David Bowie RIP

[Waller]

David Bowie Mourned by Astronauts, Scientists

Tribute to a Starman...with a few appropriate ch..cha..changes to the lyrics. If this doesn't give you chills, check your pulse.
http://www.space.com/31571-david-bowie-tribute-astronauts-scientists.html
Tribute to a Starman: David Bowie Mourned by Astronauts, Scientists

 

[mike]

Fun Fun Fun

And one of my favoute albums

I cant play drums but i can do a nice rendition of this one on a set i once borrowed

Wont ever be a giant like him in my lifetime again

 

[mike]

Sakamoto is brilliant in his own right, but Bowie took this track to a new level

I guess not unusual for someone my age, but he really was the soundtrack to my life...................

 

[mike]

Robertson: “David Bowie Is Not Dead, He Was Kidnapped By Demons Summoned By Rock Music” - Newslo

 

[Burnt State]

Bowie was the man who fell to earth. He was an alien who came here to take human shape so that we could learn some compassion for each other and instead we take such figures and often crucify them. With Bowie, though, he became the hero of generations of youth. He symbolized and lived the idea of change and transformation. He made it ok for so many people to experiment with themselves, with their identities and to simply be themselves, to be freaky if need be. I read the book before I saw the movie and was haunted by both, still am, really. If there ever was an alien among us you have to know he really would, at best, end up a blind alcoholic in a bar, but more likely dissected to death in short order.

not that an alien if it landed here on earth would survive for any great length of time in the first place

to introduce the idea of how we relate to time in Waiting for Godot I put on Changes in class with the lyrics on the SMART board for students to follow along with the weekend after he died. I was surprised how this group of kids, born decades after the song was released, were all belting it out at the top of their lungs:

Turn and face the strange/ Ch-ch-changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me/ But I can't trace time

i was pleasantly surprised to know that the wisdom of another generation's artist was still carrying forward on a very basic level. Kids of all generations need to discover their strange and accept it and love it, especially in an existential age of narcissistic repetition. I thought I was going to have to explain Bowie, but I was soon taking requests from students to play different tunes from his body of work - a good way to start a work morning.

 

[Burnt State]

This link was originally posted by @nameless a ways back when he used to flavour the forum with wild spices, but it deserves to be here now. I see it's been updated since last linked. For those who like their esoterica this is a good long read to go along with a prepared chalice of earthy concoctions.

The Laughing Gnostic: David Bowie and the Occult.

http://www.parareligion.ch/bowie.htm

 

[guestron]

I got to see Bowie in 1990. One of my favorite memories. He was a class act - the only rock and roll show I've ever been to that had an intermission. So fitting that he played an alien in the Man who Fell to Earth and Tesla in the Prestige. Rest in Peace!