Singer/Songwriter, Artist, Poet, Intellect
January 8th, 1947 – January 10th, 2016
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“We stumble and fall like tragedy falls, We stumble and twirl there’s heaven in here. We stumble and fall uncertain we fall. Flesh on flesh but there’s heaven in … . Heaven’s in here.”
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From David Bowie’s 1989 song Heaven’s In Here
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Unexpectedly deeply upset today by the loss of Bowie. I was never a huge fan, but somehow I’m feeling what I can only describe as grief over the sudden net loss of creative energy in the world. Whether one liked him or not, he was an artist of enormous scope possessed of a huge imagination, a fierce intellect and an admirable determination never to paint himself into corners.
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I was hiven my first Bowie album, Pinups, for my 13th birthday in 1973. I then bought Ziggy Stardust as soon as I could afford it. The rest is history. His music helped me get through my teens and has stayed with me ever since.
After some personal losses in the past year I was looking for some familiar comfort, so I downloaded Bowie’s latest album as soon as it became available on Friday. Little did I know…
How do you describe Bowie? Legend, creative genius, visionary, polymath… words fail me. All I know is that I have shed many tears today on his passing. His song The Supermen, from The Man Who Sold The World, says it all in the final line:
So softly a supergod dies.
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I cannot add any remark to the two commentators above. They say it all. Have been listening to CBC radio One most of the day. Lovely tributes, well deserved. A truly gifted artist, for certain.
What impressed me about the man, more than his huge contribution to popular art, was his insistence on privacy in his private life. So impressed given this age of Reality Shows on American TV, and self-promoters everywhere.
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I, too, spent much of yesterday listening to and watching CBC, as well as reading tributes on the Internet and watching videos of Bowie’s performances. I think the analysis of his contributions is just beginning. The way he played with — and therefore mocked — gender stereotyping was an enormous breakthrough, not just for performers, but for LBGTQ people everywhere, as the world caught on to the idea that gender is culturally constructed.
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