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The Gift of Sound and Vision

The greatest living rock star has now left us to join the cosmos, at the Piscean age of 69. There is no figure of comparable importance to liken him to; he was the very definition of unique. His unisex shoes will go unfilled. He was a magician in mod clothing. He blazed the trails we all gladly followed.

As it turns out, he was mortal. Who knew? Did he ever give the slightest indication that he was like us? As far as I could tell he was an archangel from a Peter Chung cartoon. In film, he played wizards and aliens with such flair and confidence, it was clear he had an inside connection. His music was a solace and a balm for me since grade school. Since I was a Young American. He was the Homo Superior.

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The best I can offer right now, just days after his surprise passing from this realm, is to share some of the music that he created that improved the quality of my existence. David Bowie was a superman of a million gifts, and he shared them all with us.

Most important of all, the gift of sound and vision.

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Soundgarden

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Rush

BIUL_RushWhat better proof of the niceness of Canadians could you ask for, than three dudes getting along well enough to perform together for forty years?

This song in particular got me through some lonely teenage nights:

As did this one:

And for crying out loud, to any red-blooded man, this song is utterly indisputable:

That’s why guys like me and Bubbles look beyond the songs about trees talkin to each other and the wordy 90s stuff. You’re lucky I outgrew my “Show of Hands” phase, however.

 

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