I've been meaning to pay my respects in some formal, public way .. so here i am...
Had an all-nighter "bowie-fest" session the other night. Basically listened to (via youtube) the first dozen of his albums (over ~10 hrs). Much of the songs i'd never heard before. So in a sense i'm "catching up" on the last ~40 years of bowie music. I'd heard the popular songs on the radio over the years while growing up, but the last decade/so i'd hardly listened to his music. I had a taped-off-cd tape of changes bowie compilation album, and a tape of early bowie songs. But he had quite a bit more quality music than just the popular songs - as i'm finding out.
Tonight i'm on my 2nd "bowie-fest" session, listening to some more albums. I don't want to stop! lol. Am collecting all the links off youtube, for the full albums, individual songs, and compilation albums. Am thinking i might do my own compilation, consisting of probably all songs off changesbowie compilation album, as well as several other really good songs i've heard in past few days. Maybe i could create >1 compilations, eg "oldest" (1967-69), "funky", "instrumental", "fripp", "modern", etc. And then i guess i could create playlists & share them on my youtube page (that i will create).
But about the "relationship" i had with "david bowie", like all things involving people its extremely complicated/confusing - that is, its beyond words, so i'll leave it at that. But the relationship was REAL FINE QUALITY, even though it wasn't "real"; but i've always related to music & things WAY better than with people.
And about his latest work, i am quite "blown away" by it. It's certainly a masterpiece, and is very thought-provoking, and pretty "way-out" also. So, considering he was suffering from cancer in the later stages, it's TRULY ASTOUNDING how he managed to pull-off this one last creative masterpiece. And leave everyone guessing, which was always his style (you know, about whether its satanism/occult/etc). So, WELL DONE i say!!! (for this last work, and his entire creative life)
So, thanks for all the music & the memories & the "friendship", DB (& crew). Rest in peace, Sir Thin White Duke. :applause: