Snowflake Challenge 2016 - Day 7

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In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.

What a great day for this challenge: David Bowie has released his newest video "Lazarus" today, and tomorrow is the day that his new album "Blackstar" goes on sale.
The first time I started interacting with other fans was because of David Bowies. We swapped tapes and videos and articles, wrote letters and met at parties and concerts.
I feel lucky because I was able to see Bowie performing live several times.
Although I'm not really in touch with other fans anymore, I still buy his records and enjoy his strange artistic output.
Here's an old favourite, performed live:

Watch on YouTube

And this is his new video for "Lazarus": Link to VEVO here if the embedding doesn't work.

Comments

[turlough]

Bowie was my first musical love - well, him and Lou Reed - and I faithfully bought is records until well into the 90s. I pretty much stopped listening to music complete in the mid 90s though and when I started again I was never able to reconnect with Bowie. I occasionally listen to his old stuff but the new is a closed book to me I'm afraid.

I have no memories of the cover of Station to Station looking like that. I wonder if there were different versions in different countries?

[turps]

He's not someone I know a lot about, but I did enjoy checking out those two songs.

That's so great he was the prompt for you interacting with other fans.

[syrupwit]

Uggghh I love David Bowie. I haven't checked out his new stuff in a few years, but someone on my Tumblr dash has been going crazy over Blackstar. Do you have a favorite album or era?