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Post by americanchai on Jan 11, 2016 9:11:55 GMT -4
I loved him when I was younger but re-discovered him a couple years ago and downloaded everything. I never got to see him live, but thank cripes we have YouTube. Amazing man.
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Post by eclair on Jan 11, 2016 9:28:14 GMT -4
It sounds like he had the privacy he wanted, he was surrounded by family at the end, and he completed a new album. I hope he had felt some sense of completion or control from those things.
What a huge and surprising loss.
I hope his family are able to mourn in private.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 9:34:43 GMT -4
I was never a huge fan, and to be perfectly honest didn't care much for most of his music. But his performance in Labyrinth left a huge impression on me as a kid, and I was always aware of his huge influence on culture in so many different ways. He was only a year older than my dad and that's way too freaking young to die.
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Post by pathtaken on Jan 11, 2016 10:02:59 GMT -4
This clip from the Cher Show is a little bit of strangeness to remember him by. |
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Post by americanchai on Jan 11, 2016 10:15:43 GMT -4
His newest album, Blackstar, is streaming on Amazon Prime now. It's actually perfect.
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Post by Ginger on Jan 11, 2016 13:01:28 GMT -4
I was pissed on my drive into work this morning that all of the Boston radio stations couldn't take time out from their stupid sports debates to discuss a music legend for a few minutes. Only Emerson College radio actually cared.
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Post by pathtaken on Jan 11, 2016 13:26:44 GMT -4
I was pissed on my drive into work this morning that all of the Boston radio stations couldn't take time out from their stupid sports debates to discuss a music legend for a few minutes. Only Emerson College radio actually cared. I didn't hear any Bowie music on any of the local stations, when Lennon died his and Beatles music was all you heard. I think a few of our stations are owned by the same company and play a lot of pretaped stuff, (didn't I hear that song at the same time yesterday?) seems like someone could've gone in and pull something up off their archives or the internet though. |
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Post by Ladybug on Jan 11, 2016 13:34:28 GMT -4
Sirius XM (satellite radio) is playing Bowie today and taking phone calls from listeners on its Classic Vinyl station, number 26. If you are a Sirius subscriber you can stream this online too.
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Post by Ginger on Jan 11, 2016 14:33:07 GMT -4
I was pissed on my drive into work this morning that all of the Boston radio stations couldn't take time out from their stupid sports debates to discuss a music legend for a few minutes. Only Emerson College radio actually cared. I didn't hear any Bowie music on any of the local stations, when Lennon died his and Beatles music was all you heard. I think a few of our stations are owned by the same company and play a lot of pretaped stuff, (didn't I hear that song at the same time yesterday?) seems like someone could've gone in and pull something up off their archives or the internet though. I heard "Under Pressure" and "Let's Dance" a couple of times, which apparently are the Clear Channel-approved Bowie songs. I think you are right that all of those Clear Channel stations have everything pre-programmed - which is why their DJ's know nothing and care nothing about music. I don't think they needed to halt everything to play Bowie songs (although that would have been nice) it's that the inane DJ chatter was still all about yesterday's football game. |
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Post by carrier76 on Jan 11, 2016 14:37:35 GMT -4
I have been listening to British radio on my phone all morning and they are doing great. Absolute radio, if you can find it.
Of note--they have played Absolute Beginners, Changes, Ashes to Ashes, Oh! You Pretty Things, Man Who Sold the World, and many others. It is awesome.
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