>excelled in multiple genres
>made 5 10/10 albums
>handsome
>likeable
>abused heroine for years
>abused cocaine for years
>abused alcohol for years
>still made it to the ripe age of 69
>released an album 3 days before his death
>its one of his best
Is he the most successful musicians ever?
>>74650255
don't forget inspiring TR to get clean. among other things.
everyone needs a friend like him.
Not the most successful quality or popularity wise to be honest, but he surely will be among the 100 or so most important people in music history for the next hundred years.
>>74650283
TR?
>>74650297
Trent Reznor
>>74650297
Trent Reznor?
>>74650297
Tim Razor, of Yard Long Fingers fame
>>74650297
The Alan Rickman
He's up there
David Bowie is the best, better included than Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury
>>74650255
>gets offered to shag a corpse
>doesn't do it
>>74650624
eh, he didn't miss much
>>74650337
kek
>>74650255
Yes. Few musical artists can balance quality and popularity like he did. The Beatles are similar, though they didn't have the reaching out into other genres that Bowie did nor the long length of his career. I'm not even that much of a Bowie fan personally, but I can see him for what he is/was.
>>74650255
>abused heroine for years
He didn't do Heroin, just coke.
>>74650674
Don't forget
>Starred in a game and composed most of the soundtrack for it and played two characters in it
>>74650729
He did herion in his space oddity years its what the self titled song is about
>ywn achieve his level of aestheticism
What was his best album /mu/? I think it's lodger
>>74650255
WHY DID'T HE TALK ABOUT JUDY??? REEEEEEEEEE
>>74650738
*shitty game
still impressive though
>>74650255
>made 5 10/10 albums
Only 5?
>>74650255
>Amazing Acting career
>>74650283
Also got IP clean
>>74652398
Hunky Dory
Aladdin Sane
Low
Scary Monsters
Ziggy I guess
Maybe Blackstar, heroes, and lodger too
>>74652515
Wrong!
>Space Oddity
>Hunky Dory
>Aladdin Sane
>Diamond Dogs
>Station to Station
>Low
>Lodger
>Scary Monsters
>Black Tie
>Earthling
>Heathen
>>74652515
Oh for sure more than that. Everything you said, for sure, and DEFINITELY Lodger. But also:
The Man Who Sold The World
Station To Station
Let's Dance (one of the best albums of 1983)
Reality
The Next Day
>>74652515
>>74650255
>handsome
not with those teeth
>>74652431
His performance in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence is severely underrated in most circles. Much like that movie in general. He's phenomenal in it.
>>74652750
He's British, can't help it
>>74653426
Not to mention his fantastic performance in The Man Who Fell To Earth. And let's be honest, Labyrinth is shit without him.
>>74653426
Agreed.
Also his performance of The Elephant Man on broadway is amazing from the snippets I've seen, he didn't have any make up on either.
>>74650255
>Is he the most successful musicians ever?
That would probably be Bob Dylan
>>74654196
SUCKA
>>74652515
Wrong
Let's Dance
Tonight
Labyrinth
Never Let Me Down
Black Tie White Noise
>>74650255
i like bowie as much as the next guy, but let's be real here, he did not make five 10/10 albums
>>74654361
StS
Low
Hunky Dory
Ziggy
are all unassailable 10/10s and a strong case can be made for heroes and scary monsters and lets dance
>>74654361
Yeah, he had more
>>74654407
>forgetting Aladdin sane
You must live on your back
>>74652431
Every film he was in was elevated simply because of him. Especially Zoolander.
Anybody else hate Bowie?
Can't stand his voice and his stupid gimmicks.
>>74652585
Dude, we all love Bowie but come the fuck on