RIP. A fantastic and immensely influential artist.
"Blackstar" was indeed recorded as a thank you and final gift for his fans. Despite the various interviews of band members that recorded on the album even last weekj saying he was in great health etc, it has been known for over a year this is what the end result would be (according to his producer).
Given the rise of celebrity, this is going to be more and more common. As all the people we grew up with get older and die, we are going to get hit with this stuff almost daily.
Listening to Classic Vinyl on SiriusXM right now, their playing all Bowie and having fans call in and sharing their memories.
Just a couple months ago I had compiled a new Bowie mix (An eclectic mix, including some Bowie covers) I think it has about 70+ songs on it.
My parents had lots of Bowie albums, as a young child back in late 70's and 80's, he was a large influence on me and the music that I'm drawn too. Even back in the late 90's and early 2000's, I would get flack from a few friends, saying Bowie "wasn't cool". Morons.
I personally dislike the use of "artist" to describe musicians/singers, but that's exactly what David Bowie was. The man was such a creative beast. Truly a legend.
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Had a huge impact on my life growing up. My school was none too pleased with my Aladdin Sane haircut I recall..... I used so much henna it ended up purple.
Given the rise of celebrity, this is going to be more and more common. As all the people we grew up with get older and die, we are going to get hit with this stuff almost daily.
By definition there can't be that many significant celebrities dying all the time, as they can't all then be significant.
Besides. Lemmy and Bowie are part of the trailblazing generation who defined and created pop culture as it is today. There will never be another generation of trailblazers, because the pop culture field is pretty much explored, at least in music. Also, extremely few artists die old, popular and still working the way both Lemmy and Bowie went out.
For comparison, essentially all truly well-known scientists were born during or before the industrialization, and very few scientists of today are household names the way people like Marie Curie, Einstein or Newton still are. (And the ones that are tend to be best known as popular explainers of science, not really for their science.)
By definition there can't be that many significant celebrities dying all the time, as they can't all then be significant.
Besides. Lemmy and Bowie are part of the trailblazing generation who defined and created pop culture as it is today. There will never be another generation of trailblazers, because the pop culture field is pretty much explored, at least in music. Also, extremely few artists die old, popular and still working the way both Lemmy and Bowie went out.
For comparison, essentially all truly well-known scientists were born during or before the industrialization, and very few scientists of today are household names the way people like Marie Curie, Einstein or Newton still are. (And the ones that are tend to be best known as popular explainers of science, not really for their science.)
I think that's his point. The people that were trailblazer are all going to start passing away in relatively short order, because (particularly in music) most started popping up around the same time.
The Stones, McCartney and Ringo, Zeppelin, Daltry and Townsend, and many more.
These people are all around the same age and will start dropping like flies pretty soon. It's gonna be sad.
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