David Bowie is dead

LittleBig wrote: Vim Fuego wrote: LittleBig wrote: Vim Fuego wrote: When you put Starman and Space Oddity against pop music of their time it's a bit left field. For the time when they appeared, they were not that odd, in the 70s, some progressive and experimental music were sneaking into the mainstream charts. So not just pop music. Yeah, but Bowie was more successful and more widely heard than most prog music and the like back then. that's true, but what I was trying to say is that it's no surprise to me that songs like Space Oddity and Starman were hits back then.

LittleBig wrote: Vim Fuego wrote: When you put Starman and Space Oddity against pop music of their time it's a bit left field. For the time when they appeared, they were not that odd, in the 70s, some progressive and experimental music were sneaking into the mainstream charts. So not just pop music.

When you put Starman and Space Oddity against pop music of their time it's a bit left field.

Wasn't a huge fan, but he did seem to rub off on me a bit. Love some of the weird old stuff like Starman and Space Oddity, and Jareth in Labyrinth. I remember the controversy around Let's Dance and China Girl. My little bro has all his albums, including the later stuff no one else has heard of. A big loss.

R.I.P. I can't say I know much about his music, but I always enjoyed it when I did hear it.

Rest in peace. Not too familiar with his work, but I do really like "The Man Who Sold the World".

^ his new album is amazing, I recommend it to everyone.

This news left me shocked and speechless, did not even know he'd been battling cancer the last year and a half or so.

I'm listening to his new album right know and it's an amazing piece of work. Such a huge loss.

R.I.P.