From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
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From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads

A Bowie Odyssey

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From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads

A Bowie Odyssey

About this book

James Briggs had never known what David Bowie's Life on Mars? meant. And twenty-five years later with a career stealing his soul, a relationship in stasis and a hairline in furious retreat, life on earth had him cornered.


So when a lightning bolt of inspiration strikes, he leaves everything behind to cycle one of the song's lyrics, 'From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads' to discover what life, love and Life on Mars? really mean.

What followed was life-affirming, inspirational and often hilarious. Criss-crossing Europe, he visited French chateaus where Bowie recorded, Spanish Olympic stadiums he played, former communist states where his music was banned, and the Berlin Wall he helped topple - all while navigating angry Soviet ballerinas, suspicious village mayors, and an irate Cliff Richard fan.

James found kindred spirits and a new love (and occasionally hatred) for cycling as he discovered what happens when, instead of following the crowd, you follow the lyrics and music of the greatest artist of the 20th century. As the world reconsiders its priorities, From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is a clarion call to embrace the strange, blaze your own path, and live as fearlessly as the Starman himself.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Prologue
  3. 1 The Flash
  4. 2 Life on Earth
  5. 3 From Ibiza …
  6. 4 A Star Map is Born
  7. 5 ”Hello Iggy Pop.. Hola Surrealism!
  8. 6 Dreaming Of DalĆ­
  9. 7 The Passenger
  10. 8 Isolation
  11. 9 Wild is the Wind
  12. 10 Make-Up & Mountains
  13. 11 Golden (Tax Free) Years
  14. 12 Marriages & Cheating
  15. 13 The Earworms of the Burgundy Canal
  16. 14 Middle Age & Mars
  17. 15 Inspired by Frankie
  18. 16 Dirty Love
  19. 17 Le ChĆ¢teau d’hĆ©rouville
  20. 18 The Taming of the Beast
  21. 19 The Railroad to Russia
  22. 20 Totalitarian Times
  23. 21 East to West
  24. 22 Berlin Years & Tears
  25. 23 Where Are We Now?
  26. 24 Sound and Vision
  27. 25 Lifeless on Mars
  28. 26 Kosmische & Crap
  29. 27 Heaven on Earth
  30. 28 The Secrets of Northern Holland
  31. 29 The North Sea Chorus
  32. 30 The Pianist’s Village
  33. 31 The Meaning of Mars
  34. 32 … To the Norfolk Broads
  35. Epilogue
  36. Acknowledgements