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In what way? >> i think with david he was just -- there was nobody like him. there never ever will be again, i don't think. he was so creative. he never worried about changing. like in pop music, people kind of stick to the same thing and then they last for a few years. >> i'm sorry. i went back and looked, do a little bit of reading. only had two number one hits. you say it was his favorite "let's dance," why is that? >> because it was very poppy. the album. i loved the album. the "let's dance" album. but he was -- he was always want to be a bit left all the time. >> what for you, someone who...

True. i'll be offline for a while. love to all. the influential singer/songwriter was born david jones. he rose to fame with "space oddity" and later through his jump suit wearing alter ego ziggy stardust. during his decades-long career he dabbled in soul, hard rock, dance, pop, punk and electronica. just some of his memorable songs are let's dance, under pressure, china girl, modern love, and fame. over the last few years, the chart-topping singer kept a low profile after undergoing emergency heart surgery in 2004. his last live performance was at a new york charity concert in 2006. just days...

You know, we have kids watching these players and looking up to the players. we have kids, these are their parents throwing beer cans and setting that type of example. certainly, unnecessary and uncalled for, carol. it's been part of the game. >> coy wire reporting live for us this morning. thanks. the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts now. happening now in the "newsroom" -- ♪ let's dance put on your red shoes and dance the blues ♪ >> remembering rock 'n' roll superstar david bowie. ♪ ground control to major tom >> musical chameleon, fashion icon. >> he used to change her persona so...

Out. his first hit. the stunning success and reinvention. in everything he did. not only set new standards in music and art and entertainment. you can see him right there from the ziggy stardust era and in the '80s with "let's dance." out and out pop star. so creative. >> through collaborations and reinventing himself and solo work. reinventing himself all along the way. a testament to his creativity and lesson for other artists. >> he invented the cool. he was cool in a way that no one else was. unique cool. one thing that people kept saying he was a chameleon. a chameleon fades into the back...

Such as low and heros. and no one at the time was really using that ability to write a killer pop song with music that just went somewhere else at the same time. >> and, again, his kracareer spanned four decades. it's easier when you look back to look at it glowingly, but talk to us some of the resistance and backlash he may have faced doing something so progressive during the 70s and 80s. >> well, in the 80s, i mean, he sort of returns the public arena with the record let's dance, i think in 19 83, and then there was a string of records where he was trying to experiment, but they didn't grab ...