David Bowie: Starman

by Trynka, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780316032254
• ISBN10: 0316032255
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-07-18
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

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. Paul Trynka 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. This book will define Bowie for years to come.

Author Biography

Paul Trynka was formerly the editor of Mojo magazine (1996-2003). He has also been the editorial director of Q magazine, launch editor of The Guitar Magazine, and editor-in-chief of New Projects at Emap. He is the author of Iggy Pop (Broadway 2007), Portrait of the Blues, and Denim, a history of the fabric. He lives in Greenwich, London.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Genius Steals	p. ix
I Hope I Make It on My Own
When I'm Five	p. 5
"Numero Uno, Mate!"	p. 28
Thinking about Me	p. 45
Laughing Gnome	p. 69
I Wish Something Would Happen	p. 88
Check Ignition	p. 107
All the Madmen	p. 125
Kooks	p. 147
Over the Rainbow	p. 175
Battle Cries and Champagne	p. 202
Where Things Are Hollow
Star	p. 223
The Changing Isn't Free	p. 243
Make Me Break Down and Cry	p. 258
White Stains	p. 275
Ghosts in the Echo Chambers	p. 298
Helden	p. 321
I Am Not a Freak	p. 340
Snapshot of a Brain	p. 362
On the Other Side	p. 384
It's My LifeùSo Fuck Off	p. 409
The Heart's Filthy Lesson	p. 435
Epilogue: The Houdini Mechanism	p. 467
Discography	p. 481
Notes and Sources	p. 497
Acknowledgments	p. 509
Index	p. 513
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