Been a Bowie fan for years. I have most of his studio albums. The man was a genius & I posted that last year in the "post any picture you want" thread. The picture I posted was Bowie half submerged in the water wearing his clown suit for the video/song Ashes to ashes. My caption read simply : "Genius." Like Elvis & The BeaTles, Bowie was an Icon on the music scene, unique, unlike anybody else and just so damn good. For anyone who hasn't seen it, check out his video of the song "Lazarus" from his last album BlackStar, on Youtube. The video is haunting. He knew he was dying & the video addresses his mortality closing on it's last days. That took guts, I told my wife at supper time, I mean the man knew his time was coming to an end and goes ahead and creates this piece of art about his own death but it's more than a video, he knew it's going to happen for real, and soon. In conclusion, the best eulogy I've read came from Tony Visconti who produced some of Bowie's albums but was above all a close and personal friend of the late singer/songwriter/artist/actor/artist/musical icon :
I agree with you on DB. A real Pioneer and pure artist.
I disagree about DB mentioned in the same breath as Elvis. For me, Elvis wasn't a pure artist like DB. He was a slave to the celeb lifestyle, prefering to indulge in jets, cars, and mansions, flaunting his fame and wealth for all to gawk at. Not like DB. Their respective Ends perhaps speak volumes about the personal values each embraced. Private agony for DB, drug OD for Elvis (after years of being drugged by his evil "handlers" who milked him for all he was worth). Also, Elvis didn't write any songs, correct me if I'm wrong.
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