Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno first gained a certain amount of notoriety as the weirdest looking one in colourful art-glam pioneers Roxy Music. It wasn’t so much that he looked weird, though he did, it was more the vision of him stood behind his odd-looking equipment, twiddling knobs and dialsContinue reading “Music Heroes I: David Bowie (Part 4: In Berlin, by the wall)”
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Music Heroes I: David Bowie (Part Three: Post-Ziggy to 1976)
If I was allowed a trip back in time to talk to my 12-year-old self and offer one valuable piece of advice, but only one, the conversation might go like this: Me: so will I get a good job, live a fairly normal, happy life, get married, be successful? Older me: Forget about that nonsense, this isContinue reading “Music Heroes I: David Bowie (Part Three: Post-Ziggy to 1976)”
Music Heroes I: David Bowie (Part 2: The Spiders from Mars)
There are two types of lyric. Well, there may be more, but I’m only clever enough to think of two. Firstly, there are lyrics that essentially recount a story or set forth ideas and thoughts in a clear and more or less literal fashion. This can be done with humour, wit and innovative choice of language…or not. Secondly, thereContinue reading “Music Heroes I: David Bowie (Part 2: The Spiders from Mars)”
Music heroes I: David Bowie (Part One, Introduction and early years)
Disclaimer: The plan is to write a series of blog posts about the music made by artists who have meant the most to me, addressing my personal relationship with their work. I acknowledge from the outset that others will know a lot more about the minutiae. I’m not pretending to be a leading expert. I rarely read orContinue reading “Music heroes I: David Bowie (Part One, Introduction and early years)”
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