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View The Dolphin's Profile The Dolphin Flag 11 Jan 16 2.59pm Send a Private Message to The Dolphin Add The Dolphin as a friend

I never met him (of course) and was too stupid to even go and see him in Concert even though he was my musical hero.
I think I thought he would always perform again one last time and that somehow I would be lucky enough to get a ticket!
A weird day today as like many other people I am grieving for someone I have never met but who had a huge influence on my teenage years and therefore my life.
Everyone I have listened to this morning who met him - the famous and the not so famous - have all the said the same thing - that he was a lovely bloke.
A proper sad day today!

Edited by The Dolphin (11 Jan 2016 3.00pm)

 

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jamiemartin721 Flag Reading 11 Jan 16 3.04pm

Quote Jamesrichards8 at 11 Jan 2016 7.22am

Now that someone I care about has died I will take the chance to say this: one of the most contemptable, disgusting facets of this website is the pathetic pleasure some of you seem to derive from creating posts with celebrity names as their titles and the word "dead" in the text portion. It seems that you can't get the post out quickly enough, such is your desire for a small amount of recognition at a time of others' pain and misfortune. This time we even had two posts out at the same time and another five minutes later- you couldn't even wait long enough to check if there was a duplicate thread. It's an insensitive thing to do and not a pleasant way to find out someone you care about has died. I'm not saying it can't be talked about here but jumping on your laptop the instant you find out is NOT the way to do it.

Major Tom signing off.

Edited by Jamesrichards8 (11 Jan 2016 7.26am)

Its a HoL tradition. In fact its a phenomena of most forums 'general talk' equivalent is to post a 'dead' notice. Most topics here, either start with a news story (ideally) and discussion, so a dead threat generally kicks off a discussion about the individual.

In truth, no one here really knows the guy as a personal friend or family member either (I'd guess). But its not disrespectful or insulting, necessarily, although it can be if, say, you were s**t or Michael Jackson.


 


"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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View Ray in Houston's Profile Ray in Houston Flag Houston 11 Jan 16 3.18pm Send a Private Message to Ray in Houston Add Ray in Houston as a friend

Quote Kermit8 at 11 Jan 2016 9.12am

And Space Oddity the album which has two of my very favourite tracks.

Fvck even The Man Who Sold the World has still got its mojo.


Saw him about 10 years ago here in Houston. A couple of memories from that:

1) Him sitting at the front of the stage, legs dangling over, playing his Stylophone. I remember thinking that he either has a s***-ton of those things in a safe somewhere, or that one has its own former special forces security team.

2) My (then, now ex) wife thinking how cool it was that he covered a Nirvana song. You know...The Man Who Sold the World.

3) An lady behind us commenting to her friend that Bowie has "still got it" and how she could "throw her panties at the wall and they'd stick".

 


We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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View crystal balls's Profile crystal balls Flag The Garden of Earthly Delights 11 Jan 16 3.56pm Send a Private Message to crystal balls Add crystal balls as a friend

Quote Pussay Patrol at 11 Jan 2016 2.55pm

Heard he was from Beckenham area on the radio?


Born in Brixton, moved to Bromley as a nipper,famously lived in Haddon Hall on Southend lane in Beckenham when he first tasted fame. Formed Beckenham Arts Lab at what was the Three Tuns pub in the high street.

This song describes an event he put on in the local park bandstand.
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I used to be immortal

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View Seth's Profile Seth Flag On a pale blue dot 11 Jan 16 4.04pm Send a Private Message to Seth Add Seth as a friend

Couple of things to say about Mr Jones/Bowie.

I wasn't that into him as a lad but the brother of a girl I went out while at Croydon College was mad on him and really turned me on to his music. We went to see him play at Wembley Arena in '83 on the Serious Moonlight tour which was amazing.

Also, as a South London boy Bowie was reputed to like Palace and this pic popped up on facebook today:

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"You can feel the stadium jumping. The stadium is actually physically moving up and down"
FA Cup MOTD 24/4/16

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View Seth's Profile Seth Flag On a pale blue dot 11 Jan 16 4.07pm Send a Private Message to Seth Add Seth as a friend

Oh, and my parents wrote this book:

Still available on Amazon [Link]

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"You can feel the stadium jumping. The stadium is actually physically moving up and down"
FA Cup MOTD 24/4/16

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 11 Jan 16 4.26pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

What terrible news. A very sad day.

A Legend and an Icon who inspired many.

Thoughts go out to all his family and friends.

RIP

Edited by Willo (11 Jan 2016 5.30pm)

 

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View NEILLO's Profile NEILLO Flag Shoreham-by-Sea 11 Jan 16 4.43pm Send a Private Message to NEILLO Add NEILLO as a friend

I grew up in Bromley, and David Bowie's music was the soundtrack to my teen years.

Got to see him live at Earls Court in '77 and then in 2003 on the Reality Tour.

I always thought he was immortal. His music is.

 


Old, Ungifted and White

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View mr. apollo's Profile mr. apollo Flag Somewhere in Switzerland 11 Jan 16 4.46pm Send a Private Message to mr. apollo Add mr. apollo as a friend

Here's today's offering on the mp3 thread. Bowie's 50th birthday bash [Link]

 



Glad

All

Over

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View black eagle.'s Profile black eagle. Flag south croydon. 11 Jan 16 4.47pm Send a Private Message to black eagle. Add black eagle. as a friend

Quote Seth at 11 Jan 2016 4.04pm

Couple of things to say about Mr Jones/Bowie.

I wasn't that into him as a lad but the brother of a girl I went out while at Croydon College was mad on him and really turned me on to his music. We went to see him play at Wembley Arena in '83 on the Serious Moonlight tour which was amazing.

Also, as a South London boy Bowie was reputed to like Palace and this pic popped up on facebook today:


I also heard that Bowie was a palace fan,a friend of mine has seen a pic of Bowie with a palace scarf round his neck.

I like some of his songs but i'm not a massive fan,he discovered Luther Vandross and took him round the world with him on tour and Luther also sang background vocals on Bowie's young americans album.

RIP.

 

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View DanH's Profile DanH Flag SW2 11 Jan 16 4.48pm Send a Private Message to DanH Add DanH as a friend

Still quite numb about this. An absolute hero of mine. Popped down to the mural down the road from my flat at lunchtime and stood there whilst Space Oddity was on the radio. Emotional.

Not really one who goes in for mourning on celebrity deaths but this one has really got me.

 

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View Y Ddraig Goch's Profile Y Ddraig Goch Flag In The Crowd 11 Jan 16 4.54pm Send a Private Message to Y Ddraig Goch Add Y Ddraig Goch as a friend

Quote black eagle. at 11 Jan 2016 4.47pm

Quote Seth at 11 Jan 2016 4.04pm

Couple of things to say about Mr Jones/Bowie.

I wasn't that into him as a lad but the brother of a girl I went out while at Croydon College was mad on him and really turned me on to his music. We went to see him play at Wembley Arena in '83 on the Serious Moonlight tour which was amazing.

Also, as a South London boy Bowie was reputed to like Palace and this pic popped up on facebook today:


I also heard that Bowie was a palace fan,a friend of mine has seen a pic of Bowie with a palace scarf round his neck.

I like some of his songs but i'm not a massive fan,he discovered Luther Vandross and took him round the world with him on tour and Luther also sang background vocals on Bowie's young americans album.

RIP.

FYP posted this earlier

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the dignified don't even enter in the game

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