Since Jasper Steverlinck made an excellent cover of this original David Bowie song I'd thought to post the original here and Bowie gives me an original flow into number 62 next Wednesday.
David is one of the icons in the music history and not only because of his music but also because of his famous theatrical acting appearences in movies such as Labyrinth and Zoolander. He must have played in over 20 movies big and small. If you know he also created over 40 albums from 1967 untill know you'll know he's never been a year without a project.
His typical theatrical performances on stage inspired many bands such as NIN, Placebo and Pet Shop Boys. David was and still is a trendsetter. He also followed trends and coloured it with his own interpretation and apparantly he has a nose for success. This is how he scored his first hit in 1969. It was called Space Oddity and was based on Stanley Kubrick's filmsucces 2001: A Space Odyssey. A year later he'd have another hit with The Man Who Sold The World later better known in the Nirvana cover. As you can read, many artists gave different interpretations to different Bowie songs.
Bowie started using alternate names for himself such as Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane usually accompagnied by different types of androgyne characters. Ziggy Stardust died abruptly in 1973 during a live concert. Ziggy remained popular with the fans and that live concert would later be released as a kind of motion picture.
Later 1970's he'd turn himself more into the world of dance music and in 1976 The Tin White Duke was introduced to the fans. A new alter ago probably inspired by his more frequent drug use. He gets inspired in the time he spends in Berlin and early 80's and he scores hits with Let's Dance and This Is Not America. His albums are now being howled at by fans and critics and then another album is being received as sublime. In 1988 he's forming a rock band and for the first time he's not going solo. Tin Machine is born. They lasted four years.
Ever since the nineties his performances turned into the more songwriting part of music from his early years. Some albums were forgotten and re-relaesed but his fans never let him down. In 1992 he'd mary Iman, a Somalian model. Late nineties and during the nillies David Bowie only releases older work in new coats and he participates in the albums of different other artists. This year his biography appeared on the bookshelfs named Starman. Although I haven't read it I do believe it's probably a very interesting insight into one of the worlds greatest geniousses.
Have fun listening.
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