^^ Thanks for posting that new / last Bowie album Statts. I just listened to it in its entirety. That's the first piece of music I listened to today. Cheers.
I have this sense, growing up in the 80's & 90's, that even though I hadn't listened to the majority of Bowie's music during those years, that Bowie was such a foundation for soooo many things, he just WAS. He was always, just
"around". Always there, an image, a reference, an example. Dude was on the radio, TONS. Bowie's presence & influence was like..
breathing. His creative presence was already such a base for pop culture, for subculture in that time. How could popular music & creativity exist without his piece of the puzzle?
It is outstanding to think about.
I may not have been the biggest fan, but truthfully, in the past year or so, hearing the earlier releases, Bowie as FULL ON R&B singer, it is a legacy that not many people reach. My aunts & uncles were / are obsessed with him, once again, just another example of how entrenched Bowie was in my larger, family based musical aura from a very young age for myself. I recall many glimpses, & conversations of David Bowie records from my aunts & uncles, as a young child. As mentioned, David Bowie just was. I know my aunts & uncles would be extremely moved by the loss today. Many of their earlier music tastes impacted my own. As it happens.
And yes, that new / last "Black Star" lp is great. I dig it. Bowie, still playing with dnb structures in places. One of the first pop artists to explore dnb at the time in the 90's. There's not many creative minds from his era that fully embraced popular electronic music sounds & explored them within their own catalog. An obvious example of how the man lived by taking chances. Which is his greatest legacy, imo. Bowie just got things done. Let the audience decipher the sounds.
Respects.