# Yesterday opened Google News to headlines of David Bowie's death. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980 "2016-01-12T23:48:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/41 "2016-01-14T04:16:22Z")
His real name is David Jones–you know, from The Monkees? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/42 "2016-01-14T04:21:05Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > His real name is David Jones–you know, from The Monkees? He’s also famous for his locker, which fell in the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/43 "2016-01-14T04:42:54Z")
He also starred in _Labyrinth_, as the delightfully evil Goblin King. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/44 "2016-01-14T04:54:20Z")
His son, [Duncan Jones](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1512910/?ref_=tt_ov_dr), is the writer/director of _Moon_ and the upcoming _Warcraft_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/45 "2016-01-14T04:58:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > He also starred in _Labyrinth_, as the delightfully evil Goblin King. Actually, that’s a common misconception; he was a supporting actor, at best. The real star was David Bowie’s Package. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/46 "2016-01-14T05:04:08Z")
Is Duncan the same as Zowie Bowie? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/47 "2016-01-14T05:24:40Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Wasn’t he a knifemaker? Bowie knife vs. David Bowie knife. [Bowie Knife vs. David Bowie Knife - The Strut](http://www.thestrut.com/2013/01/11/bowie-knife-vs-david-bowie-knife/) ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/48 "2016-01-14T05:39:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Is Duncan the same as Zowie Bowie? Yes. I’m assuming **janeslogin** is a Jane’s Addiction fan. Otherwise, why the tribute? ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/49 "2016-01-14T12:46:12Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Yes. > > I’m assuming **janeslogin** is a Jane’s Addiction fan. Otherwise, why the tribute? I assume it is paired with janespassword. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/50 "2016-01-14T14:51:22Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > He always struck me as one of the good ones. > > It was not too long ago that I learned that the song "[All the Young Dudes"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Young_Dudes) was written by David Bowie, for Mott the Hoople. > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Wikipedia > > Regarded as one of glam rock’s anthems, the song originated after Bowie came into contact with Mott the Hoople’s bassist Peter Watts and learned that the band was ready to split due to continued lack of commercial success . . . Bowie wrote “All the Young Dudes” in short order specially for them, allegedly sitting cross-legged on the floor of a room in Regent Street, London, in front of the band’s lead singer, Ian Hunter. > > How cool is that? > > 🆒 If I were Ian Hunter, it might make me want to give up music and go into insurance. I struggle and struggle trying to come up with something, and Bowie comes in, sits down, and immediately writes a hit song on the spot. “I’ll have it ready in a few minutes!” Maybe I’d wonder if music was the business I was cut out for. But then we’d have never got Cleveland Rocks, so it’s good he’s not me. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/51 "2016-01-14T14:53:05Z")
Even if you don’t know who Bowie was, you must know who [Bing Crosby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADbJLo4x-tk) was. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/52 "2016-01-14T17:29:19Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Even if you don’t know who Bowie was, you must know who [Bing Crosby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADbJLo4x-tk) was. Wasn’t he David Crosby’s dad? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/53 "2016-01-14T17:51:33Z")
^ Did he lose his locker in the ocean, too? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/54 "2016-01-14T18:41:50Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Oh, and I guess “Ziggy Stardust,” as well. Well, I think it’s time to fill in the hole and binge listen to some Bowie albums. I’ve been doing that last few days myself. Nobody mentioned [Starman](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw), I think it was on _The Martian_ soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/55 "2016-01-14T18:47:09Z")
So, um, did you know who Alan Rickman was? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/56 "2016-01-14T19:12:16Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yup. I met him at the Alamo. There we were, standing shoulder to shoulder with Sonny Crockett. Cannon to the left of us, cannon to the right of us. I turned to ol’ Sonny Crockett and said, “Well, Sonny, it looks like this is the end.” Was this after or before the Canadians killed Randy Travis with a cannonball? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/57 "2016-01-14T22:21:58Z")
I’m 61, and I can relate to the OP. > [@Chronos](#): > > He also starred in _Labyrinth_, as the delightfully evil Goblin King. That’s the only thing I know him from. Don’t recognise any of the singles listed on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie_discography#Singles) except “Little Drummer Boy,” and as that’s my least favourite Xmas song I’ve probably never heard his version of it. > [@leftfield6](#): > > So, let’s try this. Have you heard of these artists? > > [ul] > [li]Roger Waters[/li][li]Keith Richards[/li][li]Kurt Cobain[/li][li]Eddie Vedder[/li][li]Bruce Springsteen[/li][li]Miles Davis[/li][li]Merle Haggard[/li][li]Taylor Swift[/li][li]Lionel Richie[/li][li]Tupac Shakur[/li][li]Gloria Estefan[/li][li]Neil Diamond[/li] > [/ul] > > Just curious where your level of awareness falls. Waters and Vedder, no. The rest of them, yes, though Merle, Springsteen and Diamond are the only ones I can name songs from. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/58 "2016-01-14T22:36:05Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > That’s the only thing I know him from. Don’t recognise any of the singles listed on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie_discography#Singles) except “Little Drummer Boy,” and as that’s my least favourite Xmas song I’ve probably never heard his version of it. His too. Which is why he changed it to sing with Crosby. It’s linked twice in this thread, give it a try. I promise your ears won’t bleed, even if you don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/59 "2016-01-14T22:58:26Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I’m 61, and I can relate to the OP. > > That’s the only thing I know him from. Don’t recognise any of the singles listed on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie_discography#Singles) except “Little Drummer Boy,” and as that’s my least favourite Xmas song I’ve probably never heard his version of it. > Waters and Vedder, no. The rest of them, yes, though Merle, Springsteen and Diamond are the only ones I can name songs from. What do you listen to? The OP was approaching 30 when Bowie first came on to the scene and many people have stopped listening to new music around that age. You, on the other hand, were around 15, which for most people is the age they’re getting into music, and much of his career falls into your prime music appreciation age. Obviously your musical interests lie elsewhere. Who would you name as your favorite artists, and what are your favorite songs? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980/60 "2016-01-14T23:00:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I’m 61, and I can relate to the OP. > > That’s the only thing I know him from. Don’t recognise any of the singles listed on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie_discography#Singles) except “Little Drummer Boy,” and as that’s my least favourite Xmas song I’ve probably never heard his version of it. > > Waters and Vedder, no. The rest of them, yes, though Merle, Springsteen and Diamond are the only ones I can name songs from. You know, my parents are in the same range as the OP. The difference between you and them versus **jane**? I can’t imagine either other group announcing it to all and sundry. Hell, I’m 47 and used to be a huge movie buff. But in the last decade or so, I’ve realized that all the twenty-somethings pretty much look alike and the films they usually make don’t help me figure them out. Because when you head past 30, you really don’t need too many coming of age stories anymore. So, I just try to stay current enough so that the entire world hasn’t left me behind at 50. Which is what has happened to my best friend. Hasn’t heard any new music in probably two decades and couldn’t tell you which stars were which beyond who he enjoyed in high school. It’s sad and makes him feel isolated and adrift in current culture. That only gets worse the further behind he gets. He’s 51. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-opened-google-news-to-headlines-of-david-bowies-death/742980.md?page=4)