David Bowie (1947-2016)

Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy 

With Bing Crosby

David Bowie was truly an original! I was fortunate enough to see him in concert in 1990, on his Sound + Vision tour. I saw him in Philadelphia. The photo below was taken on that same tour when he performed in Chile. Although I wasn't a fan of much of his later music, his work from the seventies and eighties was amazingly creative and influential, and it has formed an important part of the soundtrack of my life. I knew that he had just finished a new album, but I had no idea he was so sick. I was sad to hear that he passed away on Sunday, January 10th, 2 days after his 69th birthday, and I hope he is now at peace. He will be missed. 

David Bowie in Chile 1990 By Jorge Barrios,via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Bowie_Chile.jpg

I've posted links to videos of some of my favorite David Bowie songs as a tribute: Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy (with Bing Crosby), Starman, Rebel Rebel, Ziggy Stardust and Under Pressure (with Queen). The video for Ziggy Stardust is exceptional: it has amazing footage, onstage and backstage, from the early 70's from a BBC Documentary. The video for Under Pressure is not the original, and the bands are mostly shown separately, but it has some good concert footage, and it's still one of my favorite songs of all time.

Starman

Rebel Rebel 

Ziggy Stardust

Under Pressure- With Queen