Borrowed from Barnet Libraries. Toward the start of this book I was surprised to read this anti-Bowie quote from Keith Richards (see p.10): "It's all pose...It's nothing to do with music. He knows it, too." Keith's wrong about that. The author admits that this 198-page book was rush-written in one month after Bowie's death, but it's a respectful and loving account of his thoughts on the legendary icon. I agreed with most of it – such as Lodger being his "most underrated record" – but don't agree with him that The Man Who Fell to Earth is a bad film. There are no blinding new insights on Bowie's life and art (other than him being "the C-3PO of rock and roll", p.51, and I never knew that he first met Angie at a King Crimson press event), but there are plenty of likeable moments throughout this well-meaning appreciation. If there's one thing I would have changed it's that endlessly throwing in lyrical references becomes a little annoying. (See how I didn't need to write "ch-ch-changed" to make the point.) But overall it's worth reading.
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