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| − | + | '''David Bowie''' (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947) is a British pop and rock singer, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, and audio engineer. | |
| − | ''' | + | He became world famous in the 1970s with songs like "''Space Oddity" (1969), "Starman" (1972), "Jean Genie" (1972), "Sound & Vision" (1975), "Heroes" (1975), "Boys Keep Swinging" (1979)'' and continued his success in the next decades with songs like ''"Under Pressure" (1981)'' and ''"Let's Dance" (1983).'' Bowie is well known for frequently reinventing his music and image. He is widely regarded as the most influential innovator in rock and pop music since the 1970s. |
| − | + | ==Bowie referencing Zappa== | |
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| + | Bowie's first bands, The Buzz and The Riot Squad covered and recorded ''[[It Can't Happen Here]]'' and ''[[Who Are The Brain Police?]]'' as early as 1966-1967. | ||
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| + | On October 30, 2003 Bowie played a concert in [[Vienna]] when he noticed his female bassist did not wear a long shirt (just a jacket above a smaller shirt) and mentioned: ''"Who could imagine?"'', in reference to ''[[It Can't Happen Here]].'' Then he asked the audience if any of them knew this song? | ||
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<blockquote>FRANCESCO: "… You got lotsa guys like that now. Everybody thinks they're terrific . . . who'll be the '[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]' of your century? '''David Bowie'''?<br> | <blockquote>FRANCESCO: "… You got lotsa guys like that now. Everybody thinks they're terrific . . . who'll be the '[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]' of your century? '''David Bowie'''?<br> | ||
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<div align=right>From [[Them Or Us (The Book)]], by [[Frank Zappa]], p. 11</div align=right> | <div align=right>From [[Them Or Us (The Book)]], by [[Frank Zappa]], p. 11</div align=right> | ||
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| + | In ''[[Be In My Video]]'' the line ''"let's dance the blues under the megawatt moonlight"'' is a reference to Bowie's music video ''"Let's Dance"'' (1983). | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[What Can You Do That's Fantastic?]] | *[[What Can You Do That's Fantastic?]] | ||
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*[[Frank Zappa's Got Brand New Shoes]] | *[[Frank Zappa's Got Brand New Shoes]] | ||
*[[Let's Talk Clothes]] | *[[Let's Talk Clothes]] | ||
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[[Category:Supporting Cast|Bowie, David]] | [[Category:Supporting Cast|Bowie, David]] | ||
[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)|Bowie, David]] | [[Category:Them Or Us (The List)|Bowie, David]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Celebrity Fans|Bowie, David]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Targets|Bowie, David]] | ||
Revision as of 12:13, 25 November 2010
David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947) is a British pop and rock singer, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, and audio engineer.
He became world famous in the 1970s with songs like "Space Oddity" (1969), "Starman" (1972), "Jean Genie" (1972), "Sound & Vision" (1975), "Heroes" (1975), "Boys Keep Swinging" (1979) and continued his success in the next decades with songs like "Under Pressure" (1981) and "Let's Dance" (1983). Bowie is well known for frequently reinventing his music and image. He is widely regarded as the most influential innovator in rock and pop music since the 1970s.
Bowie referencing Zappa
Bowie's first bands, The Buzz and The Riot Squad covered and recorded It Can't Happen Here and Who Are The Brain Police? as early as 1966-1967.
On October 30, 2003 Bowie played a concert in Vienna when he noticed his female bassist did not wear a long shirt (just a jacket above a smaller shirt) and mentioned: "Who could imagine?", in reference to It Can't Happen Here. Then he asked the audience if any of them knew this song?
References by Zappa
FRANCESCO: "… You got lotsa guys like that now. Everybody thinks they're terrific . . . who'll be the 'Mozart' of your century? David Bowie?
The people of your century no longer require the service of composers. A composer is as useful to a person in a jogging suit as a dinosaur turd in the middle of his runway.
Your age is ugly and loveless, and when they eventually write you up in the leather book with the red silk thing hanging out the side, YOUR nasty little 'Mozart' will be a sort of egalitarian-affirmative action non-person of indeterminate sex, chosen by a committee who will seek advice from a group of accountants who will consult a tan lawyer who will negotiate with a clothing manufacturer who will sponsor a series which will feature a simulation of a lip-synced version of the troubled life of a white boy with special hair who achieves musical greatness through abnormally large sales figures. …
In Be In My Video the line "let's dance the blues under the megawatt moonlight" is a reference to Bowie's music video "Let's Dance" (1983).
