The best line from the David Bowie documentary produced and directed by Francis Whately is from guitarist Earl Slick who said of the Station To Station period : “It was out there – out there worked”.
Bowie described himself as “one man against the world” and the film shows him as a collector of images and styles leaving it to other people to interpret what it all means. Continue reading
David Bowie is 65 today. He shares his birthday with Elvis Presley (who would have been 78) and Stephen Hawking (who is 70).
Cue corny + tenuous links: Elvis and Bowie helped define rock while Hawking and Bowie are both fascinated by time and space. (Sorry – I couldn’t resist!)
For what it’s worth, this is my list of what I rate as his ten best albums and the ones that will guarantee his immortality:
1. Hunky Dory (1971)
2. The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
3. Low (1977)
4. Heroes (1977)
5. Aladdin Sane (1973)
6. Station To Station (1976)
7. Scary Monsters And Super Creeps (1980)
8. The Man Who Sold The World (1970)
9. Space Oddity (1969)
10.Let’s Dance (1983) Continue reading
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