Awful news this morning. How do you narrow it down to just one song in tribute? It's impossible. But here goes anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYjBQKIOb-w

All modern music is filtered in some way through Bowie's influence. If you look at how many styles he packed into the 70s and early 80s, has there ever been such an outpouring of inventiveness?

A tragic loss to music. Apparently he knew it was coming, his final album, Blackstar, was done knowing it would be his last.

Meanwhile, from the dawn of synthpop, the classic Ashes to Ashes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMThz7eQ6K0

Yes, a terrible loss, I grew up listening to Bowie, such an influence...

RIP David, death is just the beginning...

Yes. I hate to admit it: I cannot name one tune by him, yet I am sure I have heard some of his songs many many times. My strongest memory of him was his classic appearance in the movie "Zoolander".

And his most unusual unique role as Nikola Tesla in "The Prestige".

Last night, Conan remembered David Bowie with a few clips from appearances on his show. Some funny stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4d8QrRJvsE

Loved the guy. To anyone who ever felt like a freak or outsider he seemed to say it was ok...had the gift of making it seem like you were the one he was personally addressing. Like I was his only fan. Me and about a squillion others.