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Post by John W King on Jan 11, 2016 8:19:57 GMT
Bowie. None greater - songwriter, performer, musician, actor, cultural influence. A giant. A legend.
What a hole he will leave. But what a legacy.
Thank you David for all of it.
You Laughing Gnome, you
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Post by williammcgregor on Jan 11, 2016 8:25:19 GMT
BOWIE! DEAD!  This has hit me like a ton of bricks. The man was a genius R.I.P. David. |
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Post by Joe Haynes on Jan 11, 2016 10:40:01 GMT
Devastated! just on the cusp of making his comeback
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Post by markjhaley on Jan 11, 2016 10:52:57 GMT
A number of truly great TOTP moments.
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Post by Rob Moss on Jan 11, 2016 11:34:45 GMT
Devastated! just on the cusp of making his comeback I suspect the new album was always going to be a swansong, not a relaunch... |
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Post by tom rogers on Jan 11, 2016 11:41:33 GMT
Devastated! just on the cusp of making his comeback I suspect the new album was always going to be a swansong, not a relaunch... I suspect you are correct, Rob. It would be like him to leave us all a parting gift, and Black Star is indeed a gift. Truly amazing artist. Sad day  |
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 11, 2016 11:45:45 GMT
A number of truly great TOTP moments. Let's not forget it's thanks to this forum and it's members that we now have the missing JEAN GENIE clip! I'm sure David must have been pleased to see it recovered after 40 years. Very sad that we've lost another musical genius... |
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Post by Patrick Coles on Jan 11, 2016 11:54:28 GMT
I'm very sad he's gone, I didn't know he was unwell
tho' I can't agree the "none greater" blurb above (thats a bit OTT in my opinion)
he was a massive influence on seventies onwards music fans of course, I liked his 'Man Who Sold The World' to 'Low' seventies musical period but his later stuff did nothing for me at all
His acting was always interesting and he never rested on his laurels, even if his various pursuits were not always to the taste of all...
another iconic figure leaves us...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 12:48:35 GMT
What can one say??? Devastated.
Goodnight ... thank you.
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Post by Brian Denton on Jan 11, 2016 15:15:03 GMT
It would be very fitting if TOTP 1969 Space Oddity turned up.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Jan 11, 2016 16:17:09 GMT
It would be very fitting if TOTP 1969 Space Oddity turned up. Yes, if only! At least this - from around the same time - exists: |
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Post by nicadare on Jan 11, 2016 18:28:06 GMT
It's amazing that 'Starman' survived considering how the 1972 editions of TOTP were decimated. JULY 1972: 6-7-72: Presenter: Tony Blackburn (Wiped) (16) THE WHO – Join Together (crowd dancing) (and charts) (NEW) LULU – Even If I Could Change (29) DAVID BOWIE – Starman * (4) THE SWEET – Little Willy (26) FREDERICK KNIGHT – I’ve Been Lonely For So Long (danced to by Pan’s People) (19) LOVE UNLIMITED – Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love (video) (6) THE NEW SEEKERS – Circles ® (13) DR. HOOK & THE MEDICINE SHOW – Sylvia’s Mother (video) (2) GARY GLITTER – Rock And Roll (Part 2) (1) DONNY OSMOND – Puppy Love (video) (30) THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY starring SHIRLEY JONES feat. DAVID CASSIDY – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (crowd dancing) (and credits) * although this show is wiped, this performance still existsz6.invisionfree.com/popscene/index.php?showtopic=8544 |
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Post by Brian Denton on Jan 11, 2016 19:28:29 GMT
It's amazing that 'Starman' survived considering how the 1972 editions of TOTP were decimated. Yes, luckily the vandals missed that one. I saw it on broadcast (just a week or two before my 14th birthday), and it appears to be one of those iconic events which everybody claims to have witnessed. Even celebrities on tv reminiscence programmes who were barely out of the womb at the time..... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2016 21:03:31 GMT
It's amazing that 'Starman' survived considering how the 1972 editions of TOTP were decimated. Yes, luckily the vandals missed that one. I saw it on broadcast (just a week or two before my 14th birthday), and it appears to be one of those iconic events which everybody claims to have witnessed. Even celebrities on tv reminiscence programmes who were barely out of the womb at the time..... I definitely did see it on broadcast... and the repeat. It also was used in an TOTP intro sequence they used a few months later. |
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Post by richardwoods on Jan 11, 2016 21:15:59 GMT
Bowie dead, Words fail me. |
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This has hit me like a ton of bricks. The man was a genius R.I.P. David. 
