On Bowie

Rob Sheffield

• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780062562708
• eBook ISBN:
  9780062562722
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music

From the New York Times bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, a thoughtful and loving meditation on the life of the late David Bowie that explores his creative legacy and the enduring and mutual connection he enjoyed with his fans.

Innovative. Pioneering. Brave. Until his death in January 2016, David Bowie created art that not only pushed boundaries, but helped fans understand themselves and view the world from fantastic new perspectives.

When the shocking news of his death on January 10, 2016 broke, the outpouring of grief and adulation was immediate and ongoing. Fans around the world and across generations paid homage to this brilliant, innovate, ever evolving artist who both shaped and embodied our times.

In this concise and penetrating book, featuring color photographs, highly regarded Rolling Stone critic, bestselling author, and lifelong Bowie fan Rob Sheffield shares his own feelings about the passing of this icon and explains why Bowie's death has elicited such an unprecedented emotional outpouring from so many lives.

CONTENTS

1. Dedication
2. Epigraph
4. Introduction
5. The Night David Bowie Died
6. The London Boy
7. Major Tom (1969–1980–2016)
8. The Queen Bitch Who Sold the World
9. The Starman
10. The Night Ziggy Met America
11. Aladdin Sane
12. The Cracked Actor
13. Young Americans
14. The Plastic Soul Brother
15. The Man Who Fell to Earth
16. The Thin White Duke
17. The Dictator
18. The Low Profile
19. The DJ
20. The Lodger
21. The Modern Lover
22. Let’s Not Dance
23. Looking for Satellites
24. Where Are We Now?
25. The Blackstar
26. Photos Section
27. Acknowledgments
28. Notes
29. About the Author
30. Also by Rob Sheffield
31. Credits
32. Copyright
33. About the Publisher
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Table of contents

• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Contents
• Introduction
• The Night David Bowie Died
• The London Boy
• Major Tom (1969–1980–2016)
• The Queen Bitch Who Sold the World
• The Starman
• The Night Ziggy Met America
• Aladdin Sane
• The Cracked Actor
• Young Americans
• The Plastic Soul Brother
• The Man Who Fell to Earth
• The Thin White Duke
• The Dictator
• The Low Profile
• The DJ
• The Lodger
• The Modern Lover
• Let’s Not Dance
• Looking for Satellites
• Where Are We Now?
• The Blackstar
• Photos Section
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• About the Author
• Also by Rob Sheffield
• Credits
• Copyright
• About the Publisher