Lazarus Has Arisen, And Went To Meet The Starman!

Damn it, I can't even think of the names, "Bowie", "Starman" or "Major Tom" without having to hold back tears. Bowie was a huge part of my life, he was my first role model, not that I got into music, but, there we have it. I don't really know where to start, other than it was he that made me realize, that love is between any race or gender, as long as it is of love. I didn't know a thing about sexuality, but I knew that at 5, boys (Bowie) and girls (Diana Ross/Kylie Minogue) were both pretty, and I couldn't tell the different between that love. Then society made one realize that it wasn't so. So firstly, I want to thank him for that important lesson. Something, almost 37 years later, I am finally able to live with again.

You can't talk Bowie, without talking music, but I am going to let that rest for a few moments. I want to talk Bowie as an actor, and the things I have learned just today that made me love him even more. Firstly, most people reading this should know that I have a form of hyper-kyphosis, giving me a hunched back. Today, I learned that David Bowie, you know music god yada yada yada, also played the leading role in the Elephant Man on Broadway, 157 times. Yes, 157 times, you read that right. So you can just imagine how much more I just became enamoured, which even I didn't know was possible. Also, I thought I had recognized him, but he played in the movie of Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me. This was, like, MY favourite television series up there with the X-Files and well, that was pretty much the top two right there. And I always thought, I am sure that is Bowie, and reading a tonne of obits for him today, it affirmed that he was in it. And, you can't talk Bowie, AND Movies, without mentioning Labyrinth. Oh, Bowie Goblin King, how beautiful and radiant you were. And a secret, I was so jealous of that little kid getting fatherly attention from Jareth The Goblin King himself.

But, where it really makes an impact, that reason we all got addicted to Bowie, was music. I listened to just about everything he ever put out, and could not think, for one moment, that he would release an even better album than the 20 odd he did before, but, Bowie being Bowie, just does that doesn't he! And, not only does he do it, he tells us all that he was dying and we were just too amazed by the characters to catch on. Bowie Lazarus, was just about the ultimate character he could play. At worst, I thought it was just his farewell album, telling us that he is going to finish music with a standing ovation kind of show. Well he did, but, to actually die 3 days after the release of your album on the day of your 69th birthday, that was fucking showmanship right there. As Frank Sinatra inferred, Bowie did it his way, right up til the end. And, we the fans, just fell for a beautiful face from the Mr Rogers of Rock. The Grandfather of Contemporary Music and Fashion/Art. The Alien From Mars, He who fell from the sky. Was he being Lazarus, or was he being the Literal take on the Latin meaning of Lucifer, The Light Bearer. Was he showing us something that we all know that will come in the future, and showing us how to take ownership of it, and not let it bring us down all the time?

Mr Bowie, may your energy never dissipate, and continue to share your beauty, love, music and light across the universe. Move on and be that alien and bring your music to another world starved for Ziggy and Lazarus. Thank you for your stay here, I know I will continue to feel that little hole inside from the beautiful lessons that I learned from you. Love from a long time fan. I will miss you. Will leave you all with my favourite song off of his latest album, Blackstar. Very prophetic one would say Lazarus.