David Bowie dead at 69

Nope . . . wrote:

So, until someone can prove before 2000 that someone other than Bowie made the statement then it is Bowie's.

I did. A song written in 1982.

malmo wrote:

Nope... wrote:

Nope ... unless you can provide a source to your claim.

Don't need to. it's not exactly an original thought.

The fact that it is not an original thought does not prove that "everyone" said it before Bowie did.

Furs, Love My Way, Lyric: "You can never win or lose, if you don't run the race"

Bowie: "You can neither win nor lose if you don't run the race."

One of the two is a paraphrase of the other. But you don't know when Bowie made his quoted statement. Bowie would have been 35 when the Psychedelic Furs wrote their song. The Furs could have lifted it from Bowie.

For a quote that "seems" to be something heard before it difficult to find a source. I was something like Google Books would have something since they have text readable versions of books that go back a very long way. The phrase (or a paraphrase) has never been used in a print media that has been provided on the internet. Maybe the quote is in an ancient newspaper or a book few people cared about.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

Nope . . . wrote:

So, until someone can prove before 2000 that someone other than Bowie made the statement then it is Bowie's.

I did. A song written in 1982.

it was also a quote in Chariots of Fire.

Do you have a link?

Chariots of Fire was based on an original screenplay written in 1981. That makes it one year before the Psychedelic Furs song.

If someone like the Chariots of Fire writer came up with the quote, before it was possible for Bowie to have made it, it would seem they would have claimed it as theirs long ago.

Why would they "claim" a quote? You on drugs or something?

Nope . . . wrote:

If someone like the Chariots of Fire writer came up with the quote, before it was possible for Bowie to have made it, it would seem they would have claimed it as theirs long ago.

Where does he file his claim?

Big fan of his work. Not a big fan of the whole sleeping with 13 yr old girls (and supposedly boys) while he was (at least) in his mid to late 20's.

Where does he file his claim?

Simple. He can't. The screenwriter, Colin Williams, passed away in 2015. He could have claimed it for more than 30 years but he never did.

Why would he claim it?

Sally V wrote:

Why would he claim it?

Ground control to major Tom: he was knowingly, and appropriately for him, married to a transsexual: Iman, or to put it bluntly: "I (a) man."

See: Times of London, May 12, 1992

If you say run, I'll run with you...

Jon Orange wrote:

I couldn't post on this thread yesterday. I just stared at the thread title for a long time. It can't be a troll, it must be true? What to say? Cancer? Shit. He was back to his old form recently. It's too weird, I suppose he knew....?

Liver cancer! Nasty :(

He knew for a long time, kept it from media attention.

real old dude wrote:

Bowie was a rare rock star who could write music, play instruments AND sing.

Music today just SUCKS!

Read more:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6960717#ixzz3wxIzvWiA

A lot of present day music isnt' really music - buttyes David Bowie was unique.

Will be horribly missed by anyone with a soul.

notroll wrote:

Sorry, I just don't get all the attention he's getting from the media.

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I'm surprised myself. But I guess his sexuality that included all kinds of genders and races plays well with msm today.

Today? The dude was at the forefront of entertainment news for decades. It's not all about the Kardashians, moran.

"This mellow thighed chick just put my spine outta place!"

T-Rex wrote:

Liver cancer! Nasty :(

He knew for a long time, kept it from media attention.

Hep C I'd wager