stevie_b Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Such a great artist. Terrible loss. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35278872 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Great bloke rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2JZ Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Bloody hell can't believe he's gone as well, always thought he would go on for longer. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 RIP Ziggy! God doesn't it make you feel old when all the pop idols you grew up with start to pass away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Whaaat? Nooo. He'd only just released a new album too. Well I know what I'll be listening to today. R.I.P. Ziggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Great bloke to be fair of what I watched of him, personally I could not stand his music though. Although I did like Hero. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 R.I.P One of a kind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 RIP. Probably one of the most distinctive artists ever, and as such his music has immortalised him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Really saddened to learn of his death. I am rarely affected by such news but I grew up with his music and different incarnations and was truly shocked at this news. He, his music and style was a true inspiration to me and many others I am sure. I can remember the time I first heard the stuff from serious moonlight era like it was today. He was a pretty good actor too, I remember watching Into the night with Jeff Goldblum and Bowie appeared totally unexpectedly, well for me anyhow. Massive fan and shaped music for many years. Hell, he was even even blamed for the credit crash at one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cered Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Before my time or I just never paid attention to him, not the biggest fan of his music but it seems he was a big deal in an Elvis type way - moved music ahead a few generations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Sad to hear this news today I only recently started to listen to his ziggy stardust music and really enjoyed it he will be missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Stuck 80s radio on last night as they were playing a wee tribute hour to him. Brilliant listen, guy was a genius song writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlades Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 It didn't take Lenny long to start handing out invitations eh. RIP both of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 It didn't take Lenny long to start handing out invitations eh. RIP both of you. Lemmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Seems to have been astute in his tax and business affairs. As a singer I had to agree (which was very unusual) with my late father, in that he was a drugged up weirdo fond of women's makeup and of associating with fellow weirdos of dubious sexuality. Such is the modern way, a huge outpouring of ill thought out statements of grief, and vastly over stated comments on his ability, vision, contribution to the world at large. Over blown statements like those made about the now forgotten Mandella, saying "he'll never be forgotten and his legacy will live forever". At least Bowie's business acumen would appear to have put paid to the sordid public wrangling by the Mandella tribe over his finances. It's sad and somewhat unsavoury that a pop singer's death gets hysterical headline coverage for days, adolescent sounding statements from current and ex prime ministers, and gushing coverage from the Biased Broadcasting Company, when in the recent past a writer like Solzhenitsyn, and the un-raveller of the human DNA, James Watson passed away virtually unmentioned. Nothing personal Starman.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Seems to have been astute in his tax and business affairs. As a singer I had to agree (which was very unusual) with my late father, in that he was a drugged up weirdo fond of women's makeup and of associating with fellow weirdos of dubious sexuality. Such is the modern way, a huge outpouring of ill thought out statements of grief, and vastly over stated comments on his ability, vision, contribution to the world at large. Over blown statements like those made about the now forgotten Mandella, saying "he'll never be forgotten and his legacy will live forever". At least Bowie's business acumen would appear to have put paid to the sordid public wrangling by the Mandella tribe over his finances. It's sad and somewhat unsavoury that a pop singer's death gets hysterical headline coverage for days, adolescent sounding statements from current and ex prime ministers, and gushing coverage from the Biased Broadcasting Company, when in the recent past a writer like Solzhenitsyn, and the un-raveller of the human DNA, James Watson passed away virtually unmentioned. Nothing personal Starman.... Yes I guess in comparison to what else is going on in the world at the moment, some of it on our own doorstep then I agree his death is pretty insignificant to many. But rightly or wrongly I would think a few more people on the street would know who David Bowie was compared with James Watson. I am sure if you went down town and asked who James Watson was most people wouldn't have a clue or would say something like "yer mate he worked for that Sherlock bloke innit" But like it or not he and his music and style (including his dress sense etc) did influence a lot of people for many years and while you were reading up on current affairs they too were having a great time but they chose to go down the pub or wherever, get smashed, wear dresses and do unmentionable things to young ladies (and men in some cases I am sure) so for some people his death will come as a bit of a shock, maybe even an eye opener for some of the same age. The media always love a celebrity death we all know that. Jeez look at the whole Princess Diana thing, that went on the years and who was she anyhow? Am dreading when Elton John slips on the KY banging his head on the Steinway and croaks it. But I can relate to some of the fuss around Bowie's death, although not defending the 24/7 coverage it seems to be getting, for many it would have made better reading and meant more to them than Boris Johnson's brexit choice (or anything else he does) or what Nicole Scherzinger is wearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Seems to have been astute in his tax and business affairs. As a singer I had to agree (which was very unusual) with my late father, in that he was a drugged up weirdo fond of women's makeup and of associating with fellow weirdos of dubious sexuality. Such is the modern way, a huge outpouring of ill thought out statements of grief, and vastly over stated comments on his ability, vision, contribution to the world at large. Over blown statements like those made about the now forgotten Mandella, saying "he'll never be forgotten and his legacy will live forever". At least Bowie's business acumen would appear to have put paid to the sordid public wrangling by the Mandella tribe over his finances. It's sad and somewhat unsavoury that a pop singer's death gets hysterical headline coverage for days, adolescent sounding statements from current and ex prime ministers, and gushing coverage from the Biased Broadcasting Company, when in the recent past a writer like Solzhenitsyn, and the un-raveller of the human DNA, James Watson passed away virtually unmentioned. Nothing personal Starman.... I'm pretty sure he'd probably have agreed with everything you said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st3ven1 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 the un-raveller of the human DNA, James Watson passed away virtually unmentioned. You sure about that? Can't find a single thing about it online and a couple of sources still say he's alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I think James Watson is still alive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 You sure about that? Can't find a single thing about it online and a couple of sources still say he's alive. That might be why his death went unmentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Surely my source, today's Daily Mail, cannot be faulted? Perhaps someone should tell Watson.... EDIT: Mea culpa, I misread the post, and assumed the writer meant he too had died. I quote "Boris Johnson, a product of the same refined educational institutions, also took to twitterdom without fully engaging his mind. ‘No one in our age has better deserved to be called a genius.’ Really? What about the great Russian writer Solzhenitsyn, who died in 2008? Or James Watson, who discovered the structure of the DNA molecule? Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3396687/STEPHEN-GLOVER-Forgive-Bowie-hysteria-little-top.html#ixzz3x8gMRjfb My apologies to Mr Watson, may you you carry on your remarkable work unencumbered by death for many more years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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