Personally I only consider them artists if they write their own songs, and he was one of the best there. Of course for someone like Bowie, his concepts for fashion and stage presentation were very artistic too.
“Personally I only consider them artists if they write their own songs, and he was one of the best there.”
Yes, Bowie was a creative genius, and I kind like him, but I can’t warm up much to entertainers who promote weird and immoral behavior, or maybe he just demonstrated it, not promoted it.
But strangeness, titillation, a touch of immorality — that’s the essence of entertainment. I like to think art rises above that.
His duet with Bing Crosby warmed my heart.