# David Bowie has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794 "2016-01-11T07:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![jerry\_smissingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@jerry\_smissingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerry_smissingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/121 "2016-01-12T03:56:16Z")
My favorite Bowie era is anything that involved Mick Ronson. RIP Spacemen ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/122 "2016-01-12T05:15:13Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Thanks David, I don’t have the words. You really made the grade. That’s what I was looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/123 "2016-01-12T05:19:31Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > His last artistic statement: make sure the release is left to when it is clear that he has very little time left, let his fans listen for a few days, and then do the ultimate _drops mic, and walks off stage_, thus revealing the true nature of the album. > > I wouldn’t put that past him, to be honest. From what I’ve read from Tony Visconti, the album was done early in 2015. So the idea of waiting to release it seems to hold water. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/124 "2016-01-12T05:22:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Buzzfeed takes a look at Iman’s recent Instagram posts over the last weeks.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/imans-recent-instagram-posts-are-heartbreaking#.sbojoRer4W) > > Be prepared for a lot of dust in your room all of a sudden. I just watched the video of Bowie and Lennox’s 'Under Pressure ’ for the Freddie Mecury tribute concert, goosebumps and goopy eyes, but not a pain I would’ve wanted to miss. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/125 "2016-01-12T06:12:51Z")
Rhapsody put together a playlist of picks from every album, in chronological order. It’s just two or three from each and it’s still over 4 hours long. I’ll be listening for a few days on repeat. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/126 "2016-01-12T06:33:25Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > _Sigh_ ☹ Rest in Peace Major Tom. > > And get used to this shit, juniors. > > I just turned only 55 and not only are my rock idols starting to croak, high school chums are as well!!! ☹ > Sorry to be a downer but, what a drag it is, getting old!!! ☹ :eek: ☹ :eek: ☹ :eek: ☹ :mad: I posted a Youtube compilation of his best songs on Facebook. With the addition of him having been a star all of my life. I’m getting old… and it saddens me to see the larger than life people who have did more than just getting their pix in the tabloids… passing on. One of my FB friends posted this: [https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/videos/1043455372414183/](https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/videos/1043455372414183/) (Major Tom from the ISS peeps). ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/127 "2016-01-12T06:47:37Z")
I only just found out. My wife texted me to tell me he was gone. I responded by texting her the full lyrics to Space Oddity from memory, tissue in hand. “Ground control to Major Tom, your circuit’s dead there’s something wrong. Can you hear me Major Tom?..” I’ll be crying over youtube videos if anyone needs me. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/128 "2016-01-12T18:23:13Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Yep. Exactly this. I thought that he would far outlive me, and I’m 58 in perfect health. > > I thought that the post on Facebook was one of those stupid ads, like the “We say Goodbye to the Rock” kind of things. Well he was a non-drinking self-confirmed alcoholic and had taken mountains of coke and uppers in his time, though not recently. The damage was done many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/129 "2016-01-12T18:50:40Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > Well he was a non-drinking self-confirmed alcoholic and had taken mountains of coke and uppers in his time, though not recently. The damage was done many years ago. Yeah, I don’t think any of the drugs he did is correlated with cancer. My guess is this was just bad luck. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/130 "2016-01-12T20:06:29Z")
I hope your spaceship knows which way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/131 "2016-01-13T00:54:29Z")
_Thai Rath_, a Thai-language daily, [screwed it up](http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/01/12/thairath-bungles-bowie-bon-jovi). In an online montage of David Bowie, they included a photo of Jon Bon Jovi along with Bowie and even praised the British star as “the singer of the well-known hit ‘It’s My Life,’ which is familiar among Thais.” They corrected their mistake but not before lots of Thai fans voiced their outrage. Oh well, all us white guys look alike. And speaking of Bowie and Thailand, he filmed a short “documentary” in Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong in 1983 or 1984. You can see it [here on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFrkpZ8i2cI). It’s less than nine minutes, but I think an extended version is out there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/132 "2016-01-13T01:11:35Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Yeah, I don’t think any of the drugs he did is correlated with cancer. My guess is this was just bad luck. Not wanting to be inappropriate in a thread of mourning but uh yes they are. Tobacco and alcohol significantly by direct impacts for many cancers (including liver which is what media reports he had) and IV drug use and many sexual partners by way of HepC and HepB risks which increases liver cancer risks dramatically. A very sad loss. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/133 "2016-01-13T04:02:06Z")
The only relevant meme I have. [![](http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/david-bowie-knife.jpg) ](http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/david-bowie-knife.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/134 "2016-01-13T04:11:04Z")
Ages ago Dinosaur Jr. sort of re-wrote, sort of covered [Quicksand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TWxNiJZFc4). It’s the best Bowie tribute I can think of right now. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/135 "2016-01-18T15:53:25Z")
The _Bangkok Post_ gave a very nice account of David Bowie’s time in Bangkok in 1983 during his Serious Moonlight World Tour: [Serious Moonlighting](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/special-reports/828476/serious-moonlighting). He took a loss in Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong, but that was okay with Bowie, because he wanted to play more places in Asia than just Japan. And long-time English resident Roger Crutchley gave his memories of that same concert: [Bowie a Starman in the Bangkok moonlight](http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/828516/bowie-a-starman-in-the-bangkok-moonlight). Both links mention the tickets in Bangkok were 250 baht. That was just US$10 at the time and not expensive even for many Thais. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/136 "2016-01-18T16:12:09Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The _Bangkok Post_ gave a very nice account of David Bowie’s time in Bangkok in 1983 during his Serious Moonlight World Tour: [Serious Moonlighting](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/special-reports/828476/serious-moonlighting). He took a loss in Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong, but that was okay with Bowie, because he wanted to play more places in Asia than just Japan. > > And long-time English resident Roger Crutchley gave his memories of that same concert: [Bowie a Starman in the Bangkok moonlight](http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/828516/bowie-a-starman-in-the-bangkok-moonlight). > > Both links mention the tickets in Bangkok were 250 baht. That was just US$10 at the time and not expensive even for many Thais. Exactly. Proper working class hero: Contrast with ‘Sir’ Mick Jagger. He was charging prices [ranging from 1,500 to 8,000 baht in 2003](http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rolling-stones-to-play-largest-asian-concert-in-thailand.aspx?pageID=438&n=rolling-stones-to-play-largest-asian-concert-in-thailand-2003-03-06). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/137 "2016-01-18T16:19:45Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > Exactly. Proper working class hero: Contrast with ‘Sir’ Mick Jagger. He was charging prices [ranging from 1,500 to 8,000 baht in 2003](http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rolling-stones-to-play-largest-asian-concert-in-thailand.aspx?pageID=438&n=rolling-stones-to-play-largest-asian-concert-in-thailand-2003-03-06). They ended up not playing here after all. That was 2003, and when the Sars virus broke out in Asia, they were in India at the time and canceled all concerts points east of there. Singha beer was a sponsor, and I have an unopened can advertising the concert that would never be. Should have bought a whole six pack. Might be worth something on eBay sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794/138 "2016-01-18T16:45:13Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > They ended up not playing here after all. That was 2003, and when the Sars virus broke out in Asia, they were in India at the time and canceled all concerts points east of there. > > Singha beer was a sponsor, and I have an unopened can advertising the concert that would never be. Should have bought a whole six pack. Might be worth something on eBay sometime. Just to be clear, that’s the Rolling Stones I’m talking about there, not David Bowie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-bowie-has-died/742794.md?page=6)