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Holy . He just released an album on Friday!!!

Had cancer the last 18 months...was that public knowledge? This came out of nowhere. What an incredible career.
 
Quite often 'cancer' is the public word for another disease. Still a big surprise, talented singer making music to the end.
 
Bummer! I always thought his music was under appreciated.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I didn't like everything he did, but he was certainly one of the most original musicians of his generation.
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I agree. I remember when he first came out. His music was ahead of it's time. I am trying to remember the song. I bought the 8 Track. I guess I am dating myself. I really didn't care at that time his music. It didn't fit in the Dance/Disco/Rock Genres. Anyway, it was a couple years later he went along with change, somewhat. I didn't know he had cancer until last evening. RIP DB.
 
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Kitaman said:
Quite often 'cancer' is the public word for another disease. Still a big surprise, talented singer making music to the end.
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Not denying that, but his battle is fairly well publicized.

Hankster said:
I agree. I remember when he first came out. His music was ahead of it's time. I am trying to remember the song. I bought the 8 Track. I guess I am dating myself. I really didn't care at that time his music. It didn't fit in the Dance/Disco/Rock Genres. Anyway, it was a couple years later he went along with change, somewhat. I didn't know he had cancer until last evening. RIP DB.
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I saw a poll done a number of years ago of 300+ musicians. He was rated as easily the most influential musician on their careers, ahead of acts like the Beatles and hendrix.
 
Great lyrics and vocal range.

Like many rockers, a bit prophetic too.

Young Americans- "We live for just these 20 years / Do we have to die for the 50 more?"

A decent look at some of his better songs and lyrics.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/01/11/20-best-david-bowie-songs-all-time/78617650/

Innovative in his investing too. He was one of the first to use his music to

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bowie-bond.asp


Bowie bonds, issued in 1997, had an interest rate of 7.9% and a life of 10 years. The Bowie bonds were purchased by Prudential Insurance for $55 million.

Bowie bonds represented one of the first instances of a bond that used intellectual property as the underlying collateral. The value of the bonds began to decline as online music and file sharing grew in popularity, decreasing album sales. This resulted in a downgrade by Moody's in 2004. However, the advent of legal online music retailers renewed interest in these securities in the latter part of the decade.
 
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My favorite Bowie period was when he was producing songs like rebel rebel, suffragette city , and the Jean genie. There was so much energy in those songs. Truly one of the greats whose style you could hear in many artists after him.
 
I liked all his music. Saw him in Hartford in front of 15,000.
A month earlier I caught him at Toad's with Tin Machine and maybe 10 other people on a snowy night.
I don't think the guy can write a bad song.

And yes, his illness was pretty well-known.

 
One of the most talented and innovative artists to come around, this really sucks. He will be so missed.
 
The great thing about D Bowie is that his music will never get old because he explored so many genres.
He is the Andy Warhol of the music industry
The good thing about David Bowie is that he lived through his songs the bad thing about David Bowie is that he lived through his songs. He was was an uncontrollable down spiralling plane, he was always on the edge with substance abuse and sexual deviancy (at least to some!). I am quite surprised he lived as long as he did. I read in a London newspaper about 3 months ago when they were talking about his upcoming release that DB suffered at least a half dozen heart attacks!!!
RIP Major Tom
 
Kitaman said:
Quite often 'cancer' is the public word for another disease. Still a big surprise, talented singer making music to the end.
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Cancer is not one disease it is many diseases with many causes (most being unknown), but it is cancer. It is not AIDS or one of the less desirable diseases if that was your implication. HIV does lower your immune system however and make you more susceptible to cancer.
 
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Sad. Bowie was one of my favorite artists. He had such incredible talent and although I hate to use the word unique, he really was one of a kind as a musician/performer.

I watched The Man Who Fell To Earth and Labyrinth when I was young and loved them.

When my daughter was a baby, I used to sing this to her (she's doing just fine):

 
The only time I saw him perform live was when he was a keyboard / singer sideman for Iggy Pop during the 'Idiot' tour of '77 - they wrote all the songs on the album together (except Sister Midnight). It was a great show. Despite a lot of 'bowie' cheers from the audience, he kept a low profile. The Ig was in rare form, however. China Girl was the album hit.
 
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upstater said:
I liked all his music. Saw him in Hartford in front of 15,000.
A month earlier I caught him at Toad's with Tin Machine and maybe 10 other people on a snowy night.
I don't think the guy can write a bad song.

And yes, his illness was pretty well-known.

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Saw the 1983 Hartford stop as my one and only Bowie show. Really fun night. Connecticut's own Simms brothers were backing vocalists. Stevie Ray Vaughn quit the band before the tour got to CT.
 
He was an amazing talent who constantly reinvented himself, not as a follower of trends but as their leader.

Always ahead of his time, and now deceased before his time.

I don’t believe in reincarnation, but if anyone could pull it off it would be Bowie.
 
No call for rumor mongering about Bowie's death, He died of cancer. His sexual tastes were rumored to be androgenous witch was revolutionary in the 70s but would not raise an eyebrow today. He was a brilliant businessman in many ventures including the first internet platform allowing Yankee fans to communicate with each other. While I'm sure he used drugs, like most people back then, he did not use like all the more tragic rockers of his day, nor did he ruin concerts showing up too stoned to perform.
David Bowie was bright, pushed the envelope and did not feel restrained by social norms. None of this means he died differently from any other 69 man.
 
Sh_t, Alan Rickman just died too. He was 69 too. Loved that guy.
 
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