I kinda liked Bowie before this–loved “Space Oddity” and enjoyed “Let’s Dance” and some of his other songs but holy mackerel “Labyrinth” just took it to a whole new level. The only way I could have enjoyed it more is if it had been ninety minutes of just him as The Goblin King.
Although a special mention should be made of Seu Jorge’s covers of Bowie’s songs in “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou”.
Seu Jorge singing “Life On Mars” was the first song I bought on iTunes.
I was too young to even know Labyrinth when it first came out, but discovered it eventually, as we all must, and so I knew him as the Goblin King before I knew him as Ziggy or any other incarnation.
I can’t choose any one phase. Alladin Sane came out when I was twelve. Later on I caught up with the older stuff. The album Hunky Dory is one of my favourites.
God, is Labyrinth good. Not only was Bowie a beautiful vocalist, but he had such a screen presence…too bad he only showed it a few times, most notably this and The Prestige.
Then again, he had that cameo in Zoolander…
I was so sad when I heard of his passing. I’ll always love Under Pressure, simply because it brought together two of my favorite vocalists, Bowie and Freddie Mercury.
Phillip Jeffries. That’s my lasting image of Bowie, I think. Although aware of him and his many guises, before I explored his music he was Phillip Jeffries.
ASSHOLES WATCHING MOVIES 
Everybody else has been quoting songs from albums but I have been singing this one to myself all morning. Thank you for this 🙂
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OK gonna have to admit to being the only person in the world apparently that wasn’t ‘into’ Bowie, don’t shoot!
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I kinda liked Bowie before this–loved “Space Oddity” and enjoyed “Let’s Dance” and some of his other songs but holy mackerel “Labyrinth” just took it to a whole new level. The only way I could have enjoyed it more is if it had been ninety minutes of just him as The Goblin King.
Although a special mention should be made of Seu Jorge’s covers of Bowie’s songs in “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou”.
Seu Jorge singing “Life On Mars” was the first song I bought on iTunes.
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I was too young to even know Labyrinth when it first came out, but discovered it eventually, as we all must, and so I knew him as the Goblin King before I knew him as Ziggy or any other incarnation.
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That was my Bowie, too. But Space Oddity runs a super close second.
Dance magic, dance…
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The Thin White Duke.. then I saw his Serious Moonlight and Glass Spider tours. Love it all.
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My Bowie was the one who fronted Queen at the Freddie Mercury Concert in ’92 for a few songs. What a presence!
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I can’t choose any one phase. Alladin Sane came out when I was twelve. Later on I caught up with the older stuff. The album Hunky Dory is one of my favourites.
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God, is Labyrinth good. Not only was Bowie a beautiful vocalist, but he had such a screen presence…too bad he only showed it a few times, most notably this and The Prestige.
Then again, he had that cameo in Zoolander…
I was so sad when I heard of his passing. I’ll always love Under Pressure, simply because it brought together two of my favorite vocalists, Bowie and Freddie Mercury.
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I love him in Labyrinth! I hunting right now on Netflix and Amazon Prime to see if I can find it. I could swear I saw it in the queue on one of them.
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I love this movie and glad you mention it here. What is also a shocker is how could Bowie be dead but Keith Richards is still alive?
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There’s too many to figure out. I love them all. Probably Ziggy. An alien rock star.
@Birgit-What’s your fucking problem with Keith Richards? At least he’s fucking Justin Bieber or any of that bullshit?
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Phillip Jeffries.
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Phillip Jeffries. That’s my lasting image of Bowie, I think. Although aware of him and his many guises, before I explored his music he was Phillip Jeffries.
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Such an amazing artist and full of talent and vision. May he rest in peace.
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Don’t fall over, anyone, but I’ve never seen that movie! 😮
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The Goblin King was mine too. I’m actually a fan of Bowie as an actor. He was great in ‘Last Temptation of Christ’ and ‘The Prestige.’
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Cant believe he’s gone 😦
It was only yesterday that I was listening to Heroes.
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