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David Robert Jones 8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016 Known Professionally As David Bowie Was An English Singer-Songwriter And Actor. A Leading Figure In The Music Industry He Is Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Musicians Of The 20th Century. Bowie Was Acclaimed By Critics And Musicians Particularly For His Innovative Work During The 1970s. His Career Was Marked By Reinvention And Visual Presentation And His Music And Stagecraft Had A Significant Impact On Popular Music. Bowie Developed An Interest In Music From An Early Age. He Studied Art Music And Design Before Embarking On A Professional Career As A Musician In 1963. "Space Oddity" Released In 1969 Was His First Top-Five Entry On The UK Singles Chart. After A Period Of Experimentation He Re-Emerged In 1972 During The Glam Rock Era With His Flamboyant And Androgynous Alter Ego Ziggy Stardust. The Character Was Spearheaded By The Success Of Bowie's Single "Starman" And Album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars Which Won Him Widespread Popularity. In 1975 Bowie's Style Shifted Towards A Sound He Characterised As "plastic Soul" Initially Alienating Many Of His UK Fans But Garnering Him His First Major US Crossover Success With The Number-One Single "Fame" And The Album Young Americans. In 1976 Bowie Starred In The Cult Film The Man Who Fell To Earth And Released Station To Station. In 1977 He Again Changed Direction With The Electronic-Inflected Album Low The First Of Three Collaborations With Brian Eno That Came To Be Known As The "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" 1977 And Lodger 1979 Followed Each Album Reached The UK Top Five And Received Lasting Critical Praise. After Uneven Commercial Success In The Late 1970s Bowie Had Three Number-One Hits The 1980 Single "Ashes To Ashes" Its Album Scary Monsters And Super Creeps And "Under Pressure" A 1981 Collaboration With Queen . He Achieved Massive Commercial Success In The 1980s Starting With Let's Dance 1983 . Between 1988 And 1992 He Fronted The Hard Rock Band Tin Machine Before Resuming His Solo Career In 1993. Throughout The 1990s And 2000s Bowie Continued To Experiment With Musical Styles Including Industrial And Jungle. He Also Continued Acting His Roles Included Major Jack Celliers In Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 1983 Jareth The Goblin King In Labyrinth 1986 Pontius Pilate In The Last Temptation Of Christ 1988 And Nikola Tesla In The Prestige 2006 Among Other Film And Television Appearances And Cameos. He Stopped Touring After 2004 And His Last Live Performance Was At A Charity Event In 2006. In 2013 Bowie Returned From A Decade-Long Recording Hiatus With The Next Day. He Remained Musically Active Until His Death From Liver Cancer At His Home In New York City. He Died Two Days After Both His 69th Birthday And The Release Of His Final Album Blackstar 2016 . During His Lifetime His Record Sales Estimated At Over 100 Million Records Worldwide Made Him One Of The Best-Selling Musicians Of All Time. In The UK He Was Awarded Ten Platinum Eleven Gold And Eight Silver Album Certifications And Released 11 Number-One Albums. In The US He Received Five Platinum And Nine Gold Certifications. He Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1996. Rolling Stone Ranked Him Among The Greatest Artists In History. As Of 2022 Bowie Was The Best-Selling Vinyl Artist Of The 21st Century. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/David_Bowie Studio Albums
David Bowie 1967 David Bowie/Space Oddity 1969 The Man Who Sold The World 1970 Hunky Dory 1971 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 1972 Aladdin Sane 1973 Pin Ups 1973 Diamond Dogs 1974 Young Americans 1975 Station To Station 1976 Low 1977 "Heroes" 1977 Lodger 1979 Scary Monsters And Super Creeps 1980 Let's Dance 1983 Tonight 1984 Never Let Me Down 1987 Black Tie White Noise 1993 The Buddha Of Suburbia 1993 Outside 1995 Earthling 1997 Hours 1999 Heathen 2002 Reality 2003 The Next Day 2013 Blackstar 2016
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David-Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Baby Was Born And It Looked Like Me And It Looked Like Angie And The Song Came Out Like—if You’re Gonna Stay With Us You’re Gonna Grow Up Bananas. David Bowie Promotional Sheet For Hunky Dory. On The Last Day Of May 1971 David Bowie Was Sitting At Home Listening To A Neil Young Record When Someone From The Hospital Rang To Tell Him He Had Become A Father. Angela Bowie After A 30-Hour Labor Had Given Birth To A Son Who Would Be Named Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones. Over The Next Day Or So Bowie Wrote A Song About His Son—he Debuted It At A BBC Session Less Than A Week After Duncan’s Birth. It Was Bowie’s Neil Young Piece Or So He Said. “For Small Z. ” He Wrote On The LP Sleeve. “Kooks” Is The Obverse Of “Oh! You Pretty Things ” In Which Parenthood Is Something Odd And Catastrophic An Unavoidable Pre-Determined Obsolescence. “Kooks” Is Awkward Warm Funny And Welcoming And Its Lyric Captures The Bewilderment That Many People I’m Assuming Not Being A Father Face Upon Becoming A Parent—I’m Such A Complete Mess Myself How On Earth Can I Raise Another Human Being?* With Classic Lines Like Don’t Pick Fights With The Bullies Or The Cads
‘cos I’m Not Much Cop At Punching Other People’s Dads. The Song Is Basically A Set Of Choruses Occasionally Broken Up By Four-Bar “intros ” While The Two Verses Serve More As Bridges. “Kooks” Opens With Bowie Alternating Between The D And Dsus4 Chords On His Guitar Just Moving The Middle Finger Between Two Frets —this Continues Into The Chorus Until Bowie Finally Breaks The Pattern By Moving To C On “we Believe In You.” The Song’s Harmonic Stasis Both Choruses And Verses Start In D With Bowie Moving Up A Step Finally In The Fourth Chorus Repeat Is Masked By A Dense Arrangement Trevor Bolder Doubles On Bass A Very Busy Performance Full Of Runs And Octave Leaps And Trumpet—the Latter Mainly Bridges The Intros And Choruses With Bolder Playing The Vocal Line Of The Chorus Though He Gets A Tiny Solo When Bowie Mentions The Trumpet In The Lyric. Rick Wakeman’s Piano Dominates The Verses Veering Between The Cutesy And The Slightly Abrasive While Mick Ronson’s String Arrangements A Typically Lovely Melodic Accompaniment Sweeten The Choruses. Ken Scott Bowie’s Producer Loved The Track And Thought Bowie Should Do A Whole Album Of Children’s Songs—Bowie Allegedly Considered The Idea But Sadly Never Followed Through On It. First Performed 3 June 1971 At The BBC Recorded June-July 1971 The Early Mix Linked Above Was Done For A Promo Version Of Hunky Dory Issued In August . Duncan Jones Managed To Have A Fairly Normal Life As Lives Go And Went Into The Film Industry His First Picture Moon Is Worth Viewing. * Well That’s Not The Only Interpretation. James Perone Offers The Theory That “Kooks” Is About A Couple Offering An Invitation To A Ménage À Trois To “an Individual Of Indeterminate Gender.” If So That Would Make Lines Like “we Bought You…a Funny Old Crib On Which The Paint Won’t Dry” A Bit Perverse. Top The Three Bowies June 1971.
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David Robert Jones 8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016 Known Professionally As David Bowie Was An English Singer-Songwriter And Actor. A Leading Figure In The Music Industry He Is Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Musicians Of The 20th Century. Bowie Was Acclaimed By Critics And Musicians Particularly For His Innovative Work During The 1970s. His Career Was Marked By Reinvention And Visual Presentation And His Music And Stagecraft Had A Significant Impact On Popular Music. Bowie Developed An Interest In Music From An Early Age. He Studied Art Music And Design Before Embarking On A Professional Career As A Musician In 1963. "Space Oddity" Released In 1969 Was His First Top-Five Entry On The UK Singles Chart. After A Period Of Experimentation He Re-Emerged In 1972 During The Glam Rock Era With His Flamboyant And Androgynous Alter Ego Ziggy Stardust. The Character Was Spearheaded By The Success Of Bowie's Single "Starman" And Album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars Which Won Him Widespread Popularity. In 1975 Bowie's Style Shifted Towards A Sound He Characterised As "plastic Soul" Initially Alienating Many Of His UK Fans But Garnering Him His First Major US Crossover Success With The Number-One Single "Fame" And The Album Young Americans. In 1976 Bowie Starred In The Cult Film The Man Who Fell To Earth And Released Station To Station. In 1977 He Again Changed Direction With The Electronic-Inflected Album Low The First Of Three Collaborations With Brian Eno That Came To Be Known As The "Berlin Trilogy". "Heroes" 1977 And Lodger 1979 Followed Each Album Reached The UK Top Five And Received Lasting Critical Praise. After Uneven Commercial Success In The Late 1970s Bowie Had Three Number-One Hits The 1980 Single "Ashes To Ashes" Its Album Scary Monsters And Super Creeps And "Under Pressure" A 1981 Collaboration With Queen . He Achieved Massive Commercial Success In The 1980s Starting With Let's Dance 1983 . Between 1988 And 1992 He Fronted The Hard Rock Band Tin Machine Before Resuming His Solo Career In 1993. Throughout The 1990s And 2000s Bowie Continued To Experiment With Musical Styles Including Industrial And Jungle. He Also Continued Acting His Roles Included Major Jack Celliers In Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 1983 Jareth The Goblin King In Labyrinth 1986 Pontius Pilate In The Last Temptation Of Christ 1988 And Nikola Tesla In The Prestige 2006 Among Other Film And Television Appearances And Cameos. He Stopped Touring After 2004 And His Last Live Performance Was At A Charity Event In 2006. In 2013 Bowie Returned From A Decade-Long Recording Hiatus With The Next Day. He Remained Musically Active Until His Death From Liver Cancer At His Home In New York City. He Died Two Days After Both His 69th Birthday And The Release Of His Final Album Blackstar 2016 . During His Lifetime His Record Sales Estimated At Over 100 Million Records Worldwide Made Him One Of The Best-Selling Musicians Of All Time. In The UK He Was Awarded Ten Platinum Eleven Gold And Eight Silver Album Certifications And Released 11 Number-One Albums. In The US He Received Five Platinum And Nine Gold Certifications. He Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1996. Rolling Stone Ranked Him Among The Greatest Artists In History. As Of 2022 Bowie Was The Best-Selling Vinyl Artist Of The 21st Century. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/David_Bowie Studio Albums
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David Bowie 1967 David Bowie/Space Oddity 1969 The Man Who Sold The World 1970 Hunky Dory 1971 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 1972 Aladdin Sane 1973 Pin Ups 1973 Diamond Dogs 1974 Young Americans 1975 Station To Station 1976 Low 1977 "Heroes" 1977 Lodger 1979 Scary Monsters And Super Creeps 1980 Let's Dance 1983 Tonight 1984 Never Let Me Down 1987 Black Tie White Noise 1993 The Buddha Of Suburbia 1993 Outside 1995 Earthling 1997 Hours 1999 Heathen 2002 Reality 2003 The Next Day 2013 Blackstar 2016 read less
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The baby was born and it looked like me and it looked like Angie, and the song came out like—if you’re gonna stay with us, you’re gonna grow up bananas.
David Bowie, promotional sheet for Hunky Dory.
On the last day of May 1971, David Bowie was sitting at home listening to a Neil Young record when someone from the hospital rang to tell him he had become a father. Angela Bowie, after a 30-hour labor, had given birth to a son, who would be named Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones. Over the next day or so Bowie wrote a song about his son—he debuted it at a BBC session less than a week after Duncan’s birth. It was Bowie’s Neil Young piece, or so he said. “For Small Z.,” he wrote on the LP sleeve.
“Kooks” is the obverse of “Oh! You Pretty Things,” in which parenthood is something odd and catastrophic, an unavoidable pre-determined obsolescence. “Kooks” is awkward, warm, funny and welcoming, and its lyric captures the bewilderment that many people (I’m assuming, not being a father) face upon becoming a parent—I’m such a complete mess myself, how on earth can I raise another human being?* With classic lines like:
Don’t pick fights with the bullies or the cads
‘cos I’m not much cop at punching other people’s dads.
The song is basically a set of choruses occasionally broken up by four-bar “intros,” while the two verses serve more as bridges. “Kooks” opens with Bowie alternating between the D and Dsus4 chords on his guitar (just moving the middle finger between two frets)—this continues into the chorus until Bowie finally breaks the pattern by moving to C on “we believe in you.”
The song’s harmonic stasis (both choruses and verses start in D, with Bowie moving up a step finally in the fourth chorus repeat) is masked by a dense arrangement: Trevor Bolder doubles on bass (a very busy performance, full of runs and octave leaps) and trumpet—the latter mainly bridges the intros and choruses, with Bolder playing the vocal line of the chorus, though he gets a tiny solo when Bowie mentions the trumpet in the lyric. Rick Wakeman’s piano dominates the verses, veering between the cutesy and the slightly abrasive, while Mick Ronson’s string arrangements, a typically lovely, melodic accompaniment, sweeten the choruses.
Ken Scott, Bowie’s producer, loved the track and thought Bowie should do a whole album of children’s songs—Bowie allegedly considered the idea but sadly never followed through on it.
First performed 3 June 1971 at the BBC; recorded June-July 1971 (the early mix linked above was done for a promo version of Hunky Dory issued in August). Duncan Jones managed to have a fairly normal life, as lives go, and went into the film industry: his first picture, Moon, is worth viewing.
* Well, that’s not the only interpretation. James Perone offers the theory that “Kooks” is about a couple offering an invitation to a ménage à trois to “an individual of indeterminate gender.” If so, that would make lines like “we bought you…a funny old crib on which the paint won’t dry” a bit perverse.
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Hunky Dory Is The Fourth Studio Album By English Musician David Bowie Released On December 17 1971 Through RCA Records. Compared To The Guitar-Driven Hard Rock Sound Of His 1970 Album The Man Who Sold The World Bowie Opted For A Warmer More Melodic Piano-Based Pop Rock And Art Pop Style On Hunky Dory. His Lyrical Concerns On The Record Range From The Compulsive Nature Of Artistic Reinvention On "Changes" To Occultism And Nietzschean Philosophy On "Oh! You Pretty Things" And "Quicksand" Several Songs Make Cultural And Literary References. He Was Also Inspired By His Stateside Tour To Write Songs Dedicated To Three American Icons Andy Warhol Bob Dylan And Lou Reed. The Song "Kooks" Was Dedicated To Bowie's Newborn Son Duncan. The Album's Cover Artwork Photographed In Monochrome And Subsequently Recoloured Features Bowie In A Pose Inspired By Actresses Of The Hollywood Golden Age. Upon Release Hunky Dory And Its Lead Single "Changes" Received Little Promotion From RCA Who Were Wary That Bowie Would Transform His Image Shortly. Thus Despite Very Positive Reviews From The British And American Music Press The Album Initially Sold Poorly And Failed To Chart. It Was Only After The Commercial Breakthrough Of Bowie's 1972 Follow-Up Album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars That Hunky Dory Itself Became A Commercial Success Peaking At Number Three On The UK Albums Chart. Retrospectively Hunky Dory Has Been Critically Acclaimed As One Of Bowie's Best Works And Features On Several Lists Of The Greatest Albums Of All Time. Within The Context Of His Career It Is Considered To Be The Album Where "Bowie Starts To Become Bowie" Definitively Discovering His Voice And Style.