BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...

Subject: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 06 Dec 16 - 01:38 PM

Well, amidst the deaths of lots of good musicians and actors, and people loosing their minds over serious on both sides of the Atlantic we are now facing the ultimate madness of the music industry

Bowie snubbed in favour of Bieber

Come on, people! How can they do this? :-(

DtG

(Walks away shaking his head...)

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 06 Dec 16 - 02:05 PM

I was never particularly a David Bowie fan but Jaysus he was light years better than Justin Whatshisface is if he lives to be a million.

Dave H

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Stu
Date: 06 Dec 16 - 02:29 PM

Makes perfect sense when viewed in the context of a world heading down the pan.

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Greg F.
Date: 06 Dec 16 - 02:47 PM

I'm sure Trump loves him.

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 06 Dec 16 - 02:49 PM

Twats.

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: robomatic
Date: 06 Dec 16 - 05:44 PM

Aw it's a...

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 06 Dec 16 - 07:44 PM

All entertainment awards are fickle, and the Grammies are the worst of the bunch. The major categories usually reward commercial success, not artistic excellence. How can anyone take seriously an organization that once gave one of its most "prestigious" awards to a pair of lip-synchers?

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: olddude
Date: 06 Dec 16 - 08:17 PM

They all lost their minds dave.. Of people, the beve is tops in annoying to me.. Bowie.is. Class

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Jim Carroll
Date: 07 Dec 16 - 04:26 AM

Should this be in the non-music section?
Seems to me it might do better to be shifted up for the attention of those who care about this sort of trivia
Jim Carroll

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 07 Dec 16 - 05:09 AM

Dunno, Jim. I could always drag in the Nobel Prize for lit.... on second thoughts....😈

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 07 Dec 16 - 05:48 AM

Depends on the definition of music...

Folk or otherwise!

:D tG

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 07 Dec 16 - 09:51 AM

This is definitely not BS. Bieber threads may go below the line but not Bowie threads.

My current favorite mention of his death is here which is also a vulgar and obscene view of 2016 going from bad to worse. I've already posted the lyrics, you're welcome.

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: G-Force
Date: 07 Dec 16 - 10:21 AM

Funny thing is, the two or three reviews of 'Blackstar' that I read while Bowie was still alive were pretty mixed, likewise the customer reviews on Amazon. It was only after he died that people started to get with it. As they say, great career move.

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: akenaton
Date: 07 Dec 16 - 12:42 PM

Could never understand what all the fuss was about pretty average. Of his contemporaries, Sting was a better writer and singer.

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 07 Dec 16 - 12:46 PM

Give over. Sting's permanent residence is up his own botty.

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: akenaton
Date: 07 Dec 16 - 05:55 PM

Most performers suffer from inflated egos....goes with the territory.

But decent writing is decent writing, and claptrap is claptrap. I could name half a dozen excellent sons penned by Sting, but nothing memorable from bowie, most of it is pretentious nonsense.

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Dec 16 - 06:59 PM

Trump said his showmanship was greatly helped by his education at World Wrestling shows

http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/linda-mcmahon-donald-trump-cabinet/#.WEihEOYrJPY

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 07 Dec 16 - 09:58 PM

Ok old gits.. I was a teen in the glam rock early to mid 70s.. which makes me eminently qualified to comment on Bowie..

He is the most important musical figure of my generation, certainly as far as me and the mrs are concerned..
Bowie is my decade's Beatles.. he's that important to us..

..and like the Beatles, a lot of his lyrics are now badly dated surrealist shite...

Yes.. he was pretentious.. so were most of his contemporaries in the 'art rock' scene way back then...

In later life, as he matured, and became more highly educated through experience and interaction with the art word,
he actually ascended to becoming a 'real' fine artist,
in the milieu of modern gallery / multi media culture...

Personally speaking, 'my' Bowie was more than dependant on the musical 'genius' of Mick Ronson.

He was an excellent choice for Mick Ronson and the Spiders from Mars lead singer and front man..

Almost as good a charismatic pop star as his old mate and rival Marc Bolan... 😜

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Mr Red
Date: 08 Dec 16 - 09:19 AM

Better by far to make comparisons with Sting than even mentioning a fallaciously Farcebook fashioned fiasco. (other alliterations are available)

Sting can be up wherever you deem him to be, as long as what comes down isn't shite.
And it isn't.

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 08 Dec 16 - 11:05 AM

Ok Ake.. you're entitled to your idiosyncratic musical/lyrical preference..

But tell us, in your estimation, who was the better movie actor.. Sting or Bowie...???


[CLUE: they were both shite..]


Score 10 more points on the chuckle-ometer if you publicly assert Bob Geldof is a far more superior all round artist & entertainer than both of 'em... 😜

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: akenaton
Date: 08 Dec 16 - 01:59 PM

I don't agree PFR, but I don't comdemn you for your opinions.

Personally, I think Sting is more "folk orientated" I like his poetry and his style, but it's only my opinion and I'm prepared to admit it.
Nice to see you back on forum.:0)

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 08 Dec 16 - 02:18 PM

I lurk and read more than join in these days...

Until I see something that tickles my fancy to have a cheeky laugh about...

[unfortunately late last night's sarcastic post was immediately deleted - probably due to utter lack of good taste and decency].. 😜

Btw.. my mrs genuinely counts Bowie, Sting, and Geldfof in her top favourites, with only Springsteen & Tom Jones towering above 'em all...

Subject: RE: BS: 2016 goes from bad to worse...
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 09 Dec 16 - 03:58 AM

Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.....