Full Description
Revisit the entire career of the incredible multi-talented artist, David Bowie.
Singer, songwriter, producer, actor, painter... David Bowie is the most fascinating artist the world has known, a creator who placed his art above all else. For around fifty years, he continuously reinvented himself, questioned himself, experimented, enriching rock music with various other genres, from soul to electronic music, through to experimental jazz.
This book is an immersion into the exceptional life and work of David Bowie, featuring the various characters he embodied, such as Ziggy Stardust, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke. From London to New York, from Los Angeles to Montreux, album by album, we delve into his musical universe: glam rock, soul/funk, avant-garde rock, industrial rock, culminating in timeless works like The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Station To Station, Heroes, Black Star. With songs that have also entered into history: The Man Who Sold The World, Changes, Rock'n'Roll Suicide, The Jean Genie, Rebel Rebel, Word On A Wing, and even Lazarus.
David Bowie was a remarkable showman: the world tours on which we shine the spotlight testify to this. Likewise, he was an actor with natural charm, capable of embodying characters that were very different from each other, the extra-terrestrial Thomas Jerome Newton in The Man Who Fell to Earth, Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth, Major Jack Celliers in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, or Andy Warhol in Basquiat. A true chameleon artist, which this captivating full colour book abundantly illustrates by showcasing famous images along side rare, or previously unpublished photographs.
Contents
1. From David Jones to David Bowie
2. A Disciple of the Velvet
3. The Glam Years
4. From Disco to the Thin White Duke
5. The Berlin Trilogy
6. Art Rock & Pop Rock
7. A new Avant-Garde
8. The Swan Songs
