The Age of Bowie

The Age of Bowie

Written by:
Paul Morley
Narrated by:
Paul Morley

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2
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1
Release Date
January 2017
Duration
15 hours 47 minutes
Summary
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'A handsome six footer with a warm and engaging personality, Davie Jones has all it takes to get to the show business heights including . . . talent.' David Bowie at 17 in May, 1964 writing his own press biography.
Respected arts commentator Paul Morley, one of the team who curated the highly successful retrospective exhibition for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, David Bowie Is . . . constructs the definitive story of Bowie that explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, invented the future and entered history as someone who could and would never be forgotten. Morley will capture the greatest moments of Bowie’s career; from the recording studio with the likes of Brian Eno and Tony Visconti; to iconic live performances from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, as well as the various encounters and artistic relationships he developed with rock luminaries John Lennon, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. And of course, discuss in detail his much-heralded, and critically-acclaimed comeback with the release of Black Star just days before his shocking death in New York. 
    Morley will offer a startling biographical critique of David Bowie’s legacy, showing how he never stayed still even when he withdrew from the spotlight, how he always knew his own worth, and released a dazzling plethora of mobile Bowies into the world with a bloody-minded determination and a voluptuous imagination to create something amazing that was not there before.
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Christopher Z

This book and its author is like hearing about David Bowie's life on information overload. Way too much. Too many adjectives, adverbs, comparisons and images. Just overload. It was probably like Bowie's mind. Many times stimulated by substances. I'll admit I was very curious to read this to see what it would be like. Sadly it was a disappointment, but I'm still a Bowie fan for life. A poor book will never diminish his lasting effects on music.

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