tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post4027959464220937425..comments2023-12-29T00:08:21.051-08:00Comments on fear of a red planet: BowieGilman Grundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-11236574838683210092016-01-15T00:26:18.997-08:002016-01-15T00:26:18.997-08:00@KT - awesome comment.
@Ji Xiang - Bowie was kind...@KT - awesome comment.<br /><br />@Ji Xiang - Bowie was kind of a joke when to me as a kid. He was, after all, the guy who played the Goblin King in <i>Labyrinth</i>. Later on I started to listen to his stuff a bit more seriously after Nirvana did that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8" rel="nofollow">famous unplugged version of The Man Who Ruled The World</a>. I also used to hang out at a Goth pub called the Gloucester when I lived in Brighton where, in between the Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails and Gary Numan they would play the occasional Bowie track. Gilman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-27323624049283431802016-01-13T02:59:17.169-08:002016-01-13T02:59:17.169-08:00It's funny, but I have never been a fan of Bow...It's funny, but I have never been a fan of Bowie's music however. The only song of his I even recognize is "Starman", which is alright. I am not at all familiar with any of his other songs. I tried listening to some these last few days, but they don't do much for me. Perhaps because they don't hold any associations.<br /><br />I grew up with the Beatles (especially), the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and the rest, so it's not like I don't listen to music from the sixties and seventies. I guess Bowie just never spoke to me.<br /><br />I totally identify with what you're saying about our parent's generation though.Ji Xianghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406727999722525339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9138994904411225576.post-64664308627129181022016-01-12T23:46:05.695-08:002016-01-12T23:46:05.695-08:00Ever the musicologist, FOARP.
I was over the obit...Ever the musicologist, FOARP.<br /><br />I was over the obits and tributes after about six hours. Much repetition involving a ton of googling.<br /><br />The Boomer generation sending off one of their own with all the gravitas equal to the planting of JFK. <br /><br />Crikey, half the folk doing the scribbling wouldn't recognize a turntable (which was the only technology able to play Ziggy Stardust in its day), if one dropped from heaven and knocked over their Oasis collection.<br /><br />I'll go for Moonage Daydream.....its easy to deconstruct FOARP, and the Bowie/Ronson two steps in platforms is totally hilarious<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaqMwE5NKaM<br /><br />Since all great music accompanies great social moments, here's mine.<br /><br />A good friend (RIP) and I visited a radical feminist student household. After thoroughly denouncing patriarchy in all its incarnate forms, the central question arose: what goes on the turntable, and of course it was Ziggy Stardust. One thing led to another and Max and I ended up getting the full make-up treatment...eye liner, lippy etc. (I know, a radical feminist household.) Logic prevailed and and it was on to the hippy cheese cloth dresses. This was a trans-moment to far however, so we called it a day, raided the food coop kitty, purchased some pot and spent the rest in the pub.<br /><br />True.<br /><br />KTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com