I don't have any amazing stories about my experiences with David Bowie's music. True, it would've made a meeting between me and a friend go better if I'd been introduced to him as a fellow Bowie fan, rather than him being introduced to me as, "this is Gaz, and he can do a really good impression of Cartman." He could, but that's besides the point.
And there's that, when I was really severely depressed in 2004, having had a nervous breakdown at work, I then spent three months listening to nothing but Bowie. I was having a really shitty time right then, and he was all I wanted to listen to. So I did.
Oh. There is that my BFF got the Ziggy Stardust stripe tattooed on her one calf. I didn't even think she was that into Bowie, but it just goes to show, you never know.
Of course, he holds the record for being the person who gave me the most ideas for pictures that I have absolutely NO IDEA how to make. Also titles for stories. Because of course he does.
I just spent two hours listening to the Bowie tracks on my phone, trying not to cry, and enjoying it. He's really fun to sing along with. And to listen to.
Which leads me to:
I don't have a favourite song by him. I can't pick just one, so here's a handful. (Sorry there's nothing that wasn't a single release, but I'm doing this off the top of my head without having listened to any of his albums in a few years. I need to rectify that, although I'd been thinking that before today's news).
Loving The Alien - please watch this one, even if you don't watch any others, for the sight of him sliding around in water on his knees. It's hilarious.
Strangers When We Meet - this is the song that got me into his music as a teenager. I was fourteen.
(I mean, I'd always been aware of him, but this is where I started appreciating his work).
Jump They Say - this video has suicidal imagery in it, so please exercise caution watching it if you think it'll upset you.
My headdesk/facepalm icon (not currently uploaded) is a still from this video.
Hallo Spaceboy
The Heart's Filthy Lesson
Queen Bitch
Space Oddity
~*~
And there's that, when I was really severely depressed in 2004, having had a nervous breakdown at work, I then spent three months listening to nothing but Bowie. I was having a really shitty time right then, and he was all I wanted to listen to. So I did.
Oh. There is that my BFF got the Ziggy Stardust stripe tattooed on her one calf. I didn't even think she was that into Bowie, but it just goes to show, you never know.
Of course, he holds the record for being the person who gave me the most ideas for pictures that I have absolutely NO IDEA how to make. Also titles for stories. Because of course he does.
I just spent two hours listening to the Bowie tracks on my phone, trying not to cry, and enjoying it. He's really fun to sing along with. And to listen to.
Which leads me to:
I don't have a favourite song by him. I can't pick just one, so here's a handful. (Sorry there's nothing that wasn't a single release, but I'm doing this off the top of my head without having listened to any of his albums in a few years. I need to rectify that, although I'd been thinking that before today's news).
Loving The Alien - please watch this one, even if you don't watch any others, for the sight of him sliding around in water on his knees. It's hilarious.
Strangers When We Meet - this is the song that got me into his music as a teenager. I was fourteen.
(I mean, I'd always been aware of him, but this is where I started appreciating his work).
Jump They Say - this video has suicidal imagery in it, so please exercise caution watching it if you think it'll upset you.
My headdesk/facepalm icon (not currently uploaded) is a still from this video.
Hallo Spaceboy
The Heart's Filthy Lesson
Queen Bitch
Space Oddity
~*~
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