Starman David Bowie: A name that is as synonymous with ch-ch-ch-changes as wet is with water, and as hot is with fire. He had a career that transcended fa-fa-fashion, art, film, music, and, yes, even time itself. He unfortunately passed away on January 10th of this year of liver cancer that eventually turned terminal, but he left behind an enormous legacy that spanned five decades. He is known for constantly reinventing himself and his sound, never using a specific genre for more than a couple of albums, if even that many. He is known for his chameleonic ability to blend into any type of music, and he did it with flying colors. Most of all, and perhaps most importantly, he’s known for his enormous impact on culture as a whole. His coming outs as gay, and then later as bisexual in the early 70s, along with his hugely successful androgynous persona Ziggy Stardust, helped pave the road for acceptance of the LGBT community. He helped people understand that it was okay to not fit in, and to dare to be different. With lyrics like, “Oh no love/You’re …show more content…
He was supposed to represent the definitive and stereotypical rockstar: huge drug consumption, sexed out to the max, but he always had a message of peace, hope, and love. He was sent to give a message of hope to the human race in the last five years of its existence (that’s the story of his character as the album describes it). Ziggy’s androgynous look, combined with Bowie’s earlier coming outs as gay and bisexual did waves for the LGBT community, and for the acceptance of said community. Ziggy also made people feel not alone, and that they weren’t freaks. He helped people accept themselves for who they truly were, and that it was okay to always be a bit off-the-wall, and to never try to be anything more than