Essay On David Bowie

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David Bowie. A man so famed that his influence spreads over generations. Rock an’ roll is defined by some, as David Bowie. But before his fame, he was simply another guy trying to get on the rocker scene.
David Bowie started out on the London music scene as ‘David Robert Jones’. He joined various bands including ‘The King-Bees’, ‘The Kon-Rads’, “The Mannish Boys”, and “The Lower Third”. His first released songs were with the The King-Bees called ‘Liza Jane’ and ‘Louie, Louie Go Home’ in 1964. He did not strike success in early years, but he was just getting started.
On September 16th, 1965 David changed his name to ‘David Bowie’. He stated later “Back in 1965, I seriously wanted a name change.” He said chose Bowie because Bowie was “the ultimate American knife.” Another reason for his name change was to distinguish himself from another rising star, Davy Jones. His first released song under the name David Bowie was “Can’t Help Thinking About Me” in 1965 with The Lower Third.
David Bowie finally started out on his own during 1967 with the album “David Bowie” under Deram Records. It has been said that this album bears little immediate resemblance his future albums that made him famous. But at that time David Bowie was still very much an unknown man making music in England.
His big break finally came with the release of the single “Space Oddity” in 1989 about a fictional astronaut in his second album, also dubbed “David Bowie”. The album was renamed Space Oddity after the song had become popular. This album got to number 17 in the UK Albums chart in by 1972 and 16 on the US Billboard Pop Albums chart in 1973, while the song Space Oddity got to number 5 on the UK Singles chart in 1969, 15 on the US Billboard Pop Singles Chart in...

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...ms, and fans were left a bit confused. Despite this, they have been said to be some of his most influential albums. Another influence on the Berlin Trilogy was the film “The Man Who Fell to Earth”, starring Bowie, about an alien who falls to Earth, and must try to save his planet. These albums were all made with Bowie in collaboration with Brian Eno, another English musician.
Following the Berlin Trilogy Bowie released his last album with RCA Records, “Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)”, which has been critically acclaimed very highly, although it did not sell very well. It was more an artistic album than one meant to made with sales in mind. This album differed much from his next album, called “Let’s Dance”, which made HUGE success commercially, with hits such as “Let’s Dance”, “Modern Girl”, and “China Girl” which was a re-vamped song he co-wrote with Iggy Pop.

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