Love all Bowie s persona s my favorite was late ninety s until his death cuz he was the one and only REAL BOWIE No mask to hide behind. And I too have a loved one who is battling schizophrenia(my sister)so there's that! All though he's not with us today his song, music, and influence will be here for years to come. David Bowie thank you
@@guusverschuuren8495 thank you. For telling him that just because he believes he is a was doesn't mean he can shit all over people who believe he is and not a was.
It’s not a tragedy. He’s a celebrated artist who achieved great success. The human condition is challenge for us all. He lived a good life and accomplished great things. His legacy will live on forever.
David Bowie may have had tragedy in his life but you only have to watch his later interviews to realise that he also believed himself blessed to not only overcome addiction, but to find happiness in his musical and personal life, which you didn't mention in this video. I view his life as the opposite of tragic as, I believe, he did.
The media always do this when they are doing documentaries on artists. They leave so many positives out so they can be happy about the so-called sad lives on the artists.
"Tragic Life", David Bowie was a loving, kind, and humble person. He was genuine, no matter what face he was wearing. As far as tragedy goes, that's life. Everyone has tragedy in their lives. Bowie was an artist, and a really authentic person. Not to mention he was talented as hell, all the way round. Even when he was coked up, The man who fell to Earth is a fantastic (and really weird) movie. So what if he wore many faces? We all do throughout our lives, he jsut ahd a much bigger stage than most! I can't say enough nice things about Bowie. I doubt there was much more tragedy in his life than most of the rest of humanity, honestly. Naff off!
@@vivalospepes1402 yet u took the trouble to come on the site - everyone to their own ok ! I wonder if ur fav singer will still b recording after 50 yrs
Bowie was a complicated individual and being a fan of Bowie was also complicated. His songs were like his life. Sometimes dark, always edgy but brutally honest. His many personas he wore like body armor as he careened across the rock and roll landscape like the thin white duke he was. His collaborations were magic with Iggy and Lou Reed. He showed us that we could indeed be heroes. If just for one day.
On the contrary, many tragic lives are a matter of choice. That's not casting blame. As Oscar Wilde wrote, "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." And he would know. Certainly he made choices that eventually put him in the clutches of those who would persecute and destroy him.
@@e32b61 Wilde wasn't ultimately responsible for Queensberry and The System's persecution though, he was a victim of it even if he tempted fate. The completion of his destruction was his consequent poverty and social (and effectively, literal) exile, and then his drinking and the probable malnourishment of a body already broken by two year's hard labour. Drinking and not writing were the only choices he made at that stage, and given what had befallen him, they were not the choices of a man with full agency in his decisions. I feel that that particular saying of his better encompassed the choices and feelings of a spoiled society darling anyhow, rather than the man he ended up, though I guess a conclusion depends on when he said it (which fact I don't currently have to hand). Regardless, Wilde on many things is hardly definitive or prescriptive: he also said "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his". I appreciate the eloquence of your response, but so much for Wilde on tragedy...
@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 To say that self-destruction is not a tragedy misses the mark, I think. I hope that's not what you're saying. But on the topic of Wilde it's hard to argue that he wasn't persecuted, given the way we view the fundamental rights of people now, but he would probably disagree with you on the subject of whether he had "only himself to blame". He stepped into a family squabble that had nothing to do with him. He ignored the pleas of his closest friends to end the unhealthy and tumultuous relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas. He engaged in risky behavior that left him vulnerable to attack from his enemies - enemies he made totally of his own volition, egged on by Bosie. He had experience with paying off extortionists and made a show of it, practically making regular business of it. He threw everything that wasn't his to risk- most of all his family's name, security and happiness but also his career and freedom. And again his true friends and colleagues - ranging the gamut from clergymen to artists and actors stood by him but begged him to avoid trouble. It was he who filed a suit of slander against Queensberry. He made that choice, knowing full well that he had no case and that it could only expose him as a criminal. London society at the time was completely willing to look the other way because he was famous. A man whose indiscretions were being overlooked defyingly antagonised people he barely knew and then handed them the keys to the vault where the file labeled "All Of My Crimes" was kept. Had he removed himself from this situation, perhaps traveled to France temporarily and certainly if he had broken it off with Bosie, he would have been a free and celebrated man to his dying day. He left his beloved wife and children destitute, forcing them to stay away from him even after he was released from prison. The society of the time was cruel and unfair. So is today's. I believe in universal free speech, but if I abandoned my wife and children, quit my job as a college professor, took all our savings from the bank and jetted off to North Korea with my revolutionary activist mistress (a former student 20 years my junior) to airdrop leaflets on Pyongyang calling Kim Jong-Un a fatty, well then I think I should take some blame in ruining my own life. It's true; everyone should be allowed to mock public figures, no matter how powerful. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that all human beings should be free to express their opinions. But no matter how many of my human rights are violated by the DPRK, the damage done to my family and my feelings of remorse later, will all come down to the decisions I made.
David Jones, his real name, was a wonderful person. Of course he has his strange, perhaps sometimes dark periods in life, but he was good in his heart and he was a good father and a caring husband. Do not judge him as a person, you were not there when he was at home and ill. I prayed. Rest in Peace, David.
@@kuromicultcos4138 I thought so too for a second. But then they cut the interview and talked about the "multiple personas", which at most is them trying to connect the dots or at least bad editing.
That's true. What I think they are talking about was his intrinsic artistic ability to morph into different personas but I'd have to see it again to remember exactly what they said.
I only came on here to defend such an awful claim. I'm not a massive Bowie fan, but have seen enough documentation to know that he was a very intelligent/artistic man, who was bright enough to know that his life was grander than most others. Check out his interviews at any time of his life. I've never seen one yet that shows any real regret. I'm sure he lived a fuller life than most!!
I saw him often walking in soho. He was very nice. Soft spoken. We both looked in a store window together once and chatted before we went our separate. ways. He is different, quiet, deep thought light comment.from an introvert.
He was also an amazing actor. His role as Nikola Tesla in the movie The Prestige was pure genius. He was the only actor Christopher Nolan considered for the part. If you have never watched this movie, it was one of the few films that I immediately had to watch again, and it still remains fresh.
David Bowie music was the soundtrack of my life. Saw many of his concerts left me amazed and changed. RIP to this icon there will never be another 🌟 Starman!!
I always loved David Bowie. He was very talented and i loved his voice. Terribly sad about his older brother. He left behind his beautiful wife and lovely daughter. A loss of a special artist.
There is NOTHING tragic about David's life and he would be pissed at anyone painting him as a victim. He didn't sit back and feel sorry about ANY of the things you mention in this sensationalist video you created. He made an AMAZING life out of EVERYTHING that came his way, INCLUDING his illness in the latter days, creating amazing art. He beat his addictions, he found true love and created a family he loved very much, he helped Iggy Pop beat addiction, he became one of the most influential artists of all time, he stood up for black artists, he was a great fashion icon, he released a great album and produced a Broadway play all while fighting cancer. How DARE you attach the word "tragic" to his life, how pathetic of you to portray him in that light.
What's truly inspiring about Bowie is how he channeled the crippling illnesses of his family into art, how he had the courage to come out sexually when it was illegal and a detriment to his career, and how he beat a severe drug addiction to go on making incredible music of the next 20 years. I would not define his life as tragic, a great triumph over adversity is more like it!
@@M60gunner1971 And you're a homophobic twat. Why are homophobes so obsessed with anal sex? Many gay people don't even enjoy it and plenty of hetero couples do.
David Bowie was no tragedy - there was sadness in his life and joy, creativity and friendship, addiction and sobriety and success and yet he retained his dignity, grace and humility right to the very end -
Nothing 'tragic' about David Bowie's life. He had the typical rock-star lifestyle of cigarettes, drugs, and excess which ultimately shortens one's life. He had 69 years of living life to it's fullest, which is better than most of us get. His best albums were the first ones and the Ziggy Stardust album knocked it out of the park; all killer no filler. I miss the bigger-than-life rock-stars of yesteryear. What do young people have today? Hip-hop and Justin Bieber?
Always loved Bowie, always will. When I was a lil girl I would go around singing "little China girl" & after seeing the movie he was in called "the labyrinth" I told my mom I was gonna marry him 1 day. U will always be a part of me...
I didn't care much for Bowie's music in my teens. Now in my sixties I find pop music past and present to be nonsense. However, whenever Bowie's music comes on the radio I appreciate how good it is.
I’ve been a Bowie fan for as long as I can remember, and was lucky to see him play live three times. I even named my daughter Ziggy! He was, and always will be a music legend ❤️
i loved david from my childhood in the 60s onwards . his music is legendary . but to me blackstar is the greatest album ever . lazarus is incredible . he literally put his life , and death into this album .
Oh please tragic? He's no different than thousands of other people. He was a great musician. But his life wasn't any more challenged than people who never find such lucrative compensation for the work they do.
I'm glad you included the fact that *Bowie did NOT have heterochromia* because too many idiots believe he did and repeat it despite it being completely wrong. He had TWO blue eyes - which can easily be seen on some of his photographs - and interviews can be found on RU-vid of Bowie himself saying he has two blue eyes but one is permanently dilated, making it look dark.
UGH IT'S SO ANNOYING and then there's pics where his dialated eye looked more brown because less light is able to travel though it and when people see that they'll just argue further that he had heterchromia 🙄 iTs A gOoGLe SEarCh AwAy
I'll never understand why the mainstream media has such a fascination with portraying every artist as having "a sad and tortured life". David Bowie may have had some low points in his life as we do, but he was widely revered in his lifetime and is still considered as one of the most influential musicians of all time. Not to mention he had a loving wife and family before he passed. To say that his life was "tragic" overall is just beyond.
David Bowie's life was far from tragic. More like amazingly brilliant. The guy was an exceptional human being. He had his problems like anyone and like everyone death comes to us all. RIP Mr.Bowie.
It doesn’t sound to me as if his life was that different from anyone else’s and he was blessed with that unbelievable talent and courage. But considering how badly he abused his body for a long time it’s pretty amazing that he lived as long as he did.
Zachary Laid Finding Freedom Gee, ya'.think so? You must be a psychiatrist to divine that after watching this video which gives not a hint of it (Not!). P.S. - The delet/edit buttons are at the lower right in the text box. You can suffer timeless mocking for the more than obvious repetition of what he built his career around, as noted in this video or just delete your comment. Decisions, decisions.
I don't think he had a tragic life at all. He would tell you this himself if he could. He would tell you he was very fortunate. He had some ups and downs, but overall he had a very good life.
A really unique creative charismatic man. David Bowie had his own talent that made Bowie (Bowie)... never be another creative artist that will fill David's shoes. RIP!
Talking negatively to a person who is passedaway is such ashame. He was legend & great singer. He loved & married to the most goddes ,the true beauty Iman & lived for 26 year with love.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful soul spirit and talent with the world. You are loved and missed by all. Rest in peace. Your music got me through very difficult times in my life and because of that I love you David Bowie. Once again rest in peace. you'll always remain in my heart and soul.
Nothing particularly tragic about his life (until the end, of course). He was an excellent artist who fulfilled his creativity right until the very end. He was also apparently a fine gentleman. I have met someone who worked for him for a couple of years and she has nothing but extremely positive recollections about him, said he was the perfect employer and a warm and cheerful human being.
Thanks for the Video ,Very Much.Its Still Very Painful to SPEND TIME THINKING,AND MISSING DAVID.HE PULLED ME OUT OF A MUSIC DOWNER AFTER THE LATE 60S DEATHS OF HENDRIX, JOPLIN, AND MORE.I WAS STUCK LISTENING TO BANDS SINGING ABOUT HILLS AND RIVERS AND MID UNITED STATES. OH BROTHER.LOST FOR AWHILE.THEN THANKS GOD ON AM RADIO WHILE WAITING FOR MY MOM TO RETURN FROM THE STORE WE WERE AT CAME ,PANIC IN DETROIT.AND MY GOD WHAT WAS THIS IM HEARING. MY BODY WENT INTO A SHOCK OF MUSICAL AMAZEMENT.I SAID WHO IS THIS I NEED TO GET THIS ALBUM.WHERES A PENCIL .FROM THEN ON ALL MY FRIENDS IN NEWPORT BEACH CA HAD HIS ALBUMS.WE WANT YOU BIG BROTHER ,BIG BROTHER.KICK ASSS MUSIC THAT SAVED MY MUSICAL SOUL..LOVE YOU BROTHER DAVID.AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND FAN'S. THANKS AGAIN GRUNGE .from Clifford Owen Bilbo Jr
And he lost his dad when he was 20, and his best friend Marc Bolan when he was 30. Don't know if these bereavements were mentioned in the vid but losing his dad at such a young age must have been tough.
There is a beginning and there will be an end. It's what you do in the middle that counts. David Bowie was a class act. Had the good fortune to see him twice. His legacy will remain immortal.
So glad I got to see him perform live. It was kind of a 'greatest hits' tour that touched on each of his albums. Great show. I always liked DB. Even as a kid.
@@julienichols5490 In my mind each movie would focus on different stages of his life. The first one would be his youth, the second would be his wild years and formation of his career the third would be his later years and demise. I think personally that each movie should have its own tone to reflect where he was in life. Such as his early years would be a bit somber and melancholic, and the second movie would almost have a psychedelic, vibrant tinge to it ect. Hopefully if a movie is ever made I just hope they dont botch it up like they did the queen movie.
The first time I heard David was the b side of space oddity . The wild eyed boy from freecloud . The lyrics touched me deeply and I have admired his work ever since . Thank you David for being a part of my life. We never met But i saw you as a friend. Rest in peace
I just feel privalidged to have grown up in the same era, as him listening to his music and following his project's, he was also a very generous man , and had a great sense of humour , he could send himself up . Remember the extras song he did !
Dear Zig, I never really knew you, yet, you were so influential in my life, I like to think that, in some way, I really did. Were it not for you, my own adolescence may have then taken my life to. Thanks always. You know, as bad as life has ever been, getting older I think is the most rewarding. Because no matter how bad things ever may be, I think that it is memories which make life somehow, always worth it.
It is because of david my partner and I met. We went to a gathering to honor him after his death that was put together by a mutual friend. We met for the first time a friendship blossomed that turned into a loving relationship. 3 yrs later we are still together and very much in love. And it was all because of our love for David and his impact on our lives. Thank you David. We miss you.
The most perfect human being, the one that faced his demons and imperfections, channel even the darkest parts of his soul and made beatiful music with it, what a man, what a mutant, what a Starman
Lazarus was such an emotional song. He was definitely one of the artists I enjoyed, when I was growing up in the 80s. Still love watching Labyrinth with him in it. He was just amazing.
This shouldn’t be called “The tragic life”. Instead, it’s a story of a man who beat every odd against him, was dealt some very hard stuff in life, and rose above it. What an amazing man, and an amazing life.
I am so thankful I was able to see him in concert when I lived in Denver..He was spectacular and to have NIN as opening band made this one of the best concerts of my life...Miss you Mr. Bowie but I know you and Freddy Mercury are having a good time together!!
I had no idea. He was so beautiful and so intense. The world wasn't ready for him. He was so sad and then found his beautiful wife Iman and precious daughter. RIP Starman. You will never be forgotten.
Oh i did. I always knew he is that beautiful and that intense. I knew that my whole life. And you are right the world wasn't ready for him nor with such an incredible person will the world have ever been ready for him.
I miss you David.. i was raised with your music. I want to thank you what you for the world and humanity.. you cared about it just as Dolores did. You are a legend, and a hero for many people. A starman.. rest in peace Major Tom 😥
I don't know why someone ravaged by drugs who died nearly seventy years of age is a shock to anyone, I'm amazed he lasted that long. Still a musical hero though.
Vita intensa e straordinaria direi....era sempre sorridente e disponibile....non sembrava reduce da un'infanzia infelice....e cmq la sua musica ha reso migliore la sua e la nostra vita...love forever
Quite interesting, learned a few things about David Bowie I didn’t know. At nearly 60, I can only smile at everyone’s protest re the calling of his life a tragedy. Grunge says that about all celebrities. Lol, in fact, some philosophers say that all life is suffering and therefore tragic. We all suffer. David Bowie is a legend. Rock on 🤘
I saw him in The Elephant Man, on Broadway in the 1980s. He did a good job, especially for someone who was not specifically a mainstream theater actor.
