I just think about like, the individual we always amplify had people like how

mike had quincy jones

lead singers always have their bands often creating the sound they get the attention for

not even referring to bowie but shoutout to mick ronson and s*** like that i think tony visconti idk

yea all these guys eno too
he also had so many muses
its always a team effort.

underrated

win butler of arcade fire talking about bowie in a new interview for stereogum:

I alluded to this earlier but: The Grammys were like an industry stamp of approval. From the beginning, however, you guys were embraced by a lot of elder artists — particularly artists who were influences on the band. One I wanted to talk about was David Bowie. He was a very early supporter; you performed together in 2005, which turned into a live EP. Then he shows up on “Reflektor” in 2013. Somewhere around 2015, you talked about how you’d come to regard him as this professor-type character in your life. He came to your first New York show, right?

BUTLER: Our first headlining show, when we played at the Bowery, Bowie and David Byrne came to that show.

Wow, no pressure huh.

BUTLER: It sort of set the table. Like, “Well, I guess this is how it’s going to be right out of the gate.” Laughs It’s funny, I have a photo of David in my studio that I look at when I’m working sometimes. It’s just him in a dressing room with one of those kind of Hollywood mirrors behind him. He really… I don’t know, he felt some sort of spiritual connection with us. It wasn’t like he wanted anything from us. I just think he wanted to say, “Hey guys, you’re going on the right path, keep going.”

I was emailing him over all those years. I don’t know if you have anyone close to you that’s died and you go back and read those emails, it’s really these strange digital fragments of someone you care about. After he sang on “Reflektor,” Régine and I bought him a painting in Haiti as a thank you gift. We were supposed to mail it to him and we got busy and forgot about it, and in the interim he passed. I knew he wasn’t well, but I didn’t know he was dying. Maybe a couple months later I remembered the painting and I dug it out and it was a painting of a black star. A voodoo painting of a black star with rays coming out of it.

I didn’t know anything about his record being Blackstar or anything like that. Now it’s on the wall of my bedroom. S*** like that sometimes happens in my life. I take it for what it is. I don’t know exactly what that means and I just feel grateful… I don’t know man. Even just how inspiring, what he put into his art even in death. He’s someone I think about at least on a weekly basis.
need to see that picture he's referring to

for when u come back... @Ithaka

oh yeyehh i gotchu hold on gimme a second

this one right

How is No Plan?

I always feared listening because Black Star the goat sendoff and I didn't wanna tarnish that

it’s good but next day extra is better

I'm confused lol

Didn't that come out early 2010s? I was asking if No Plan is worth a listen, or if it's better to let his legacy end where he wanted it to

well they’re both eps of left overs from an album, just think next day extra is better than no plan but it’s still nice

@Ground is that not a hollywood mirror behind bowie in a dressing room???

no plan
killing a little time
when i met you

it's just 3 new songs, but i like them more than all the songs on blackstar

the secret life of arabia is my favorite song from "heroes"

a lot of people here probably have watched the classic concert film, ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars. david bowie: serious moonlight and david bowie: glass spider are classic concert films as well.

im sorry what

A concert film or concert movie, is a film that showcases a live performance from the perspective of a concert goer, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by either a musician or a stand-up comedian.