The Stories Behind Every David Bowie Song 1970-1980
This book traces David Bowie's musical and personal development during the crucial years between 1970 and 1980, when he released some of the most important, ground breaking and influential albums in rock history. It examines the stories, events, ideas, philosophies and characters that inspired the songs on David Bowie's greatest body of recorded work. What exotic influences led to the creation of Ziggy Stardust, most dazzling rock icon of them all? What were the powers of imagination that urged him to make the quantum leap from lyrical songs like 'Space Oddity' and 'Life On Mars' to the bleaker work revealed on 'Low', 'Heroes' and 'Lodger'?
The book charts the inner urges which made the erstwhile folk singer play with conventional images of sexuality in a way that shocked the pop world. Whichever way you look at David Bowie, you cannot help but acknowledge the extraordinarily varied influence of this enigmatic rock star on the landscape of contemporary music.
