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I like to think he hung on to get the album out, then let people listen to it and review it and go "Man, the lyrics are really weird, I have no idea how to read this album" and then he passes on and lightbulbs go off everywhere. Of course! It's because he was dying! But he gave us that moment where we saw the album as it was and let it stood on its own, before it became the Final Album.
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Heard the album again with this in context and god man its so loving good and its so crazy he did this. What a legend
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Eel hovercraft posted:Boo, gently caress you cancer. Stop it already
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Cancer sucks but... Bowie smoked like a chimney for about 50 years and did whatever amount of drugs the stories claimed he did in the 70s. We should be impressed that it made it to 69!
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Cheesus posted:Cancer sucks but... My alcoholic 2 pack a day Grandfather who sucked made it to like 78... not impressed, just sad.
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Jan 11, 2016 18:04
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We don't know what kind he had yet. I am surprised he made it so long. I thought he looked frail in Blackstar, but I thought it was just him aging. 
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Jan 11, 2016 18:05
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Picked up David Live today at my local record store since I already had everything else they were selling. Dude was crying as he sold it to me, was telling me about getting beaten up for wearing a hunky dory T-shirt back in the 70s in Texas. Probably some poo poo that didn't happen but man.
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Jan 11, 2016 18:06
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Am I the only one who prefers David Live to Stage?
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Jan 11, 2016 18:07
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I'm not ashamed to say I've been bawling my loving eyes out all day. David Bowie has defined my life since I was 10. gently caress this poo poo.
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Antti posted:I like to think he hung on to get the album out, then let people listen to it and review it and go "Man, the lyrics are really weird, I have no idea how to read this album" and then he passes on and lightbulbs go off everywhere. Of course! It's because he was dying! Yeah, the whole context of it has completely changed. I mean, there was speculation he has really sick and that's why he wasn't doing any press or appearances, but I didn't want it to be real.
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Jan 11, 2016 18:07
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Yeah when I first listened to "I can't give everything away" my first thought was "guy dying", but I didn't want it to be true It didn't hit me until I was listening to the radio this morning and Under Pressure started
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Picnic Princess posted:Yeah, the whole context of it has completely changed. I mean, there was speculation he has really sick and that's why he wasn't doing any press or appearances, but I didn't want it to be real. I just thought he was just being a hermit since when his last album hit a few years ago he said he wouldn't make any public appearances at all. Still can't believe he put out 2 really loving good albums after a long hiatus.
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There will never be another artist like him. I'm pretty bummed. Dollar Days is going to be a tear jerker now.
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Cheesus posted:Bowie smoked like a chimney for about 50 years and did whatever amount of drugs the stories claimed he did in the 70s. Anaranjado posted:Picked up David Live today at my local record store since I already had everything else they were selling. Dude was crying as he sold it to me, was telling me about getting beaten up for wearing a hunky dory T-shirt back in the 70s in Texas. Probably some poo poo that didn't happen but man. The REAL Goobusters posted:I just thought he was just being a hermit since when his last album hit a few years ago he said he wouldn't make any public appearances at all. Still can't believe he put out 2 really loving good albums after a long hiatus. Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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Jan 11, 2016 18:24
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I was really hoping to see David Bowie show up in the Twin Peaks revival. We aren't going to talk about Judy at all now.
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Jan 11, 2016 18:26
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I wonder if Bowie was in remission at some point and it came back - he was adamant while working out The Next Day with his band that he wouldn't be touring, and that was over 18 months ago. Maybe that was supposed to be his final album.
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Jan 11, 2016 18:30
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Wikipedia is saying liver cancer. I'm pretty loving sad today.
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Anyone who follows Bowie will know if his admiration for Scott Walker, an admiration that was reciprocated. On Bowie's 50th birthday Walker sent him a message which moved Bowie a lot. Here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V01oQ_BsX00 For any of you prone to tears, you might not want to listen to this in public.
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Jan 11, 2016 18:39
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Just remembered that Scott Weiland was heavily influenced by Bowie. He would have been bummed the gently caress out if he had lived another month.
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cheese eats mouse posted:Wikipedia is saying liver cancer. Same thing that took Mick Ronson 
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Its so awesome that the statements put out for blackstar were that he was influenced by Kendrick Lamar, Death Grips and Boards of Canada like what the gently caress those are all completely different. He was so amazing always on the lookout for new stuff and stepping out of his comfort zone for it and didn't give a gently caress.
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The REAL Goobusters posted:Its so awesome that the statements put out for blackstar were that he was influenced by Kendrick Lamar, Death Grips and Boards of Canada like what the gently caress those are all completely different. He was so amazing always on the lookout for new stuff and stepping out of his comfort zone for it and didn't give a gently caress. Can you link those statements? That's pretty interesting to hear.
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Optimus Subprime posted:Can you link those statements? That's pretty interesting to hear. http://pitchfork.com/news/62236-david-bowies-new-album-features-james-murphy-was-inspired-by-kendrick-lamar/ quote:Visconti also said they listened to "a lot" of Kendrick Lamar while working on the album. "We wound up with nothing like that, but we loved the fact Kendrick was so open-minded and he didn't do a straight-up hip-hop record," he told Rolling Stone. "He threw everything on there, and that's exactly what we wanted to do. The goal, in many, many ways, was to avoid rock & roll." quote:Update (11/25, 11:53 a.m.): A new story in Uncut says that Bowie was also inspired by Death Grips on ★, and that he referenced Boards of Canada's "Alpha and Omega" when recording an album cut called "Somewhere". There's also a song on the album called "Lazarus", which is the name of the play that Bowie is co-writing.
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Leave it to Bowie to die in the coolest, classiest way possible. That's how it's loving done.
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What kind of synth is that used at the beginning of Andy Warhol? He must've been one of the early adopters of synthesizers since that song came out in 1971 then, huh? I know The Beatles used them on a few songs, but they didn't become widespread until later.
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Almost lost it on the bus when I played Thursday's Child. gently caress. I was sad when we lost Lemmy, but this is my Elvis or Cobain, you know? Since my dad introduced me to Bowie when I was just a kid, he's been a favorite. A couple days ago I told my work friends that it was God's birthday and they were fools for not caring. I dunno. I'm on autopilot today. I can't listen to music while I work because I don't want to be the guy who had a public breakdown over a rock star dying but gently caress. The world got a lot less awesome today.
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I had Magic Dance stuck in my head all day at work. I was torn between laying down and softly weeping and dancing in my underwear.
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My wife loves Bowie. Just last evening I noticed he put out a new album and mentioned it to her and then this morning, when I was going to work, she came out of the bedroom and said "David Bowie died last night."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPdY9URPgVI I'm very close to bawling my eyes out at work
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Where the gently caress did Monday go?
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Josef K. Sourdust posted:Anyone who follows Bowie will know if his admiration for Scott Walker, an admiration that was reciprocated. On Bowie's 50th birthday Walker sent him a message which moved Bowie a lot. Here is a link: Bowie spent years chasing down Walker and with songs like Heat or even the majority of Blackstar, it sounds like he came his closest to that sound. Wonder what Walker's next album or response to this will be.
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Leon Einstein posted:Where the gently caress did Monday go? Okay this is just creepy. Did he... know? Did he skip a few pages ahead in the Book of the Dead?
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SciFiDownBeat posted:Okay this is just creepy. Did he... know? Did he skip a few pages ahead in the Book of the Dead?
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"Don't believe in yourself, don't deceive with belief, Knowledge comes with death's release." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP2SS8ggLtU
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:What kind of synth is that used at the beginning of Andy Warhol? He must've been one of the early adopters of synthesizers since that song came out in 1971 then, huh? I know The Beatles used them on a few songs, but they didn't become widespread until later. Sounds to rough to be a Moog so maybe an Arp 2600?
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Diet Poison posted:Almost lost it on the bus when I played Thursday's Child. gently caress. I was sad when we lost Lemmy, but this is my Elvis or Cobain, you know? 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDj3shXvco How was this man making music this rad 40+ years ago? How did this man even exist at all? How?
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDj3shXvco That's the best song on Rock Band, bar none.
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Listening to Rock n' Roll Suicide in loop today. Bring Me the Disco King is depressing as all gently caress right now: "Don't let me know when you're opening the door. Stab me in the dark, let me disappear." Fate wasn't so kind, but god drat did you kick the hell out of life till the very end, Bowie.
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Listening to A Reality Tour, I am reminded that this is a really good concert and I'm glad they eventually brought it to CD. It is nearly 3 hours of classics and the best of Heathen and Reality.
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