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This song. Yes.

1971. Thank you Brian Eno for this.

Trying to come up with the words that describe the heartache and utter devastation the one year anniversary of his death affects me. Listening to Aladdin Sane today then watching The Last Five Years with my husband it broke my heart all over again. Let me say that first and foremost everyone grieves in their own way and I can’t really say that the “older” generations have the right to feel worse, cry harder, grieve more. But here’s the thing. I AM one of those older generation people no matter how much I hate to admit it. I see posts from people who I know are DECADES younger than I am saying their world is over, broken hearts and the like and you are allowed to feel that IF thats truly how you feel. There have been so many bandwagoners coming out of the shadows wanting to join the grief and that’s utter bullshit and here’s why. Here’s the rundown of MY life pertaining to Bowie. At age 6 at my cousin’s bday party at a disco (yes a real live disco) I heard Fashion for the first time and my mom tells me I used to walk around saying “I am a goon squad beep beep” excuse the 6 year old me for the incorrect lyrics but there it is. My brother was way into him and thus I grew up knowing the lyrics for every album, tape, cd and yes even 8-track. Age 12 I saw Labyrinth in the theaters and suddenly wanted to marry the Goblin King and help reign over his goblins. My first rock concert was the Glass Spider Tour. When I was 16 I was introduced into the Rocky Horror Show. Which yes, Richard O’ Brien did get the inspiration from Bowie. I played Magenta for 6 years. My boyfriend at the time was hung up on Ziggy Stardust and would play Space Oddity on his guitar constantly. Graduation from high school - Heroes was playing. Various good times through my life have had a Bowie song somehow related. 1999 one of my fav songs was Californication. Not even realizing The Chili Peppers sang “Cobain, can you hear the spheres singing songs off Station to Station?” of course the nod to Kurt Cobain who died in ‘94 and covered The Man Who Sold The World (and i still consider it the best cover of a Bowie song ever). Fell in love with vampires via The Hunger (which links Susan Serandon to him via RHPS and The Hunger) and i looked high and low for an ankh necklace like the one in the movie. I won’t bore you with more in depth instances but I will say having a son I have run into David via Spongebob, The Venture Bros and recently Duncan’s movie Warcraft. Through my life he gave me the courage to be myself, not give a shit about the “norm”. He was there in good times and bad, breakups with boyfriends and brought me and my best friend Tim together closer than any people have a right to be. Dressing him up as Ziggy all those Halloweens ago and watching him almost break an ankle on his stack heel boots are my favorite memories.  So there it is. I have lost a lot of people throughout my life but none (excluding my mother) I have mourned deeper, longer, harder than David. He lost his life to cancer (as my mom did) and I survived it 9 years ago with a lot of his music pulling me through. I dread every day knowing he’s not here. Tomorrow will hurt the most. Then next year and the year after. I will cry, I will scream and my heart will break all over again. I still see him everywhere in obscure ways and will treasure that for as long as possible. My heart bleeds for wife Iman, his daughter Lexi for I know how it hurts to lose a parent, and most of all Duncan. Again I know the loss and heartache to lose a parent but to also have a child that will never know the love and beauty and strength of that grandparent. So.. um yeah there it is. I say to all the people he truly touched and who have the legitimate hurt in their hearts I am so sorry you have to share this heartache but as cheesy as it is remember Oh no love! You’re not alone! For the band wagoners out there who are barely older than a fetus f#%k off and find another band wagon to jump. I’m a Blackstar

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