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The man who read the world: David Bowie’s son launches an online book club in his honour. Something not well known about Bowie: he was an avid reader, sometimes finishing a book in a single day. Rock star David Bowie was “a beast of a reader,” according to his son, Duncan Jones; so Jones decided to start an online book club to honour his literature-loving dad. The official Instagram account of the late rock star dubbed it the ‘Bowie Book Club’. David Bowie’s literary tastes were wide-ranging; including classics such as Gustave Flaubert’s ‘Madame Bovary’ and ‘The Iliad’ by Homer; novels s such as A ‘Clockwork Orange’ by Anthony Burgess and ‘Infants of the Spring’ by Wallace Thurman; together with a wide variety of nonfiction works: history, biography, art, architecture and more….. even the Beano!
Three years before he died, David Bowie made a list of the one hundred books that had transformed his life – a list that formed something akin to an autobiography. It’s telling that among Bowie’s final public statements was that this list of his Top 100 books was offered as part of the David Bowie Is museum exhibit. As Bowie has apparently left no memoir behind, the closest that he ventured to autobiography is this list of books. Some he chose because he wanted his fans to read them, but many selections have a deeper resonance in his work, in that they fuelled his creativity and shaped who he was.
David Bowie, one of music’s most iconic and influential figures who had a huge impact during 50 years of continuous artistic innovation, was born on this day in 1947.
A Star Who Transcended Music, Art and Fashion
David Bowie, the infinitely changeable songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images and personas, died on Sunday of cancer. He was 69.
Nothing Remains: David Bowie’s Vision of Love
Underneath his apparent negativity is a profound yearning for connection and, most of all, for love.
David Bowie - a life in music. http://bbc.in/1P2Bkgi
From the archive: A confirmed futurist, Bowie anticipated a breakdown in music industry and media certainties, and prepared himself for the science fiction future he always craved. A future where his 20th-century music could still exist and still sound contemporary.
David Bowie dies of cancer at 69
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35278872
這是David Bowie最後專輯Blackstar的最新派台歌Lazarus。專輯上週五才發售，當時大家都在研究專輯內各歌曲的歌詞是在說什麼，但現在知道他原來已抗癌多時後，大家發現，一切都變得好像容易理解了，似是一個知道自己快將離去的人的感受、道別
Lazarus（歌詞來自官方網站）
Look up here, I’m in heaven
I’ve got scars that can’t be seen
I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen
Everybody knows me now
I’ve got scars that can’t be seen
I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen
Everybody knows me now
Look up here, man, I’m in danger
I’ve got nothing left to lose
I’m so high it makes my brain whirl
Dropped my cell phone down below
I’ve got nothing left to lose
I’m so high it makes my brain whirl
Dropped my cell phone down below
Ain’t that just like me
By the time I got to New York
I was living like a king
Then I used up all my money
I was looking for your ass
I was living like a king
Then I used up all my money
I was looking for your ass
This way or no way
You know, I’ll be free
Just like that bluebird
Now ain’t that just like me
You know, I’ll be free
Just like that bluebird
Now ain’t that just like me
Oh I’ll be free
Just like that bluebird
Oh I’ll be free
Ain’t that just like me
Just like that bluebird
Oh I’ll be free
Ain’t that just like me
Sail on, Starman. You'll always be a legend. 🚀🚀
#RIPBowie
BBC Culture
Thank you for everything, Starman.
RIP David Bowie
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
Then we could be Heroes, just for one day
德國外交部向David Bowie逝世致哀，讚揚他的歌曲Heroes推動柏林圍牆倒下
https://twitter.com/GermanyDiplo/status/686498183669743616
David Bowie - Heroes
Heroes, performed by David Bowie, uploaded in 1080p. Like it, comment on it, discuss it, smell it, taste it, be one with it; by all means, do as you please.
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Incredibly sad news to wake up to this morning. Such a diverse and inspirational artist who was an icon to artists and audiences alike all over the world.
RIP David Bowie.
- Nicola
RIP David Bowie.
- Nicola
英國傳奇音樂巨星大衛·鮑伊去世
《紐約時報》 2016年1月11日
David Bowie dies aged 69 after 18-month secret battle with cancer
David Bowie has died aged 69 after battling cancer in secret for 18 months
The star underwent several radical transformations over 50-year career
Showbiz world united in grief after the death of one of the world's most celebrated musicians
Tributes flood in from celebrities, politicians and other public figures
Bowie recorded his final album Blackstar while fighting illness and last week released a video showing himself in a hospital bed
By HUGO GYE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 06:53 GMT, 11 January 2016 | UPDATED: 09:02 GMT, 11 January 2016
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3393470/David-Bowie-dies-18-month-battle-cancer.html#ixzz3wvV27B9C
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據其發言人消息，傳奇音樂家大衛·鮑伊去世，時年69歲。
今天早些時候，他的死訊在Facebook和Twitter上傳播開來，其發言人史蒂芬·馬丁(Steve Martin)予以證實。
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大衛·鮑伊：誤投塵世的歌者
馬丁沒有提供死因，但稱這位歌手在去世前曾和癌症鬥爭。
這位多才多藝的藝術家在上周五——他的生日——發行了最後一張專輯《Blackstar》https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszLwBaC4Sw，並原定於在3月31日的卡內基音樂廳(Carnegie Hall)獲得表彰表演，參與者有the Roots、辛迪·勞帕(Cyndi Lauper)和山羊樂隊(the Mountain Goats)。他還創作了一部正在外百老匯公演的音樂劇《Lazarus》。
大衛·鮑伊本名為大衛·瓊斯，1947年1月8日出生在倫敦南區。1969年，他憑藉專輯《太空怪人》(Space Oddity)一舉成名，其身着緊身連體衣的分身形象Ziggy Stardust更是深入人心。1996年，大衛·鮑伊入選搖滾名人堂。
他的兒子鄧肯·瓊斯(Duncan Jones)在推特上確認了父親的離世：「很遺憾也很令人難過，這個消息是真的。我會離線一段時間。愛所有人。」
據路透社報道，大衛·鮑伊最後一次公開表演是2006年在紐約舉行的一場慈善演唱會。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_Spiders_from_Mars
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust) is the fifth studio album by English musician David Bowie, which is loosely based on a story of a fictional rock star named Ziggy Stardust.[3] It peaked at No. 5 in the United Kingdom[4] and No. 75 in the United States on the Billboard Music Charts.[5]
The album tells the story of Bowie's alter ego Ziggy Stardust, a rock star who acts as a messenger for extraterrestrial beings. Bowie created Ziggy Stardust while in New York City promoting Hunky Dory and performed as him on a tour of the United Kingdom, Japan and North America.[6] The album, and the character of Ziggy Stardust, was known for its glam rock influences and themes of sexual exploration and social commentary. These factors, coupled with the ambiguity surrounding Bowie's sexuality and fuelled by a ground-breaking performance of "Starman" on Top of the Pops,[7] led to the album being met with controversy and since hailed as a seminal work.[8]
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