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  David Bowie - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Bowie is commonly known as the chameleon of pop, predicting trends and adjusting his style and persona, while holding on to his own ideas and creativity.
Bowie's first flirtation with fame came in 1969 with his single "Space Oddity" Supposedly released to coincide with the first moon landing, Bowie himself has claimed that this is untrue.
By this time Bowie was heavily dependent on drugs, especially cocaine, and many critics have attributed the chopped rhythms and emotional detachment of the record to the influence of the drug, which Bowie claimed to have been introduced to in America.
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 David Bowie Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bowie was born in Brixton, an area of London, but grew up in the town of Bromley, in Kent (now part of Greater London).
Bowie's interest in the growing German music scene and the appeal of the nightlife prompted him to move to Berlin, where he produced two more of his own classic albums, and others, notably by Iggy Pop.
Bowie began the 1990s with a stadium tour in which he played many of his biggest hits for what he said would be the last time.
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 Sunday Herald Sun: Duncan Bowie
Bowie, now maried to Somali-born model Iman, has said of his son in the psat: "He's seen me through some of the most awful, depressing times when I was really in absolute, abject agony over my emotional state; the heights of my drinking of drug-taking.
Bowie sent his son to Prince Charles's former school, Gordonstoun, in the Scottish Highlands.
By now Zowie, who had lost touch with his mother, had decided he wanted to be known as Joe - he would become Duncan later - and reverted to the true family surname of Jones.
www.teenagewildlife.com /Appearances/Press/2000/0319/sundayheraldsun   (778 words)

  
 David Bowie
That year, Bowie's interest in the growing German music scene and the appeal of the nightlife caused him to move to Berlin, where he produced two more of his own classic albums, and others, notably by Iggy Pop.
Despite the decline in both quantity and quality of Bowie's output in the 1980s, he still showed flashes of his previous talent, as well as embarking on a number of ambitious world tours.
Bowie alienated some longtime fans but scored his biggest commercial success with Let's Dance (1983), a slightly tepid soul/funk album with co-production Chic's Nile Rodgers, featuring the singles "Modern Love" and "China Girl", the latter causing something of a stir due to its suggestive promotional video.
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 DAVID BOWIE - BIOGRAPHY - hip online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bowie exemplifies the new aesthetic from his humble folkie beginnings to the glitter and glam of Ziggy Stardust, to the elegance of the Thin White Duke at each twist and turn of his career, creating more than one myth to harken back to his creative visions.
RCA was the next label to sign Bowie, and after a trip to America to complete the legalities, he returned to London to record two albums nearly back to back.
The summer of 1972 was also a busy one for Bowie in the studio, as he produced albums for Lou Reed (Transformer) and Mott the Hoople (All The Young Dudes, for which he wrote the hit title track).
www.hiponline.com /artist/music/b/bowie_david   (2901 words)

  
 The Ziggy Stardust Companion: Zowie Bowie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bowie wrote the song "Kooks" on HUNKY DORY (1971) in honour of his birth.
Zowie was just one year old when THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS (1972) was released.
He was also one of the camera men working on Bowie's 50th Birthday Bash at Madison Square Gardens.
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 Library sample   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
David Bowie is pretty and witty but he'll have to convince you, not me. The only words worth flinging about have much more general concern — not with Bowie's aesthetic appeal but with his purpose and effect.
The Bowie question is not whether he's sold out, but whether the music he makes from his pop star stance is more than good fun, whether it illuminates its situation.
Bowie constructs his music around an image rather than a sound or a style and it's this that disturbs rock purists.
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 David Bowie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bowie\'s first flirtation with fame came in 1969 with his single "Space Oddity", supposedly released to coincide with the first moon landing, although Bowie himself has claimed that this is untrue.
Bowie\'s androgynous image was taken a step further in June 1972 with the seminal concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, focusing on the career of an extraterrestrial rock singer.
Bowie and Eno persevered, however, and recorded on their own new songs that were relatively simple, repetitive and stripped, a clear and perverse reaction to punk rock, with the second side almost wholly instrumental.
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 David Bowie Artistfacts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bowie was injured after being stabbed with a compass by a friend in a fight over a girl.
Bowie wrote and recorded a soundtrack to The Man Who Fell To Earth in demo form with Paul Buckmaster but it was turned down in favor of a more bluesy Americana soundtrack put together by John Philips.
Bowie's original soundtrack (rumored to contain the blueprints to one or two of his released songs) is one of the most sought after rarities by his fans.
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 bowieNet.discourse.blogs
Bowie nearly single-handedly defined the glam-rock genre, and strains of his music later would be heard in new wave, New Romantic, goth rock, electronica and alternative music.
Bowie's commercial popularity began to wane after the mid-'80s, and though he continued to experiment and change musical directions, many of the projects he put out through the '90s generally were considered unsatisfying efforts by many critics.
Bowie produced three classic LPs that were released in 1972-73: Lou Reed's Transformer, Iggy and the Stooges' Raw Power and Mott the Hoople's All the Young Dudes.
www.davidbowie.com /blog/?user=avogadro&blogDate=2005-01-6   (1605 words)

  
 Zowie Bowie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Zowie's birth prompted David to write the song "Kooks" for his 1971 album Hunky Dory.
Around the age of 12, Zowie decided that he preferred to be called "Joey" and so that nickname became his new moniker.
He was also one of many camera men at David Bowie's widely televised 50th birthday party at Madison Square Garden.
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 Biography of David Bowie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Even though releasing David Bowie in 1967, the initial release of the 1969 album was also eponymous in UK (in States it bore the title Man of Words/Man of Music).
Bowie's interest in the growing German music scene and the appeal of the nightlife prompted him to move to Berlin, sharing an Apartment in Schöneberg with Iggy Pop, he produced two more of his own classic albums, and others, notably by Iggy Pop.
Bowie's first film role in The Man Who Fell To Earth earned acclaim, as did his performance on stage as The Elephant Man. Since then his acting career has been sporadic.
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 The Ziggy Stardust Companion - The Perfectly Normal World of Zowie Bowie - 1973
So, for Zowie Bowie, the two-year-old son of one of the most talked-about and controversial figures in the rock business, life is like it's always been.
David Bowie doesn't just write some of the most interesting songs of our time, and he doesn't just sing them with extraordinary passion and sincerity - he also brings the theatre on to the stage.
Bowie senior, or anything else for that matter, investigate, meditate, discuss...
www.5years.com /perfectlynormal.htm   (611 words)

  
 David Bowie : iSOUND.COM
The name "David Bowie" was created in the year 1966, and at this time the dreams and longings for being a star began.
Bowie allways meant that Berlin is a town with the best influences to his music and lyrics.
Bowie, who was celebrated as a very famous person in the world of glamour and art, wanted to start something new.
www.isound.com /david_bowie   (1395 words)

  
 David Bowie , Celebrity profile, bio, biography
Bowie stars as Jareth, the handsome and charismatic ruler whokidnaps Sarah's baby brother, challenges her to solve the labyrinth,and then tries to entice her into remaining with him in his magicalkingdom.
Bowie's songs for LABYRINTH range from a hauntingly beautifullove song, As The World Falls Down, to a lively dance number,Magic Dance, which he performs on camera with his rowdy goblinsubjects.
Bowie made his motion picture debut in 1975 as the star ofNicholas Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth and his films since thenhave included Just A Gigolo, The Hunger, Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence, Into The Night (a brief guest role), and AbsoluteBeginners.
www.starglimpse.com /celebs/pages/david_bowie/david_bowie.shtml   (1033 words)

  
 Punk Star: Brittany Broad
As Brittany changed her name to Broad at the wedding, Zowie also had legal right to because Billy was her father.
Zowie played the role of preteen Brittany, as well as the current Zowie.
She got to be in it because of the duet she sang with him ten years earlier in one of his biggest concerts ever.
www.geocities.com /brittany_c_w_bowie/bio.html   (1453 words)

  
 David Bowie - Simple English Wikipedia
David Bowie was born on January 8, 1947.
Bowie let Ziggy Stardust come to an end during a liveconcert in the Hammersmith Odeon theatre (London) on July 3, 1973.
As of the nineties David Bowie was more influenced by soul, jazz and hip hop.
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 Bowie Family Crest
Bowie is an age-old Boernician-Scottish name whose roots are found in the Scottish/English Borderlands of the medieval era.
The surname Bowie is derived from the Gaelic word buidhe, which was used to describe a person with blonde hair.
In the Bowie coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
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 Bowie Audio Community > Hunky dory: Bowie content with his 'Reality'
Yet Bowie devotees and the critics recognize that this mainstream effort was the start of a dreadful run marked by forgettable projects such as Tonight, Never Let Me Down and Black Tie, White Noise.
Bowie's revival began slowly with 1995's difficult, but oddly compelling Outside, a reunion with Brian Eno who had collaborated on Bowie's acclaimed Berlin-era trilogy Low, ``Heroes'' and Lodger in the late '70s.
His son, born Zowie Bowie (and now answering to the more reasonable Duncan Jones), is 31 and a filmmaker in England.
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 BowieLink - David Bowie Stats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bowie’s 5,200-square-foot loft at 704 Broadway–purchased just last February for $1.5 million but never lived in–is back on the market for $1.85 million." David reportedly maintains his official residence in Ireland.
And since Bowie reportedly declared his offical residence to be in Ireland where there are no income taxes, he's even richer.
The company name is synonymous with Bowie themes and mention of himself being an "outsider" and might even be a Bowie operation.
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 Las Vegas SUN: John Katsilometes interviews a member of the high-energy act Zowie Bowie, the soon-to-be headliner at ...
John Katsilometes interviews a member of the high-energy act Zowie Bowie, the soon-to-be headliner at Red Rock Resort
Zowie Bowie will perform Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at the Flintstonian-titled Rocks Lounge.
The "Zowie Bowie" title has nothing to do with the Zowie Bowie who is the son of David Bowie; it was a name Phillips used several years ago in an '80s novelty band that happened to play a large complement of Bowie songs (unlike the band, the name stuck).
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 Am I Right - Artist Summary David Bowie
He named himself after the American frontiersman Jim Bowie (which was actually pronounced BOO-ee, incidentally), because of his fascination with America.
Zowie Bowie (Jones) - Zowie is the male derivitive of the greek name 'Zoe' meaning life.
Zowie Bowie - David Bowie's son's full name was Zowie Duncan Haywood, and from the outset David admitted that he would encourage his son to change his name if he didn't like it.
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 The Ziggy Stardust Companion - Bowie on Zowie - 1973   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
At present Bowie Jnr is too young to pass comment on his future, so I went along to the family homestead to find out how David felt about being a father, what his hopes were, and why he gave him that name!
Angie, David's wife, was wildly chasing Zowie around the room trying to get him to come and eat - but he wasn't in the least bit interested.
I asked David how close Zowie was to him considering how little they saw of each other.
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 VEGAS.com - Tickets
Zowie Bowie and Marley Taylor are an electrifying vocal duo backed by a five-member band.
Featuring covers of current dance hits and the best of disco, rock, hip hop and RandB, Zowie Bowie also performs some of the world's most beloved songs in their Rat Pack-inspired show every Saturday from 8:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Zowie Bowie arrived in Las Vegas following a lengthy run in Scottsdale, Arizona, that captured a cult following.
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 Zowie Bowie leaving Valley for Las Vegas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Starting April 18, Zowie Bowie will headline at the new Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas.
In light of Zowie Bowie's loyal local following, the show still seemed a natural fit for the new venue.
Chris Phillips and Marley Taylor are Zowie Bowie.
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 Music > Rock and Pop > Artists > Bowie, David   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bowie Wonderworld - includes news, artwork, trivia, photos, multimedia, press archives, information about upcoming films and projects, and more.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: David Bowie - his innovations foreshadowed several major trends in rock and roll, from glam and punk to synthpop.
Zowie Bowie - includes reasons why David is better than Jesus, and 60 ways to tell if you're obsessed with Bowie.
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 Duncan Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As a child, Duncan spent time growing up in Berlin, London, and Vevey, Switzerland where he attended the first and 2nd grade at the Commonwealth-American School.
Around the age of 12, Zowie decided that he preferred to be called "Joey" and so adopted that name.
He was also one of many cameramen at David Bowie's widely-televised 50th birthday party at Madison Square Garden.
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 David Bowie Wonderworld - Mirabelle Diaries: September 1973
Daniella is always around, of course, and Freddie and Ava do take very good care of both Zowie and his dad, but Angie has such a strong presence and is so organised in running the Bowie household that we do all fall apart a bit when she's away.
Last week she persuaded Daniella to bring Zowie over to visit her for a while, and so there was the usual pandemonium within the house while little Zowie's clothes were pressed and packed and all the travel arrangements were made.
Zowie was, of course, very excited and went around telling everyone that he was going away to see his mum who was a long way from home.
www.bowiewonderworld.com /diaries/diary0973.htm   (1793 words)

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