To have had a bloody good cry over the news about David Bowie this morning

[MrsAxewound]

Bit of a strange way to react to the death of a stranger I guess but I am such a fan of his. I kinda cried like a family member had died! In my defence I am pregnant so I could just blame hormones

I must admit Ive never cried over the death of a celebrity. Its very sad, I feel so sorry for his wife and children but thats it.

Competitive grieving is one thing. But competitive arguing about the timing of appropriate grieving is so special to MN.

Meantime, I have the original 7" single of Life On Mars. I hope the bit right at the end where you can hear him asking for a glass of water is unique to my cutting......anyone else have this on theirs? I haven't googled any check of this.

yanbu

my dd is 13, and a huge fan, he was a very important part of her life, and she is devastated. She got into him about a year ago, and I loved her for it. He meant alot to some people, that's what he said years ago, that he wanted to share his creativity through music and to make friends with people through hi music.

Our house, (my dd has been very ill) has been music filled by him, and it's helped her.

The man was special.

David Bowie has died and it is sad. He seemed a likeable sort of man as well as a musical genius.

He was sexy.

I have been at my DM's bedside since Friday (she is 60) and the news today has really got me down. There's no fighting this thing. You're either lucky or you're not. My mum is the strongest person I know.

PassiveAggressiveQueen, your quip about drug use on P1 goes beyond PA into pure malice. You want to take a good look at yourself.

Jennifer sorry to read this of you strong Mother. Xx

It is sad, but what made me well up was the story afterwards on the news about the town in Syria where people are starving to death and they are hopefully getting 8 truckloads of support today.

That said, my DH has been very touched by the news about David Bowie, and has been playing his music and talking about his memories all morning so I'm not surprised that it has touched people so much.

Wow, Pannn, that's awesome. I love little outtake bits like that that sneak in.

It's not about crying for a stranger, he isn't, you didn't meet him but he's not a stranger. He's someone I can always remember being there, I can link him to so many childhood and teenage memories. That's what I cry for. I cry at Simon and Garfunkel music too because their music was the backdrop to my most formative times and often they were painful times. I don't think anyone should have to justify grief at someone's passing whether you met them or not. It's a totally natural and human response. I'm glad I am sensitive to it. Must be quite cold if you aren't. I'd far rather have those connections than not.

It is sad, but what made me well up was the story afterwards on the news about the town in Syria where people are starving to death and they are hopefully getting 8 truckloads of support today.

You gotta make way for the homo superior!

She thinks that makes her superior. How sad. Welling up here.

What are you on about DarthVader? That's the truth and nothing about being or feeling superior - why the bitchiness?

Did you even read the second paragraph?

Now you have upset her Darts. Now I am crying.

Oh user there was definitely a little lesson in there just to remind people to be less shallow.

Did you even read the second paragraph?

Yes, but your passive-aggressive "I'm better than you lot because I'm weeping for Syrians which is WAY more important" judgey subtext caused my eyes to well up, so I couldn't see it properly. Something about how your DH cared about Bowie (but YOU still don't), so that might be saddening, or something, you guess.

Sole - was that directed at me? I wasn't touched by DB's death in the same way as other people, I was upset by something different. Doesn't make me superior in any way shape or form.

Come on everybody, be nice to each other. Or ignore, if that is easier.

turns up the volume as Wild is the Wind begins

Back to it, people...

Take your own good 11.42 advice, DarthVader and please stop.

YANBU OP and one can only assume that pp's who have never experienced such a visceral reaction to a celebrity's death have a dearth of deep inward feelings.

Or ignore, if that is easier.

Tis, you're right, I'm just in an (unsurprisingly) bad mood this morning, and competitive grief and "first world problems" judgyiness really boils my piss at the best of times. If you have nothing nice to say about a talented man adored by millions, have some decency, get the fuck off the thread and go play with yourself instead.

Sorry multivac... back to it!

multi, I'm tempted to watch Labyrinth again, but if I put any of his music on, I probably will start crying!

FFS. People need to back off, it was in no way at all passive aggressive. I appreciate that his death has touched lots of people and that's OK (not that it's up to me what people get upset about at all), I wasn't making any judgement about this, literally just commenting that something else had upset me this morning.

Everyone is different, everyone is allowed to be upset by different things, doesn't make one person better than another. It wasn't a criticism, if you took it as that I apologise as it certainly wasn't intended. The OP was talking about having a bloody good cry about something on the news, I was empathising.