I'm just - - I don't even know what to say.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I woke up in the middle of the night because there was a gale here, so I opened my iPad and saw this in Google News. The site was an unfamiliar one, so I thought, "It's got to be a hoax. Hasn't this happened to Bowie before?" How I wish it were.
Damn. Bowie and Lou Reed were the two artists who most influenced my musical tastes.
Sad now.
Obligatory Bowie quote: "It's Monday."
This one is big for me.
Me too. His music was and is such a huge part of my soundtrack.
I loved his music, of course, but I didn't feel a huge personal connection to him. But it's sad to me because it feels like something entirely unique is gone. The world is less.
This is nice, from Twitter:
If you're ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie.
Also: [link]
The only thing I want to do to day is flop on the floor, listen to David Bowie music, and feel intensely sad.
I overheard something about this at work today and was praying I'd misheard. I wonder how Jilli is holding up? I knew he'd had some health issues, but nobody I've heard who worked on the record or the musical mentioned about anything current. Dammit, he was supposed to be eternal.
Something I did not know [link]
Bowie's Name Was a Signal of Banking Innovation
David Bowie was a legend in the music industry, but his name was also a presence in financial services, where his identity was synonymous with innovation.
The isolated vocal tracks of Under Pressure:
I know this isn't knew, but when Hil posted it on FB a few weeks ago, I managed to open the video in two windows and got a round going. It does all kind of fun things with the harmonies.