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I was sitting in work the other day waiting for the comet halle Bopp to end my bored shitless torment when some bloke i work with, made a round of tea's and this young lad on work experience said 'Awesome' when he was handed the Mug.
He also uses the words , without fear nor favour, 'Sheesh', 'Dumb', Hi', and most unbelievably, 'Sucks'. A lot.
I was about to launch into a blitzkreig rant about Landing on the sea of fecundity in a tin foil space probe being 'awesome', Kubricks '2001' is 'awesome' , Franz Shuberts 'Trio In E flat' is ' awesome'. Dennis Hopper is 'Awesome'. Your very first ecstasy tablet charging through your soul cast from gods fourth rib, Is 'Awesome'... not some thin boned calcium deficent twot in a Average white band t shirt harnessing the power of mixing boiling water, a tea bag, and semi skinned in a Spurs Mug.
What stopped me from my middle aged rampage was the sight of this kids bag, With a dog eared , well worn , and Loved, copy of Bowies' Diamond Dogs' Lp, Sticking out .
Never judge a book by it's Cover you old Git.
Whether you mix Denture-grip eucryl toothpowder into your Horlicks or mainline uncut Peroni into your celiac trunk. Whether you're old enough to remember Bodie's vanderbilt  stonewash or the Frank Ross Donegal Weave Chalk Stripe bloodlust wrath across south London , or young enough to understand Tik Tok and use Whatsapp, Bowie is the Omega Man for all generations.
 An Event Horizon of Glam, Prog, Rock, New Wave, Funk, Soul, Berlin School and Polarity Drive Musical Brilliance.Â
Post your Favourite Bowie Tracks as we Bathe and tarry awhile in the plasma pool of his greatness. Why Not?, we've f uck all else to do in the off season, Unless you want to talk about the falkland Islands and Monkey Pox.
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"...The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn."
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:24 - Jun 15 with 4502 views
Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:27 - Jun 15 by Discodroids
You heretic Sheen!
Just my age, DD. 5 years older and I might have loved him, but he was yesterday’s man 43 years ago with Let’s Dance, Dancing In The Streets and Tin Machine still to come.
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:36 - Jun 15 with 4440 views
My greatest musical influencer, long before being an 'influencer' was a thing. Once fancied a girl until she claimed to be more into Jagger than Bowie and killed the interest there and then (how was I to know they would later collaborate just for a little outdoor boogie?) Favourite - incredibly tough call, but going with 'Sorrow'
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:37 - Jun 15 with 4436 views
Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:33 - Jun 15 by MrSheen
Just my age, DD. 5 years older and I might have loved him, but he was yesterday’s man 43 years ago with Let’s Dance, Dancing In The Streets and Tin Machine still to come.
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Point taken, mr Sheen. I ignore Bowies 'Tin Machine' offerings like i do Gary Websters 'Minder ' Episodes. Although The thin white duke produced some decent tunage in his later years... the 'Ashes to ashes' Drop at 2 mins.....
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"...The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn."
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:36 - Jun 15 by Myke
My greatest musical influencer, long before being an 'influencer' was a thing. Once fancied a girl until she claimed to be more into Jagger than Bowie and killed the interest there and then (how was I to know they would later collaborate just for a little outdoor boogie?) Favourite - incredibly tough call, but going with 'Sorrow'
Great tune. Reminds me of my late old Dad, 'East Ham Dave'. He'd sing that after a few double diamonds using a plastic comb as a harmonica. Daft sod.
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"...The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn."
Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:36 - Jun 15 by Myke
My greatest musical influencer, long before being an 'influencer' was a thing. Once fancied a girl until she claimed to be more into Jagger than Bowie and killed the interest there and then (how was I to know they would later collaborate just for a little outdoor boogie?) Favourite - incredibly tough call, but going with 'Sorrow'
Funnily enough, an early date with the future Mrs Sheen was seeing Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. When she admitted afterwards that she had hated it, I knew I was onto something.
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:45 - Jun 15 with 4399 views
You know, it's funny. I was never a very big Bowie fan back in the day but, out of so much 60s and 70s music I avidly devoured as a young man, Hunky Dory and Spiders are among the few albums I still listen to from that time. Both are masterpieces. This remains Bowie's most enigmatic composition that brings back many of the feelings of those weird and wonderful days...
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:48 - Jun 15 with 4390 views
Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:45 - Jun 15 by dmm
Thanks for that giggle Disco.
You know, it's funny. I was never a very big Bowie fan back in the day but, out of so much 60s and 70s music I avidly devoured as a young man, Hunky Dory and Spiders are among the few albums I still listen to from that time. Both are masterpieces. This remains Bowie's most enigmatic composition that brings back many of the feelings of those weird and wonderful days...
So beautiful. Goosebumps. ;-)
"...The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn."
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:59 - Jun 15 with 4356 views
First heard this in my young formative days as a Mod. Always always stuck with me.
Think that Secret Affair did a track called Glory Boys which was a sort of reprise/homage. The Jam likewise did a record called London Girls which was definitely an updated Jam reworking of the same theme.
Anyway, all praise the Thin White Duke. Simply a genius.
Never knowingly understood
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 16:12 - Jun 15 with 4321 views
Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 16:05 - Jun 15 by danehoop
First heard this in my young formative days as a Mod. Always always stuck with me.
Think that Secret Affair did a track called Glory Boys which was a sort of reprise/homage. The Jam likewise did a record called London Girls which was definitely an updated Jam reworking of the same theme.
Anyway, all praise the Thin White Duke. Simply a genius.
For me, a lot of Bowie still cuts the mustard after all these years. This is timeless
Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 15:33 - Jun 15 by MrSheen
Just my age, DD. 5 years older and I might have loved him, but he was yesterday’s man 43 years ago with Let’s Dance, Dancing In The Streets and Tin Machine still to come.
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I was in that age bracket too I think - which always reminds me of the lines in this Malcolm Middleton song, a man who clearly also fell victim to the red shoes problem:
For those who can't be arsed listening to it, at 2mins 30 he says:
'Hey, I'm sorry you're dead, and I'm sorry that I missed Bowie's changes. I stumbled upon him dancing with his red shoes on and dismissed him as a c*nt. Dancing to thought forms made true when he turned the world from black and white.
Anyway this red shoes contagion dissuaded, or at least delayed, probably millions of us from delving into his other stuff. Stuff like this bit of acoustic venom which I didn't finally discover till I was about 31:
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 16:29 - Jun 15 with 4252 views
On the day Bowie died I had an appointment with a client - an older guy from Beckenham. He told me he grew up with and went to school in Beckenham with Bowie who he liked a lot.
He said Bowies family were not that attentive to him as a kid but an Irish landlady of the Three Tuns Pub in Beckenham took him under her wing and was like a surrogate mum. He later rehearsed in there with early bands in a spare room upstairs.
Some years later he was now an adult having a pint in there one lunchtime when Bowie came in with Angie to see the same landlady and tell her they were going to Bromley registry office to get married. My guy said let me buy you your final drink David as a single man and did.
He said Bowie stayed in touch with all his schoolmates all down the years and came back for a final private trip round his old haunts a few months before he passed away.
The Three Tuns was the pub I had a final drink in 20 minutes before my own wedding- sadly a pizza joint now which trades off the Bowie connection quite a bit.
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 16:36 - Jun 15 with 4225 views
Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 16:12 - Jun 15 by londonscottish
For me, a lot of Bowie still cuts the mustard after all these years. This is timeless
Soul tunes ruled my young life but mate used to play this song non stop.
Grew to admire this so much, lyrics are excellent.
t's a God-awful small affair To the girl with the mousy hair But her mummy is yelling, "No! " And her daddy has told her to go But her friend is nowhere to be seen Now she walks through her sunken dream To the seat with the clearest view And she's hooked to the silver screen But the film is saddening bore For she's lived it ten times or more She could spit in the eyes of fools As they ask her to focus on. Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest show Take a look at the lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on Mars? It's on America's tortured brow That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Now the workers have struck for fame 'Cause Lennon's on sale again See the mice in their million hordes From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads Rule Britannia is out of bounds To my mother, my dog, and clowns But the film is a saddening bore 'Cause I wrote it ten times or more It's about to be writ again As I ask you to focus on Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest show Take a look at the lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on Mars?
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 16:41 - Jun 15 with 4214 views
Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 16:36 - Jun 15 by wood_hoop
Soul tunes ruled my young life but mate used to play this song non stop.
Grew to admire this so much, lyrics are excellent.
t's a God-awful small affair To the girl with the mousy hair But her mummy is yelling, "No! " And her daddy has told her to go But her friend is nowhere to be seen Now she walks through her sunken dream To the seat with the clearest view And she's hooked to the silver screen But the film is saddening bore For she's lived it ten times or more She could spit in the eyes of fools As they ask her to focus on. Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest show Take a look at the lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on Mars? It's on America's tortured brow That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Now the workers have struck for fame 'Cause Lennon's on sale again See the mice in their million hordes From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads Rule Britannia is out of bounds To my mother, my dog, and clowns But the film is a saddening bore 'Cause I wrote it ten times or more It's about to be writ again As I ask you to focus on Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man! Look at those cavemen go It's the freakiest show Take a look at the lawman Beating up the wrong guy Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show Is there life on Mars?
'Spit in the eyes of fools' is the line that does me.
"...The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn."
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Bowie. High Teachings From beyond.. on 16:43 - Jun 15 with 4209 views
Truely LFW, we are caught up in the rapture of the high Dojo Bowie.
Cast Politics into the Abyss on this Forum... Bowies Music is some artefact of a higher dimension that we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space. Maybe we should trust that, even if we can't understand it.
Fu ck knows, Iv'e had 6 pints of Camden Hells...
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"...The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn."
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