Bowie In Berlin
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Bowie In Berlin

A new career in a new town

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eBook - ePub

Bowie In Berlin

A new career in a new town

About this book

Driven to the brink of madness by cocaine, overwork, marital strife, and a paranoid obsession with the occult, David Bowie fled Los Angeles in 1975 and ended up in Berlin, the divided city on the frontline between communist East and capitalist West. There he sought anonymity, taking an apartment in a run-down district with his sometime collaborator Iggy Pop, another refugee from drugs and debauchery, while they explored the city and its notorious nightlife.

In this intensely creative period, Bowie put together three classic albums— Low, "Heroes", and Lodger —with collaborators who included Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, and Tony Visconti. He also found time to produce two albums for Iggy Pop— The Idiot and Lust For Life —and to take a leading role in a movie, the ill-starred Just A Gigolo.

Bowie In Berlin examines that period and those records, exploring Bowie's fascination with the city, unearthing his sources of inspiration, detailing his working methods, and teasing out the elusive meanings of the songs. Painstakingly researched and vividly written, the book casts new light on the most creative and influential era in Bowie's career.

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Table of contents

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. PART 1: SPEED OF LIFE
  3. 1: BLACK NOISE
  4. 2: THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
  5. 3: GOING ROUND AND ROUND
  6. PART 2: NEW MUSIC NIGHT AND DAY
  7. 4: DUM DUM DAYS
  8. 5: WHAT IN THE WORLD
  9. PHOTOGRAPHS
  10. 6: NEIGHBOURHOOD THREAT
  11. 7: FÜR EINEN TAG
  12. PART 3: PEACE ON EARTH
  13. 8: STAGE & SCREEN
  14. 9: DO SOMETHING BORING
  15. 10: THE HEART’S FILTHY LESSON
  16. ENDNOTES
  17. DISCOGRAPHY
  18. TOUR DATES
  19. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  20. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  21. ABOUT THE AUTHOR