Most of you have already heard the news, the brilliant David Bowie has died peacefully in his home after a long battle with cancer. I've heard these rumors for quite some time that he had cancer, I didn't want to admit that it was the the reason why he was absent from the spotlight for so long. Rumors circulated that he was sick, or he wanted to raise his kids, or that he was simply retiring. I didn't want to admit that he was sick, mostly because I felt as though he was some kind of super human entity beyond both life or death. I spent most of my high school years with my buddy pat listening to music that most kids our own age would scoff at, Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop. We got drawn into the world of the music, we spent days upon days tracing influences and decoding lyrics and dicesting symbolism. Bowie created an entire universe of characters, personas and storylines. His albums were like comic books for your mind. Sure we have has a multitude of artists who have made concept albums since, but not quite like Bowie. Some would say that Marilyn Manson would be the closest to creating such intricate album universes like Bowie did, but under closer scrutiny you would see that Marilyn Manson merely ripped off Bowie. The shock symbol came from bowie, the dystopian album Machinial Animals was a carbon copy of Diamond Dogs and Antichrist Superstar was essentially a retrofitted Ziggy Stardust with distortion. He was the master of sarcasm, in such songs as Modern love, which sounds like an upbeat pop song but talks about the ills of Modern love. His song Heroes was similar in that respect, it sounded uplifting but talked about the downfall of a domestic relationship. Many hoped that Bowie was simply being reclusive rather then sick, unfortunately that wasn't the case. The world has lost a legend, there will never be another David Bowie.
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