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Social media and indeed media in general has gone viral today with tributes to David Bowie who died yesterday. I was a fan. Not one of those who knew all of his music and lyrics but a fan nonetheless. He was always on the soundtrack of my life, in all of his incarnations. That was the thing about Bowie. He was different things to different people because he was always different. He changed his persona and his music regularly, experimenting with new things all the time. It wasn't just about the look, it was about the sound and the feel, so you might have liked some of his music and not something else.
While Freddy Mercury's death affected me more, this has also saddened me. I listened to a live version of Life on Mars this morning and his voice, perfect even though he'd apparently recently had laryngitis, moved me to tears which surprised me, actually. I'm impressed but not surprised that though he was apparently ill for a year and a half, he kept producing music. I saw his latest video released last week and his new album is out this week. I thought, when I saw the video, that he was really showing his age but now I know why.
I know you hear people say that we shouldn't make such a big deal every time someone famous dies but quite often, those famous people have touched your life in some way even if you didn't know them personally. Bowie's music was woven through the fabric of most of our lives, whether he was a favourite or not. He was usually always there somewhere. If you grew up in the 70s and 80s in particular, he was more dominent then but still consistently put out amazing music even after then.
I read one quote that said his voice was like ice breaking. That was always one thing I found, you never expected that deep, powerful and emotion filled voice to come out of that skinny, pale body! His eyes were always so intense. But it was that voice...
His music will live on.
While Freddy Mercury's death affected me more, this has also saddened me. I listened to a live version of Life on Mars this morning and his voice, perfect even though he'd apparently recently had laryngitis, moved me to tears which surprised me, actually. I'm impressed but not surprised that though he was apparently ill for a year and a half, he kept producing music. I saw his latest video released last week and his new album is out this week. I thought, when I saw the video, that he was really showing his age but now I know why.
I know you hear people say that we shouldn't make such a big deal every time someone famous dies but quite often, those famous people have touched your life in some way even if you didn't know them personally. Bowie's music was woven through the fabric of most of our lives, whether he was a favourite or not. He was usually always there somewhere. If you grew up in the 70s and 80s in particular, he was more dominent then but still consistently put out amazing music even after then.
I read one quote that said his voice was like ice breaking. That was always one thing I found, you never expected that deep, powerful and emotion filled voice to come out of that skinny, pale body! His eyes were always so intense. But it was that voice...
His music will live on.