Mużika

“Alla huwa reali” – il-mara ta’ David Bowie

Somoli-born model Iman (L) and her husband British musician David Bowie (R) arrive 30 October 2006 for the 17th Annual Glamour Women of the Year awards at Carnegie Hall in New York, sponsored by Glamour Magazine. Iman was honored for her AIDS activism campaign, "I am African", for the Keep a Child Alive foundation. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA

Stqarrija ta’ tama mill-mara tal-kantant David Bowie li miet tard il-Ħadd bil-lejl. L-eks mudella Somala Iman Abdulmajid, li kienet ilha miżżewġa ma’ Bowie 24 sena, kitbet hekk fuq Twitter; “Il-battalja tal-ħajja hija reali, iżda anke Alla huwa reali”.

Messaġġi simili twasslu ukoll minn kantanti u personalitajiet oħrajn fosthom Madonna, Mick Jagger, Brian May u Roger Taylor.

Il-Gvern tal-Ġermanja fi stqarrija uffiċjali sellem il-memorja ta’ Bowie, u qal li l-kantant leġġendarju kien strumentali biex waqa’ il-ħajt ta’ Berlin. Messaġġi oħra waslu mill-eks Prim Ministru Ingliż Tony Blair, minn disinjaturi tal-moda, DJs, atturi ta’ Hollywood. U anke mill-Vatikan li kwota silta mill-lirika tal-kanzunetta Space Oddity sabiex sellem il-memorja ta’ persuna li jibqa’ imfakkar bhala ikona muzikali.