¿Quién ha oído hablar de David Robert Jones? Mejor reformulo la pregunta: ¿quién ha oído hablar de David Bowie? Seguro que ahora alguno más ha levantado la mano. Es uno de esos músicos que puede gustarte o no, pero al que seguro que eres capaz de imaginarte en más de una de sus múltiples versiones. El adjetivo más utilizado para referirse a él debe de ser “camaleónico” (no por nada una de sus canciones más célebres se titula “Changes”).
Su fama trasciende lo meramente musical desde que a principios de los 70 creara el personaje de Ziggy Stardust, un alter ego cuya imagen es, seguramente, una de las primeras que nos vienen a la cabeza al pensar en el cantante.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
¿Quién eres, David Bowie?
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
David Bowie: Musician, Idol, Icon. In March of this year he surprised everyone with the unexpected, yet welcome, news that he was releasing his 24th album, The Next Day – the first to be released since 2003. So, bearing this in mind, as well as giving a big shout-out to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum for hosting a spectacular exhibition based on this rock legend, what has Bowie’s legacy been thus far?
Let’s look at today’s popular music – Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Adele, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Marilyn Manson, and The Script, to name but a few. With some of these artists, it is relatively easy to spot how the influence of Bowie may have helped to mould them into what they are today: Marilyn Manson, Muse, Lady Gaga (to some extent), etc. However, there are others who seem to have gone off in a completely different tangent. Justin Bieber for example. I am in no way, shape, or form a “Belieber”. In fact, it would not be a lie to baldly state that I despise that label. Whilst it may be unfair of me to simply state my opinions and then carry on with the rest of this article, I think that if I were to rationally explain my dislike in a somewhat analytical fashion, then I could get away with it!
Let’s look at today’s popular music – Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Adele, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Marilyn Manson, and The Script, to name but a few. With some of these artists, it is relatively easy to spot how the influence of Bowie may have helped to mould them into what they are today: Marilyn Manson, Muse, Lady Gaga (to some extent), etc. However, there are others who seem to have gone off in a completely different tangent. Justin Bieber for example. I am in no way, shape, or form a “Belieber”. In fact, it would not be a lie to baldly state that I despise that label. Whilst it may be unfair of me to simply state my opinions and then carry on with the rest of this article, I think that if I were to rationally explain my dislike in a somewhat analytical fashion, then I could get away with it!
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