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All the HIGHLIGHTS of our music critic Gary Crowley's one-hour special
on 94.9FM with David Bowie on his four decade-long career: "It's
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BOWIE
IN A NUTSHELL:
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Living
proof that genius and pretension walk hand in hand
One of his eyes changed colour after a compass-stabbing incident
at school
The Spiders From Mars were all from...Hull
"Jean Genie" is about the saucy French playwright Jean Genet
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"I'm the
worst singles-merchant in the world", confessed David Bowie,
kicking off 94.9FM's one-hour special with the Brixton born rock
superstar.
Our man on the
other side of the microphone, Gary Crowley, cornered him
in a deserted Met Bar as Bowie, looking healthy and dapper in a
dark polo neck, talked candidly about growing up in London, hitting
the Mod clubs in the 60s, the new album - and why he can never pick
out a single release - surreal American TV programmes, cover versions
and all stops inbetween.
Use the links
below to hear the conversation at your own pace. Above all -
enjoy!
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BOWIE
- PART 1 (10'07"):
AUDIO click
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Bowie on:
The inspiration
behind 'Everyone Says Hi':
"I was thinking of my father...the song deals with the
subject of death - although it's kind of a happy thing...!"
His favourite songs from the new Heathen album...
Club-going in 60s London and seeing people like Georgie
Fame and The Blue Flames: "It was a real course in
American music..."
His early influences: Anthony Newley, Scott Walker
and Little Richard - "I wanted to be the sax player
in his band...!"
BOWIE
- PART 2 (7'08"):
AUDIO click
here
Bowie
on:
Seminal TV
watching with...Iggy Pop!
His approach to making albums: "My subject matter hasn't
changed...it's always about alienation and isolation, the
loneliness of life on the planet..."
Rekindling his working association with producer Tony Visconti.
The three cover versions on the new Heathen album: "Why?
They have to have moved me in some way..."
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