ALL THINGS: We Hardly Knew Ye?

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Absolutely heart breaking to hear about Ziggy Stardust this morning.

I'm going to have a really bad day.

Pioneer, Icon, Legend...RIP David.
 
Like Noc today is going to be tough for me. The loss of Bowie is crushing. So many good tunes tied to so many memories of my life.

From his Mott the Hopple days to solo Life On Mars, Oh! You Pretty Things, Changes, Suffragette City to the single best intro to a song, Stay. Wow so much great music that had to influence so, so many artists and probably single handedly ushered in the days of punk. Tough, tough loss and RIP.

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nocturn said:
Damn man, everytime I see a new post in this thread lately, first thing I think is "F***! Who now???

So that brings me to two questions. Id prefer to keep this somewhat civil and respectful but it is the internet so:

1) Who has recently passed that made you question your own mortality?

2) Who would need to pass to hammer it home?

For me, and I know it was self induced, but I took Robin Williams pretty hard. I'm 43 and he's spanned my generation. From my mom watching Mork to Dead Poet's Society to Night at the Museum. He was always there. It hit me right in the feels. "Tears of a Clown" is pretty real it seems.

My answer to question 2 would be someone like David Bowie, Paul Simon or Billy Joel. Bowie more so. My parents (both in their late 60's now) listened to ZS, S&G and BJ adnausium in the early-mid 70's. I still find them all to be "comfort food" for my ears, although I didn't appreciate them until later in life.

I really don't like the thought of any "era" being slammed shut. Any of the 3 above passing, would certainly do that for me. Respectively, they are absolute Pioneer's and the thought of one of them being gone forever, bugs the living s*** out of me.

I know when I bury either parent, the level of mortality questioning will increase. I just haven't gotten to that point yet.

I'm personally not scared of dying, not in the least. I just don't like the idea of "Never Again" while I'm still alive. I guess it's a human thing. Lol!
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Crazy. I posted this back in July.

I feel like complete s*** today.
 
nocturn said:
Crazy. I posted this back in July.

I feel like complete s*** today.
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Don't blame yourself.

With each touchstone from my life that disappears it just gets worse. For me, they all sting...Rowdy Roddy Piper, Lemmy...this has been a tough year. But I always thought when the first member of Kiss passes that will be when I lose something I won't get back. They represent the first time in my life that I ever felt passionate about anything. And yes, the years have not been kind to that memory...but it's still something I dread.
 
jerseydevil said:
Don't blame yourself.

With each touchstone from my life that disappears it just gets worse. For me, they all sting...Rowdy Roddy Piper, Lemmy...this has been a tough year. But I always thought when the first member of Kiss passes that will be when I lose something I won't get back. They represent the first time in my life that I ever felt passionate about anything. And yes, the years have not been kind to that memory...but it's still something I dread.
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You know, you look like your head fell in the cheese dip back in 1957.
 
jerseydevil said:
Don't blame yourself.

With each touchstone from my life that disappears it just gets worse. For me, they all sting...Rowdy Roddy Piper, Lemmy...this has been a tough year. But I always thought when the first member of Kiss passes that will be when I lose something I won't get back. They represent the first time in my life that I ever felt passionate about anything. And yes, the years have not been kind to that memory...but it's still something I dread.
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I guess you mean KISS KLASSIC since Eric Carr died 25 years ago.
 
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