What I love about David Bowie
--I imagine David Bowie has a “stardust view” of planet earth; I imagine every song, writing, film, retro files, videos, lost concerts, messages, tweets, re-pub of past articles, and new; the beautiful outpouring of family, friends, fans, professionals, and others…. Internet, Facebook, twitter, Instagram, etc… is somehow reflected back from planet earth in real time
"to him", and received in heaven in real time,
"to him"…
--I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news about John Lennon’s murder. No other artist with the exception of Michael Jackson has hit me with such a force as to make me stop, and
'turn around'.
--What I love about David Bowie is his creative process: cut up the words, throw in air, let fall, and arrange lyrics; find Stevie Ray Vaughn at jazz festival, find Nile Rodgers, worship Little Richard, make a worldwide hit:
Let’s Dance”!!!
--I love the preproduction album version that showcases SRV’s full guitar, and the horns are amazing.
David Bowie & Stevie Ray Vaughan - Let's dance
[video=youtube;fEn3BPsXTbU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEn3BPsXTbU[/video]
Nile Rodgers Tells the Story of David Bowie's "Let's Dance"
Nile Rodgers on How Little Richard, Jazz and Museums Shaped David Bowie
"He saw the world as a very valuable place. He would get all this inspiration from just things that were around him."
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...nd-museums-shaped-david-bowie-20160112?page=3
--I love that he took Blondie on tour, loves the Iggy and velvet underground, and found an unknown jazz quartet to record Blackstar. (Though I think that was planned for anonymity)
Debbie Harry: 'Who Doesn't Love David Bowie?'
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/debbie-harry-who-doesnt-love-david-bowie-20160111
Finding new and “anonymous” inspiration
On David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar,’ turning to Jazz for Inspiration
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/a...lackstar-turning-to-jazz-for-inspiration.html
--What I find myself loving is
“the man”, he is a romantic. I don’t know about his love story other than what I read in the press – BUT his references to love are ever felt in Blackstar.
--My goodness, David Bowie – you are the quintessential man – so beautiful, so handsome, iconic, and even in your final hours, I can only love you more, more, more!
