Pop Star David Bowie Dead From Cancer At Age 69

[New Jerzylvania]

First Lemmy, now Bowie. Cancer, you're an asshole.

I suspect God is putting together his all-time favorite line up together.. selfish bastard..

The Lord gives, the Lord taketh away.

He'll send others, like always.

God is less selfish than humans actually. Look! They are trashing the Earth as we speak.

[Ganos Lao]

David Bowie was largely his own genre, he's notable for innovation and constant reinvention which is why he's remained popular for fifty years

As evidenced by this gif:

[Cuprum]

Under pressure with Queen and cha... cha... changes! Nice songs.

[Radiatia]

David Bowie's music helped me through some tough times during my lonely teenage years. I got quite emotional upon hearing of his death.

[Anollasia]

Under pressure with Queen and cha... cha... changes! Nice songs.

Freddie and David are probably having a jam session in heaven. You know, what all the greats do when they pass on...

[The Princes of the Universe]

Under pressure with Queen and cha... cha... changes! Nice songs.

Freddie and David are probably having a jam session in heaven. You know, what all the greats do when they pass on...

I can picture him clandestinely listening in on Freddie's sooper-seekrit recording sesh so he can "inexplicably" match his part up perfectly.

[The Black Forrest]

Like him or not; he had an impact.

Read somewhere the director of the Guardians squeal was trying to get him to do a cameo in the move.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Sad. I have some good memories of listening to several of his albums consecutively, tripping balls on acid and watching a hallucinated light show on my ceiling.

[Arnevia]

Do you think he'd have appreciated going out at such an auspicious age? I'd have at least had a giggle; it doesn't matter who you are.

The best people die with a smile on their lips, especially if one is a naughty innuendo.

[New Jerzylvania]

Just broke out not that long ago that David Bowie has passed away at the age of sixty nine after an eighteen month battle with cancer.

Another old time musician passes away. Apparently people think it's a hoax, but it seems to be spreading across the internet and Bowie's son has confirmed it, so I figured I'd post this thread so people can reflect on what his music meant to them, etc.

I think calling the late David Bowie a "pop star" in the title to this thread is really weak. Why not change that to artist or something a bit more thoughtful. Britney Spears is a "pop" star.

[Ganos Lao]

Just broke out not that long ago that David Bowie has passed away at the age of sixty nine after an eighteen month battle with cancer.

Another old time musician passes away. Apparently people think it's a hoax, but it seems to be spreading across the internet and Bowie's son has confirmed it, so I figured I'd post this thread so people can reflect on what his music meant to them, etc.

I think calling the late David Bowie a "pop star" in the title to this thread is really weak. Why not change that to artist or something a bit more thoughtful. Britney Spears is a "pop" star.

The title of this thread was a result of the mods merging my thread and another together. That title isn't my work. "David Bowie Passes Away," which is above the post you quoted, was the title I used.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

Just broke out not that long ago that David Bowie has passed away at the age of sixty nine after an eighteen month battle with cancer.

Another old time musician passes away. Apparently people think it's a hoax, but it seems to be spreading across the internet and Bowie's son has confirmed it, so I figured I'd post this thread so people can reflect on what his music meant to them, etc.

I think calling the late David Bowie a "pop star" in the title to this thread is really weak. Why not change that to artist or something a bit more thoughtful. Britney Spears is a "pop" star.

Because he was a pop star. He owned it. He was brilliant at it. And, yes, he was much more: a visual and performing artist, a businessman, a philanthropist, and a wearer of many other metaphorical and literal hats. However, he was a pop star to start off with, and he performed pop music. He and Britney Spears are both pop stars, true, but it's also true that (for example) Louis CK and Carlos Mencia are both comedians, if you see what I mean.

[Pelgaraus]

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Because he was a pop star. He owned it. He was brilliant at it. And, yes, he was much more: a visual and performing artist, a businessman, a philanthropist, and a wearer of many other metaphorical and literal hats. However, he was a pop star to start off with, and he performed pop music. He and Britney Spears are both pop stars, true, but it's also true that (for example) Louis CK and Carlos Mencia are both comedians, if you see what I mean.

Could not agree a more. Bowie had an unbelievable talent to take obscure sounds and genres and present them in an easy going and rewarding package. Look at Station to Station; it's a complex mix of so many different styles and influences and he managed to restyle it into his own genre and deliver one of my favorite albums of all time.

And then, when he wanted to be a commercial pop star, he absolutely owned that too. Modern Love and Let's Dance still sound relevant and are both absolutely electrifying.

[New Jerzylvania]

I think calling the late David Bowie a "pop star" in the title to this thread is really weak. Why not change that to artist or something a bit more thoughtful. Britney Spears is a "pop" star.

Because he was a pop star. He owned it. He was brilliant at it. And, yes, he was much more: a visual and performing artist, a businessman, a philanthropist, and a wearer of many other metaphorical and literal hats. However, he was a pop star to start off with, and he performed pop music. He and Britney Spears are both pop stars, true, but it's also true that (for example) Louis CK and Carlos Mencia are both comedians, if you see what I mean.

I see what you are trying to say. Nevertheless, I don't agree with it at all. He was more than a pop star, as you admit. The term pop star is a bit nebulous, the problem is simple as that. Why not be more definite. I'm sure he'd have preferred the term "rock star" just for starters. His music is more accurately described as rock than pop. The genre of rock is broad, and its boundaries loosely-defined, with distantly related genres sometimes included. Pop music, in popular and contemporary parlance, is a sub-genre of popular music.

The real rub here is the term "pop" is also used in a derogatory manner by those who feel that "pop" lacks any musically artistic meaning. Nothing could be further from the truth of Bowie's musical catalog. That is specifically what my point was, Yum. The term "pop" is just too ambiguous.

[Mussolinis Blackshirts]

David Bowie was a Legend and still is

[New Jerzylvania]

David Bowie was a Legend and still is

Hear, hear.

That is actually how he appropriately should be labeled ...Rock legend, David Bowie.

[New Jerzylvania]

I think calling the late David Bowie a "pop star" in the title to this thread is really weak. Why not change that to artist or something a bit more thoughtful. Britney Spears is a "pop" star.

The title of this thread was a result of the mods merging my thread and another together. That title isn't my work. "David Bowie Passes Away," which is above the post you quoted, was the title I used.

Sorry about that misunderstanding. On second thought, I should have known where that inadequate description on Bowie likely came.

David Bowie makes the first team of the all-time Rock n' roll team. He plays the position of "Bowie."

[The Princes of the Universe]

Time may change me, but I can't trace time...

[New Jerzylvania]

Time may change me, but I can't trace time...

Ironically concerning death (as is his dark last work Blackstar containing "Lazarus") here is a 19 year old David Bowie's first release from around Halloween 1966...

Please, Mr. Gravedigger

[Anollasia]

Time may change me, but I can't trace time...

I always heard it as ''Time may change me, but I can't change time''.

[New Jerzylvania]

Time may change me, but I can't trace time...

I always heard it as ''Time may change me, but I can't change time''.

It's trace.

[Anollasia]

I always heard it as ''Time may change me, but I can't change time''.

It's trace.

I know, I'm just saying it was a misheard lyric for me.

[Crusader occupied mecca]

Wasn't he some sort of child molester? Raping underage children is never ok no matter how good your music is.

[Vassenor]

Wasn't he some sort of child molester? Raping underage children is never ok no matter how good your music is.

You got a source to back up that accusation?

[United States of White America]

Shouldn't have smoked.