The English writer, Theodore Dalrymple, has an article about the end of David Bowie that is excellent. I urge you to read it.
Anyway, the man died and the encomia seemed unending, which leaves me at a loss. From what i have gleaned, he wasn't a bad guy.
Like Dalrymple, I'm not a fan. I've been aware of popular music for longer than most people alive today as I remember Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Eventually, I sort of moved on. Every new band came along and at best I could say that's interesting and then would forget about it. I wondered about myself. My contemporaries were all obsessed with something and I didn't get it.
So along comes Bowie and he does not move the needle for me. People I knew were excited and he was big and I yawned.
I am not sure when it was I heard Changes, but it was on the car radio. I remember listening a few more times to make sure I got it and then forgot about it.
Ground Control to Major Tom may have been deep, but that voice was horrible, I hardly got through "Take your protein pills and put your helmet on." Maybe I missed something profound and my life has been a desert and I don't know it. So what.
I am stuck with the knowledge that either I am a buffoon who does not get it, or everyone I knew and grew up with is a dolt. I'm not sure which I hope is true.
Anyway, the man died and the encomia seemed unending, which leaves me at a loss. From what i have gleaned, he wasn't a bad guy.
Like Dalrymple, I'm not a fan. I've been aware of popular music for longer than most people alive today as I remember Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Eventually, I sort of moved on. Every new band came along and at best I could say that's interesting and then would forget about it. I wondered about myself. My contemporaries were all obsessed with something and I didn't get it.
So along comes Bowie and he does not move the needle for me. People I knew were excited and he was big and I yawned.
I am not sure when it was I heard Changes, but it was on the car radio. I remember listening a few more times to make sure I got it and then forgot about it.
Ground Control to Major Tom may have been deep, but that voice was horrible, I hardly got through "Take your protein pills and put your helmet on." Maybe I missed something profound and my life has been a desert and I don't know it. So what.
I am stuck with the knowledge that either I am a buffoon who does not get it, or everyone I knew and grew up with is a dolt. I'm not sure which I hope is true.
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