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Forever a Starman: RIP David Bowie
Michelle Obama's Mirror ^ | 1-11-2016 | MOTUS

Posted on 01/11/2016 5:45:58 AM PST by NOBO2012

The man who practically invented alter egos has departed planet earth.

david bowie

RIP, David Bowie, whoever you were; and thanks for the memories:

From Happy Anniversary Hub!

Around here, where alter egos abound, we’ve been Bowie fans for a long time. Remember this golden oldie, still gracing my sidebar, from my early days as Lady M’s Mirror Of The United States:

 

Just think, without Ziggy Startdust, there might never have been a Madonna, Lady Gaga or President Obama. Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with alter egos…butt I guess there’s a downside to everything.

alter egos in sun glasses

Dedicated to the proposition that change can be a good thing, in the right hands: “Just gonna have to be a different man.”

tarantula-nebula-hubble“My God! It’s full of stars!”


TOPICS: Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: alterego; changes; davidbowie; davidbowieobit; obituary; ziggystardust
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1 posted on 01/11/2016 5:45:58 AM PST by NOBO2012
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RIP David Bowie. Hope you are in a better place now.


2 posted on 01/11/2016 5:49:34 AM PST by MarMema
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To: NOBO2012

“I am a DJ, I am what I play....”


3 posted on 01/11/2016 5:50:11 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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Ground Control to Major Tom. RIP Ziggy Stardust.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFks9A9TCF0


4 posted on 01/11/2016 5:54:51 AM PST by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: NOBO2012
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low

Rest in peace.

5 posted on 01/11/2016 6:03:15 AM PST by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: NOBO2012

The lyrics to his apocalyptic “Cygnet Committee” are more timely than ever, perhaps in ways he wasn’t thinking at the when he wrote them.


6 posted on 01/11/2016 6:22:52 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: NOBO2012

I saw the Spiders from Mars tour at the Orlando Jai Alai fronton in Fern Park - 1973, I’m thinking. Great venue in those days.

Diamond Dogs was the last LP I liked.


7 posted on 01/11/2016 6:23:55 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: NOBO2012

One of my all time favorites. He was eccentric but his late 70’s and 80’s hits are on the top of my playlist. Very sad day.


8 posted on 01/11/2016 6:33:38 AM PST by BobinIL
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I thought I saw you
In an ice cream parlor
Drinking milkshakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine
I don’t think you knew you were in this song


9 posted on 01/11/2016 6:37:05 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: NOBO2012

MFLR.


10 posted on 01/11/2016 6:43:01 AM PST by Rummyfan (Let us now try liberty.)
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We talk about the lyrics and the music, however the man had a beautiful voice. His drummer boy with Bing Crosby is amazing.


11 posted on 01/11/2016 6:52:28 AM PST by PrincessB (Drill Baby Drill.)
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What a waste of bandwidth.


12 posted on 01/11/2016 6:55:23 AM PST by McGruff (I see desperation, desperation everywhere.)
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With his life style I alway thought he’d catch “the Bug” and it would take him out, not cancer.

Talented artist. RIP Ziggy


13 posted on 01/11/2016 6:57:52 AM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: McGruff

Yeah, clicking on threads you’re not interested in is kind of pointless.


14 posted on 01/11/2016 6:59:16 AM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: McGruff
Well I appreciate the thread. We are a community here on Free Republic and it doesn't have to be politics 100% of the time.

There are a lot of other non-political threads here that don't interest me and I just stay off of them.

15 posted on 01/11/2016 7:01:05 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: discostu

Isn’t there some MTV groupy forum you can all cry on. This forum is about politics.


16 posted on 01/11/2016 7:01:58 AM PST by McGruff (I see desperation, desperation everywhere.)
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"LA disc jockey and music industry insider Rodney Bingenheimer scoffed at later attempts to downplay the relationship between Jagger and Bowie. "Mick and David were lovers, of course," he said. "They didn't exactly make a secret of it."
Mick Jagger's affair with David Bowie revealed in new book: They 'were really sexually obsessed with each other' Bowie's wife found them in bed, backup singer and Playboy model claimed to share their bed ( BY Christopher Andersen / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS/ Monday, July 9, 2012)

17 posted on 01/11/2016 7:06:03 AM PST by sickoflibs (Donald Trump : 'It will be wonderful. It will be glorious., You will be amazed, Just wait"')
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To: NOBO2012

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35278872


18 posted on 01/11/2016 7:34:18 AM PST by headstamp 2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADbJLo4x-tk


19 posted on 01/11/2016 7:37:26 AM PST by headstamp 2
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Isn’t there some MTV groupy forum you can all cry on. This forum is about politics.”

Pop culture drives politics as much as anything else. I think discussing pop culture when it comes to the passing of culture icons is a relevant matter.


20 posted on 01/11/2016 7:44:45 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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