David Bowie

[gizmoman]

On the Bowie question, my wife thinks Bon Jovi is far superior to D Bowie. I hope there are not many on here with similar views.

[FloorFiller]

On the Bowie question, my wife thinks Bon Jovi is far superior to D Bowie. I hope there are not many on here with similar views.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

You're clearly a lot younger or just plain jealous, I wish i were so "awful and ridiculous" and i'm a year or 2 younger.

[MrZigster]

Just imagine randomly bimbling into The Underground Piano Bar to find The Dame sitting there doing Oh You Pretty Things or Changes.

If he can keep the recording of a new album secret for two years in this age of stupidly OTT communication, then I am hoping he could possibly keep a secret set somewhere properly secret as well.

Well, secret that is until the first person with a smartphone and a Twitter/Facebook account sees it of course.

Let an old(ish) man dream.

[gizmoman]

and you're still married why?!

[gizmoman]

Not really. As I said earlier, I'm sure he's having a great time and fair play, but he's hardly the bastion of looking healthy. He looks like he's having a fecking great time, but that's very different things.

Edited March 13, 2013 by gizmoman

[Bathimp]

I am loving the Bowie dream. Just hope we get to live it.

Eternal optimists that we are

[Mud Dweller]

I am loving the Bowie dream. Just hope we get to live it.

Eternal optimists that we are

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Edit: hadn't read your earlier replies, but seriously, if the life expectancy is 70 and he's 68 how do you think he should be living? I know most people today live beyond 70 but a large proportion of those are alive and not living if you know what I mean. You could apply the same logic to old man Eavis, he's clearly far too old to be running a major festival

[neilloggie]

He looks awful and ridiculous. That's how I imagine Billie Armstrong from Greenday and Blink 182 to look in 20 years time.

[Ed209]

Bowie and that dude are about the same age as my dad, and looks a hell of lot better than my dad looks. Saying that, my dad did live a way more rock'n'roll lifestyle than they did. The Church of England was mental in the 70s 80s and 90s.

Edited March 13, 2013 by Ed209

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I don't think he looks that bad for 68, or ridiculous,i suppose if your job has been that of a punk for almost 40 years,it's hard to change.

I suppose in a way,it's no different to a solicitor going to his job in a suit every day?

[SirDaniel]

I suppose money goes a long way in helping these guys hold on to their youth. Rock star salaries must pay for some seriously potent baby foreskins.

[incident]

That dream is alot more realistic than it was a few months ago. We hadn't heard a peep out of him for years...look at it that way

[Bathimp]

True, the dream is a lot more realistic. It's gone from a 0.01% chance to about 0.05%.

[Guest]

I suppose money goes a long way in helping these guys hold on to their youth. Rock star salaries must pay for some seriously potent baby foreskins.

[The_Wiseman]

looks like he may be going to tour after all according to the wife http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/bowies-wife-hints-at-tour-plans-for-hubby-587840.html

[UEF]

Already been discussed. But I echo Neil's comments, it depends what she was asked.

The answer was:

Iman said: "We have a 12 year old in school, so we are stuck, we can't travel.

"Our schedule is around her, so I don't know. We'll have to go visit him, but we won't be on tour with him because she's in school."

[russycarps]

I'm really liking Valentine's Day off the new album

[strummer77]

I'm really liking Valentine's Day off the new album

[russycarps]

Agree. (You WIll) Set the World on Fire is another favourite.

[strummer77]

Yep, that one is great.

Plus, the 2 that were released before the album came out I am enjoying much more as part of the whole album, than I did when we just had them as singles.

The album genuinely does live up to the hype. I definitely prefer it to Heathen and Reality, which I dont think are bad albums at all.

[cassiel1972]

Not sure how to paste links from my phone but here goes -

http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/mar/14/david-bowie-wife-hints-tour

There's still this steady, drip drip of hints that he might - just might - be considering a gig or two.

[eFestivals]

Not sure how to paste links from my phone but here goes -

http://m.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/mar/14/david-bowie-wife-hints-tour

There's still this steady, drip drip of hints that he might - just might - be considering a gig or two.

what there is is a steady stream of disengenious stories designed to suck in suckers.

If the words of Bowie's wife were all that these stories try to suggest, the story would not be written in the way that it is.

She's clearly bee4n asked a hypothetical question about whether she'd go on tour with him, and that's her answer - because if it wasn't that, the story would be about how Bowie's missus had categorically stated that he was going on tour but she wouldn't be.

[Mardy]

Am I alone in not being blown away by this album? it's ... alright. Not great, a long way from great, but equally a long way from terrible.

You want great? give the new John Grant a few listens. Astonishing album.