The Thin White Duke passes away aged 69

[al**bear]

I am in deep shock

David Bowie my hero of the early 70s, has died of cancer aged 69

Stunning version of 5 years live on OGWT

R.I.P Ziggy

[al**bear]

One of my favourite clips on Youtube

A Fan put this together for His 60th

Wide eyed Boy from Freecloud set to Noggin the Nog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaW4oVFzRKY

[margaret*e]

One of the times I heard it this mornng they said he was 74.

I didn't think he was that old.

[*.*..lola..*.*]

R.I.P

[jd.linklater]

A very sad day for rock fans everywhere, one of the world's great musical innovators, will be sadly missed for a long time. Best not to dwell on the loss but to remember the amazing legacy he leaves behind him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6Iu_YBq4vM

When you rock and roll with me, no one else I'd rather be...............

[suzieseaside]

Very sad.

RIP the very talented Mr Jones

[al**bear]

Davie Jones on TV in 1964, talking about having shock horror

LONG HAIR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5zxeLwUSdk

[cee-dee]

I said I wasn't going to watch the news at lunchtime......... but I did........

I've spent most of the morning looking through about 500 Bowie songs and I can't recall the one I had running through my head. About half past eight, Sky News went and played part of Life on Mars and what I was going to play somehow was wiped out of my mind.

Now then, only a few Bowie songs would make it on to my playlist, but today for some reason his death has hit home probably because of my own recent brush with death.

I can't listen to any more, I'm going out.... I may be some time ...... but I may not......

[goldenwonders]

I tried to think of someone who had as much influence on music, fashion and art while I was growing up - and quite simply there isn't anyone!!

I was never a huge fan, but I was a fan of his music. When I was at art college one of my friends went to see him on the Alladin Sane Tour - always remember him telling me of all the fans with their 'Alladin Sane zig zag' make up, getting wet in the rain and it running down their faces as they waited to go into the concert.

I listened this morning to his final album Blackstar - and while it has had good reviews for me it was 'dark and morose'. Something I shall never play again, as I see it as an acknowledgement of him in a dark place facing death, - and quite frankly thats not how i want to remember David Bowie. It really did make me quite sad.

RIP David Bowie - you truly were a great star, a musician who was unique and original - I don't think you will ever be eclipsed!

[al**bear]

Bowie is currently at 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 11,17,18, 22, 23, 25, and 30

on the iTunes Top 30.

[jd.linklater]

I remember singing this to my kids just after my youngest was born, a very sweet song and a reminder of happy times.

Thank you David.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6WnUIISmR4

[al**bear]

I loved kooks used to sing that to my daughters

Brilliant live Jean Genie TOTP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEmGQYCuc6M

[Anonymous]

RIP Bowie.

Still have lots of his albums from my teenage years.

Golden Years..

https://youtu.be/TKUy6ygUgP0

[Anonymous]

One of my favourites.

https://youtu.be/7cSAKlu0OlU

[Anonymous]

Have a good journey David...We'll meet again.

https://youtu.be/AFks9A9TCF0

[al**bear]

Organists tribute to Bowie

This Organ is massive and loud, you really feel the music

wish I'd been there

It's at the Glasgow Kelvingrove Museam & Art Gallery

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14196733.Video__tribute_to_David_Bowie_from_Kelvingrove_Museum_s_...

[mustard-tree]

Ch ch ch changes

I remember back in the early 1980s at a festival

We were in an old camper van and it was rocking on its suspension as this was playing

[ravendays]

I felt much the same after Keith Harris passed...

[*.*..lola..*.*]

but today for some reason his death has hit home probably because of my own recent brush with death.

I didn't know about this CeeDee, I hope everything is OK with you now x

[jd.linklater]

Un

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@cee-dee wrote:

I said I wasn't going to watch the news at lunchtime......... but I did........

I've spent most of the morning looking through about 500 Bowie songs and I can't recall the one I had running through my head. About half past eight, Sky News went and played part of Life on Mars and what I was going to play somehow was wiped out of my mind.

Now then, only a few Bowie songs would make it on to my playlist, but today for some reason his death has hit home probably because of my own recent brush with death.

I can't listen to any more, I'm going out.... I may be some time ...... but I may not......

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Understandable feelings at such a sad time CD. When someone so influential who has been part of our lives for such a long time passes on, it brings the reality of our own mortality a little closer to home.

David Bowie has been around for most of our adult lives, his career kicked off just as the Beatles era was drawing to a close and his career has never stood still. He appealed to so many kids in the early years not just because he was different from anyone who had gone before but he made being different acceptable to so many. His constant musical reinventions over the years were never for the purpose of popularity but because standing still was sheer boredom to him. I didn't like everything he produced but I always admired him for doing what pleased him rather than being a slave to the industry.

Anyone who has bought his albums and CDs or been to his live shows are part of the legacy he leaves behind. I only got to see him live three times in almost fifty years but I'm so happy to have been able to witness a true legend.  He couldn't have been more different from the general idea of what we normally regard as a rock star. He brought an originality, sophistication and intellectual depth to popular music that no-one has equalled before or since.

Sad though these last couple of days have been, I'll always be grateful that David Bowie and I were around at the same time.