Debbie Harry spricht über Bowie als einen „complete renaissance man“

Debbie Harry sagt, Blondie wäre nicht da, wo sie heute ist, hätte es Bowie nicht gegeben. Blondie tourte mit Iggy Pop in den späten 70ern, als Bowie Keyboard für den Punksänger spielte. Harry sagt, dass diese Tour ihrer Band den Durchbruch verschaffte.

In einem Statement gegenüber dem amerikanischen Rolling Stone sagt sie: „I can’t say enough things about David Bowie to show how much I love him. When the LOW album was out and Iggy Pop was about to tour, David played keyboards in Iggy’s band. They asked Blondie to open for them, and, as they say, the rest is history. Without this visionary and his friend Iggy Pop where would Blondie be today? Silly question and one that can’t be answered really, but there is no doubt in my mind that Bowie played a big part in our future successes.“

Thurston Moore: „His love and passion for art, in all its intrigue and interplay with nature, was manifest in his smile, his charm.“

Pitchfork bekam von Sänger Thurston Moore ein Statement zum Tod von David Bowie. Erinnerungen an Sonic Youths Erlebnis, an Bowies Geburtstagsparty zum 50. im Madison Square Garden spielen zu dürfen, hat Moore offengelegt.

Er schreibt: „David Bowie’s energy was charged with light. His love and passion for art, in all its intrigue and interplay with nature, was manifest in his smile, his charm. He loved to experiment while honoring the grace of tradition and subsequently informed and inspired anyone lucky enough to be there when Ziggy Stardust took the stage and hit the racks. When punk rode into town and every rock n‘ roller pre-1976 was denounced as a dinosaur, there were few exceptions.“

Lorde: „I’ll never forget the caressing of our hands as we spoke, or the light in his eyes.“

Lorde hat ihr Treffen mit David Bowie beschrieben. Sie sagt, dass die Musikikone ihr beibrachte ihre eigene „spiky strangeness“ zu entwickeln. Die beiden trafen, zusammen mit der Schauspielerin Tilda Swinton, 2014 aufeinander. Bei Instagram lud Lorde damals ein Bild hoch und schrieb „Heroes“ darunter.

Nach Bowies Tod schrieb die Sängerin ein Statement auf ihrer Facebook-Seite: „Mr Bowie, I guess right now we have to hang this thing up for a minute. The night I met him I played at an expensive Vogue benefit with a lot of fresh flowers, honouring Tilda [Swinton]. I was not quite seventeen, America was very new to me, and I was distinctly uneasy and distrustful toward everything happening in my life that was putting me in these flat-voiced, narrow-eyed, champagneish rooms. I played my three songs, thrashing and twitching in platform boots. Afterward, Anna [Wintour] clasped my hand and said ‚David wants to meet you,‘ and led me through people and round tables with candles and glasses and louder and louder talk, and he was there“, so Lorde. Sie fügte hinzu: „I’ve never met a hero of mine and liked it. It just sucks, the pressure is too huge, you can’t enjoy it. David was different. I’ll never forget the caressing of our hands as we spoke, or the light in his eyes.“

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