Comments on: David Bowie

By: Synthetase

Synthetase — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 05:44:45 +0000

Well said, Tim. I’ve never been a big Bowie fan, but I do like some of his stuff up until about the 80s.

I have a friend who is a huge Bowie fan, loved absolutely everything he did. She was in tears when she heard and ended up getting drunk in a way I’ve only ever seen people do when someone really close to them has died. Made me realise how close you really get to music and how it is often used by people at a time when they really need it.

By: David Miner

David Miner — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:05:07 +0000

David Bowie what can I say. I have a hole in my heart, a void in my life. The identity he had with people was multi faceted and cross generational. I am thinking of him and what he gave to me. I know I never new him personally but feel through some strange way cosmically he new me. I love you David Bowie, thank you for the forever memories.

By: Tom B

Tom B — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:04:58 +0000

Well said Tim.
I believe nobody can truly call themselves a Bowie fan. By that I mean that his output and style changed over the years to such a degree that nobody can say they liked all of it – but everybody probably liked some of it – and that was his genius. I was talking with a colleague yesterday and we both agreed we liked Bowie, but for totally different reasons. The musical style and era I loved was one she was not keen on and vice-versa. Therefore I couldn’t call myself a Bowie fan but I am a fan of his early seventies era – Hunky Dory ranks in my top ten albums of all time.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:48:42 +0000

The only other artist who bears comparison is probably Kate Bush. Again, a complete one-off, strong combination of musical substance and powerful imagery, and hugely influential for reason that go far beyond the actual music.

Hopefully she will be with us for a good many years yet.

By: Serdar Yegulalp

Serdar Yegulalp — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:08:02 +0000

One of the most mind-blowing revelations I ever came to was something Nile Rodgers said about “Let’s Dance”: it was a record made with the assumption that the previous twenty years of popular music had never happened, like rock’n'roll from an alternate universe. But then again, “rock’n'roll from an alternate universe” is pretty much Bowie in toto, isn’t it?

By: Ian Redfearn

Ian Redfearn — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:07:44 +0000

Well said.