The Age of Bowie by Paul Morley
Author and industry insider Paul Morley explores the musical and cultural legacies left behind by The Man Who Fell to Earth. Respected arts commentator and author Paul Morley, an artistic advisor to the curators of the highly successful retrospective exhibition David Bowie is for the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, constructs a definitive story of Bowie that explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, influenced others, invented the future, and entered history as someone who could and would never be forgotten. Morley captures the greatest moments from across Bowie's life and career; how young Davie Jones of South London became the international David Bowie; his pioneering collaborations in the recording studio with the likes of Tony Visconti, Mick Ronson, and Brian Eno; to iconic live, film, theatre, and television performances from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, as well as the various encounters and artistic relationships he developed with musicians from John Lennon, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop to Trent Reznor and Arcade Fire. And of course, discusses in detail his much-heralded and critically acclaimed finale with the release of Blackstar just days before his shocking death in New York. Morley offers a startling biographical critique of David Bowie's legacy, showing how he never stayed still even when he withdrew from the spotlight, how he always knew his own worth, and released a dazzling plethora of personalities, concepts, and works into the world with a single-minded determination and a voluptuous imagination to create something the likes of which the world had never seen before--and likely will never see again.PAUL MORLEY is a writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic who has covered music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. He is the author of the bestselling book The Age of Bowie, as well as Ask: Chatter of Pop; Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Form of a City; Piece by Piece: Writing About Joy Division 1977-2007; Earthbound; The North; and Nothing, and he collaborated with music legend Grace Jones. He is a founder member of the electronic group Art of Noise and a member of faculty at the Royal Academy of Music.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781501151156 |
| ISBN 10 | 1501151150 |
| Title | The Age of Bowie |
| Author | Paul Morley |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Gallery Books |
| Year published | 2016-08-09 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
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