“One might have thought he was really a figure of world historical importance such as David Beckham or Leonard DiCaprio.”
Perhaps that was sarcasm? It’s hard to tell, I admit.
I just learned, to my extreme surprise that hubby isn’t a Bowie fan, at all, in any way. As he pointed out to me: you know I don’t have any Bowie in my [pretty substantial, probably over 1000 albums] music collection.
But, I must say he didn’t then go on to belabor how much he thought Bowie stunk.
This article seems rude. David Bowie was an artist (maybe) and entertainer (certainly) an awful lot of people liked him an awful lot, so if you didn’t why say anything?
I think his point is as entertaining as PT Barnum was and as much money as he made one would hardly consider him an artist or cultural icon. Likewise, Bowie was a showman. Like Barnum he knew his audience and how to satisfy them. Barnum is dead as well and that does not make him beyond criticism and neither is Bowie. The reverence with which the press treats Bowie is annoying as he merely prostituted himself to make money.