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Not a Fan (Bowie)
http://takimag.com/article/not_a_fan_theodore_dalrymple/print#axzz3xQi39LGG ^ | 16 Jan 2016 | Theodore Dalrymple

Posted on 01/18/2016 9:59:21 AM PST by rey

Not a Fan

by Theodore Dalrymple

January 16, 2016

One should not speak ill of the dead, of course, especially of the recently dead, but it does not follow that one should speak well of them, or speak of them at all. Personally I was astonished at the amount of coverage given to the death of David Bowie. One might have thought he was really a figure of world historical importance such as David Beckham or Leonard DiCaprio.

On the day after his death, the supposedly serious newspaper that I take most often when I am in Britain, The Guardian, ran a special 12-page supplement on his life and activity, as well as five pages in its normal section. There have been articles about him on the two subsequent days. I wait patiently for the tide to turn.

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To: discostu

So was I.


101 posted on 01/18/2016 5:32:03 PM PST by donna (Radicalized Christians become missionaries; then, they tell everyone that Jesus loves them!)
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To: donna

No you weren’t. You making crap up to lay at the feet of famous people, studiously ignoring the fact that youth have been figuring out weird things to do with their parts for longer than there have been famous people.


102 posted on 01/18/2016 5:35:31 PM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: discostu

I’ll stick with what I said:

Bowie introduced weird sex stuff to American teens. That’s why the elites love him. It’s like Bill Clinton was to politics.


103 posted on 01/18/2016 5:49:14 PM PST by donna (Radicalized Christians become missionaries; then, they tell everyone that Jesus loves them!)
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To: donna

Stick with what you’ve already acknowledged was wrong. Meanwhile, back in reality there’s cave painting showing kinky sex predates fame.


104 posted on 01/18/2016 5:50:35 PM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: DesertRhino

Way to misconstrue the point.
Seems you can’t grasp that un-cool people could go thru the last 40 years without listening to David Bowie.


105 posted on 01/18/2016 6:27:52 PM PST by ctdonath2 (History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the week or the timid. - Ike)
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To: donna
"Bowie introduced weird sex stuff to American teens. "

Oh what? Do you think teens have EVER needed introducing to 'weird' sex stuff?

106 posted on 01/20/2016 2:50:29 PM PST by Da_Shrimp
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To: ek_hornbeck
I’m not saying Bowie was as phony and utterly untalented as they are, but arguing merit from popularity doesn’t count for much. After all, popularity also got Obama elected twice.

The thing is, outside of "Let's Dance" and a few hits in the mid-70s, Bowie didn't get a tremendous amount of radio airplay and most of his records weren't big sellers when they were originally released.

A lot of his fans discovered him later on when they went to college. His biggest selling records tended to be compilations of songs from different albums. But he pretty much always had basically a cult following.

107 posted on 01/20/2016 2:54:44 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Da_Shrimp

Perhaps you’re too young to remember when homosexuality was illegal and American kids went to church on Sunday.

Drugs and Bowie and Hillary’s friends came along . . .


108 posted on 01/20/2016 3:17:43 PM PST by donna (Radicalized Christians become missionaries; then, they tell everyone that Jesus loves them!)
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