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"Lazarus" video by Bowie from his new album, released just this Friday... (Original Post) countryjake Jan 2016 OP
1976. The year David Bowie starred in "The Man Who Fell to Earth" longship Jan 2016 #1
I've been listening to his new "Blackstar" songs on YouTube... countryjake Jan 2016 #2
I will download, but still buy the CD awoke_in_2003 Jan 2016 #13
We'll be getting "Blackstar", too. countryjake Jan 2016 #14
wow. His loss is very sad, and will be felt still_one Jan 2016 #3
Even those who weren't big fans are feeling it... countryjake Jan 2016 #7
You're really right still_one Jan 2016 #12
The whole look and vibe of this video was so Bowie. gvstn Jan 2016 #4
That entire album, Blackstar, was his final gift to his most devoted fans... countryjake Jan 2016 #8
So very close, we all feel, as a result... MrMickeysMom Jan 2016 #11
RIP David Bowie lillypaddle Jan 2016 #5
It is the ultimate Bowie & I thank him for that. eom. countryjake Jan 2016 #9
He obviously knew he was dying. BainsBane Jan 2016 #6
According to the album producer, he planned & timed its release... countryjake Jan 2016 #10

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
2. I've been listening to his new "Blackstar" songs on YouTube...
Mon Jan 11, 2016, 05:06 AM
Jan 2016

This one, I Can't Give Everything Away struck me...his vevo channel there has published what I think is practically every track to the album that was just released on his birthday, last Friday. He's given it away.



 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
13. I will download, but still buy the CD
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 01:44 AM
Jan 2016

The problem I have with digital music is, regardless the CODEC used, too much is lost. I was a teen in the album to CD period. I still prefer vinyl, but CD is much better than what we have now.

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
14. We'll be getting "Blackstar", too.
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 04:40 AM
Jan 2016

I don't even know how to "download" anything and haven't got any of the gadgets to play them on, anyway, except this 'puter.

CDs were still far in the future when I was busy collecting records, so my album hoard way outnumbers the CDs we've got. To me, it was a sad day when they stopped putting music on vinyl. My daughter still surprises us with real albums, whenever some old artist decides to do a limited release of something new they've done...that's very special to me.

Bowie's final release has some really nice sax on it and tho there aren't that many tracks, the new songs on it make the "Blackstar" worth it. It's a beautiful piece of work, just like David Bowie was.

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
7. Even those who weren't big fans are feeling it...
Mon Jan 11, 2016, 05:35 PM
Jan 2016

that's the influence he stamped on our culture.

I think my favorite thing he ever did was that '77 duet with Bing Crosby...his wonderful singing voice, his ability to harmonize, will forever be a thing of beauty to me.

gvstn

(2,805 posts)
4. The whole look and vibe of this video was so Bowie.
Mon Jan 11, 2016, 06:54 AM
Jan 2016

Always challenging you to love or hate his work. I, personally love him.

countryjake

(8,554 posts)
8. That entire album, Blackstar, was his final gift to his most devoted fans...
Mon Jan 11, 2016, 05:42 PM
Jan 2016
David Bowie's last release, Lazarus, was 'parting gift' for fans in carefully planned finale

The producer of Blackstar confirms David Bowie had planned his poignant final message, and videos and lyrics show how he approached his death

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html

David Bowie's final record was a carefully-orchestrated farewell to his fans, his producer has confirmed.

Lazarus, released on the Bowie's 69th birthday just two days before his death, opens with the lyrics: "Look up here, I'm in Heaven!"

Its video, which will be viewed in a very different light by millions of fans today, features the musician in a hospital bed, and finishes with him retreating in to a dark closet.

Tony Visconti, the producer who worked with Bowie to complete his final album, has released a statement saying it was deliberately created and timed as a "parting gift" for his fans.


MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
11. So very close, we all feel, as a result...
Mon Jan 11, 2016, 06:40 PM
Jan 2016

He certainly shaped my head a time or two. I'm gonna miss David Bowie so....

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