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You can only post in this thread if you're a part of the elite who listened to Blackstar before Bowie passed away.
I'm pretty sure that's most of /mu/
>>61648112
i listened to it once a few days ago
this second listen's gonna be difficult
>>61648112
Listened to it last night and was just thinking what a good last album it would be......
>>61648147
this
i mean, its the only noteworthy album after christmas
Honestly loved it
It literally got leaked here man
I am one of the Elite.
Goodbye dear friend.
hey
>>61648112
rip
FUCK I DIDN'T ;_;
damn, that Lazarus mv was hit last
maybe he knew he was done
>>61648147
/ic/ here, it's not just you guys.
>TFW no continuation now
Just fuck this world up.
>>61648112
I listened to the single Blackstar, does that count?
Godspeed, Ziggy
I listened to I Can't Give Everything Away and fucking knew it was coming
>>61648285
Look up here, I'm in heaven
I've got scars that can't be seen
I've got drama, can't be stolen
Everybody knows me now
Look up here, man, I'm in danger
I've got nothing left to lose
I'm so high, it makes my brain whirl
Dropped my cell phone down below
Ain't that just like me?
>>61648112
/tg/ here, we knew it meant something. Warp shit is always bad joojoo.
>your face when
https://twitter.com/danedehaan/status/675046815142699008/photo/1
Yeah that's right I did it.
Didn't even liked it
>>61648361
well, with the OP's phrasing, yes.
I was going to listen to it tomorrow for the first time. I'm not so sure anymore
Listened to it twice and loved it. Was in B&N today hoping the vinyl was there but it wasn't....
>>61648498
He would want you to, anon.
>>61648112
I did. I guess i could take solace in that, but it doesn't make me feel any better.
Never been affected by a celebrity death before.
tfw didnt listen
tfw breaking ops rules
tfw its real tho
/mu/ killed him
>>61648112
.. i meant to... but the first track wasnt good
Listened to it, immediately it struck me that it sounded like it was made by a man on his way into the abyss. I think the music videos make this apparent, as well. Even his death was performance art. I hope this move cements him as one of the greatest performers of all time.
he knew
I was beside the counter at the bookshop I was in this afternoon. I didn't buy it
;_;
>>61648244
trio of extraordinary gentlemen
Oh boy am I really going to lose it when Eno and Fripp die
I was honestly hold out hope that he'd perform it live or something.
>>61648244
Fripp & Eno
>>61648112
I'm part of the club.
time for me to cry while relistening to it and then give it a 10/10
no one who frequents this board would miss that album
I planned on going to the record store tomorrow to get the LP at my local record store
I had this idea of only ever listening to the vinyl version of blackstar
now if I go get it I'm going to feel like a bandwagonning faggot
>>61648668
retard
i was listening to that song when i found out :c
>>61648285
>maybe he knew he was done
He had terminal cancer, he obviously knew he was dying. I doubt he expected it to happen two days after he released the album.
>>61648112
i listened to it about 5 times before today and then once this morning on the way to work.
gonna be a bad day tomorrow when i inevitably have to listen to it cause its so fucking good.
>>61648694
Please, anon, don't even entertain the idea :(
Also I listened to it on Friday, so I'm allowed to post.
>>61648112
I'm among that number.
>dying three days after an album release to promote it
THE ABSOLUTE
FUCKING
M A D M A N
>>61648779
iktf
get it online
does it count if im still downloading it?
>was waiting to buy a physical copy
Fuck me
At least I listened to the singles
I only liked 3 of the songs :(
>>61648285
>Lazarus revived from the dead 4 days after his death
>"Lazarus - David Bowie" released 4 days before his death
>>61648112
I was supposed to listen to it during the week, but reality decided to fuck everything up.
Gonna listen to it later in the day, along with other stuff by him.
What a bold move to release it before he died. He knew it would get bloated scores if it came out after death, what a gentleman
>>61648865
the barnes and noble near me has the limited edition version in stock according to the website
I have a gift card too so I'm going to try to get it there
>>61648279
same feels bad man
>>61648971
I laughed at this
RIP Bowie
>>61648971
one silver lining is that the pre death reviews didnt tack on a few death points
>>61648112
Listened to it once
Yesterday.
>>61648285
His twitter said it was an 18 month battle with cancer so that would have been the entire production of the album and before knowing.
>>61648779
>>61648895
I fucking feel the same as you guys.
Yesterday i was at the mall with my mom, we passed by the music store showing her his new album, i was like ''that's nice it got released it the day of his birthday, it should be good i will listen to it etc...''
And two days later he's dead.
Certainly one of the elite, I've been listening to it every day for a week now. This is some of the hardest music-related news I think I've ever had to live through. He's the reason I give a shit about music, and decided to go into it myself. I'm listening to Blackstar again right now, crying every couple minutes. I know this is lame, and I'm probably gonna get memed, but damn, it's all so much.
>>61648864
Lemmy's death hit me in the feels pretty bad but this one was even worse.
Fuck.
>>61649179
lol,gay
I've listened to it twice for the first time just few hours ago.
Now I came back home from clearing snow to learn that he's dead. This is so weird
>plebs havent posted the blackstar meme pics yet
not even real fans
>>61649157
He probably didn't even know if he would survive until its release
>"where the fuck did Monday go?"
>he died on a Sunday
Literally one of the greatest records of all time CONFIRMED
Imagine all the normies that are going to buy it now.
>>61649514
how about the WHERE TH FUCK DID MODAY GO?
it has all the modays gone on the calender with that face.
I actually did an personal Bowie tribute weekend listening through all of his stuidio albums again to celebrate the release.
And now this.... I am shocked, sad and confused. And there is nobody here to hold me...
yeah and it was shitty
>finish it
>wow pretty good
>try to go to bed
>can't fall asleep for some reason
>get up to listen to it again
>Davey Bowie has dead
>mfw
>>61649635
>imagine all the normies that are going to stream it on spotify or youtube once and then forget about it
fixd4u
>look up here man, I'm in danger
>I've got nothing left to lose
How didn't we see it. Jesus christ.
I was there....
When Zacherino leaked the vinyl rip...
I listened to it yesterday at the gym.
>>61648821
"Where the fuck did Monday go"
He died last night.
He never got to see Monday.
That's where Monday went.
>Be David Bowie
>Go to bed Sunday night
>Die
>Wake up
>In heaven
>Expected Monday
>Where the fuck did monday go
cool
I've been listening since I got the leak the night before release.
>>61649884
>>61649921
R.I.P. Bowie
;_;
>>61649921
>Where the fuck did monday go
WTF?? :'(((((((((
>"I can't give everything away"
>He never gave away that he was dying
link to blackstar?
>>61649736
It deserves better, okay!? It deserves better!
>>61649921
you got a lol out of me in grieving. good job
>>61648561
Shit you're right. This is going to be a tough album to listen to
listened it to last night at this time when i went to bed. then i checked facebook before bed and saw that. crazyz
Based Bowie put the whole thing up for you to enjoy, so enjoy. ;w;
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvQskJAg3ncLHZYu9cmjvgFFOroZMwkIZ
>>61648112
I listened to it yesterday. Does that count?
>>61649921
It's like he knew
Finished listening to Blackstar earlier tonight. A couple hours later the news broke.
Goddamnit.
>mfw listening to blackstar I knew what was happening but refused to think about it
Have you ever seen a man
Time his death to a perfection?
I love this one from his previous release t b h
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdU3OPxLq7s
Yesterday, I listened to the album, and was thinking about how when David Bowie died, people were gonna go crazy and music wouldn't feel the same, and this entire thought came from me realizing that Blackstar kind of felt like a goodbye.
Guys, he was battling cancer while making this album. If there is ever any doubt as to whether David actually gave a shit about his fans, let this totally demolish any doubt.
And also, David kept out of the spotlight these last few years because he wanted us to remember her at his strongest, not his weakest.
listened very early friday morning but remember little of the album. think i liked it tho but title track was best track as far as i can recall (i had busy friday)
>>61648112
I can't speak. I can only type right now because sobbing's coming out of my mouth whenever I try to talk right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUW_8cWG7YA
He's with Freddie now. My top two favorite musicians are gone and I don't quite know how to feel.
>>61648112
>you can only post itt if you're a Facebook normie
I listened to the title track but that was it.
God dammit.
I put it off. I wanted to wait until my day off of work so I could sit and actually listen to it. Really drink it in.
I'm sorry, David Bowie. I couldn't have known....
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-JqH1M4Ya8
He walks into that closet and he's gone.
>>61650834
a doctor probably told him to be honest
*posts*
>>61648112
4:30-5:30 was magical
>>61648112
i listened to blackstar thrice and one album by guiliana before bowie died but i don't think highening ones self esteem because a musician died is respectable
>>61651194
I told David Bowie to walk into the closet, he actually did it, the absolute madman!
>>61651292
it makes the album more relevant at the very least
although I get what you're saying
>>61651199
What if he actually went on one of those sites where they show a countdown of when you're going to die?
>>61648413
why didn't you warn us
time to replay omikron
>>61648413
I hate myself, I never really rated that track until this morning. I thought it was okay before but didn't relisten much. Actually giving it a proper shake, I realised it's gorgeous, but it's too late now.
>tfw it's THE last Bowie track
>>61649994
pretty fucking clever
>>61648112
I was postponing it as Ive been listening and relistening station to station
Hunky dory lately I had only heard the title track Blackstar like ten times.
Now that this happened and I see what the album is about maybe it was a good decision to postpone it. Maybe this is the moment it had to be listened to.
>>61648112
Of course I did. I have been a Bowie fan since the age of 10, which was in 2000. That's nothing compared to my dad who first saw him live in 1976 (and has been a fan since 1971), but still this news was really shocking for me too.
>>61648147
Yeah I feel like if you're on /mu/ you probably already have came to this album a few time's. What's everyone's favorite songs?
>"girl loves me"for me
Days ago I read in some review that Blackstar was a desperate shout of putting their mortal remains before death, like Glenn Gould did, everything was true.
Look up here, I'm in heaven
I've got scars that can't be seen
I've got drama, can't be stolen
Everybody knows me now
does it count if i found out he died while i was listening to it
>>61651749
Damn, what was that like?
>>61651881
kind of weird but the album is new. would have been really weird if i was just listening to bowie out of the blue.
Listened to it the day it leaked, and I only recently started getting into Bowie. Just got home about 10 minutes ago and saw the news.
lol i'm not part of the shithole generation who were listening human trash like Bowie.
Go die disgusting generations prior to 1990, your music/movies/whateva taste was only for garbage.
Justin Bieber, because I'm a bilieber
This shit is not even real music, how the fuck you stupidfucks you believe that you are any kind of elite more than trashy elite?
You just believe that this stupid fuck Bowie tranny fucker made good music because he was weird. Since you had no internet anything new and weird was awesome and after a few decades "genius" & "classic".
Lol you dont even know real music.
Beliebers the only true music elite. Also the only ones who get laid.
anyone else not posting in the sticky because they're blasting ziggy stardust?
>>61648301
other boards aren't allowed to mourn this, this is mu's man.
>>61648177
I finally was decided to listen to it today, 5 hours after listening to I Can`t Give It All Away he fucking dies.
It's gonna be a hard second listen.
Listened a few times two days ago. I thought it was a very pleasurable experience. I described it to a friend like "it's weird, very Bowie"
>>61652497
That's Space Oddity. I'm 99 percent sure on that one. that is if we're both looking at the same sticky.
The album gets more beautiful and less tense in tone as it goes on, right up until the fucking gorgeous climax of I Can't Give Everything Away. everything about the album foreshadows what has transpired.
>>61652497
Why was he so fucking cool? Holy shit
Also
>Referring to Ziggy in the past tense
JUST
>>61652646
Yeah it's Space Oddity. /tv/ is playing the objectively better song, but Space Oddity seems more tfw after his death.
>>61648177
I just did my first post-death listen and fuck, when he started singing the first line of Blackstar I wasn't sure I would make it through.
>>61648687
If you'd bought it he might be still alive now
>>61652529
very good description XD
>>61648112
I listened to the entirety of Blackstar in the bathtub right before it was announced.
Great album.
After it ended, I drifted into an odd sleep, was very emotionless and numb. I don't know how long it was, anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour+ laying there in the tub comfortably numb. Strange how the universe has its own ways of telling you anything.
FIVE YEARS!!!!
![David-Bowie[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/SbIBfXG.jpg "David-Bowie[1].jpg")
>>61649729
It was david bowie calling you "Anon, im dead. Dont forget to buy my last record
>>61648177
It's 'Where are we Now' that kills me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWtsV50_-p4
>>61648361
this
i dont want to listen to haunted music help
I listened to it about 5 times the day of release. Lazarus was always my favorite. Fuck man.
>>61648112
I had already listened to it 3 times.
>>61648361
same and lazarus
https://mega.nz/#F!TkEmUZBQ!UrO8m3UhEfvuVpXFBr-fJg!uwd0Rbbb
virgins
I've loved David Bowie since early teens, I've been too busy to listen to anything new, now I'm too depressed to even think about listening to a new David Bowie album ;_;
>>61648112
>friend tells me Bowie released new album
>oh cool I'll check it out when I get the chance
Fucking hell /mu/, if only I knew
>tfw Drum n Bass/Breakcore influence on Sue
WHERE THE FUCK
DID THE
MONDAY GO
>>61654886
It reminds me of Death Grips
>>61655053
I'm part of the elite group that called it a 9.5/10 before dead
>he gave it all away
I'm almost afraid to listen to it again now, everything's gonna carry a way different weight now.
>>61648112
I listened to it yesterday actually. Not sure if it was before or after he passed away, I just learned about it now.
I Can't Give Everything Away is the best song in the album.
>Post in this thread
>Didn't actually listen to Blackstar before he died
DEVILISH
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>Listened to it last night
>he was probably dying while I was listening
Hold me /mu/
>>61648112
Farewell Spaceman.
Heard the news a few hours ago. This one's going to hurt for a bit.
>tfw Lazarus was Bowie's final goodbye
>>61648112
That would be me
>>61648112
99% of people can't be the elite
I like lazarus
Who else here reckons Blackstar is Bowie's best album?
Blackstar is the King of Limbs of Bowie's discography
>>61655893
He wanted to go out in style
>>61655924
Great but underrated?
>>61656066
I was thinking more short, experimental, idm/break influenced, jazzy time-signatures.
>>61649075
ALL
Knowing how much energy and life chemo takes out of ya, I find it pretty fucking amazing he managed to complete the album having fought against it for 18 months.
But then again maybe he didn't go through chemo, and just embraced it.
ive long since cared about him as a personality and near fictional enigmatic kinda guy that is indistinguishable from the made up characters he plays
I always checked out his new stuff but honestly i havent liked any of it in a long time. Album from a few years ago was pretty rough desu
>>61648112
7/10
last song played on my spotify was dollar days before i opened it this morning
>Get the album in its release
>Listen it 3 days straight, literally listen to nothing else
>This is pretty good, b-but something is off.. I feels like this album is mix of his all other previous eras (like 80's on Its a pity and early 70's output in Dollar Days)
>wow he still kicking and giving us great albums :D
>literally said the worlds "he will die in our lifetime tho" to my friends
>wake up today but couldn't sleep of some uneasiness (I feel like this before something bad happens)
>5 different messages on my whatsapp from 5 different people
>all of them ending with "Bowie"
>think that he is going on tour
>realize he is dead
>fucking numb till this morning
>the uneasy breathing in the intro of "Tis a pity she was a whore" is him having trouble breathing because of the chemo
>>61656745
It was probably lung cancer that got him. Damn impressive lung capacity if so.
>>61656567
mine was lazarus, incase you wanted to know
>>61656701
>>wake up today but couldn't sleep of some uneasiness (I feel like this before something bad happens)
Wow, me too. I never wake at 7:00 in my timezone.
>>61656414
He would have just embraced it. You can't record an album going through something like chemo, he would have lived a few years longer but he wouldn't have been able to record. He did it for himself and he did it for his fans. It's really sad.
>The percussion at the end of Blackstar emulates a heartbeat
>slower and slower
>flatline
Something happened on the day he died,
Spirit rose a meter and stepped aside,
Somebody else took his place and bravely cried,
"I'm a Blackstar...I'm a Blackstar.."
>>61653388
kek
TFW you've just spent the last week in a Bowie Coma listening to nothing but him since the album dropped.
>>61648112
Listened to it yersterday (Europe time). Told friends about it "He's still making music? Wow he must be getting pretty old," now this.
>>61656999
runs the same all to today.
Have to say his death has completely changed the album for me. I was stupid enough not see that it's basically a fucking epitath/suicide note.
Yeah, listened to it an it was absolute shit
Listened again just now, and it's still shit even with the "poetry" of his death
quite happy i did. was thinking about it this morning, listening to it now for the first time completely changes your perception of the album.
>>61657066
>>61651728
Fuuuuck
i listened to it yesterday for the first time, maybe while he was dying
"I'm dying to". When I listened to that lyric last night I knew he was directly telling us that he was dying. Fuck.
HE SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL, BLACK STAR VIDEO JUST CONFIRMS IT, YOU JUST DON'T RELEASE AN ALBUM AND DIE TWO DAYS AFTER
>>61656701
>>61656802
Fuck same here. Couldn't get to sleep last night so I decided to pull an all nighter when my friend texted me the news.
>>61657301
>we thought it was "I'm dying to"
>it was actually "I'm dying too"
>just opened spotify
>see blackstar cover art in the corner of the window
damn
>>61648112
lol didn't listened yet I am the real elite
>>61656933
Is he inviting someone to be the next him?
>>61648112
>mfw I listened to Blackstar for the first tiem yesterday
>really liked it and wanted to get into rest of his discography
>the next day he dies
wat
>>61657767
I reckon it's referring to what he'll be turned into after his death.
That's probably the significance of Major Tom's skull, all covered in jewels - everyone worships an embellished legacy of who he really was.
I heard it on the 31st.
Sure, the leak was shit, but it was Bowie.
Then I got the CD version and listened again. It was even better than I thought it would be. Kinda annoyed that I listened to the vinyl leak first, but whatever.
Truly, this was a parting gift that will never be forgotten. I love you, David.
F
>>61657859
Worshipping*, rather
>>61656999
>tfw that's exactly what happened
>>61655198
Jees
>>61648413
HEADSTRONG
Man, relistening Blackstar for the x Time. it feels like every Song is linked to his upcoming death (something happened on the Day he died, where the fuck did monday go, i'll be free like THAT bluebird, look Up here i'm in heaven, sue goodbye etc.)
>>61648147
/v/ here we listened to it when it was leaked.
It's seriously nothing special, and now that you understand the context of the album it's even more enjoyable.
Listened to it two days ago on a whim. Weird timing, rip Bowie.
>>61656892
That's James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem on percussion. Amazing to know that he had a hand in Blackstar.
I downloaded a leak last Tuesday and gave it a listen straight away. Really enjoyed a lot of elements of the album, and just generally enjoyed Bowie's artistry. Listened to it at least once more in its entirety, then just selected tracks. Woke up this morning to the news of his passing and couldn't quite comprehend what I was seeing. Now that I've thought about it, the album makes so much more sense, as a sombre swansong.
>>61658603
>A man as depressive as Murphy had to know that Bowie was dying and keep it a secret all this time
>>61649579
This is so fucking funny
Does listening to it at 2 in the morning count or did he die before hand
>>61656701
>guy in his 20s or 30s predicts that a 69 year old man will die in his life time
Whoa, so profound. I think there may be something uncanny going on here!
>>61649921
Anon please.
Got into Bowie about 4 days ago by listening through that 5 Years boxset in one go. Jeezo, can't believe I didn't listen to his stuff earlier.
>>61648112
>the cancer was the reason he sounded so weak
;_;
WHERE THE FUCK DID MONDAY GO!?
>David Bowie is dead and I pirated the album he intended as his message to fans
>>61662182
The guilt is real.
>>61662182
>THIS
It's ok, one of my friends was in london and they've bought me a copy, which I'll pay them back for. Still feel a little guilty tho
It's sold out of Tesco and Sainsburys, I saw loads of normies buying it lmao then they'll get home and realise it's one of Bowie's least accessible albums and it's not like Ziggy Stardust or Hunky Dory but they'll still pretend they like it even though they don't
>>61648112
posting in an epic bread.
Listened to Blackstar single when it was released.
Listened to the whole album for the first time yesterday, wake up to this today.
>Mother told me this morning that Bowie had died
B-but I only got his album yesterday, it's only just been released....
Though, i'm 40yo this year and have been aware of Bowie for pretty much the best part of those 40 years and got to see him live in the 90's.
>>61652497
Was Kira based off of Bowie?
>>61662271
haha yeah, it will sell like hot cakes but people will be horrified when it doesn't have nice digestible songs.
>Listened to Black Star literally 2 days ago
>I said it was total shit and he should retire
I guess I got my wish, I'm sorry
Hi
I watched some music vids right after it came out.
Now that he's dead I have to listen to it and I understand what he was singing in a new context.
>>61662374
thanks for killing david bowie you piece of shit
S H A M E
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>>61662358
>>61654886
I got much more of a jazz fusion vibe maf hbt
For his age Bowie had a great head of hair.
>listened to Blackstar when it came onto spotify
>show it to my uncle
>"isn't it crazy that he is almost 70 and still making great music?"
>show it to a friend later that day
>he digs it
>"this nigga is almost 70 and is still doing what he loves"
>mfw he dies 4 hours later
>mfw i go to bed listening to Blackstar for the 3rd time that day
>>61662182
>i pirated the leak
>>61648112
Listened to the bambino leak on here. In the thread where it was posted.
dammit I was going to listen to it and didn't get around to it
Sorry david
>>61662374
Was that your review on RYM?
Before the news hit, I tried listening to the vinyl leak, and couldn't quite take it. I bought the album quickly after, and like any other Bowie release, I was extremely happy with it. A few hours later, when the news broke, it felt like everything inside me ceased for a moment, and I desperately hoped for a moment that it wasn't true.
Re-listening to Ziggy Stardast at the moment. I'm planning on re-listening to all of his stuff at some point, along with finally listening to the albums of his I was advised to skip when I first started listening to him.
