Albert Hoffman? A genius who licks his fingers in the lab, then poisons his colleagues with an unknown psychoactive?
I don’t know about Dolly Parton, but David Bowie?
The more ridiculous the list, the more talk it synthesizes.
(I’m no exception, see, I just posted to FR about the silly list!)
I have to give Bowie more credence than some might. Forget what he has accomplished on his own, he has always been aware of things going on around him. He’s a chameleon who absorbs from others.
The Stardust in Ziggy Stardust came from the Legendary Stardust Cowboy of Lubbock Texas (who’s only chart success was a then contemporary but atypical radio hit called Paralyzed).
Bowie had also acquired an accetate of the Velvet Undergound’s album before it was released; he’d taken to covering one of the songs live before it even came out.
He mixed the third Stooges album and later revived Iggy Pop’s career in the 1970s at a point when he might’ve been written off completely.
He discovered Devo at the Ann Arbor Film Fest (they became a band to score their own film projects) and got them connected to Hollywood.
He had Stevie Ray Vaughan play session guitar on the Let’s Dance album before Stevie had secured a solo record deal.
Equal to the some of their parts? No but he does seem to pick up on some things and has a good success rate.
I have to give Bowie more credence than some might. Forget what he has accomplished on his own, he has always been aware of things going on around him. He’s a chameleon who absorbs from others.
The Stardust in Ziggy Stardust came from the Legendary Stardust Cowboy of Lubbock Texas (who’s only chart success was a then contemporary but atypical radio hit called Paralyzed).
Bowie had also acquired an accetate of the Velvet Undergound’s album before it was released; he’d taken to covering one of the songs live before it even came out.
He mixed the third Stooges album and later revived Iggy Pop’s career in the 1970s at a point when he might’ve been written off completely.
He discovered Devo at the Ann Arbor Film Fest (they became a band to score their own film projects) and got them connected to Hollywood.
He had Stevie Ray Vaughan play session guitar on the Let’s Dance album before Stevie had secured a solo record deal.
Equal to the some of their parts? No but he does seem to pick up on some things and has a good success rate.