In the 70's he taught me how to be myself. In the 80's he taught me how to dance. In the 90's he taught me how to live sober. In the 2000's he taught me how to age gracefully. And now he is teaching me how to die. ❤
Hell yea' the day he went on his out this world tour I've never felt so old so alone "I'm not alone" just a feeling of things to come not nice things Then the churches opened the doors n organs played to the masses on tour with bowie
I know… it does. I have adored him for nearly 30 years. I feel so blessed to have seen him live three times, he even touched my hand once at a concert in 2004.
I think people don't really die until they are no longer remembered, Well that's gonna take like forever! The fact that we can't see the ones we have lost is okay... they are still there but they are just around the corner. 7 yrs now and I still find myself in tears at times, I felt as if one of my close relatives had died. Because for as long as I had listened to music, he was always there. I bought Blackstar 2 days after his death. I still haven't listened to it. Listening, and realizing that it was the last album he made, would make it more final. Hope you get what I mean
I love your post. Rest Peaceful David. Thank you for just being you. ❤❤❤❤😢 His music made, and still makes me, will 4ever make me smile and bring back many memories. 😊❤❤😊
I'll never forget it. Got told Bowie had died then seconds later got a call to say my grandaughter was born. Flaming spiky red hair. I nearly collapsed when I seen her.❤ R.I.P. David. 💔
I remember that day....in disbelief. I had purchased the Black Star cd the day it was available and listened to it several times, loving it. I was in my basement working on some art. I came upstairs on a break and checked online for news in general and saw it said David had passed. I thought, "No....can't be". Yes, it was true. I went back downstairs, numb. I played the Black Star cd and cried. All of those songs took on a completely different feel and meaning. I could not listen to that cd for many months afterwards. He was my ONE idol. Of course there can never be another. I will never forget the moment I learned his physical form left earth. I listen to all of his music quite often and will continue to do so until l leave earth💙💚⚡
me too! Sometimes, when life/good fortune seems to be like that one bird that craps on your head, I have to remind myself how priviledged and lucky I am to live in this day and age... that I have lived in the same world as him. Super stars are not that common, let alone Super Stars that were so nice and down to earth
July 2015 he was on 12th and Howard looking at my painting, he called his wife who said “ David honey we’re not here for Art” he was fixed on tilted piece ‘Remedium asking “ remedy from what . He was beautiful and didn’t look sick and after his passing him being in Omaha Nebraska then made sense, he wasn’t playing a show he was hospital hopping. He introduced his self as Peter and smiled when he was leaving and I said it was Paul right and he said right. So great full to have this chance encounter with the man himself… no BS -gennardo
I was on a business trip to Germany. I thought of him the whole time. I thought on Friday, today's his birthday. He put out Blackstar. Then on Sunday morning, I got up in my hotel room and looked out across the river. There was a neon sign there. It said "David Bowie gestorben." What did that mean? I looked it up and still feel the shock of that moment. My business started the next day, and I felt numb on the entire trip. I will never forget that moment. Starman, you are forever.
I came to know Bowie in an odd and random way. Around 2009, surfing the internet late at night, I was downloading songs from those sites back in the day and by mistake (I don't remember the exact song I was looking for) I download a file with the title "MAJOR TOM" or something like that. I played the track and, instead of pausing and deleting after noticing it wasn't the one I intended, I just keep playing it. Even moreso, I stopped browsing and focused all of my attention on it. English isn't my native language so I couldn't discern the lyrics at the time, but the song moved me. I replayed it and this time searched for the title, to get the lyrics. I got to know the track's real title, it was Space Oddity. I listened again, this time with the lyrics and it simply brought the headbanger, 15 years old me to tears. I started listening to more and more songs of this David Bowie guy. To me he was just some queer popstar of the past, the likes of Elton John, Prince and Boy George. I felt amazed at how much I loved every single random song of his, and how they were so far away from the shallow stereotype I had in my mind. I decided I need to listen to his work in more seriously, so I downloaded and listened to my first full album ever: David Bowie's 1967 debut. I listened to those... "silly?" songs everyday and, to this day, I can still hear them and it takes me back to that time, like an aural memento. I then decided I would hear to his whole discography. Boy, little did I know I was in for a ride haha. So my journey continued, I listened to each album repeatedly until I knew the song order, lyrics and notes by heart. Then I moved to the next one. It was like a companion, through the years of my adolescence and young adulthood. I can hear to the albums and recall the atmosphere of my internal life when I first heard them. Now, I also came to knew of Bowie's passing in an odd and random way. I was once again surfing the internet late at night. I was watching some RU-vid video about WWE. In one of the comments, someone mentioned there was a Twitter account, named IsTestStillDead?, that posted everyday: "Yes" (look it up haha). I curiously got to the page and indeed, there was a history of posts that just said "Yes" or a slight variation of it. In that fateful day, the post said "Yes. And David Bowie too". I just couldn't believe it, but a Google search soon dealt with that. I didn't feel too much sadness, or any at all with the, indeed sad, news. To me Bowie wasn't that old British guy who passed away from cancer that day. He was the guy singing to me constantly through my earphones, and making me experience stuff in a way I simply wouldn't otherwise. I was maybe hearing to "Never Let Me Down" at that time, so I figured there was no problem, my friend was just in the middle of his life. Today, 13 years later from that first night, and 9 from the second, I'm finally listening to Blackstar. After I'm done with it, there will be no more new Bowie left to hear, except from bootlegs and other rare, non-album stuff. The friend who helped me be the person I am today, who made me become a musician, carried me through my drug problems, and my non-drug problems too. The friend who this every week inspired me to take the hardest decision in my life yet, to leave my corporate "dream" job to pursue my passion and be an artist, will soon be actually dead for me. I grief. But that grief is only a dark dot inside the bright circle that is my gratefulness. Bowie, you will live forever inside my heart and of all those who learned to love you. Thanks my friend, goodbye, and maybe we can meet again someday.
At the time of David's death, I was a fairly recent convert to him. I realised just what a genius he was. He lived life and conducted his career on his own terms. A complete 'one off' was our David, never to be repeated.
The first time I heard Bowie was when I listened to his 1971 album Hunky Dory. I was 12 years old at the time. I'm 64 and still listen to him and always will. I can't say anything about his work that hasn't already been said, but I can tell you that it's been woven into my life on so many levels. When I hear or see him now, my heart wells up with a combination of gratitude, grief and appreciation. I had a dream that I passed him on the street and I said, "Thank you for everything." He was a private person and probably wouldn't have appreciated that in real life, but it was a good dream for me.
I am lucky enough to see him in my dreams and party on! I really enjoy the company of my special Starman ❤sometimes it's more "realistic" than others...
I remember this day so well. My mother was a humongous Bowie fan. She brought home a newspaper with his face filling the full front page and placed it on the sideboard; she was crying. I'd never seen her cry like that before, it was so sad and helpless.
I didn't believe it at first. I had to turn on the tv. I cried so hard! Bawled like a baby. He was my idol. Played his music and cried. Beautiful man. A music legend but so much more. Miss him to this day.
Cry cry crying still for him. Saw him 1972 Santa Monica Civic. Fell in love completely and saw him every time he came to L.A. He let me only me come up to the stage with a bouquet of bright orange lily's. Knelt down and made out with me as the crowd screamed, I put my hand around the back of his neck and was in heaven on earth. I can feel it still and miss him more than words can say. He is to me The Darling One.
Been stuck on “Let’s Dance”. When it was released I thought it was too poppy for him. Today I am moved by how great of a piece of music it is. Only took me 40 years to evolve enough to get it. 7 years after his passing, he is still moving me.
@@nostalgic_melodie 😓 I’ll always adore him. A few months ago I was finally able to get to go to NYC for a Bowie convention and my friend and I made a pilgrimage to Lafayette St. We found a portrait someone has done, and we laid flowers there. I wanted to do that since he passed. It was really moving and cathartic.
Now I have to see those youtubers reacting to his songs not knowing how huge he still is, the say 'I don't know what to think', some of them think he have only 2 songs, and this makes me sad, I'll never ever forget him and his unique voice and songs.
A kind man, a great artist , a nice man. His voice is the sexiest voice ever. His presence is esential for our culture. Rock music would t have such importance without HIM
That year, on his birthday, I was at work and I stopped what I was doing because I just felt an overwhelming feeling of WRONG concerning David Bowie. I can't explain how or why, but I just knew something bad was going to happen to him. Then, two days later, I got a text from a friend that simply read, "David Bowie." And my stomach dropped. I didn't need any more than his name to know he was gone. Every now and then, my heart will break all over again and I'll cry. It hits me like new every time I remember that he's gone. I still miss him, even seven and a half years later...
I'm Mexican and I felt in love of David's Music since first time, and I cried when he past away. Thanks for your vídeo, I almost cry again 😁 We love you David, and thanks for everything ❤️
That's not necessarily so. At least I hope not. His music will always be played on the radio, will probably be on what we know as golden oldies lol. There are few artists that stand the test of time, but his contributions and influence I believe will put him in that rare category. I know what you're saying though. ❤
Oh, wow! It seems this just happened, and I'm mourning with the rest of the crowd. There just really are no words to describe the feeling of intense grief. Didn't know him at all but felt I did. From what I've heard and read, others have experienced this odd phenomena too. Brightest black star in the cosmos. Thanks for this wonderful video. Stay well
I was lucky enough to meet him at Manhattan center stage to film his rear projection on his sounds and vision tour 1989 My music was playing and he ran up to me and said he liked it Very thrilling God bless a good artist
I was on Bowie World on Worlds that night, paying respects with others. Still sad I never got to see him perform live. So many terrific memories were made in the past with Bowie as the soundtrack.
David Bowie helped me heal in my hard moments. I remember discovering him when I was 10 years old on my little laptop through a random playlist of my aunt and since then he changed my life, I feel like he is still here and now he is away with the stars being Ziggy stardust as he sang :) Bowie forever ❤️
Death is a physical thing, for those who say they miss him remember that he is still here, people are still thinking of him, talking about him and we are all still watching film, videos and any other other form of visual entertainment just to sit and go back to another time, with our thoughts.
For as great as this video is and as many views as it has, you deserve a lot. You've earned a fan from me. I wish I'd become a Bowie fan sooner, his influence and personality were like no other. Rest in peace, Blackstar
Thank you, David! You gave your fans a big gift with a new album even when fighting with poor health conditions! You said goodbye in a magnific Bowie' style!
That day 15 year old me who had no clue who was David Bowie got introduced to him that day and let’s say it changed my life in a good way and now I’m 22 years old he’s one of my biggest heroes and inspiration
There are some songs on Blackstar that just totally blow me away, in classic old Bowie style. The fact he pulled it off on his way out is truly showbiz legend and I can think of noone else who pulled that off except maybe Freddy Mercury. I hope him and Houdini find a way to communicate from the beyond.
I'd already been up well past my bedtime on the nite before we got the news first thing the next morning when, for no reason at all, I opted to stay up for just a few more minutes and give "Sound and Vision" a listen As long as I'm capable drawing breath, I'll never cease to marvel at the man -thanks for this
After I´ve heard about his death in a pub´s radio, I went to the place he used to live here in Berlin. There were many people lying down flowers and taking photos.
I only knew him from the Labyrinth and to hear that he passed away on the radio was heartbreaking. I cried on that day because I knew who he was and recognised his name. R.I.P to the goat! 🇬🇧❤️
I've never cried for the death of a famous person, but I did with Bowie. After leaving work, and sitting in my car listening to Rick Wakeman play a perfectly timed piano version of Life On Mars on BBC Radio 2, I went in the house and hugged my kids and cried. Jeez I am SO glad I saw him in Dublin in 2003. I wish I'd had the 2 days from its release to hear Blackstar without his death colouring it. But its still my favourite album, it has every aspect of what he was on it. The most extraordinary goodbye.
it was late at night where i was just browsing and i went to a blog and read her twitter scroll and it said... "oh no, not david bowie" and i was like "what?" i went to twitter and then to a NIN message board as there were a lot of bowie fans there and when i realized that it was real. i covered my mouth (my parents were in the next room sleeping) and just SCREAMED and wailed. i haven't felt pain like this since my younger sister's death 7 years before that. i ended up crying myself to sleep and spent the day just crying and reading a bunch of stuff while writing my own obituary on him for my own blog. i was reading a bunch of stuff and one fan i read was at a record store wanting to buy the new album and saw the person at the counter with eyes that were so red. then i read the news that bowie was going to become a grandfather and that brought more tears as i'm really sad that he would never get to meet his grandchildren but those grandkids are lucky to know that their grandfather was one of the greatest human beings that had ever lived.
Cos he was a funky funky space man! I never cry for bowie, i have all the vinyl, he'll never leave me - he is my main artistic inspiration a truly unique space cadet!
Its strange after he died i blanked it out....i found it odd at the time. But this and a few other videos made me realize how much i loved him, its delayed reaction i think.
