R.I.P David Bowie

Just heard the news this morning

I am really down about this. Bowie was my #1 musical hero for as long as I can remember.

I personally ain't a huge fan but do love some of his stuff and have a lot of respect for him and his music!

I'm not surprised. You're kinda young to get it. Bowie was still a huge deal in music when I was growing up and he really revitalized himself in my teens as well. At the ripe old age of 20 you would only have been alive for 3 significant Bowie releases. And in all honesty the Heathen era was not that impressive. It was some really dense, plodding stuff. Plenty of merit to it, but I had to get older to connect with all of it and I was in my 20s at the time. He didn't do anything overtly exciting during your lifetime. While the press of time didn't decrease Bowie's influence, it certainly blunted the originality and shock value of his stuff for people raised in the post-reznor-manson world. I mean that musically as well as theatrically. When I was a kid there was still very little that could contend with Bowie for sheer alien creativity. He does seem tame now in every way, but that doesn't stop me from admiring him and missing him. As boring and predictable as pop/rock music has been since 1999 its been nice to know Bowie is around just following his muse, giving you something unexpected and unlike anything that's currently on the radio even if he was low key and under the radar at the end. I for one think that Bowie's passing will leave a huge vacuum in music and related arts that no one out there in the present mainstream of pop culture has the artistic diversity to fill.

I hope Iggy, Eno and Brian Ferry can manage to live a little longer (though Ferry and the Ig have become nostalgia acts these days).... with Lou and Bowie dead there's not many of the 70s cutting edge musicians left. Its hard to overstate the significance of their contribution to rock music and really popular arts/entertainment in general. Bowie was really at the cutting edge, maintaining the spotlight while pushing boundaries everywhere he could for an unbelievably long time by the standards of the fickle world of pop.

I'm so confused, didn't he only just release his new album, and he's dead! I must admit I found him, and the glam scene as a whole a bit weird, but he did have some great songs. Dancing in the streets is a guilty pleasure of mine.

yes, the album came out 2 days ago on his birthday... he managed to crank out a new record, contribute to a stage show and fight off cancer until after he turned 69 (I wonder if he had a chuckle at the lewdness during his birthday party.... I'll bet that was surreal, David Bowie celebrating an album release and the most homoerotic of all birthdays while secretly dying)

true to form, Bowie really stage managed his demise well

Honestly I'm not a huge fan of him. But I always listen to his Space Oddity everytime I need a courage. He is really a great performer (based on youtube, I never go to his concert, sadly)

He hasn't toured in awhile. I think I went to his last tour about 12 years ago. He may have done on since then. Not sure. The show I saw was outstanding. His band was a composite of all his best, living sidemen. He did tunes from his whole career. Quite a concert.

Yep... just as I predicted. If my gut it right, music will lose 2 more big icons within the next month or so. They always go in groups.

Also, for some reason, it crossed my head what it would be like if a member of Metallica died. A day later a magazine posted the same thought. Maybe Metallica is next.

Please, no more legend. Hoping for justin bieber or one direction instead lol

If I had a choice in the matter.... I'd pick Bjork and Taylor Momsen

is that the blonde whose band is out on tour with Hailstorm?

I play guitars for El Guillermazzo, this is our humble homage to him: http://elguillermazzo.bandcamp.com/track/aladdin-sane

is that the blonde whose band is out on tour with Hailstorm?

It's the blonde girl from the live action, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas". It is also a pathetic singer in aband called "The Pretty Wreckless". Terrible, terrible music. It's perceived as "Bad ass/rebellious/sticking it to the man and religion" by ex-convicts and teenagers who get all their music off of the radio.

She is a boring woman who is trying desperately to be interesting and dark. She's pretty much just trying to emulate successful names that crossed from different genres of rock into pop (Courtney Love, Alice Cooper, Pat Benatar). She tried acting but I assume it didn't work out. Then she tried modeling but bounced between being too thin and too fat. Now she's trying to make money on music... and unfortunately... it's working. If I had to pick between her and Bjork, of course Bjork would get the bullet, but only because shes been annoying me longer. Her lyrics, assuming she writes her own, are childish and uncreative. "1... 2... 3, and, 4... The devil's knocking at your door". I cringed the first time I heard that. So awful. Counting... because that's the height of her insight, mention the devil the seem dangerous and dark, 4 letter room that rhymes with 4. Brilliant. There are a lot of trends in modern music that drives me crazy, but none greater than this thoughtless, easy 4/4 time signature butt-rock that the radio stations put out.

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/177339/TAYLOR-MOMSEN.jpg

I need to find that pet peeves thread now and release some steam >_<

I thought that's who you meant. I only recently became aware of this spoiled child star's history, but I ran into her band awhile ago on local radio ehre in Philly. They got in heavy rotation with local guys (and gal) Hailstorm because both bands were on the road together. Someone posted this dirl's gear to EB recently and I was like "who is this leggy blonde? The world needs more shapely female guitarists!" so I looked her up on my phone and was like.... oh, THAT band. Ugh. Then I also noticed she was on CW teen soap opera before deciding to pretend to be badass.

Also, knowing she was in Jim Carrey's butchering of my favorite vintage x-mas cartoon just pisses me off more... Why Taylor Momsen, why are you stealing my Christmas tree

she should really lose the Panda-eyes, she looks like my ex-wife dressed that way. If you're not 17 everyone standing next to you feels foolish when you do the goth makeup....

you know Bjork is actually mentally challenged, right? I am not defending her lyrics as art, just pointing out that she is handicapped.

I thought that's who you meant. I only recently became aware of this spoiled child star's history, but I ran into her band awhile ago on local radio ehre in Philly. They got in heavy rotation with local guys (and gal) Hailstorm because both bands were on the road together. Someone posted this dirl's gear to EB recently and I was like "who is this leggy blonde? The world needs more shapely female guitarists!" so I looked her up on my phone and was like.... oh, THAT band. Ugh. Then I also noticed she was on CW teen soap opera before deciding to pretend to be badass.

I edited in more info.

Yeah, she USED to be shapely but her stent in modeling ruined her. Now I think her favorite snack is her finger.

Funny you said Philly, I've been craving a Cheese-steak the last hour.

I never liked the heroine shiek stuff. Not attractive to me. I've always been more into the tomgirl, athletic type. I used to get disappointed when dates would puff up and curl their hair for the night. Women look their hottest with a ponytail, no makeup, and some comfortable clothes that are easy to take off, yet also cheap enough they don't yell at you for throwing them on a dirty floor.

Skinny looks good on the right lady, but if you're super-model tall its creepy... then again hourglass figure can easily get out of hand on a short woman who likes chocolate and sitting around unemployed.... not that I married anyone like that.

Nothing like a Geno's steak at 2am after a show.... or a Tony Luke's steak with long hots ANY TIME!

EDIT: I tend to go for thinner women just because I am very thin and fairly tall. I've been the same waist size since about '96. My ex-wife outweighs me even though she's nearly a foot shorter than I am although that wasn't the cse when we met. She was heroin chic then, but she used heroin, so it was legit! I shouldn't be glorifying that though, too many kids on the site. Don't do drugs with strippers you meet at outrageous house parties (she was at said party as a civilian, I didn't find out about her work history until I was already enamored with her and that just added to the excitement.... for a while), guys. It doesn't give you extra rock n roll credibility. Really, it doesn't. Plus, when you settle down and commit with them they don't really get clean. And they will totally cheat for drugs when they relapse.... and when they don't they empty your bank account, steal your car, and go to Camden to cop. Its a drag. Just say no to drugs and fast women, kids.

Skinny looks good on the right lady, but if you're super-model tall its creepy... then again hourglass figure can easily get out of hand on a short woman who likes chocolate and sitting around unemployed.... not that I married anyone like that.

Nothing like a Geno's steak at 2am after a show.... or a Tony Luke's steak with long hots ANY TIME!

EDIT: I tend to go for thinner women just because I am very thin and fairly tall. I've been the same waist size since about '96. My ex-wife outweighs me even though she's nearly a foot shorter than I am although that wasn't the cse when we met. She was heroin chic then, but she used heroin, so it was legit! I shouldn't be glorifying that though, too many kids on the site. Don't do drugs with strippers you meet at outrageous house parties (she was at said party as a civilian, I didn't find out about her work history until I was already enamored with her and that just added to the excitement.... for a while), guys. It doesn't give you extra rock n roll credibility. Really, it doesn't. Plus, when you settle down and commit with them they don't really get clean. And they will totally cheat for drugs when they relapse.... and when they don't they empty your bank account, steal your car, and go to Camden to cop. Its a drag. Just say no to drugs and fast women, kids.

When I still drank, did drugs, etc, I never went after the girls I hung out with. Seeing those girls in that atmosphere was a complete turn off, especially when you have to take care of one that's so slammed she crapped herself. Nope, gimme a woman who likes using excel to plan her finances and enjoys the opera. Just wasn't my thing. I've always liked the tiny petite girls (Short, thin, small features... helps if she grew up on a ranch and knows how to clip a horse... just say'n) and the very tall girls. On the rare occasion I find a girl over 6', she's ALWAYS taken. I end up with bigger women about 40% of the time. As a fat guy, you'd think it would work out but it never does. You always get into arguments over dieting. "Hey Boom, lets go on a Vegan Paleo diet". (Awesome! Lets do it! Grab your coat, we'll go get some groceries), 8 hours later, Ill find them with some chocolate or something.

I'm fixing to go to Subway for my Cheese Steak. I feel dirty doing it but I don't think Lubbock has any real cheese-steak places, certainly not close to my side of town. mmm.... I just changed my mind. Jason's Deli Yankee. I want a pound of beef on my sandwich I think.

you can't get a cheese steak outside of the Delaware Valley, but subway will make you a sandwhich with some beef and cheese, sure... you definitely want the pound of beef.... while Pat's and Geno's skimp on the beef, all of the other quality steak places in Philly slather on the chopped meat and whiz.... we also have a sandwich ehre that's roast pork, hot pepers, broccoli rabbe and sharp, aged provolone that will blow your mind, but no one outside of philly knows about it. The cheesesteak is so famous that the pork sandwich is still a local secret....

I actually had never dated another nutter before meeting my ex-wife. Seriously. But as a young man, the sane young women would tire of my Peter Pan life attitude if I didn't tire of them first. I also did not mean to imply my ex-wife is dumb or uncultured. We split up for 5 years while I was on the road (and sick of her bullshit, when the shoe's on the other foot you realize what a tool you were in your early 20s!). We got back together and I discovered I really enjoyed her company a lot of the time when we were both sober. Its just that Iw as always sober and she was intermittently sober, even after I made the mistake of going through with the wedding...

you can't get a cheese steak outside of the Delaware Valley, but subway will make you a sandwhich with some beef and cheese, sure... you definitely want the pound of beef.... while Pat's and Geno's skimp on the beef, all of the other quality steak places in Philly slather on the chopped meat and whiz.... we also have a sandwich ehre that's roast pork, hot pepers, broccoli rabbe and sharp, aged provolone that will blow your mind, but no one outside of philly knows about it. The cheesesteak is so famous that the pork sandwich is still a local secret....

I actually had never dated another nutter before meeting my ex-wife. Seriously. But as a young man, the sane young women would tire of my Peter Pan life attitude if I didn't tire of them first. I also did not mean to imply my ex-wife is dumb or uncultured. We split up for 5 years while I was on the road (and sick of her bullshit, when the shoe's on the other foot you realize what a tool you were in your early 20s!). We got back together and I discovered I really enjoyed her company a lot of the time when we were both sober. Its just that Iw as always sober and she was intermittently sober, even after I made the mistake of going through with the wedding...

I made it to just a few months before the wedding until I realized I wasn't happy and it wasn't going to work out with my last ex. I haven't dated since her because I still have a bad taste in my mouth about being with anyone. She was the dumbest smart girl I've ever met. PhD of counseling, published articles in magazines, flew all over for conferences and such, taught at Texas Tech, but just could not understand movie plots, listened to the music she was told to, spent her life on facebook, pintrest, and twitter. I'm a hard person to shop for and I can tell when someone get's me when they give me a gift I will use. She did once and bought me a jacket I still use. My mother came for a visit and I realized I couldn't say a single nice thing about her and that was my big clue to myself. I drove over to her house, told her I couldn't do it anymore, traded all the garbage she bought me over the years for the gun I bought her and the ring on her finger, and took off. I think she got married within a year of that. I think she was just desperate to get married as we were both nearly 30. She was the only white sheep on a family of black ones. All her brothers, Dad, Uncles, all were strung out and behind bars, needing money for something. She wasn't like that thankfully, but she was prone to make naive mistakes a lot.