pozbaird Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) I understand the blanket TV coverage. I understand the programmes looking back at his legacy. I will understand the inevitable re-releasing of his catalogue and folk deciding to go out and buy a Bowie CD or two. I can understand people perhaps shedding a tear and feeling gutted if Bowie was their favourite artist and they'd grown up with his soundtrack in their lives. The carpets of flowers and candles, the whole Diana shite... Get a fcuking grip. Edited January 12, 2016 by pozbaird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I understand the blanket TV coverage. I understand the programmes looking back at his legacy. I will understand the inevitable re-releasing of his catalogue and folk deciding to go out and buy a Bowie CD or two. I can understand people perhaps shedding a tear and feeling gutted if Bowie was their favourite artist and they'd grown up with his soundtrack in their lives. The carpets of flowers and candles, the whole Diana shite... Get a fcuking grip. I went to the pub last night and stuck six Bowie songs on the jukebox. Was that being a bit over the top do you think...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I went to the pub last night and stuck six Bowie songs on the jukebox. Was that being a bit over the top do you think...? Not at all. If you'd then left a tea-light candle burning and a single red rose on top of the jukebox however.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 The Jessification of Grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 The Jessification of Grief. Not his best. Preferred Diamond Dogs or Hunky Dory myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 The Ziggyfication of Grief. FIFY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) So, in summary.... It is sad that he has died, but people die.... that's, er, life. It was a bit of a shock, and this will go some way towards explaining the extent of the reaction. Many of us enjoyed his music, and associate it with elements and periods of our lives. It meant something to us, so it follows that his death might also. Most of us acknowledge his influence in terms of popular music and culture over a span of five decades. Lighting candles, wailing and greeting is a bit OTT, but at least he bloody contributed something tangible, which is more than can be said for Princess Diana, the Queen Mother etc.... Edited January 12, 2016 by Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Was in Morrisons this morning, every 2nd song over the tannoy was a Bowie classic and they only made 'now on aisle 12' sales announcements during the in-between songs. Nice touch I thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Say the guy was born on the 16th May 1987, he'd only have been 14/15 in 2002. This was BBC 6 Music mind ye, say the guy had been born on 16th May 1967 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Was in Morrisons this morning, every 2nd song over the tannoy was a Bowie classic and they only made 'now on aisle 12' sales announcements during the in-between songs. Nice touch I thought...Slightly off topic, I was I morrisons on Sunday and they were playing Happy Mondays.Luckily I was pushing a trolley so managed to disguise the bez dancing...I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TPAFKATS Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 That was you? Naw, ye never. It must've been the whistling along with the outro that done it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I went to the pub last night and stuck six Bowie songs on the jukebox. Was that being a bit over the top do you think...? Total waste of cash... You only had to turn the radio on! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 This was BBC 6 Music mind ye, say the guy had been born on 16th May 1967 ? Then he'd have been celebrating his 20th birthday and us winning the Scottish Cup on the same day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Just had a thought. When Bowie released the classic first hit 'Space Oddity', it was 1969, right? In 1969 I was 8 years old and running around with snot streaming from my nose playing cowboys and indians. Pele and 'Brazil 1970' hadn't even happened. The bloke died in 2016 and just released another critically acclaimed, relevant, meaningful album. I am now a 54 year old who has been around long enough to see Brazil 1970, Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, Spain 1982, Mexico 1986, Italy 1990, USA 1994, France 1998, Japan/Korea 2002, Germany 2006, South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014. FFS. He deserves the tributes and TV programmes about him alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Not at all. If you'd then left a tea-light candle burning and a single red rose on top of the jukebox however.... Oh. Right.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo57 Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Saw David Bowie at Green's Playhouse (later called The Apollo) in Glasgow on his Ziggy Stardust tour, 6pm show for U16's, Four rows from the front. Never looked back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney63 Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Jean Genie first single I bought, Menzies at the Cenotaph? Memory not what it was. But definitely set me up for a metallic path. He was pretty good. Awesome in patches. I'd argue there isn't a single consistently great album in the canon, there are one or more clunkers on just about every album in the cold light of day, but it is a hell of a portfolio. Those of us more contemporary with Bowie would recognise he was never an innovator per se, but instead the consummate assimilator, identifying the coming thing and taking it to another level of art. That said, for me it's hard to take anyone who recorded The Laughing Gnome entirely seriously, though perhaps he'd enjoy that. Will play some Bowie loud tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) Jean Genie first single I bought, Menzies at the Cenotaph? Memory not what it was. But definitely set me up for a metallic path. He was pretty good. Awesome in patches. I'd argue there isn't a single consistently great album in the canon, there are one or more clunkers on just about every album in the cold light of day, but it is a hell of a portfolio. Those of us more contemporary with Bowie would recognise he was never an innovator per se, but instead the consummate assimilator, identifying the coming thing and taking it to another level of art. That said, for me it's hard to take anyone who recorded The Laughing Gnome entirely seriously, though perhaps he'd enjoy that. Will play some Bowie loud tonight. I'd argue against that. There are absolutely no clunkers whatsoever on Station to Station or Diamond Dogs. On Hunky Dory one may argue that Fill Your Heart is such a one but to me that's a tongue-in-cheek piece of good humour that harks back to the likes of Anthony Newley, who was a bit of an influence on Bowie. As for Low, avant garde in the extreme and not to everyone's taste but every piece of music is a gem as far as I'm concerned. An assimilator rather than an innovator? Well, you could debate that for a long time. As for the Laughing Gnome yeah perhaps he wouldn't want folk to take him entirely seriously. I mean, come on; from a man who wrote the line like "Time falls wanking to the floor" what do you expect? Edited January 13, 2016 by Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Pass the sick bucket... Well, a couple of them and their tear-stained bollocks, got their mugs on a BBC story, so well played. Crock of shite.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35283801 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 FFS. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 HMV in Braehead today - new displays of Bowie CDs for sale that weren't there last week.... Understandable. HMV in Braehead today - no-one had placed flowers or left a badly drawn image of Ziggy Stardust in front of the David Bowie section of 'rock & pop' CDs.... What is wrong with the people of Scotland? Does no-one care? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Calm yourself, I'll head over right now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 HMV in Braehead today - new displays of Bowie CDs for sale that weren't there last week.... Understandable. HMV in Braehead today - no-one had placed flowers or left a badly drawn image of Ziggy Stardust in front of the David Bowie section of 'rock & pop' CDs.... What is wrong with the people of Scotland? Does no-one care? They're too busy heading to LA to lay flowers at the Nakatomi Plaza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 Calm yourself, I'll head over right now.... You'll end up finding yourself in a Strange Town. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 It would be a start... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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