RIP David Bowie

[welcomechris]

Anyone catch Saturday Night Live the other day? During the middle of the show they played this clip from 1979

[greendaze5]

That's Klaus Nomi (an interesting performer in his own right:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Nomi )

on the left.

Originally Posted by welcomechris

Anyone catch Saturday Night Live the other day? During the middle of the show they played this clip from 1979

[Missy]

His long time piano player has said that in the 1970s a 'psychic' told Bowie he would not live past 69 or 70. That is quite eerie. I think he sensed a long time ago he would not get to a great age or be around in his seventies.

For the past ten years I was thinking where is he when everyone else seems to now be copying him? I wanted a revival for him so he could get his true place. This is not the way I wanted it so it's bittersweet.

I like artists who seem to have a bit of ambiguity or enigma about them. I don't get why we want to define people by certain factors and rely on stereotypes. Some people seem terribly threatened and intolerant of anything that is not cut and dry and I still notice that. It's too bad I think they miss out on a lot that is interesting.

[Missy]

For God sake now Dale Griffin of Mott The Hoople has died aged 67. Strong connection with Bowie.

[landslide95]

have to say in all honesty that I never liked his music but definitely respect him as an artist. RIP.

[Missy]

I was an 80s kid and at that time, did not think Bowie was cool at all. It took me awhile to discover his formative work and to understand what it was about. That a lot of it was parody but it ended up eclipsing parody.

Gaga struck me as much the same when she started. I could recognize the parody element but began to worry when she appeared to be taking it seriously after awhile. Because that's when you can get bogged down.

I am wondering about the overall effect on the generation he was a cultural leader for. Because that's the generation i.e. 'baby boomers' who have tried so hard to defy ageing and keep celebrating a teen like culture. Bowie wasn't really that old but I suppose he had done a life cycle and in his final work, even though he was putting on a brave face in public, didn't hide the effects of his age and illness at all. The only thing I can compare it to really is Johnny Cash's final work including 'Hurt'. If an artist dies young, we never see that. They remain youthful forever in our minds. Age never catches up.

I know some older people whom I really admire because of their attitude and they're still very active and lively. I'm all for it, but fate eventually comes to all. This month has been a sobering reminder.

His son briefly returned to Twitter to post a letter sent to him by a doctor and of course they deal every day with these issues. http://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2016/01/...e-care-doctor/