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David Bowie RIP.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, January 11, 2016 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

DAVID BOWIE, the legendary singer-songwriter and producer who dabbled in glam rock, art rock, soul, hard rock, dance pop, punk and electronica during his eclectic 40-plus-year career, has died after a battle with cancer, his rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 69. Here's an addittional career overview from the L.A. Times and Rolling Stone, with the promise of more to come. In the meantime, you can get started with the BBC's "David Bowie and the story of Ziggy Stardust," covering the creation of the fiirst of Bowie's many musical personas, and The 1980 Floor Show, which was really recorded live at the Marquee, circa October 1973.  "Life on Mars?" and "Queen B^tch" are also from his glam period.  "Young Americans" was the signature tune from his soulful period as the Thin White Duke (though "Fame" is a close second). His 1978 gig at the Beat Club includes  "Sense Of Doubt," "Beauty And The Beast," "Heroes," "Stay," "The Jean Genie," "TVC 15," "Alabama Song," and "Rebel Rebel," which Pate used to cover from time to time.  A cleaned-up Bowie became even bigger in the 80s with "Let's Dance" -- the LP of the same name also hit big with "China Girl" and "Modern Love."  He was not as active in the 90s, though I still love his duet on  "Waterloo Sunset," with the Kinks' Ray Davies in 2003.  Here's longtime collaborator Tony Visconi talking to the L.A. Times about the making of Bowie's Blackstar. The lyrics of that LP will gain new meaning knowing what we know now. And the stars look very different today.

SONNY KNIGHT & THE LAKERS are joined by John "Jabo" Starks and Fred Wesley, two James brown vets, for some of the legend's tunes on The Current.

LEGGY streams their Dang EP.

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THE DANDY WARHOLS return with "You Are Killing Me."

BLOOD ORANGE and NELLY FURTADO collaborate on "Hadron Collider" and "Say It Right."

THE BONGOS: "Numbers With Wings" was nominated for Best Direction at the first MTV Video Awards.

JEFF LYNNE talks ELO, George Harrison, the Traveling Wilburys and more on World Cafe.

BONES & GROOVES: How Western music was smuggled into the USSR on X-Rays.

OTIS CLAY, soul singer and Blues Hall of Fame inductee, passed away Friday in Chicago following a heart attack. Clay was 73.

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THE GOLDEN GLOBES were awarded to these folks, including...Lady Gaga.

SEAN PENN interviewed Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman for Rolling Stone, which gave the Mexican drug lord editorial approval. Several news outlets reported that Penn is now under investigation for the interview, according to a Mexican official.  OTOH, a Mexican law enforcement official said Saturday that the interview in the remote community of Tamazula in the northern state of Durango helped authorities track El Chapo's whereabouts prior to his recent capture.

SHERILYN FENN is returning and LAURA DERN is joining the Twin Peaks revival.

ROSIE O' DONNELL is already annoying her new neighbors. Shocka.

ROBERT BALSER, one of the animators behind The Beatles animated movie Yellow Submarine, has died. The animation director, who also worked on the Saturday morning Jackson 5 cartoons in the early 1970s, was 88.

GERMAN Minister of Justice Heiko Maas has said he believes the sexual assaults in Cologne were 'coordinated and prepared' ahead of time. He also accused xenophobic groups of using the crimes to stir up hatred. Angela Merkel for the first time signalled a change in her "open-door" refugee policy on Saturday, as police admitted that a "majority" of those suspected of sex attacks in Cologne were asylum-seekers or illegal immigrants.

FINNISH reported Thursday an unusually high level of sexual harassment in Helsinki on New Year's Eve and said they had been tipped off about plans by groups of asylum seekers to sexually harass women.

A EUROPEAN 9/11? November's attacks in Paris, in which 130 people were killed by Islamic State group jihadists, showed the trauma that could be caused by a group of men with Kalashnikov rifles, but experts fear it could be just the start.

THE ISLAMIC STATE Cannot Be Negotiated With.

IRAN's nuclear deal may have empowered its hard-liners. Shocka.

HOLY COW! A rare birth of quadruplet calves.

SELFIE RAT was a hoax? Nooo!

A SNAKE got stuck frozen on a reporter's car window.

IS THAT A DUCK in that ultrasound?

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