RIP David Bowie. Your work was always so ubiquitous and chameleonic that half the time I didn’t know that you were the mastermind behind it. Stuff like “Changes” and “Fame” - it’s all brilliant stuff. And that’s not even considering everything and everyone you inspired - Yoshitaka Amano, Neil Gaiman, Rocky Horror, countless glam rock groups, Lady Gaga - the list goes on and on.
The biggest impact you had on me, though, was before I was born, when my mom first met (and fell in love with) my dad when he covered many of your songs with his band. It’s in those little interactions, where music and art are a catalyst for something bigger, that an artist’s legacy is truly felt and measured.
And in that regard, you were nothing short of extraordinary. Thank you for changing the music world for the better, forever.
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