# Favorite song from musician who died in 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169 "2017-01-02T20:06:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/61 "2017-01-05T17:10:41Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Bowie “Sound and Vision” Mine also. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/62 "2017-01-05T17:39:35Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > … > Honorable mention has to be given to Sandy Pearlman, who passed away from a stroke on July 26. While not a “musician” in the strictest sense, he was the manager, producer, and key songwriter for Blue Öyster Cult – indeed, he formed the band specifically to perform lyrics he had written. Hard to pick just one so I’ll go with [“E.T.I. (Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence)”.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-BulIM5xwE) My pick also, but for [Astronomy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7KPZtcOVQ), just love all of the Imaginos lyrics and mythology. Live version, with mega-juicy-delicious guitar solo. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/63 "2017-01-05T20:38:59Z")
David Bowie, “Changes”, just because the song has seen me through a lot of them. \*\* Heroes \*\*the album got me through the worst time of my life, but, over all, “Changes” is the theme. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/64 "2017-01-07T18:52:54Z")
Pirates-Emerson, Lake, & Palmer ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/65 "2017-01-10T03:05:08Z")
[“O Death”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xmRWj7gJEU) by Ralph Stanley ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/66 "2017-01-13T02:36:19Z")
**Modern Love** - David Bowie It’s one of my all-time fave pop songs. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169/67 "2017-01-13T18:59:12Z")
Its impossible to pick - but for sentimental reasons - Controversy - Prince. (Bowie wrote some awesome songs. Cohen was incredible…I’m a 1980s Minneapolis girl. I came of age to Prince.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-from-musician-who-died-in-2016/776169.md?page=3)