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Jan 11, 2016 · A Conversation with David Bowie from 2003. In 2003, music journalist Paul Du Noyer travelled to New York where David Bowie was preparing his next tour and promoting his album of that year, Reality ...
- Paul Du Noyer
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
- ‘We Are The Dead’
- ‘Lazarus’
- ‘Bewlay Brothers’
- ‘Five Years’
- ‘Absolute Beginners’
- ‘Heroes’
- ‘Cygnet Committee’
- ‘Life on Mars’
- ‘Ashes to Ashes’
“I’m an alligator, I’m a mama-papa comin’ for you!” What better place to begin than perhaps the greatest opening lyric ever written? Only Bowie would have the daring bravura to begin a song with a line that hits like an unexpected kiss. It’s as rousing as they come and absolutely original. The introduction of Ziggy Stardust is befittingly bombastic...
“Oh, dress yourself, my urchin one, for I hear them on the rails, Because of all we’ve seen, because of all we’ve said, We are the dead.” In George Orwell’s classic novel 1984, the last words that the protagonist Winston Smith says to Julia as the Thought Police descend are, “We are the dead.” Bowie was so enamoured with the book that Diamond Dogsi...
“Look up here, I’m in heaven, I’ve got scars that can’t be seen, I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen, Everybody knows me now.” With Blackstar,Bowie faced mortality like no other. His unflinching artistry in the face of his fate was a force to behold. On ‘Lazarus’ he boldly reflected on his entire career and retained all of the colour and creativity tha...
“Now my Brother lays upon the Rocks, He could be dead, He could be not, He could be You, He’s Chameleon, Comedian, Corinthian and Caricature.” Bowie was a trailblazer in a million different ways; one of which was his totally unique songwriting. Back in 1971, when Hunky Dory was released, such avant-garde lyricism was very much a rarity. It’s not ea...
“And it was cold and it rained, so I felt like an actor, And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there.” While there may be more poetic or poignant lyricists in the world of music, few have Bowie’s brilliant ability to conjure imagery into his tunes. Coupled with the moody melody and gathering storm of the song, these lines are among the most ...
“I absolutely love you.” Four words might seem a little slight to make it into a best lyrics list, but subtlety is overrated in art and there is something profoundly brilliant about the simple sincerity that rings out with the word absolutelyamid the three most famous words in art. Simply put, it elevates the tired trio to the level of a paean that...
“I, I can remember (I remember) Standing by the wall (By the wall) And the guns shot above our heads (Over our heads) And we kissed as though nothing could fall (Nothing could fall).” There is a brilliant story behind how this verse came into being. As the tale goes, according to producer Tony Visconti: “David couldn’t concentrate with us in the st...
“And the road is coming to its end Now the damned have no time to make amends No purse of token fortune stands in our way The silent guns of love Will blast the sky We broke the ruptured structure built of age Our weapons were the tongues of crying rage.” While I’d be more than happy to espouse the ingenuity of ‘Cygnet Committee’ myself, the highes...
“It’s on America’s tortured brow, That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow, Now the workers have struck for fame, ‘Cause Lennon’s on sale again.” Once more, Bowie turned a mirror to his own work and reflected on ‘Life on Mars’. The song carries the weighty sense of being fished from the ether. It seems bigger than itself, as though there is something p...
“Ashes to ashes, funk to funky, We know Major Tom’s a junkie, Strung out in heaven’s high, Hitting an all-time low.” In truth, although they aren’t worlds apart, lyrics and poetry are two separate fields. Bowie seemed to realise this fact more than most. As a result, his verses benefitted wildly from being freed from the fear of how they might look...
The smashing-up of the violin may have been akin to those contemporary accounts of rock musicians wrecking their guitars and loudspeakers – the personification of a deep frustration, railing against a world that could not then bring to account the American quagmire of the Vietnam War, or the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia – and if, almost fifty years ago, peace was not being given a ...
Jan 11, 2016 · Watch on. Bowie saw “New Killer Star” as a “very abstract” nod to the wrongs being committed in the Middle East. “Let’s face the music and dance” is a line that does appear to ...
Jan 27, 2024 · Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. In his famous quote, 'Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous,' George Bernard Shaw encapsulates the deep significance and complexity of achieving peace. At first glance, it may seem obvious that peace is prefe
Feb 18, 2024 · The 35 Best Anime of All Time. 29. “Seven Years In Tibet” (Earthling, 1997) So much of Bowie’s ’90s experimentation period is overlooked due to people’s constant need to compare it to ...
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Mar 14, 2016 · Oh no, love, you’re not alone …. All the knives seem to lacerate your brain / I’ve had my share, I’ll help you with the pain / You’re not alone! David Bowie, we now realize, with his ...
