David Bowie's last release, Lazarus, was 'parting gift' for fans in carefully planned finale

[Turborama]

Source: The Telegraph (UK)

David Bowie's final record was a carefully-orchestrated farewell to his fans, his producer has confirmed.

Lazarus, released on the Bowie's 69th birthday just two days before his death, opens with the lyrics: "Look up here, I'm in Heaven!"

Its video, which will be viewed in a very different light by millions of fans today, features the musician in a hospital bed, and finishes with him retreating in to a dark closet.

Tony Visconti, the producer who worked with Bowie to complete his final album, has released a statement saying it was deliberately created and timed as a "parting gift" for his fans.

In a statement on his Facebook page, he said:

"He always did what he wanted to do. And he wanted to do it his way and he wanted to do it the best way. His death was no different from his life - a work of Art. He made Blackstar for us, his parting gift. I knew for a year this was the way it would be. I wasn't, however, prepared for it. He was an extraordinary man, full of love and life. He will always be with us. For now, it is appropriate to cry."

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12092542/Bowies-last-album-was-parting-gift-for-fans-in-carefully-planned-finale.html

[Wilms]

1. "For now, it is appropriate to cry."

That's a good lesson. Grieve. Let the tears fall where they will.

[Jesus Malverde]

2. Hardly LBN....nt

[Android3.14]

11. Self restraint is often the measure of maturity

[Snotcicles]

12. +1. That and discretion is another. eom

[totodeinhere]

17. As far as I'm concerned this is more important news than most of the drivel I read on here.

David Bowie was a great man. His passing is important news.

[Jesus Malverde]

18. That is LBN

It's here http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1310091

This is a thread about the last album he made.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

21. Have a heart, or hide the fact that you don't. nt

[BeyondGeography]

3. Where to begin?

I'll start with reverence and stay there for awhile.

[eggplant]

4. The video.

Well, my day is shot to hell now.

[Recursion]

6. Yep (nt)

[yodermon]

15. Oh my God.

no words after that

[trillion]

19. It's awful. Can't stand it. Song isn't bad but video sucks.

I'm a long time fan. This, I don't like. Yuck.

[FrodosPet]

22. Trippy, Haunting, Beautiful: David Bowie - Blackstar

[Recursion]

5. I'm trying to not cry right now

But that track is absolutely killing me.

[Nictuku]

8. Me too, shouldn't have watched it, I'm at work.

[Initech]

7. Here's the song. RIP Starman.

[tabasco]

9. What a great loss.

Bowie was the kind of artist that comes only once in a generation. News of his loss was a great shock to me this morning. He leaves behind a tremendous legacy of music.

[myrna minx]

10. I just can't even...

[MowCowWhoHow III]

13. Sad

[Marty McGraw]

16. a wonderfully

visionary entertainer. He will be missed



( '-')

[trillion]

20. Awsome gif

[Babel_17]

14. "I sublime, I sublime, I sublime"

Very classy move by Bowie. It reminds me of how Iain M. Banks kept writing to the end.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hydrogen_Sonata

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sublimed