Posted on 01/07/2012 4:16:52 PM PST by Calusa
It's a cliche when a rock star reaches 65 to mention the time when it didn't look like they'd make pensionable age, but with David Bowie who marks the milestone on Sunday, it's almost unavoidable. Look at a picture of him in the mid-70s, when he was ravaged by cocaine, living off a diet of red peppers and milk and so paranoid that he apparently kept his own ***** in a fridge lest persons unknown steal it: this is not a man destined to make old bones.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mummy is yelling, "No!"
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
But the film is a saddening bore
For she's lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxNr2jvo5Pw&feature=related
I was never much into David Bowie, but he made a pretty cool villain in Labyrinth. And there are a few songs I like, like Space Oddity & Changes...
He’s been married to a Somali-American model, Iman, for many years and I suspect that this is what has kept him alive and sane.
David Bowie in tights. ‘Nuff said.
“he apparently kept his own ***** in a fridge”
dildo?
I’m convinced he is indeed a man who feel to earth.
Young Americans is a favorite of mine
But like the article says, Bowie is lucky to make old bones.
David Bowie is sane? Are you sure?
It’s all relative.
Ahem... yes... that is correct... I'll be lucky to make it to 65. Most cooks don't.
/johnny
I became an instant fan and quickly collected all of his records. However, since the early 1980s, everything he has put out has been crap.
He is aladin sane!
I think he hit rock bottom musically when he did that ear-gouging rendition of Dancing In The Streets with Mick ‘fishlips’ Jagger.
One thing you can’t say about Bowie is that “they just don’t make ‘em like that any more” because he made what he made himself.
Life in the kitchen can get pretty intense. Between the heat, the pressure and drinking champagne in the walk-in, you’re bound to lose a few years (been there, done that...and got out in time).
Well done.
There is a trick long used in the arts that should be adopted by both the brilliant composer types and rock groups themselves.
As far as individuals go, they need to seek out the brilliant up and coming talent, giving them the support they need to create truly avaunt-guard material, and then make it better with professional shine and extra elements.
Because Carlos Santana isn’t much of a vocalist, he has long used subcontracted talent which strongly improves what both of them are doing.
This keeps him performing good new music with a shared bill, which is a lot better than retirement.
As far as groups go, they could set up a staggered rotation of members, so that every couple of years one would go, and be replaced with new blood. Eventually all the original members would be gone, and while the new members could still perform the old works, the royalties would go to the old members, encouraging the new members to start creating new material.
“.......encouraging the new members to start creating new material”. Couldn’t agree with you more. Having seen David Bowie’s tours in my past, he inspired me to not be afraid to change myself. Happy birthday David ♫
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