RIP Goblin King

[Jarvan]

Love your music, love your movies.

You will be missed.

[Ltlprprincess]

Love your music, love your movies.

You will be missed.

Indeed. He was a wonderful and talented artist.

[Fallen]

That's very sad. I really liked Bowie.

[Ardwen]

Some of the greatest music of my youth, always changing with the times he was a brilliant artist, will miss hearing new tunes from him, at least he left us a parting gift with a new release friday I suppose.

[SHAFT]

What a bummer. The world lost a great one. He just released a new album 3 days ago...

69 is so young. Can't say I'm shocked he kept his cancer diagnosis to himself.

[Taernath]

Fucking Lemmy and Bowie within weeks of each other.

[Jarvan]

I don't normally respond to anon rep rep, and never really the shart/fart rep because the people that do it are basically single digit IQ people. But this one made me want to comment.

Thread: RIP Goblin King
poop farts

Whoever posted that, please do me a favor, find a nice long sturdy knitting needle, jam it into your ear canal and twist it around.

Thank you.

[Wrathbringer]

Fucking Lemmy and Bowie within weeks of each other.

You were? Gross. Did they know about each other?

[SHAFT]

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

Interesting read. Blackstar was a parting gift based on his eventual death...

[SHAFT]

1. Scary Monsters
2. Ziggy Stardust
3. Hunky Dory
4. Diamond Dogs
5. Station to Station

[Fallen]

I liked Heathen.

[SHAFT]

I liked Heathen.

Heathen and Reality are both good, later albums.

Bring me the Disco King is a great song.

[Viekn]

I'm driving somewhere and it just kind of hit me: Damn, this sucks, David Bowie isn't in this world anymore. The only other person I've really felt that way about is when Steve Jobs died.

[Ardwen]

Saw a great post about this somewhere else, the Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and you were lucky enough to have been in the 69 years David Bowie was on it. A perfect senitment really.

[mgoddess]

Saw a great post about this somewhere else, the Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and you were lucky enough to have been in the 69 years David Bowie was on it. A perfect senitment really.

Indeed.

[SHAFT]

The best song nirvana ever performed was David Bowies man who sold the world.

[SHAFT]

Lemmy, David Bowie, and Riley Martin. Jesus Christ the great ones are dropping like flies.

[Wrathbringer]

Lemmy, David Bowie, and Riley Martin. Jesus Christ the great ones are dropping like flies.

The only person I recognize in that list is Jesus.

[Candor]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ9BHGX58vQ

[subzero]

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=202&type=card

[mgoddess]

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=202&type=card
So, cancer is the king of Goblins now, eh?

[subzero]

So, cancer is the king of Goblins now, eh?

Indeed. Cancer, King of Goblins, gives no fucks and will terminate any who attempt to take its crown.

[SHAFT]

Does That mean all cancer gets +1/+1 and mountainwalk? Ugh.

[Taernath]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-JqH1M4Ya8

[Methais]

I'll never forget how he had that permanent spandexboner in Labyrinth.

[Thondalar]

Hundreds of billions of lives have come and gone over the full course of human history...very few of them actually make history. Whether you liked his music or not, you can't argue his contribution to the arts, to society as a whole, and to humanity as a whole.

It is a select few of us who take the opportunity to change the world when that opportunity presents itself.

[drauz]

I'll never forget how he had that permanent spandexboner in Labyrinth.

http://i.imgur.com/kJ9qC0O.gif

[Silvean]

The new album is phenomenal.

[SHAFT]

If you don't like his music well fuck you.

[Allereli]

If you don't like his music well fuck you.

What if I hated Labyrinth?

[Silvean]

What if I hated Labyrinth?

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/48/48a884ca9032fd9d19584ae7eef060171acaabbc07405debfb 976dd1062c4134.jpg

[SHAFT]

What if I hated Labyrinth?

I've never seen it. Not a big fan of muppets.

When it's good it's really good, but when it's bad I go to pieces.

[Fallen]

What if I hated Labyrinth?

http://i.imgur.com/bnMGL.gif

[Maerit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ

Bowie at his best? Though, he does definitely out-perform Mick in that one!

[Allereli]

"They're all your hat, Mr. Angier"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88_6SQKuTHk

[SHAFT]

I always felt Bowie was criminally underrated. To me he's right there with and possibly beyond The Beatles. Bowie was 1 person who did it longer and created much more music.

Not every album was great or good the whole way through, but the stuff that was good is magical.

The amount of work he produced and the level of quality is amazing. 1971-1980 there wasn't anyone in his universe. He was it.

[SHAFT]

"They're all your hat, Mr. Angier"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88_6SQKuTHk

But have you considered the COST?

[Taernath]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPVrFIP0CMs

[Silvean]

I always felt Bowie was criminally underrated.

He was a genius; a recognized genius, I think. I saw this great exhibit on his work when it came through Chicago:

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/david-bowie-is/about-the-exhibition/

[Allereli]

http://blog.siriusxm.com/tag/homepage/?intcmp=20160111HPTakeunder-BowieChannel2016-LearnAboutMyTrial-cfloat-c3-p1-invis-lg

[SHAFT]

http://blog.siriusxm.com/tag/homepage/?intcmp=20160111HPTakeunder-BowieChannel2016-LearnAboutMyTrial-cfloat-c3-p1-invis-lg

Nice. I always hoped he'd do an interview with stern. I don't think Howard would've done the usual schtick, asking about money, sex life, dick size etc with Bowie. I think he would've been in awe. Oh well.

[Wrathbringer]

Nice. I always hoped he'd do an interview with stern. I don't think Howard would've done the usual schtick, asking about money, sex life, dick size etc with Bowie. I think he would've been in awe. Oh well.

He was too obscure and unknown to do Stern. Not to mention gay with all the cross dressing and make up. If it weren't for Labyrinth, he'd be completely unknown.

[Ardwen]

I rather hope that's sarcasm, I mean he sold like 160 million albums or something equally insane

[Wrathbringer]

I rather hope that's sarcasm, I mean he sold like 160 million albums or something equally insane

26m, actually. Only 11m in the US.

eta: For some perspective, The Carpenters sold 46m, 35m in the US, and who are they? No one knows, so... I get that you liked him but he's not The Beatles.

[Fallen]

I rather hope that's sarcasm, I mean he sold like 160 million albums or something equally insane

Not sarcasm, just Wrathbringer.

[SHAFT]

Obvious troll is obvious. Not even worth the energy to type it.

[Wrathbringer]

Obvious troll is obvious. Not even worth the energy to type it.

I just edited my post for clarity. You have a response?

[Ardwen]

No one knows who the carpenters are? Also recall Bowie was producer too, of among other bands Queen, pretty sure Queen sold an album or three

[SHAFT]

No one knows who the carpenters are? Also recall Bowie was producer too, of among other bands Queen, pretty sure Queen sold an album or three

Iggy pop and Lou reed might not have had solo careers if not for Bowie. Mott the hoople might not have had a career at all if not for Bowie.

Iggy pops lust for life is basically a Bowie album sung by iggy pop. Great album. Hell, China girl was originally given to iggy pop by Bowie for his first solo album. Then Bowie did it better on let's dance.

[Wrathbringer]

No one knows who the carpenters are? Also recall Bowie was producer too, of among other bands Queen, pretty sure Queen sold an album or three

Interesting, I didn't know that. Don't pretend that you've had the Carpenters on repeat all week or something.

[Candor]

I just edited my post for clarity. You have a response?

You're a worthless troll.

Wait...I shouldn't insult the trolls like that...some of them have a bit of value...

[Ardwen]

Didn't say I had them playing, however as almost any drummer can tell you Karen Carpenter was a fairly great drummer, not to mention they had some of the biggest hits of the 70s.

[Silvean]

I listen to David Bowie most every week.

[SHAFT]

The new album is hard to listen to. The guy knew he was dying and made an album about his death. What balls. An incredible way to go out. And to die TWO days after the album is released...

[Ardwen]

Bowie is in my playlists, one of my favorite musicians. New Album is fairly amazing especially considering he was dying and new he was dying. Haubting I think is the best way to describe it.

[Parkbandit]

26m, actually. Only 11m in the US.

eta: For some perspective, The Carpenters sold 46m, 35m in the US, and who are they? No one knows, so... I get that you liked him but he's not The Beatles.

You would know some songs of the Carpenters.

And David Bowie was far, far, far from obscure in the US

[Warriorbird]

http://cdn.meme.am/instances/400x/25223442.jpg

[Wrathbringer]

The new album is hard to listen to. The guy knew he was dying and made an album about his death. What balls. An incredible way to go out. And to die TWO days after the album is released...

Can't argue with this.

[SHAFT]

26m, actually. Only 11m in the US.

eta: For some perspective, The Carpenters sold 46m, 35m in the US, and who are they? No one knows, so... I get that you liked him but he's not The Beatles.

Bowie was the sequel to the Beatles. 1 man with a deeper catalog who constantly reinvented himself. Even his last album has some amazing songs. He did it until the very end.

The Beatles members haven't created a decent song in a long time. People aren't clammoring for McCartney or Starr's latest work. When I heared Bowie had a new album hitting on Jan 8th a few weeks ago I went straight to iTunes to see if anything from it was available. I've been listening to Lazarus for weeks.

I've felt Bowie hasn't been given the recognition he deserves for years. People loooooove the Beatles and I get it. Rubber soul/revolver and on was great. Everything prior was kiddie shit.

I think what Bowie was capable of producing from 1971-1983 all on his own, rivals what the Beatles did from 65-70. I think it surpasses it. He was one man with a vision that constantly changed, who brought it various artists to contribute to his work, his ideas. It wasn't all great. Not every song is a classic. I would be stunned if anyone could present a body of work/catalog with the quality of Bowies.

Not to mention the movie roles. The title of this thread is RIP the goblin king. Bowie was a tour de force unlike anything ever seen.

[Latrinsorm]

Bowie was the sequel to the Beatles. 1 man with a deeper catalog who constantly reinvented himself. Even his last album has some amazing songs. He did it until the very end.

The Beatles members haven't created a decent song in a long time. People aren't clammoring for McCartney or Starr's latest work. When I heared Bowie had a new album hitting on Jan 8th a few weeks ago I went straight to iTunes to see if anything from it was available. I've been listening to Lazarus for weeks.

I've felt Bowie hasn't been given the recognition he deserves for years. People loooooove the Beatles and I get it. Rubber soul/revolver and on was great. Everything prior was kiddie shit.

I think what Bowie was capable of producing from 1971-1983 all on his own, rivals what the Beatles did from 65-70. I think it surpasses it. He was one man with a vision that constantly changed, who brought it various artists to contribute to his work, his ideas. It wasn't all great. Not every song is a classic. I would be stunned if anyone could present a body of work/catalog with the quality of Bowies.

Not to mention the movie roles. The title of this thread is RIP the goblin king. Bowie was a tour de force unlike anything ever seen.Not going to dispute anything you say about Bowie, just going to urge you to consider the change in society from 1960 to 1970. I once worked in the archives of a university library and read letters from college seniors requesting that they could drink wine with their (university supervised) supper in the early 60s. Compare that to society by the end of the 60s. The Beatles were to some degree a product of those societal changes, but I think it's fair to say they were also to some degree a cause of them. It looks like kid stuff now but at the time it was open revolution, and decried as such by the squares. Everyone ought to listen to Bowie songs, everyone has listened to Beatles songs.

[SHAFT]

Well put latrin.

[Fallen]

Not going to dispute anything you say about Bowie, just going to urge you to consider the change in society from 1960 to 1970. I once worked in the archives of a university library and read letters from college seniors requesting that they could drink wine with their (university supervised) supper in the early 60s. Compare that to society by the end of the 60s. The Beatles were to some degree a product of those societal changes, but I think it's fair to say they were also to some degree a cause of them. It looks like kid stuff now but at the time it was open revolution, and decried as such by the squares. Everyone ought to listen to Bowie songs, everyone has listened to Beatles songs.

I think Bowie had more of an impact on the LGBT movement than anything else. Not to discount his contributions and influences in other areas.

[SHAFT]

David Bowie is responsible for humans landing on the moon.

[SHAFT]

1. Scary Monsters
2. Ziggy Stardust
3. Hunky Dory
4. Diamond Dogs
5. Station to Station

I forgot how good Heroes and Heathen are. It's been a week of Bowie listening.

[Silvean]

I forgot how good Heroes and Heathen are. It's been a week of Bowie listening.

I listened to all of Blackstar twice this morning. I'm not sure what my favorite Bowie song is. I listen to Five Years, Cat People, and Modern Love a lot.

[SHAFT]

Great interview with Carlos Alomar:

http://m.pitchfork.com/thepitch/998-what-its-like-to-play-guitar-with-david-bowie/