Image copyright Getty David Bowie was one of the most influential musicians of his time. It changes all the time himself and changed their sound from the legendary composition 1960 Space Oddity with a touch of hippie culture, comparatively moderate style of the 1970s with his Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke to the embodiment of peace rocker recent years.
While the other musicians and groups or untwisted once their chosen style or have not changed at all, David Bowie is a constant revolution of style.
He did not recognize the label. Music, fashion, sexy – it was all in his arsenal. In art, he was a true chameleon.
David Bowie, born David Robert Jones was born in London’s Brixton 8th January 1947. The 1962nd he changed his name to Bowie to avoid being confused with DeyviDzhonsom from the group Monkee.
In his early years, he enthusiastically studied Buddhism, I was interested in pantomime, and in 1967 released his first album called , especially not philosophizing – The World of David Bowie (“World of David Bowie’s”).
However, the attention to the musician came after the release of his second album, Space Oddity. The eponymous single, which tells about all the abandoned astronaut orbiting the Earth, became a hit in 1969. In the same year the first man landed on the moon.
However, it took four years to hit the conquest of Europe, became popular in the United States.
Amateur Delights
The next two albums ever secured international success of David Bowie.
Hunky Dory, was released in 1971, many called it the best album. Entered in his 11 songs, including the legendary Life on Mars and Oh, You Pretty Things, turned representation generation 70 about rock music.
A line from the last song of the album is the best characterized of Bowie: “Chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature”.
The main track from their third album The Man Who Sold the World (“The Man Who Sold the World”) at different times was performed so opposite in style artists as singer Lulu and band “Nirvana”.
Then, the band released The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders. It was a brilliantly made a concept album in which songs, instantly became hits, – Starman, Saffraggete City and Rock’n’Roll Suicide.
The popularity of this album and subsequent tour in which Bowie performed in the role of the sexually ambiguous character Ziggy Stardust truly become a musician finest hour.
By the time Bowie was already married to American model Angie Barnett, they had a son, Joe, but he could not and did not want to give up life pleasures, which, according to eyewitnesses, loved pathologically. Alcohol, drugs, and bisexual relationships accompanied most of his life.
1973 was a year of Aladdin Sane – the new album, which has become particularly popular in the United States. Ziggy was in the past. The songs of this album, Bowie told about dark side of fame malopriglyadnoy.
Around this time, Bowie starts to act in a new role – as a producer. It produces an album of American rock musician Lou Reed’s Transformer and wrote a song for the English band Mott the Hoople, which immediately became popular – All the Young Dudes.
Experiments in music and movies
During the tour with the album Diamond Dogs, which many call apocalyptic, he manages to write in Philadelphia another album Young Americans.
In this and the next album Station to Station, he takes on “plastic soul”. Then the song is born, headed the American charts, Fame. It was co-written in John Lennon and Carlos Alomar. Lennon also featured in the composition as a backing vocalist.
But Bowie again very quickly changes direction – both geographically and musically. He went to Berlin, where he starts to work at once on three albums: Low, Heroes and Lodger.
This work, done in cooperation with the sound engineer and musician Brian Eno, musical critics call the biggest experiment in Bowie’s career. It combines electronic music and avant-garde poetry, which was a new, radical words in rock music.
In the late 1970s, Bowie’s head goes to the movies. He acted in the role of an alien in the film by Nicholas Roeg, “The Man Who Fell to Earth” and then paired with Marlene Dietrich takes the title role – a Prussian officer – in the film “Beautiful Gigolo, poor Gigolo”.
Bowie – businessman
In the early 1980s David Bowie returns to more familiar to the audience the music.
C hits China Girls and Modern Love and bright world tour Serious Moonlight he came into life completely a new generation of fans.
In 1985, Bowie recorded a duet with lead singer “the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, that becomes the key to the success of the charity project Band Aid, invented by an eminent British and Irish musicians led by Bowie.
A July 13, 1985 under the auspices of the Band Aid charity hosted an international music festival Live Aid to raise funds to help victims of famine in Ethiopia 1984-1985.
Then again, it was a movie, and in the late ’80s Bowie became interested in formed them band Tin Machine, which worked in the style of post-modern hard rock.
The band released two albums, which received mixed reviews of the public and the critics, but in general were recognized unsuccessful.
In 1997, Bowie Steels Internet innovator, releasing his single Telling Lies for distribution network, and a year later founded his own company, a provider of Internet communications Bowienet.
The debut of Bowie in the business has become so successful that he soon placed on Wall Street bond in the amount of $ 55 million, secured by future royalties.
The bonds, which should bring the holders of income of 7.9% per annum and were quickly snapped up by fans and various companies .
The main award
A decade of silence musician in the beginning of zero gave reason to believe that he retired from music.
What a surprise it was when in 2013 the irrepressible Bowie released a studio album The Next Day, which immediately topped the British charts.
His latest album Blackstar was released just a few days before the death of the legendary musician.
As a result of a survey conducted a few years ago the BBC B in the category of “the greatest living symbol of Britain”, David Bowie He finished fourth. It is surpassed only Sir David Attenborough, singer Morrissey and Sir Paul McCartney.
In 2000, Bowie refused the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and three years later rejected a proposal to build it into a knighthood.
Number of albums Bowie sold his entire musical career, is estimated at more than 140 million copies, and it is for any musician is his greatest reward in life.
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