.......I'm truly sorry that some people choose to make a "mockery" out of such a sad situation!  Disgusting!

It is sad when a star is gone. RIP Davie Bowie aka David Jones. :(

Memories of many a mis-spent night in the local disco came flooding back on hearing the news of David Bowie's seemingly sudden death. Rebel rebel, the Jean Genie, starman, space oddity, heros, changes, life on mars........Aaah those were the days.......

We now know it was liver cancer - very tough. But his legacy will live on through his music. Like it or not, David Bowie paved the way for many of today's musicians and changed the music industry forever.

Thank you for the music David Bowie.

.... just on a lighter note .....when the song "Diamond Dog" was released and made the charts ......there were also gorgeous little black T-shirts (short sleeves) with the face of a dog on them - all done in little "sparkly diamonte' jewels"....... I had one!  Looked great with jeans! Had it for years!

Also - heard today on the news - that anyone who has an Andy Warhol painting of David Bowie - going price - approx. $20 - 25 MILLION  !!!   Nice!  :-)

We all have to go sometime but if you are a heavy smoking bisexual alchoholic fruitcake then your time is sooner rather than later.

Whether we agree with a persons life choices or not, no one deserves to get cancer or any other horrid disease.

R.I.P David Bowie. You will live on through your music.

Thea

I'm retired and I do not earn but recieve a good income from many investments.

I have problems spending all my income and the bank account keeps rising so I give some away many times a year to those in need.

I still say if you abuse your body you pay for it. Not the taxpayer.

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Many probably know the lyrics of David Bowie's song "Space Oddity"...but like me many may not have realised what he meant when he wrote the song. Found this today on the internet and it makes interesting reading. Here are the lyrics first...then what Bowie meant...it's just beautiful..

Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom (Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six)
Commencing countdown, engines on (Five, Four, Three)
Check ignition and may God's love be with you (Two, One, Liftoff)

This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you "Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do."

"This song is about alienation and distancing yourself away from people by getting so lost in your mind that you're high up above everyone else. It's about becoming cynical and seeing the world as a sad place but being unable to communicate with anyone about it. "Planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do" - he realizes there's nothing he can do about all of the problems he sees in the world.

"Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you hear me Major Tom?" - He's lost communication with those on the ground (i.e. in reality). "The papers want to know who's shirts you wear" - something small and insignificant normal people would worry about seems so small and unimportant to this man metaphorically up in space looking down on the world. "The stars look very different today" - the more you spend time in your mind thinking about things, the more your perception of everything will change."

I always find those who push their meagre qualifications in your face...really...don't have any talent...and are just trying to impress....living a fantasy.

A PhD is hardly "meagre". Undoubtedly you don't have one...

I am entering this conversation now because... you seem to be belittling Kings College...obviously... you have no idea of its history or reputation.

Rubbish! I'm commenting on their DMA degree, not on King's College.

I went to Oxford which is even older...founded in 1167.

... As a cleaner, I suspect.

At Oxford... they wipe their a**** with PhD these days...some people have more than one you see...

Well, you see, I am one such person: PhDs in music and pure mathematics...