On paper, there’s arguably never been a finer collaboration than when John Lennon and David Bowie combined their talents on ‘Fame’. Of course, both men had enjoyed successfully working with other artists across their careers, but there was something magnificent about this quiet collaboration, largely because of the impressive stature of the two stars in […]
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The invisible string theory is the idea that, in some way, somehow, we are already tethered to all the people who will be important to us in our lives. It’s the idea that an invisible thread already links us to people we haven’t met yet. These are people who, in a year or two, will […]
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It turns out that Queen have David Bowie to thank for their big break. Six years before their ‘Under Pressure’ duet, Bowie failed to submit a promo clip for Diamond Dogs’ ‘Rebel Rebel’ lead single to the BBC’s flagship Top of the Pops. It was a sign that the glam star had truly made it, […]
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I don’t think there are two people better placed to sing about fame than John Lennon and David Bowie. The pair represented everything great about two of the most studied cultural decades. Their talent, their excess and their liberalism epitomised everything about fame in the late 20th century, making them the most instantly recognisable people […]
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When you hear the phrase glam rock, two musicians immediately come to mind: T Rex’s captivating frontman, Marc Bolan, and the enigmatic David Bowie, who together encapsulated this idea of flamboyant performances that boldly removed gender from musical perception and instead celebrated a more androgynous approach. “At that point in time, rock seemed to have […]
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