Famous British rock singer David Bowie performs at the Panathinaikos stadium in Athens during a rock festival, July 1.
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“Seeing him live set me off on a journey that for me I hope will never end”.
Amoeba employee Morgan Young, wearing his hair in a Bowie-inspired hairdo, said the store was almost sold out of Bowie’s albums, and that he was deeply personally affected by the news. After complimenting the network for being a “solid enterprise”, Bowie bluntly brought up one issue he had: “I’m just floored by the fact that there’s so few black artists featured on it. Why is that?”
Gladiator actor Russell Crowe, referencing one of Bowie’s better known singles, Sorrow, which featured on 1973 covers album Pin Ups, wrote: “RIP David”. “I know something is very wrong / The pulse returns for prodigal sons / The blackout’s hearts with flowered news / With skull designs upon my shoes”, Bowie sings over a skittering beat.
May, the lead guitarist for Queen, penned a lengthy tribute to the late star for the UK’s Daily Mirror, in which he detailed recording Under Pressure with Bowie and Freddie Mercury. I loved your music. “I’ve sold about eight or nine already today”, said Nick Beaton, manager of The Turning Point in Centretown.
Bowie, who died of cancer aged 69, was a pioneering chameleon of performance imagery, straddling the worlds of hedonistic rock, fashion, art and drama for five decades, pushing the boundaries of music and his own sanity to produce some of the most innovative songs of his generation. First concert i ever saw in Detroit! R.IP.
From the International Space Station, British astronaut Tim Peake tweeted: “Saddened to hear David Bowie lost his battle with cancer – his music was an inspiration to many”. The Somali-born model who was married to the iconic rock star for almost 24 years, posted several tweets at the weekend.
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If Bowie was like a modern-day fairytale, it was most evident in his turn as the Goblin King in Labyrinth.
The singer also carved out an acting career which included his role as an alien seeking help for his dying planet in The Man Who Fell to Earth in 1976.
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Ono attended Bowie’s wedding to supermodel Iman in the 1990s.
