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David Bowie , pseudonimo di David Robert Jones è stato un cantautore, polistrumentista, attore, produttore discografico e pittore inglese.

La passione per la musica portò Bowie ad imparare a suonare il sassofono quando era ancora giovanissimo. Dopo aver partecipato alla formazione di varie band, raggiunse il successo da solista nei primi anni settanta, attraversando cinque decenni di musica rock e conquistandosi la fama di inventore del glam rock. La sua natura poliedrica e camaleontica lo portò a reinventare nel tempo il proprio stile e la propria immagine, creando numerosi alter ego come Ziggy Stardust, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke e Nathan Adler.

Significative le collaborazioni con Tony Visconti e Brian Eno, altro reduce con i Roxy Music dal glam rock dei primi settanta, con i quali instaurò una proficua e profonda amicizia che durò svariati anni.

Pur non essendo le sue attività principali, Bowie si dedicò anche alla pittura e al cinema. Tra i vari film in cui recitò, vi sono L'uomo che cadde sulla Terra, Furyo, Absolute Beginners, Labyrinth, Basquiat e The Prestige.



Nel 2008 fu inserito al 23º posto nella lista dei 100 migliori cantanti secondo Rolling Stone, che ha individuato tra i suoi migliori brani Life on Mars?, Space Oddity, Fame e "Heroes". Nel 2007 fu indicato dalla rivista Forbes come il quarto cantante più ricco al mondo.



✵ 8. Gennaio 1947 – 10. Gennaio 2016   •   Altri nomi Bowie
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“Della musica leggera italiana mi piace tutto quello che ha fatto Lucio Battisti.”

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citato in Leo Turrini, Battisti: la vita, le canzoni, il mistero, retrocopertina

“Il mio cantante preferito è di gran lunga Lucio Battisti.”

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citato in Gianfranco Salvatore, L'arcobaleno. Storia vera di Lucio Battisti, p. 179

“Sento che stiamo solamente annunciando qualcosa di più oscuro di noi stessi.”

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[...] I feel that we're only heralding something even darker than ourselves.

“Credo che il Rock and Roll sia pericoloso.”

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I believe that Rock & Roll is dangerous.

“Il rock è sempre stato la musica del diavolo.”

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Rock has always been the devil's music.

David Bowie: Frasi in inglese

“And if you say run, I'll run with you
And if you say hide, we'll hide.
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two.
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower.”

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Let's Dance
Song lyrics, Let's Dance (1983)

“This ain't rock'n'roll. This is genocide!”

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Diamond Dogs
Song lyrics, Diamond Dogs (1974)

“The tragic youth was going down on me
(…)
I've been right and I've been wrong
Now I'm back where I started from
Never looked over reality's shoulder”

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"Reality"
Song lyrics, Reality (2003)

“I, I will be king.
And you, you will be queen.
Though nothing will drive them away.
We can beat them, just for one day.
We can be heroes, just for one day.”

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"Heroes", written with Brian Eno
Song lyrics, "Heroes" (1977)

“Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low.”

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Ashes To Ashes
Song lyrics, Scary Monsters (1980)

“I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants.”

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Interviewed in Q magazine (April 1990)

“Do you remember, your President Nixon?
Do you remember, the bills you have to pay?
Or even yesterday?”

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Young Americans
Song lyrics, Young Americans (1975)

“And there's never gonna be enough money
And there's never gonna be enough drugs
And I'm never ever gonna get old
There's never gonna be enough bullets
There's never gonna be enough sex
And I'm never ever gonna get old
So I'm never ever gonna get high
And I'm never ever gonna get low
And I'm never ever gonna get old”

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"Never Get Old"
Song lyrics, Reality (2003)

“God is an American.
I'm afraid of Americans.
I'm afraid of the world.
I'm afraid I can't help it.
I'm afraid I can't”

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I'm Afraid of Americans
Song lyrics, Earthling (1997)

“Let's dance for fear your grace should fall
Let's dance for fear tonight is all”

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Let's Dance
Song lyrics, Let's Dance (1983)

“Let's dance — put on your red shoes and dance the blues.
Let's dance — to the song they're playin' on the radio.
Let's sway — while colour lights up your face.
Let's swa —, sway through the crowd to an empty space.”

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Let's Dance — Video at YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NelPivNLPZ8
Song lyrics, Let's Dance (1983)

“This is Major Tom to Ground Control.
I'm stepping through the door,
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way.
And the stars look very different today.For here
Am I sitting in a tin can,
Far above the world.
Planet Earth is blue,
And there's nothing I can do.”

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Space Oddity
Song lyrics, Space Oddity (1969)

“Ziggy played guitar.”

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Ziggy Stardust
Song lyrics, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

“Ageing is an extraordinary process... If you are pining for youth I think it produces a stereotypical old man because you only live in memory, you live in a place that doesn’t exist … I think ageing is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person that you always should have been.”

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quoted by Aaron Hicklin in "David Bowie: An Obituary" https://www.out.com/music/2016/1/11/david-bowie-obituary

“I think it's terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people's expectations. I think they generally produce their worst work when they do that.”

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