He was born David Jones but
changed his name early in life to Bowie like he knew he would be famous one day
and didn’t ever want to be confused with that other guy. Davie Jones of the Monkeys
was famous first. Bowie was more of an activist. At age 17 he was a outspoken
member of the Society for Long Haired Men. In 1966 he was speaking of tolerance
for all people. He always had female features and most of the time dressed in
tight wild colors that emphasized his male/female traits, No one did that in
the 60set he was able to transition from weird to having hit records that all
people sang along to.
His first hit record was in 1969
called Space Oddity that was released just a few months before the famous American
moon landing. When TV showed the footage of Neil Armstrong landing on the moon
they played Bowie’s record. What Pop
star gets that kind of free advertisement? Meanwhile Bowie became even more of
the androgynous man wearing makeup and feather boas singing in his male voice. He
was the first non-conformance who quit worrying about fitting in. A Pioneer of
sorts. He collaborated with other recording stars and never felt in competition
with them. He wrote the popular song called Fame with John Lennon. Wrote the
song called Under Pressure with Freddy Mercury from Queen. He even recorded a Christmas
song with Bing Crosby.
In England in 1972 he came out
and said he was bi-sexual. At the time it was a new thing. He held a rock
concert in front of the Berlin Wall and days later Ronald Regan dared that they
tear the wall down. He proposed a world of tolerance and understanding over
fear and destruction. David was an actor too who stared in 4 vampire movies
before vampire movies were so popular. Finally he played himself in the movie
called Zoolander. Most of all he will be remembered as the father of glam rock
who was married to a black super model for 20 something years. His artistic DNA
could be traced down to Madonna and Lady Gaga. It will be hard to forget David
Bowie.
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