The David Bowie Memorial Thread

[Cuthbert]

I'll attempt to keep this updated with interesting articles that appear over the coming days.

David Bowie made emotional final trip to London after terminal cancer diagnosis - Mirror Online

David Bowie made an emotional last visit to the UK to say goodbye after he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

The music legend, who has lived in New York since 1993, took his daughter Lexi, 15, and wife Iman, 60, to London and spent a week seeing the sights and taking them to his childhood haunts.

David, who was staying in Knightsbridge’s five-star Jumeirah Carlton Tower, even went on the iconic London Eye and wasn’t recognised.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by grindy

I really got into Bowie through an ex-GF of mine.
Our tastes are very different, but she mentioned she liked Bowie a few years ago. I knew some of his stuff but wasn't a real fan. I was surprised she liked him, gave Heroes another spin and ended up hooked.
I've been reccing her Blackstar since before Bowie's death. She was sceptical, saying that she usually dislikes new stuff. She also hardly listens to albums, instead preferring to listen to individual songs.
We ended up listening to Blackstar (and possibly crying) simultaneously, exchanging thoughts online, on the day his death became known. It was the first time she heard it.
She was moved by it at least as much as me, telling me that it was probably the best album she heard and the most profound listening experience she ever had. She kept asking, how someone does that. Knowing death is imminent, enduring it, making something like that. What can you say?

It probably gave him a push towards artistry, I know that it'd probably do that for me.

The album is pretty heartwrenching to listen to now. It's such a brilliant way to go out and now that the album is tied to his death it will really solidify his iconography (as if it needs that). I'm glad he didn't end on a Lulu.

[Aux-In]

Was searching my card blogs today and came across this article written on Jan. 8, 2016.

Apparently, Bowie has two autographs, limited to 50 copies each.



Read more: Man Who Fell to Earth David Bowie Autograph Cards

[grindy]

Originally Posted by Frownland

It probably gave him a push towards artistry, I know that it'd probably do that for me.

The album is pretty heartwrenching to listen to now. It's such a brilliant way to go out and now that the album is tied to his death it will really solidify his iconography (as if it needs that). I'm glad he didn't end on a Lulu.

I can totally see "to end on a Lulu" becoming a fixed expression like "jumping the shark".
Really hope for Reed's sake that it won't though.

[Cuthbert]

Does anyone think he had cancer longer than the 18 months that have been reported? I don't know whether that's when he was diagnosed or when it became terminal, I suppose we will find out in time, but I sort of think he might have had it before The Next Day came out. I definitely recall him saying he wasn't releasing any new stuff again.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by grindy

I can totally see "to end on a Lulu" becoming a fixed expression like "jumping the shark".
Really hope for Reed's sake that it won't though.

Hopefully, Lulu will be forgotten in the future. Blackstsr will most definitely not.

My written response to the news:

I was stirring when I realized that I was kind of awake. Slowly, against my own intentions, consciousness began to flood my mind as I tried to succumb to the blissful embrace of sleep. I snapped back awake. I groped around in the darkness for my phone to see what the time was, either out some sort of morbid curiosity or to see whether or not this would be an alright time for me to wake up a little early.

David Bowie just died
2:06
Amethyst
2h ago

I took this as an excuse, forcing my head back into my pillow. I'd wait until the morning to see if it's a hoax. I knew it was a hoax anyway. Half asleep, I sprinted back to my dream world without hesitation.

"I want eagles in my dreams, diamonds in my eyes" whirled around in my mind for a while as I drifted back into the darkness.

I woke up again hours later. I only wish it had been a dream.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

Just thought I'd share the story of my new profile pic with you.

I showed "Changes" to my super-talented best friend way back in… I don't know, April 2015 I guess. She's an amazing artist and gave that drawing to me for my birthday last year. She wasn't even into music at the time (still isn't really), but within a few months she had become a hardcore Bowie fan. I was texting her the evening before he died, and she said something to the effect that she'd love it if he revived Ziggy Stardust for a performance. I said I doubted he'd ever do it, especially not without Mick Ronson. Then we got talking about Mick and Marc Bolan and a bunch of glam rock RIP stuff. A few hours later, we were both sobbing about Bowie himself. Weird.

I think it's a testament to his music that someone who couldn't even name a Beatles song at the time could become hooked.

Sorry.
eidt: wish I could say more.

[Cuthbert]

David Bowie 'died from liver cancer' after 'surviving six heart attacks', reports say | NME.COM

Six heart attacks ffs!

[RoxyRollah]

Liver cancer is a real mofo. It takes you quick.
I am ooooh soo looking forward to it..

[Stephen]

Watching David Bowie: Five Years, has some cool insights into a peak creative period.