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Post by okcomputer on Jan 11, 2016 10:30:37 GMT -5
My favorite rock star ever, hands-down, and one of the all-around coolest dudes on the planet. Really gonna miss that guy.
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Post by GhostRider5289 on Jan 11, 2016 11:03:39 GMT -5
Fucking cancer man. Takes the best of us.
RIP sir.
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Post by okcomputer on Jan 11, 2016 11:54:00 GMT -5
Simon Pegg had a good sentiment today. Something along the lines of "If you're feeling sad today, just remember that the Earth has existed for billions of years and we were lucky enough to be alive the same time as David Bowie." Indeed.
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Post by GhostRider5289 on Jan 11, 2016 13:34:34 GMT -5
Goddamn it Simon Pegg is awesome.
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Post by okcomputer on Jan 11, 2016 14:47:32 GMT -5
I stopped in the ultra-trendy indie record store today at lunch to pick up his new (final ) album, and they were sold out. Should've expected that.
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Post by GhostRider5289 on Jan 11, 2016 14:58:26 GMT -5
Now to be fair it might've been sold out even if he hadn't just passed. It's David Bowie after all and who the fuck doesn't like David Bowie?. It's like Queen and the Stones.
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Post by NecroDragon on Jan 11, 2016 15:17:14 GMT -5
Daaaaaaaaamn.
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Post by okcomputer on Jan 11, 2016 15:30:22 GMT -5
Now to be fair it might've been sold out even if he hadn't just passed. It's David Bowie after all and who the fuck doesn't like David Bowie?. It's like Queen and the Stones. Yeah, I thought that too but the guy said they sold they're last few copies this morning. The album came out on Friday. It's a really small store that sells mainly indie music, but they get more copies of new stuff from hipster-friendly major artists like Bowie. But I guess not enough to meet the unexpected demand this morning. More are coming later this week, and I added my name to the reservation list.
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Post by frinspar on Jan 12, 2016 1:08:45 GMT -5
It's amazing. The man found out he was going to die, so he buckled-down and made a new album as a parting gift to us all.
Bring Me The Disco King is probably the most crushing song he's ever done. Never fails to give me goosebumps.
We all die. Christ, but that motherfucker lived.
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Post by razkazz on Jan 16, 2016 2:06:22 GMT -5
I heard a lot of Bowie in the background of things throughout life, Dance Hall Days in Vice City, Ground Control To Major Tom in some Adam Sandler movie, I even tried to remix some of the catchier riffs when I tried making my own beats for the first time, but I never became a true fan. As a NIN fan, I ofcourse loved "I'm Afraid Of Americans" since it's essentially a NIN song with Bowie on the vocals. I met true fans more recently and wanted to be part of that club. but it wasn't until Guardians of The Galaxy that I actively sought out the Ziggy Stardust album and loved it; then heard "Heroes" (I doubt for the first time) in Horns and fuck, that song's amazing. Bowie was always this mysterious force throughout my life, referenced in everything from That 70's Show to some Lou Reed documentary I watched to his appearance in The Prestige. I barely remembered Labyrinth from my youth, but Bowie always seemed like this important thing in our world I had just missed. And I have. At some point I'll have to backtrack and see all that he created. When I heard he had passed I mostly thought of the girl i like and how hurt she must be by it, since she's always been a fan, and how he was friends with Trent Reznor and how I'll feel when Trent passes away.
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