David Bowie: We Could Be Heroes: The Stories Behind Every David Bowie Song (Stories Behind Every Song)
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (727 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 156025209X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book does not live up to its title Emilio As a Bowie fan, I know quite a few stories behind Bowie songs. Unfortunately, this book tells very few of them. The title is a misnomer for what is actually another annotated discography to rival with Roy Carr and Charles Shaar Murray's "David Bowie, An Illustrated Record" (which, having been published in 1981, covers exactly the same period) and David Buckley's "The Complete Guide To The Mu. "sucks" according to BookWoman. So the concept of this book is pretty cool. I know I'm always wondering what the meaning is behind a song's lyrics. *Especially* Bowie's songs because the guy is such an intellectual that a lot of his stuff is filled with crazy references to random philosophers and artists, and a fan like me rarely knows what he's talking about. Jean Genet anyone? Kahlil Gibran?Unfortunately, this book does . Marc-David Jacobs said Something all Bowie fans should getunless you're a purist. Now this is a great book, similar to the equally great Beatles book "A Hard Day's Write." However, while "Write" covered all of the Beatles' albums, "We Could Be Heroes" only covers his albums from 1970-1980 (The Man Who Sold The World to Scary Monsters And Super Creeps) with in great detail (the only exception is the cover album Pin Ups). Now I know that very few Bowie fans may care about h
He switched gears again with Young Americans, and then reached multiplatinum success with Let's Dance in the '80s. Chris Welch has interviewed those who most influenced Bowie, such as Iggy Pop, Lou Reed and Tony De Fries, as well as those who provided the inspiration for his music and lyrics.. David Bowie: We Could Be Heroes is a song-by-song analysis of every song Bowie has written and recorded, full of behind-the-scenes stories and quotes from those who have worked with him. He was a young balladeer performing as Davy Jones in the late '60s and Ziggy Stardust in the glam rock era of the '70s. Musical chameleon David Bowie has had a more varied and influential career than any other single performer in rock