"If you're sad today ..."

[WilliamPitt]

"If you're sad today, just remember the world is over 4 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie."

- Simon Pegg

[daleanime]

1. ......

(half-hearted smile)

[femmocrat]

2. Welcome back, WillPitt.

Thanks for your post.

[tk2kewl]

3. that comment made me smile

[Lochloosa]

4. Nice thought but it still hurts.

[Mnemosyne]

5. I am grateful for that. Thanks Will! nt

[Trajan]

6. Welcome back, Will ....

I've been a Bowie fan since the early seventies ... I cut my rock star teeth on songs like Suffragette City and Ziggy Stardust ... So shocked right now ...

[nolabear]

7. Good reason to stop by. Thanks Will.

[artislife]

28. The video shows the artist...nt

[dhill926]

49. holy gods this is powerful....

[nolabear]

52. Such bravery. Such art. I'm heartbroken and grateful.

[dhill926]

55. well said...

[Tom_Foolery]

8. I've had that same thought about other great people...

RIP, David Bowie.

[Autumn]

9. That made me feel good.

Thank you for posting here at this time Will.

[Lifelong Protester]

10. Thanks for that.

I'm glad we got to see the "David Bowie is" show in Chicago last year!

[nxylas]

51. I wanted to see that exhibition

Some cinemas did an event screening of it, and I contacted my local multiplex in the hope that they would be one of them, but they never even replied to my email.

[Lifelong Protester]

84. It was a good show.

I still have my magnet and David pin from the show. My spouse didn't get it, but I loved it. The designers of the show made it so you , wearing head phones, would here the song David was singing while it the costume in front of you. It was real WOW from that perspective.

[Recursion]

11. Thank you, Will.

I needed to hear that right now.

[berni_mccoy]

12. .

[dorkzilla]

13. An appropriate time for a Pitt stop

Thank you for this. I feel exactly like I've been kicked in the stomach.


Here is a little-remembered song which happens to be one of my favourite early Bowie songs, just him and a guitar.

[senz]

26. Lovely, dorkzilla

I have, or had, most of his albums but never heard this song. It captures his gentleness so well.

Thanks.

[dorkzilla]

33. You’re welcome, dear senz

I’m really in mourning today. I had my hair cut like his when I was 9 and very proudly wore Bowie t-shirts through my adolescence. His influence empowered me to do whatever I wanted, look any way I wanted to look, and be exactly who I am, unapologetically.

I’m hoping the Starman just went back to where he came from.

There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds
There's a starman waiting in the sky
He's told us not to blow it
'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile
He told me
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie (I love how he sings “booogay”)

[malaise]

59. Nice

[Trajan]

79. Bowie has a wealth of acoustic songs ...

Truly an embarrassment of riches for solo guitarists everywhere ... One of my favorite Bowie songs to cover ...

[Triana]

14. I am very sad today.

He was one of my favorites. Amazing man and artist.

His way of leaving was like no other. Of course. He is and ever will be -- Bowie.

[Duval]

15. Thanks, WRP. Good to see you on DU!

[MuseRider]

16. While I was never a huge fan

his music moved the world in so many ways.

I had one experience with the great one. Sometime in the early 70's, the Ziggy Stardust tour most likely but I will be darned if I actually can remember, I was out in Kansas City with some friends. I don't know what we were doing, probably just going places and hitting bars for fun but we happened to be in Crown Center. I was just blasted silly by that time, the place was roiling with people but I have no idea why we were there. I walked around the corner and slammed right into the Glitter King. I looked up and he smiled and went on. My friends were standing there, or sort of standing there, staring and we all laughed and went on. He had a huge entourage but back then nobody really worried much I guess because he was out in front and they were behind, people were all over the place but nobody said a word.

I am so very sad about this this morning. Tears came when I read this. He was and will remain one of the greats. His influence was important in many ways and I did enjoy him and all his stages.

[malthaussen]

17. Farewell to Ziggy Stardust

&list=RDXXq5VvYAI1Q



-- Mal

[Iggo]

18. Actually, that makes me feel really good!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

19. I got up at 8, turned on MSNBC, heard the news, and started crying.

And I wasn't even that big of a fan. I really liked his 2000 album REALITY. And I heard the hit singles, but didn't collect his stuff.

I admired him for being different. His favorite song of mine was This is Not America, which he wrote with Pat Metheny (my fave guitarist) and Lyle Mays for the movie The Falcon and the Snowman.

[artislife]

29. good choice. nt

[RoccoR5955]

42. That is my favorite song of his too

For many of the same reasons.
Bowie certainly had many other different styles to his music from time to time. He was definitely one of our most creative musicians in our time. He shall be sorely missed.

[cry baby]

20. That's a beautiful thought.

[2naSalit]

21. Thank you...

I'll remind myself of that until I can come to grips with this loss.

Good to see you here!

2na

[abakan]

22. Thank you Mr. Pitt

I was lucky enough to share a birthday with Bowie.

[Blue_In_AK]

43. Thank you.

That's the one I would have posted.

I just noted David Bowie's birthday a couple of days ago and thought, wow, I'm just a few months older than he is. When I first heard he had passed last night, I refused to believe it. I'm very sad.

[cascadiance]

71. Him dying shortly after his birthday has me that much more sad and reminded of my mom...

… who just died a couple of days after I visited her on Thanksgiving less than a couple of months ago, and not long after her 89th birthday the weekend before then too. Bowie's death reminds me how so many special to us can leave us at any time unexpectedly, right after we enjoyed their life the day before. Bowie's influence over our lives will become more and more obvious in the days to come where we see the many different ways he's influenced our world in a positive way.

[emulatorloo]

23. ...

[leftynyc]

24. I held it together

until I saw one tweet about the stars looking very different today. Then the tears spilled over.

[senz]

32. God yes.

Perfect.

[SCVDem]

70. Now you got me.

[leftynyc]

89. Believe it or not

The tweet from someone at the Vatican did the same thing - and used lyrics from the same song - "and may G-d's love be with you". I was blubbering.

[Fast Walker 52]

25. definitely a good perspective

[gademocrat7]

27. Thank you, Will.

[artislife]

30. Posted this elsewhere, but I loved his stint on Extras

[senz]

31. Thank you for this, Mr. Pitt

This very thought comforted me last night. David Bowie became part of the warp and weft of my consciousness. So glad to have been here with him.

Actually, glad to be here with you, too.

[MasonDreams]

34. He's not gone, He just went to hang out with a Starman; you know,

the Starman waiting in the sky, who'd like to come and meet us but he thinks He'd blow our minds.



Thank you David, for permission to freak out in a moonage daydream.. oh yeeea.

fare well in your next journey, fellow traveler, We miss you already.

[tavalon]

35. True that

He was awesome. A true renaissance man.

[rtracey]

36. Fun Story

I remember when I was a kid, playing Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, my old fashioned father would scream for me to "shut that shit off"....hahaha he hated Bowie, he actually didn't like Lennon that much either, but..... until one day when we happened to be driving, and a new song came on the radio, and he just flipped over it.... So China Girl became one of his favorites at the time... He asked who is singing this....I'm like oh great what another Bowie cutdown.... I almost peed myself when he said no this is great.....I told him it was Bowie, and he didn't even flinch, actually thinking he didn't ever remember Ziggy Stardust......hahaha.

Interestingly enough, although I did like David Bowie, I am and have been drawn to Kurt Cobain's version of Man who Sold the World since MTV Unplugged showed it......

[tavalon]

37. You know what is great?

I haven't seen a single snark or diss. That's a universality that is pretty unusual.
It's odd, but three days ago I was looking in the mirror at my blown pupils (it's a little bizarre but I'm used to it) and David Bowie came to mind with his two different colored eyes, one of which had a blown pupil. Reading the posts here, it seems that I had that thought on his birthday.
Sadly, when I took my break at work last night, I saw the sad news.

[gvstn]

41. I was thinking the same thing about the universality of the respect for his work.

Even who say they were never fans, acknowledge he was a true innovator and musician.

[longship]

38. Don't forget "The Man Who Fell to Earth"

Actually, not a bad flick. David Bowie certainly pulls it off.

[yuiyoshida]

39. Okaeri Nasai Pitt san

Welcome back.

[Ned_Devine]

40. One of my favorites. This came out when I first went into 5th grade (in the fall of '84)

[Dustlawyer]

67. Thanks for the video!

I was a 20 year old DJ playing clubs and working my way through school. I played a lot of David Bowie back in the day. It's tough to see my heroes dying, their music brings back a great time in my life! I still wonder how I managed without sleep.

[WilliamPitt]

44. I'm weirdly reminded of the movie Men In Black ...

Will Smith: "You know Elvis is dead, right?"

Tommy Lee Jones: "No, Elvis is not dead. He just went home."

Welcome home, Ziggy.

[ms liberty]

45. Yes. Thanks, Will. Good to see you. n/t

[TBF]

46. The New Yorker does a bonus cartoon -

“The stars look very different today.”

[senz]

47. Thanks, TBF

Emailed it to a fellow Capricorn, also a musician, whom I've known forever. "The stars look very different today" is perfect.

[mountain grammy]

48. That so made me feel better

What a beautiful sentiment

[Xyzse]

50. Welcome back, and yes, quite sad tidings.

[shenmue]

53. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Stupid Death. Boo!

[katsy]

54. RIP Ziggy Stardust

[Zorra]

56. Nice! Thank you for that quote.

[840high]

57. Good to see you.

[Oilwellian]

58. I'm deeply saddened today, but this quote helps

Just posted it to FB. Thanks, Will.

[Dr. Xavier]

60. Great quote RIP Starman

'May God's Love be with you...'

[LiberalLovinLug]

61. RIP David

I remember seeing him back in the 80's in Vancouver. An incredible line up in that concert. Flaming Lips, Peter Gabriel, and David Bowie! Our group was short one ticket and had to buy one from a scalper. I'll always remember...I mentioned something to the male scalper about saving one of the ticket for himself, and he said "Oh no, I'd never go see Bowie, he's a fag!" Some people deny themselves to witness such creative genius over such petty ugly bias. He rocked that night and I'll always be happy to say I saw him perform live.

And he wasn't afraid to get political. Here is a song that may make my American friends uncomfortable, but when it came out, I speak for most all non-Americans across the world, this resonated with us during that last part of the Bush regime. Its not the official video which was a little lame. (Trent Reznor chasing Bowie around the streets). This is what we, in the rest of the world, saw in our heads when we heard this song:

[marble falls]

62. Fair enough, Will, fair enough!!

[Zambero]

63. There's a Star Man waiting in the sky

I recall that he seemed to come out of nowhere in the early 70's, and now he's left just as quickly, without a moment's notice. Very much in character. He will be remembered as a remarkable one-of-a kind artist.

[Unknown Beatle]

64. Yes, I'm very fortunate to exist at the same time as David Bowie,

but it hurts tremendously nonetheless. Bowie was not just a once in a lifetime talent, he was a talent for the ages.

[Major Hogwash]

65. .

[lumberjack_jeff]

66. We even shared a birthday.

Along with Elvis, Nixon, Hawking and Kim Jong-Un.

[abakan]

76. I did too...

I just recently turned older than dirt. I believe Nixon is on the ninth.

[lumberjack_jeff]

80. Happy birthday! Now if we can only petition to get Kim Jong-Un's birthday moved...

All these years I thought Nixon's birthday was the 8th.

[abakan]

87. Happy birthday to you too..

I knew because someone told me about Nixon and I knew that couldn't be true, so I checked it out.

[Tab]

68. stfu

n/t

[valerief]

72. I had posted something else before, but that was before I found out Bowie died.

[lark]

73. Obviously you are a major fan of the "thin white dude".

I'm sad that he died after a long bout of cancer, but this one isn't tearing me up like the deaths of Duane Allman, Stevie Ray Vaughn and the Lynnerd Skynnerd (sp?) folks because they were in the prime of their lives and their careers and so much beautiful music was lost. So glad we have quite a lot of music from Bowie to treasure.

[PasadenaTrudy]

82. Lol

It's Duke, not Dude.

[lark]

98. oops

That's funny, I've always thought it was dude. My bad.

[PatrynXX]

74. I suffer from depression.

ie I don't feel I'd rather be sad

[hopemountain]

75. the courage to be himself

his legacy are his gifts as a writer, singer, performer, and visionary. thank you, david bowie.

[colsohlibgal]

77. It Put A Damper On My Day

RIP David Bowie and thanks for all your great and varied work.

I cannot wait to hear his just released batch of music...from a man who knew his time on earth was running out.

[Skittles]

78. William, please come back

f*** the assholes, put their sorry asses on IGNORE and COME BACK........you are missed

[ms liberty]

90. This. n/t

[Rex]

81. Very true.

I'll never forget Ziggy Stardust.

[rocktivity]

83. Hopefully this can cheer you up a little, too

The Thirteenth Annual Rocktivity/DU "You Call This NEWS?" Awards
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016141618


rocktivity

[rhett o rick]

85. Excellent point Will. nm

[a la izquierda]

86. I've loved him since I was a kid...

my parents were fans in the 70s, and passed that on to me.

[PatrickforO]

88. Yeah, I thought about Bowie most of the day today.

He was quite an artist. May he rest in peace.

[oberliner]

91. What an idiotic comment

People need to get over this hero worship nonsense.

[smiley]

92. you ever hear the phrase....?

If you don't have anything nice to say.......

[oberliner]

93. That phrase doesn't really apply to an internet discussion forum

As should be abundantly clear by the many vituperative posts one finds here and elsewhere about people both living and dead, even recently deceased.

That being said, I have nothing bad to say about David Bowie - just commenting that the quote in the OP feels ridiculously overblown.

[AllyCat]

97. We all got to enjoy his art. We would have missed it had we not been here now.

[Dorian Gray]

94. Quote not actually written by Simon Pegg

I guess the sentiment still stands, but the attribution has been corrected. That Simon Pegg was not THE Simon Pegg of movie fame, and that simon pegg had shared the post written by someone else.

[Myrddin]

95. Nice thought n/t

[AllyCat]

96. Beautiful quote.

[KamaAina]

99. Thanks for stopping by!

[senz]

100. A constellation is now named after David Bowie.

Seven stars in the vicinity of Mars.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 — Music legend David Bowie gets his own constellation, delineated by seven stars that shine in the iconic shape of a lightning bolt. A remarkable tribute by Belgian music station Studio Brussel and MIRA Public Observatory.

Studio Brussels wanted to give David Bowie a fitting tribute: an own constellation. Along with public observatory MIRA, Studio Brussel registered seven stars in the form of Bowie’s iconic thunderbolt. Bowie takes on a symbolic place alongside the 88 existing constellations. "It was not easy to determine the appropriate stars," says Philippe Mollet from MIRA. "Studio Brussels asked us to give Bowie a unique place in the galaxy. Referring to his various albums, we chose seven stars - Sigma Librae, Spica, Alpha Virginis, Zeta Centauri, SAA 204 132, and the Beta Sigma Octantis Trianguli Australis - in the vicinity of Mars. The constellation is a copy of the iconic Bowie lightning and was recorded at the exact time of his death. "

http://ddbbrussels.prezly.com/belgians-give-starman-bowie-own-constellation#

[myrna minx]

102. Magnificent!

[senz]

104. Yes. He touched so many people

all over the world.

[senz]

101. The "Stadust for Bowie" website where fans can add their favorite Bowie song.

The {MIRA} observatory has also created a website called Stardust for Bowie. They are asking fans to click on a free space inside a Google Sky representation of the constellation and enter their favorite Bowie song. A marker will be placed inside the constellation to help “make it shine.”

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-bowie-constellation/?trackback=tsmclip

Here is the Stardust for Bowie website: http://stardustforbowie.be/

Zoom in and click on a star to see what other Bowie fans have added.

[senz]

103. A Vatican Blessing for David Bowie

The Vatican’s cultural minister, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, wrote a generous appreciation this week of the late David Bowie, whom he described as a great, if tormented, artist and a lifelong spiritual searcher:

He prayed, in the depths of his addictions and lacerating questions: “Lord, I kneel and offer you my word on a wing / And I’m trying hard to fit among your scheme of things.”

But Bowie’s quest was unfinished and it did not cease to torment him, while always enriching his art. In those days – he himself told us – he wore for many years a small silver crucifix. His was a search, a questioning, that went to a greater height and plumbed a deeper mystery than any answers or responses were able to reach.

It was mildly surprising to see a prominent Catholic Church official speak so warmly of a rock star. But it was fitting: Speaking well of the deceased is what decent people do.

But then the ratty ones started putting him down.

http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/a-vatican-blessing-for-david-bowie/

[ladyVet]

105. Damn straight. Sometimes we just get lucky, eh? nt