Jareth and the goblins to keep her company and keep her mind off her pain. As she got older, she got into his music big time - from Ziggy Stardust to his most recent work. She adored him.

When she turned 18, she (against my wishes, but she was 18...) got a tattoo of Jareth on her arm. It's extremely well done. Shortly after, she got the goblins on her leg, with "should you need us" inscribed within the image.

She came to visit me Friday and we "celebrated" his birthday. She made the comment to me that he was now 69 and getting older and she'd have to face the fact that he might not have another 20 years on this Earth. She said her heart would break wide open on the day he died.

Who knew that day would be just two days later. And her heart broke wide open.

Her tribute to him this morning on social media was "I'd like to think he'll still be here, should we need him." I couldn't help but cry when I read it.

Thank you, David, for being there for my baby when she needed you.

 

[Jdbsfw]

As a Texan, I always digged the story of how he became David "Bowie"....RIP, what an icon.

 

[Colleen27]

Did any one else catch NPR's birthday tribute to him on Friday? They called him the most influential musician alive... I had to go back and listen again today, and it seemed that much more powerful that such high praise came not posthumously, when everyone offers tribute, but as a feature about his life, birthday, and new album.

I love all the videos folks are sharing here and on FB today, and I have to throw in my contribution to the memories... I was lucky enough to see Bowie on this tour, which brought together two of my very favorite artists in one of the best shows I've ever seen.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

It was like a punch in the gut when I first heard the news this morning.

I admit I didn't pay much attention to him in the past 20 years, but he was always one of my favorite artists. Heard "Fame" on the radio just the other day.

Saw him four times. First time about 1976, then about 1983, 1990, and last time in 1995. In 1995 he appeared with Nine Inch Nails, of all people.

RIP

 

[Flight]

Thanks for the music.

 

[Jafar30]

I think the word genius gets thrown around too much. Not in Bowie's case. RIP

 

[FINFAN]

many posters here were able to put into words the way I feel. Time stopped for me when I saw the news, then I thought of our best man from our wedding, huge DB fan~and then I thought about how all of his fans would be feeling and it is just so overwhelming. You know how you get a vibe that a huge talent is also a great person? I have no real basis, really, but that is how I am going to remember him.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I thought this was a pretty good article about his later years.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3394835/The-daughter-David-Bowie-yearn-live.html

And lots of other articles about him on Daily Mail.

I read another article about his early years that was fascinating a few weeks ago. I wish I could remember where I read it.

 

[cybrkitn]

I usually don't get upset over celebrities' deaths, but Robin Williams, Leonard Nimoy, and now David Bowie have left me heartbroken. Bowie especially just seemed immortal to me. I learned of him and started listening to his music around 1980, when I was 6 years old. For many years, I said that if I ever had a boy, his name would be Bowie (DH vetoed that for a child, but is thumbs up for our next pet ).

I think I'm actually kind of speechless right now...

That's exactly how I saw him as. Immortal. Usually hearing of a celebrities' death doesn't phase me. It's sad, but I'm so disconnected from it. However, Bowie's left both DH and I shocked and almost speechless.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

That's exactly how I saw him as. Immortal. Usually hearing of a celebrities' death doesn't phase me. It's sad, but I'm so disconnected from it. However, Bowie's left both DH and I shocked and almost speechless.

I guess in a way he is immortal. Not only will we always have what he did, but music and musicians today wouldn't be what they are without him. It's rare that I read an article in which he's not credited as an influence on someone.

I will never be able to listen to "Starman" or "Lazarus" again without crying. I felt so stupid last night at the hair salon; they had the news on and I was sitting there crying because the tributes used snippets of those 2 songs

 

[Disneylover99]

I thought this was a pretty good article about his later years.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3394835/The-daughter-David-Bowie-yearn-live.html

And lots of other articles about him on Daily Mail.

I read another article about his early years that was fascinating a few weeks ago. I wish I could remember where I read it.

Good article. Thanks!
I didn't realize that he had heart problems and had heart attacks in the past, and I was surprised to learn he hadn't performed since 2006.

 

[JPPT1974]

As you all can tell, I changed my avatar to him. RIP!

 

[JaxDad]

Great last picture of David Bowie...

 

[RedAngie]

I wanted to be one of these women in the Ashes to Ashes video.

 

[Disneylover99]

Great last picture of David Bowie...

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It's hard to believe it was taken on his birthday, just two days before he died.

 

[Colleen27]

Seen on my drive home today (no, I didn't take the pic!):

 

[Micca]

It's hard to believe it was taken on his birthday, just two days before he died.

I had seen that pic, didn't know it was that recent.