The Age of Bowie
How David Bowie made a world of difference
By Paul MorleySimon & Schuster Australia
Hardcover - NZ$49.99
Respected arts commentator PAUL MORLEY, one of the team who curated the
highly successful retrospective exhibition for the Victoria & Albert Museum
in London, David Bowie Is . . . constructs the definitive story of Bowie that
explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, invented the future
and entered history as someone who could and would never be forgotten. Morley
will capture the greatest moments of Bowie’s career; from the recording studio
with the likes of Brian Eno and Tony Visconti; to iconic live performances from
the 1970s, 80s and 90s, as well as the various encounters and artistic
relationships he developed with rock luminaries John Lennon, Lou Reed and Iggy
Pop. And of course, discuss in detail his much-heralded and critically-acclaimed
comeback with the release of Black Star just days before his shocking death in
New York.
Morley will offer a startling biographical critique of David Bowie’s
legacy, showing how he never stayed still even when he withdrew from the
spotlight, how he always knew his own worth, and released a dazzling plethora
of mobile Bowies into the world with a bloody-minded determination and a
voluptuous imagination to create something amazing that was not there before.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Writer, broadcaster, and cultural critic PAUL MORLEY has written about
music, art, and entertainment since the 1970s. A founding member of the
electronic collective Art of Noise and a member of staff at the Royal Academy
of Music, he is the author of Ask: Chatter of Pop; Words and Music: A History
of Pop in the Shape of a City; Piece by Piece: Writing About Joy Division
1977–2007; Earthbound; The North; and Nothing, and he collaborated with music
icon Grace Jones on her memoir, I'll Never Write My Memoirs.
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