Rebel Rebel

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David Bowie: every single song. Everything you want to know, everything you didnt know. David Bowie remains mysterious & unknowable, despite 45 years of recording & performing. His legacy is roughly 600 songs, which range from psychedelia to glam rock to Philadelphia soul, from avant-garde instrumentals to global pop anthems.

Rebel Rebel catalogs Bowies songs from 1964 to 1976, examines them in the order of their composition & recording, & digs into what makes them work. Rebel Rebel is an in-depth look at Bowies early singles & album tracks, unreleased demos, session outtakes & cover songs. The book traces Bowies literary, film & musical influences & the evolution of his songwriting. It also shows how Bowie exploited studio innovations, & the roles of his producers & supporting musicians, especially major collaborators like Brian Eno, Iggy Pop & Mick Ronson.

This book places Bowies music in the context of its era. Readers will discover the links between Kubricks 2001 & " Space Oddity"; how A Clockwork Orange inspired " Suffragette City". The pages are a trip through Bowies various lives as a young man in Swinging London, a Tibetan Buddhist, a disillusioned hippie, a rock god, & a Hollywood recluse. With a cast of thousands, including John Lennon, William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol & Cher.

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A must have book for all Bowiephiles.

This paperback book has 574 pages & measures: 21.8 x 13.9 x 4cm.