David Bowie : starman / Paul Trynka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trynka, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bowie, David.

Rock musicians--England--Biography.

Rock musicians.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 530 pages. 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2011.

Summary:

"Ziggy Stardust," "Changes," Under Pressure," "Let's Dance," "Fame," "Heroes," and of course, "Starman." These are the classic songs of David Bowie, the artist whose personas are indelibly etched in our pop consciousness alongside his music. He wrote and recorded with everyone from Iggy Pop to Freddie Mercury to John Lennon, sold 136 million albums, has one of the truly great voices, and influenced bands as wide-ranging as Nirvana and Franz Ferdinand. The auhtor illuminates Bowie's seemingly contradictory life and his many reinventions as an artist, offering over 300 new interviews with everyone from classmates to managers to lovers. He reveals Bowie's broad influence on the entertainment world, from movie star to modern day icon, trend setter to musical innovator.

Contents:

Genius steals

I Hope I Make it on my Own.

When I'm five

"Numero Uno, Mate!"

Thinking about me

Laughing gnome

I wish something would happen

Check ignition

All the madmen

Kooks

Over the rainbow

Battle cries and champagne

When Things are Hollow.

Star

The changing isn't free

Make me break down and cry

White stains

Ghosts in the echo chambers

Helden

I am not a freak

Snapshot of a brain

On the other side

It's my life, so fuck off

The heart's filthy lesson

The Houdini mechanism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780316032254

0316032255

OCLC:

668192473