Ground Control to Major Tom

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1. sabine 1

   11 January 2016 at 8:30 pm

   Heros for one day
   Ground control to Major Thom

   songs of my childhood
   rip
   • mickysavage 1.1

     11 January 2016 at 8:44 pm

     Yep and Bowie, Tom Petty and Lou Reed made it easy to try and be a rebel back then before the punk days. I went to his Heroes concert in 1978 in Auckland and it was one of the best concerts I ever went to.
     • esoteric pineapples 1.1.1

       12 January 2016 at 8:26 am

       I was planning to go to that but at the last moment I was told I was needed at the Schweepes warehouse where I was working that summer. I new it was going to be good. Bowie was still at the top of his most artistically creative period post Heroes. I went to the Serious Moonlight tour concert in Wellington in 1983 but found it a serious disappointment and have never gone to a stadium concert since.
       • weka 1.1.1.1

         12 January 2016 at 9:26 am

         I was at the Wellington concert too, pretty unmemorable.
       • Tc 1.1.1.2

         12 January 2016 at 9:42 am

         Bowies shows were best IMO when he stripped back the theatrics and let the song treatment take centre stage as he always had fabulous players with him.
2. Rodel 2

   11 January 2016 at 8:37 pm

   Not sure why why but I’m sad about that.
3. joe90 3

   11 January 2016 at 8:50 pm

   .

   http://mhoerner.dyndns.org/mp3/David%20Bowie/Best%20of%20Bowie/05%20Ashes%20To%20Ashes.mp3
4. te reo putake 4

   11 January 2016 at 8:51 pm

   Gutted. Ironically, I was considering doing the Standards first album review last night (inspired by Ad’s film review). Blackstar is a fitting finale to Bowie’s career. Buy it on vinyl, if you want to check it out. It’s very very good.

   But this is not fair. Bad enough losing Lou. I sure hope Iggy’s looking after himself. I hope someone is looking after Iman tonight. She made his last two decades on earth something truly wonderful.

   David Bowie will always be the prettiest star.

   Going for a walk now. Where are we now?
   • mickysavage 4.1

     11 January 2016 at 8:57 pm

     I was considering doing the Standards first album review last night

     Do it. The left is always deeply immersed in all sorts of culture and we should celebrate it.
     • weka 4.1.1

       11 January 2016 at 11:06 pm

       +1.
     • te reo putake 4.1.2

       12 January 2016 at 5:18 am

       Cheers, ms and weka. I’ve got a busy day ahead, but I’ll have a look tonight and see if i can nut something out. There’s a few things i want to say!
     • Halfcrown 4.1.3

       12 January 2016 at 8:35 am

       +1
   • ropata 4.2

     11 January 2016 at 9:11 pm

     Yes I’ve been listening to pieces of Blackstar on Youtube since it was released. Great album. The haunting title track and video seems to reflect Bowie’s feelings about fame and death.

     One of his other recent releases, Valentine’s Day (2013) is a sweet throwback to some of his earlier work.

     Hard to pick my all time favourite Bowie track, he produced so many hits and original stuff. Shame I missed his Glass Spider tour back in 87. Now I will never hear the Thin White Duke in person 😢.

     Posted this (re)tweet yesterday, it would be nice if a moderator could embed the linked .gif (please?)

     #HappyBirthdayDavidBowie #Blackstar #DavidBowie pic.twitter.com/RDqJ5q4yah— James Melville (@JamesMelville) January 8, 2016
5. ropata 5

   11 January 2016 at 8:56 pm

   The last song on Bowie’s last album (Blackstar) was a farewell and a riddle for his fans.

   I know something is very wrong
   The pulse returns the prodigal sons
   The blackout hearts, the flowered news
   With skull designs upon my shoes

   I can’t give everything
   I can’t give everything
   Away
   I can’t give everything
   Away

   Seeing more and feeling less
   Saying no but meaning yes
   This is all I ever meant
   That’s the message that I sent

   I can’t give everything
   I can’t give everything
   Away
   I can’t give everything
   Away
   I can’t give everything
   I can’t give everything
   Away
   I can’t give everything
   Away

   I know something is very wrong
   The pulse returns the prodigal sons
   The blackout hearts, the flowered news
   With skull designs upon my shoes

   I can’t give everything
   I can’t give everything
   Away
   I can’t give everything
   Away
   I can’t give everything
   I can’t give everything
   Away
   I can’t give everything
   Away

   https://youtu.be/sE1Zcngd3VA
6. Rosemary McDonald 6

   11 January 2016 at 9:01 pm

   Numb…
7. tc 7

   11 January 2016 at 9:03 pm

   Sad day, massive loss with the last 2 releases showing the creativity as fertile as ever.

   There is old wave, new wave and Bowie. RIP David the cracked actor, ziggy, thin white duke, tin machinist and so many other brilliant personas.

   Yes mickey, that ‘stage’ tour of 78 at western springs was awesome, such a treat.
   • mickysavage 7.1

     11 January 2016 at 9:06 pm

     Yep coming of age event. And Bowie was always about ten years ahead of the curve. Punk rock basically relied on him and Lou and Iggy.
8. joe90 8

   11 January 2016 at 9:17 pm

   Going out with style.

   “Look up here, I’m in heaven”
   • ropata 8.1

     11 January 2016 at 9:36 pm

     Incidentally there’s a humorous nod to Jimmy Fallon in that video – try and spot it 🤓
9. Jones 9

   11 January 2016 at 9:30 pm

   So very sad. My biggest musical influence. So much more I want to say but can’t… RIP
10. joe90 10

    11 January 2016 at 9:40 pm

    Best of the day.

    Dean Podestá
    ‏@JeSuisDean

    If you’re ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie.

    https://twitter.com/JeSuisDean/status/686090202226528257

    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dUMvVTBVOcgJ:www.newsweek.com/david-bowie-blackstar-new-album-review-lazarus-413292+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nz
    • Rosie 10.1

      11 January 2016 at 9:45 pm

      Thats brilliant joe90.
    • Jones 10.2

      11 January 2016 at 10:06 pm

      Beautiful.
    • weka 10.3

      11 January 2016 at 11:07 pm

      Awesome tweet, thanks.
11. Ad 11

    11 January 2016 at 9:40 pm

    Loved him.
    See These Eyes So Red…
12. Rosie 12

    11 January 2016 at 9:42 pm

    Oh this is just the fucking saddest news. I have tears. David Bowie has been an anchor in my musical heart since I was 10 and now I’m a cruddy old 40 something who still loves him just as dearly.

    And I only just discovered Black Star last night……………He really was a genius till the last. He never stopped producing great albums even though people think he went off the radar.

    Too many favourites to name but I can never get past Station to Station as the most affecting. Got that one on vinyl too.
13. Draco T Bastard 13

    11 January 2016 at 9:46 pm
14. joe90 14

    11 January 2016 at 9:57 pm

    Dave being Lou. (it’s going to be a long night)
    • joe90 14.1

      11 January 2016 at 10:01 pm

      heh

      Ahmet Zappa Verified account
      ‏@AhmetZappa

      It super blows that David Bowie is gone. At least he is hanging out with my dad right now. Just hope Lou Reed isn’t being a dick about it.

      https://twitter.com/AhmetZappa/status/686455130649067520
    • joe90 14.2

      11 January 2016 at 10:40 pm
    • joe90 14.3

      11 January 2016 at 10:57 pm

      Close to fifty and still looks pretty damn good.
    • joe90 14.4

      12 January 2016 at 12:04 am

      Let’s not forget the contribution of the late great Mick Ronson.
15. Tony P 15

    11 January 2016 at 10:03 pm

    From Tony Visconti on FB

    “He always did what he wanted to do. And he wanted to do it his way and he wanted to do it the best way. His death was no different from his life – a work of Art. He made Blackstar for us, his parting gift. I knew for a year this was the way it would be. I wasn’t, however, prepared for it. He was an extraordinary man, full of love and life. He will always be with us. For now, it is appropriate to cry.”
16. Psycho Milt 16

    11 January 2016 at 10:39 pm

    Haven’t bothered with Bowie’s output since Lodger, but fuck – Lemmy and Bowie both dead within a month, while Jagger and Richards get to dodder about doing their parody of music for who knows how long yet. Truly, there is no god.
    • Sans Cle 16.1

      12 January 2016 at 12:49 am

      No God? At least there is a Starman waiting in the Skies!(….waiting in ‘disguise’…)
    • risildowgtn 16.2

      12 January 2016 at 1:11 pm

      and Natalie Cole………………..
17. Psycho Milt 17

    11 January 2016 at 10:56 pm

    Also, Bowie in the early 1970s was the dog’s fucking bollocks:

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGQo6zpVzt8&w=420&h=315%5D
18. Richard Christie 18

    11 January 2016 at 11:31 pm

    …and his song went on forever…

    Lady Stardust is supposedly about Marc Bolan but always struck me more as being autobiographical.

    Terrible news, weirder that I’ve been on a Bowie binge recently and spent 3hrs watching and listening to him just last night.
19. r0b 19

    12 January 2016 at 2:07 am

    Damn.
20. Ross 20

    12 January 2016 at 7:24 am

    I always remember this scene from Extras where Bowie sings about Ricky Gervais.

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnleeu_extras-david-bowie_shortfilms
    • weka 20.1

      12 January 2016 at 9:47 am

      aarrrrg, earworm alert!
21. whateva next? 21

    12 January 2016 at 7:26 am

    Peacefully protested against conformity and control throughout his life, gave us permission to be ourselves.
    What a legacy
    • left for deadshark 21.1

      12 January 2016 at 11:11 am

      Very true, great man. peace to his family.
22. mary_a 22

    12 January 2016 at 7:36 am

    One of the greatest entertainers. Flying with the stars now. RIP David Bowie.
23. esoteric pineapples 23

    12 January 2016 at 8:37 am

    What’s really weird is that when David Bowie sung “Five Years” he imagined people freaking out that the planet was in danger of oblivion. Turns out when are people ARE told we are on the brink of ecological collapse through global warming they decide to disbelieve the scientists (including leaders of countries like New Zealand), claim it is a conspiracy theory and generally put even more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. He really got THAT wrong.
    • Adele 23.1

      12 January 2016 at 10:05 am

      Teenaa koe esoteric pineapple

      No, Bowie did not get it wrong. Once oblivion occurs people will be freaking out.

      Last week I was sifting through some old boxes and came across an old Bowie vinyl record! May he continue to rock it in the afterlife.
24. NZSage 24

    12 January 2016 at 8:53 am

    …and a piece of my youth has died with him.

    An amazing artist who’s legacy will last for deacdes to come.

    Bye David, bye Ziggy 🙁
25. James 25

    12 January 2016 at 9:43 am

    A great artist – and businessman.

    Gave his name to his “own bank” – bowiebanc, and was ground breaking with securitized royalties.
26. Manuka AOR 26

    12 January 2016 at 9:48 am

    A huge range of tributes, including from astronauts, an archbishop and the Vatican spokesman:
    http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35279642
    “We can be heroes…”
27. Tc 27

    12 January 2016 at 9:49 am

    Recommend a session he did at the bbc in 99 on youtube.

    Relaxed, great cross section of songs and a few years before his heart issues withdrew him from live shows.

    Also the excellent doco ‘ 5 years in the making of an icon’ where his creative forces get focus as it studies 5 separate periods of output.
28. marty mars 28

    12 January 2016 at 10:39 am

    rip david bowie

    “…time may change me, but I can’t trace time…”
29. joe90 29

    12 January 2016 at 11:45 am

    Despite debate as to whether or not this is the last published image the man always was the coolest dude on the planet.

    Juan Vidal
    ‏@itsjuanlove

    The last picture taken of David Bowie, on his 69th birthday/the release day of his 28th studio album.

    https://twitter.com/itsjuanlove/status/686627832219459589

    edit: https://www.instagram.com/davidbowie/
30. Once was Tim 30

    12 January 2016 at 11:54 am

    You’ve no idea how (sociologically) interesting all the commentary and various posts are to me.
    No doubt a man who has influenced many lives – an icon to be worshipped even. OR as there ease-a Gattung would say “oikon” whilst protesting her femmenust vyouse.

    Btw … I’m very saddened by his death and in possession of much of his vinyl.

    I just find it interesting how so many want to comment (NOT necessarily on this thread), and make it all about their ids and egos (not too many ids in there tho’).

    I’m sure his family are overwhelmed by the messages of support at this difficult time and they appreciate the recognition the difference he made to so many lives.

    Meanwhile ……….
31. Neil 31

    12 January 2016 at 2:24 pm

    R.I.P David Bowie
    One of the greatest musicians ever.
32. feijoa 32

    12 January 2016 at 6:19 pm

    He was one of the greats, out there and non conformist, and looking back, what a load of really great songs.
    Particular favourite “Man who sold the world” with Lulu
    • whateva next? 32.1

      12 January 2016 at 10:55 pm

      so many, and so varied, what a legacy and we will always have them.
33. Tanz 33

    12 January 2016 at 7:46 pm

    the best rock artist, ever. Bar none. I used to have a giant Aladdin Sane poster. Saw him in 87, Glass Spider Tour. Awesome. Station to Station, that is his best album.
34. Tautoko Mangō Mata 34

    12 January 2016 at 8:49 pm

    Bowie bio on Prime TV now
35. maui 35

    21 January 2016 at 10:32 pm

    Why not another Bowie song eh? – “Jump they Say”

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