Ahhh damn. Cursed with insomnia last night, I heard the news on the radio around 5.30am, just as I was drifting off to sleep. I knew he wasn't well but it still came as a massive shock. I cried myself to sleep.
Bowie was a proper hero of mine - My parents christened me David because of him and I was brought up on his early stuff. As a child I bought:
As a teenager, I mainlined Low and Heroes and this became my favourite:
Rest easy, Dame David. I'll even forgive you Tin Machine.
The laughing gnome will never be caught...
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