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In reply to the discussion: "If you're sad today ..." [View all]MasonDreams
(756 posts)34. He's not gone, He just went to hang out with a Starman; you know,
the Starman waiting in the sky, who'd like to come and meet us but he thinks He'd blow our minds.
Thank you David, for permission to freak out in a moonage daydream.. oh yeeea.
fare well in your next journey, fellow traveler, We miss you already.
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I got up at 8, turned on MSNBC, heard the news, and started crying.
Manifestor_of_Light
Jan 2016
#19
Him dying shortly after his birthday has me that much more sad and reminded of my mom...
cascadiance
Jan 2016
#71
I was thinking the same thing about the universality of the respect for his work.
gvstn
Jan 2016
#41
One of my favorites. This came out when I first went into 5th grade (in the fall of '84)
Ned_Devine
Jan 2016
#40
Happy birthday! Now if we can only petition to get Kim Jong-Un's birthday moved...
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2016
#80
I had posted something else before, but that was before I found out Bowie died.
valerief
Jan 2016
#72