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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-110069
Guardian obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/11/obituary-david-bowie?
NYTimes obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/arts/music/david-bowie-dies-at-69.html?
Rolling Stone, How Ziggy Changed Rock Music: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ziggy-stardust-how-bowie-created-the-alter-ego-that-changed-rock-55254/?
NME, Ziggy in-depth: https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/star-man-the-story-of-bowies-ziggy-stardust-763290?
History Extra, Bowie in Berlin: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/bowies-berlin-the-city-that-shaped-a-1970s-masterpiece/?
Guardian, Memories of Berlin and Bowie: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/13/david-bowie-berlin-years-heroes-just-a-gigolo??
Bowie's first TV appearance, 1964: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W38suFC0Ow?
Bowie on Top of the Pops, 1972: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWLRrQmSSMA
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@murrayscott9546 Says:
A true original.
@Kaede-Sasaki Says:
Did i miss his biggest thing? Labyrinth???
@KmTangi Says:
Why did you choose the most unflattering photo of him omg lmao
@paulyoung8108 Says:
When I was a teenager, back in the 70's the story was David was hit with a sharp rock, causing the permanent dilation of his eye.
@LordMonstrux Says:
David Bowie never fell, he rose and rose until he left Earth to be with the stars.
@samuelbarber6177 Says:
Fittingly Bowie was also a pretty good actor. One of my favourites of his is his bit part as Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of The Prestige. Good movie. He also appeared as Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese film of The Last Temptation of Christ.
@OSIRIS1980WHS Says:
The journalism is excellent.
I preferred LOW to HEROES but never listened to side 2 until GLASS’s Symphony 1. I was embarrassed. Side 1 was my warmup Saturday evening for a riotous Saturday night. I rioted often.
I cried mightily when I heard of his death. I couldn’t breathe for seconds at a time; however, his discography is filled with clunkers after SCARY MONSTERS. LET’s DANCE is a NILES ROGERS album and an excellent one at that. OUTSIDE is then his best album but the cumbersome novel set to music is a cumbersome album set to music. Glad I saw him twice at Madison Square Garden and * ages well.
@MDHenry4 Says:
Way off sorry but it's not accurate
@killerwhale2765 Says:
Dollar store vsauce
@wintermute1943 Says:
Skipping over his mid-90s albums / personas is a real shame. I own every record of his and honestly feel that Outside, Earthling & Hours are his best works. While not mainstream or commercially successful as the rest of his work, they really stand apart.
@demah8655 Says:
Bowie was helped alot by the late great Mick Ronson!
@briandoss9232 Says:
The man who sold the world.
@clivohillman51 Says:
Another superb offering Mr Whistler.
A real pleasure to watch.
@mooselord2838 Says:
I can't stand Bowie's music but I definitely respect the man.
@infrared8612 Says:
Where did david bowie attend school?
@Celothxu Says:
Dude, why do you ppl lie?? Lol where is the numbers of Bowie's heroes being a "seller?" I love his stuff, but why lie? It sold may be a few hundred thousand copies. That's almost zero in comparison to actual selling albums.
And on par with MJ and Prince? Lmao c'mon man lol
@prettypuff1 Says:
I was PISSSSSEEEDDDDD to hear he died. I love him so much
@lilmike2710 Says:
"gender norms"
Not a thing. An imaginative term created in the late 20th century, based entirely on psychological pseudo science. The 2 biological gender certitudes of male and female need no further clarification.
There are however 4 gender nouns.
masculine, feminine, common, and neuter. These may also be announced in certitude. But there's no "norms", and I'll resent any suggestions to the contrary.
@Breakfast.in.Bedlam Says:
Friendly note - rush released their 2nd album fly-by-night on February 15th of 1975 and then their 3rd album came out in September of the same year. In any case this was a great video video packed full of info for the short amount of time it took up. Much appreciated.
@freefallin6871 Says:
Legend seems too small a word for Bowie. This man expressed himself however he wanted and lived on his own terms. An artist in every sense who's like we'll never see again.
@Dragon_rls Says:
David Bowie. The rise, and fall of a sore butt.
@SpiderfromFilm Says:
He never 'fell off' throughout his career he has had some flops but his entire discography is huge and inspiring
@rooktheradical1 Says:
Do all of the stuff you missed (which is a lot) on "Today I Found Out".
@TheSquishyOne Says:
I love David Bowie, their freedom of gender expression and sexuality made me feel like I wasn’t alone, and I owe it to them and their music. I will always love them.
@LizaDo-a-little Says:
Beautifully done! Your scriptwriter/ research team really outdid themselves. IDK of any other celebrity that reinvented themselves as successfully as Bowie did. He didn't have the greatest voice of all time, but he could create worlds with his music.
Side note: when I read the "Interview with a Vampire" series, I always pictured him as Lestat, so Tom Cruise in the movie was an abomination :P
@nighttempest7163 Says:
This might sound silly, but recently when the Buzz Lightyear movie trailer came out and I heard Bowie's "Starman", I cried. Truly miss the legend. I regret not knowing his music earlier as I only start loving his music in 2014, after listening to 'Valentine's Day'
@thebx-substack-com Says:
HTF did he win Iman? What a woman.
@BoudicaJ Says:
To hear Simon speak about The Best Thing Ever is a treat ( I don't really think he was bi-sexual though) xx
@stevelalonde3952 Says:
I'm afraid of Americans with Trent Reznor was perfect. And that video with Mick Jager. Fukin hilarious.
@stevelalonde3952 Says:
Hey Simon, do one on the song "four dead in Ohio " by Crosby Stills Nash and Young. Military shooting students. Nixon. Radio censorship. Fun stuff.
@johnstevens8763 Says:
You forgot to include the duet with Trent Reznor. I thought it was an important detail because it was a flirtation with industrial rock.
@ravensrulzaviation Says:
He was also the bad guy in the movie Labyrinth I believe.
@ravensrulzaviation Says:
Modern Love
@ravensrulzaviation Says:
Fantastic bio.
@billdozer66 Says:
The best Bowie fact I ever heard was when he did Labyrinth. They were recording the you remind of the babe for tue movie and they had tue baby from tue film do the baby noise. Bowie heard it and said no I can do better and he recorded the baby noise. So when you hear that sone just remember he did the baby noise
@BaldingClamydia Says:
You should have let Karl write this one! He *loves* Bowie
@ChaoticXSpawn Says:
I gotta say. I'm not often disappointed with Biographics videos, but the fact that it just skips over more than half of his life is a bummer.
@callmedavid9696 Says:
Do a biographics on Mark ''Chopper" Read
@edwinkaras6217 Says:
Rest in peace David Bowie
@danielglenn915 Says:
I remember a tweet by someone posted after the news of his death came:
"It never occurred to me that Bowie was a mortal."
Always liked and shared the sentiment.
@CarlosGarcia-jl9dq Says:
Hearing Simon say “jojo reference” made me think I was in a matrix glitch
@ad8554 Says:
I just got over being sick and I always watch The Labyrinth. I love Bowie
@youtubehatesfreespeech744 Says:
Did you seriously just compare little Nas X, and Billie eilish, to David f****** Bowie!?!? You obviously know nothing about music.
@cameronclare2132 Says:
"Make Marc Bolan look like Colin Robinson" my man Simon, was that a motherlovin' What We Do In The Shadows reference?
@aintmisbehavin7400 Says:
I enjoyed this a lot. I do wish it had been a tad bit more inclusive/ honest about his less admirable and questionable behaviors like seducing 14 year old girls. I love him but I am realistic about who he was, as a whole.
@andyquinn3996 Says:
Whats the name of the song that sounded on minute 13:45 is named????
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