[kj] OT Bowie Dead
Tracey Higgins
traceymh at icloud.com
Tue Jan 19 00:32:42 EST 2016
Paul I completely understand. I've been teary all week. I'm absolutely gutted that Bowie has died, I had bought his new cd on the Friday before he died. I was playing one of his old albums Stage, when my Hubbie came home and told me. I was in shock and disbelief. I was lucky enough to see him twice.83 at The Serious Moonlight Tour and 87 at The Glass Spiders Tour. In the former, my sister in law, my sister and I were invited back to his after party. I was fortunate enough to meet Carlos Alomar and Earl Slick, telling them all the great places to visit. We waited til 4.30am, putting our drinks on Bowies tab, knowing we had work that morning, but he didn't turn up. I found out through a guy at work, whose parents had gone to a florist meeting the night before, that Bowie was sitting by himself at the bar at The Crest. Bummer. I share this knowing we all grew up in the era of mundanity where Bowie came and swept his magic over us. I was 11 when I got my first magazine called Spunky, where Elvis shared the cover with Bowie. I was transported on a divine trip which influenced my art, poetry and even my singing style when I sang in a band back then in the 70s and early 80s. I'm sure some of you are feeling a piece of your childhood has died as I have. He was like a mentor when growing up and pushed the boundaries of creativity for an era that was fairly mainstream. He gave us all a glimpse at what we are all capable of- change, creativity,imagination, and accepting our own uniqueness without having to 'fit in'. He also influenced bands who were major in my life back then. For me this was Joy Division. I'm currently playing an album a day and will be painting a few of his portraits. Thank you David, for a life of your music.
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:04:18 +0000
> From: Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com>
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> I feel like I have suffered a personal bereavement.
> http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/heroes/
> Heroes has climbed to number 11 so far. I have visited the shrines, and they are as such, at the site of Key West and over from the Brixton underground station. I left a laminated A4 tribute there. It amazes me how I feel. A part of me that all of us shared has gone I think?
> Back in 1979 a boy in the school year below mine took me back to his house, gave me a cuppa and sat me down in an armchair. In front of me was a wall of albums and in the middle a huge reel to reel. He proceeded spend hours playing me Bowie songs I had not heard before and talking all about them. Brilliant. His name was David Buckley and he has gone on to write books on Bowie and other bands. But mainly about David.
> I can hear Bowie now on Blackstar, singing the last line on the album. I CANT GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY. But I think he did. I am really grateful. I saw him on the Serious Moonlight tour in 1983. Perfect.
> No no. Please no. Not him.
>
> Paul.
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>
>
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> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:11:15 +0000
> From: phil.tofield at gmail.com
> To: gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj] OT. Bowie Dead
>
> I saw Bowie live 3 times, Serious Dance tour, Glass Spider tour and Sound & Vision tour. Not many celebrity deaths can bring me to tears, but this one sure did.
> RIP Thin White Duke
> On 11 January 2016 at 18:51, T.B. <planetary at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> This one's really a gut punch, even more so than Lemmy's passing a week ago.
>
>
>
> Bowie was one of the first artists I got into in the mid 70's, his voice was
>
> immediately distinctive no matter what new genre he was mining. I wore out
>
> the vinyl and 8 track of "ChangesOneBowie" (which is still one of the
>
> greatest "Best Of's" anyone has ever put out) in just a few year's time.
>
> The coolest thing was even though near the end of the 70's he was moving
>
> into increasingly off kilter musical styles, he was still compelling. I saw
>
> Bowie three times live, US Festival and Anaheim Stadium Serious Moonlight
>
> tour shows in '83 and his last tour for the Reality album in '04 at the
>
> relatively intimate Wiltern Theater. For whatever reasons, I couldn't and
>
> still can't get into his previous couple albums "Reality" and "The Next Day"
>
> but picked up "Black Star" on CD last Friday and was blown away. What an
>
> amazing final act.
>
>
>
> Another thing, it appears just announced over the weekend tribute concert
>
> dedicated to the Bowie's musical legacy with Bowie's longtime collaborator
>
> Tony Visconti in charge of the house band at New York's Carnegie Hall on
>
> March 31st will now be a memorial concert. Announced performers The Roots,
>
> Cyndi Lauper, the Mountain Goats, Heart's Ann Wilson, Jakob Dylan and Perry
>
> Farrel will also perform. Undoubtedly more high(er) profile performers will
>
> be added and the scale and scope will increase dramatically.
>
>
>
> T.B.
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> From: Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com>
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> Better make that number 12. Bad eye sight these days....
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> From: paulwady at hotmail.com
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> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:04:18 +0000
> Subject: Re: [kj] OT. Bowie Dead
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>
> I feel like I have suffered a personal bereavement.
> http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/heroes/
> Heroes has climbed to number 11 so far. I have visited the shrines, and they are as such, at the site of Key West and over from the Brixton underground station. I left a laminated A4 tribute there. It amazes me how I feel. A part of me that all of us shared has gone I think?
> Back in 1979 a boy in the school year below mine took me back to his house, gave me a cuppa and sat me down in an armchair. In front of me was a wall of albums and in the middle a huge reel to reel. He proceeded spend hours playing me Bowie songs I had not heard before and talking all about them. Brilliant. His name was David Buckley and he has gone on to write books on Bowie and other bands. But mainly about David.
> I can hear Bowie now on Blackstar, singing the last line on the album. I CANT GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY. But I think he did. I am really grateful. I saw him on the Serious Moonlight tour in 1983. Perfect.
> No no. Please no. Not him.
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
>
>
> Guerilla Aspies - my book out now on Ebay and Kindlehttp://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00R1S26F6 Kindle
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/141695723943?roken=cUgayN via @eBay_UK UK saleshttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Guerilla-Aspies-The-Handbook/dp/190976907X/ref=aag_m_pw_dp?ie=UTF8&m=A3UIIPO0H4PF31
> http://www.bookdepository.com/Guerilla-Aspies-Paul-Wady/9781909769076 International
> WWW.PAULWADY.COM
>
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:11:15 +0000
> From: phil.tofield at gmail.com
> To: gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj] OT. Bowie Dead
>
> I saw Bowie live 3 times, Serious Dance tour, Glass Spider tour and Sound & Vision tour. Not many celebrity deaths can bring me to tears, but this one sure did.
> RIP Thin White Duke
> On 11 January 2016 at 18:51, T.B. <planetary at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> This one's really a gut punch, even more so than Lemmy's passing a week ago.
>
>
>
> Bowie was one of the first artists I got into in the mid 70's, his voice was
>
> immediately distinctive no matter what new genre he was mining. I wore out
>
> the vinyl and 8 track of "ChangesOneBowie" (which is still one of the
>
> greatest "Best Of's" anyone has ever put out) in just a few year's time.
>
> The coolest thing was even though near the end of the 70's he was moving
>
> into increasingly off kilter musical styles, he was still compelling. I saw
>
> Bowie three times live, US Festival and Anaheim Stadium Serious Moonlight
>
> tour shows in '83 and his last tour for the Reality album in '04 at the
>
> relatively intimate Wiltern Theater. For whatever reasons, I couldn't and
>
> still can't get into his previous couple albums "Reality" and "The Next Day"
>
> but picked up "Black Star" on CD last Friday and was blown away. What an
>
> amazing final act.
>
>
>
> Another thing, it appears just announced over the weekend tribute concert
>
> dedicated to the Bowie's musical legacy with Bowie's longtime collaborator
>
> Tony Visconti in charge of the house band at New York's Carnegie Hall on
>
> March 31st will now be a memorial concert. Announced performers The Roots,
>
> Cyndi Lauper, the Mountain Goats, Heart's Ann Wilson, Jakob Dylan and Perry
>
> Farrel will also perform. Undoubtedly more high(er) profile performers will
>
> be added and the scale and scope will increase dramatically.
>
>
>
> T.B.
>
>
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