CHARISMATIC FACTS ABOUT DAVID BOWIE
Added on: 17th Sep 2016
BOWIE GOT THE IDEA FOR HIS ZIGGY STARDUST
PERSONA AFTER A CHANCE ENCOUNTER IN
LONDON’S CARNABY STREET WITH WASHED-UP
POP STAR AND ACID FREAK VINCE TAYLOR.
INTERESTINGLY, THE ALBUM COVER WAS SHOT
JUST AROUND THE CORNER ON HADDON STREET
BOWIE WAS OFFERED A KNIGHTHOOD BY THE QUEEN
IN 2003, BUT TURNED IT DOWN. HE TOLD THE SUN,
“I WOULD NEVER HAVE ANY INTENTION OF ACCEPTING
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I SERIOUSLY DON’T KNOW
WHAT IT’S FOR. IT’S NOT WHAT I SPENT MY
LIFE WORKING FOR.”
IN 1970 WHEN BOWIE BRIEFLY FORMED THE HYPE
(ORIGINALLY CALLED HARRY THE BUTCHER AND
THEN DAVID BOWIE’S IMAGINATION), EVERYONE IN
THE BAND DRESSED UP AS SUPERHEROES.
THEY WERE RIDICULED AND BOOED OUT OF
EVERYWHERE THEY PLAYED, LITERALLY
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, DAVID BOWIE’S EYES
WERE NOT TWO DIFFERENT COLOURS. THEY ONLY
APPEARED SO BECAUSE ONE EYE HAD A
PERMANENTLY DILATED PUPIL, THE RESULT OF A FIGHT
BLACKSTAR, BOWIE’S TWENTY-FIFTH AND FINAL
STUDIO ALBUM, WAS RELEASED THROUGH HIS ISO
RECORD LABEL ON JANUARY 8, 2016, HIS SIXTY-NINTH
BIRTHDAY, AND TWO DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH
ALWAYS AHEAD OF HIS TIME, BOWIE WAS THE FIRST
MUSICIAN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INTERNET
WHEN IT STARTED TO TAKE OFF. IN 1997 HE
RELEASED THE SINGLE “TELLING LIES” ONLINE ONLY
EVEN THOUGH AN ENGLISHMAN, HE HAD AN EXTREME
TEA PHOBIA DUE TO A “HORRIBLE INCIDENT” (AS HE
DESCRIBED IT) WITH A CUP OF TEA WHEN HE WAS FIVE.
AFTER THIS INCIDENT HE NEVER DRANK TEA AGAIN
BOWIE’S OLDER, SCHIZOPHRENIC HALF-BROTHER
TERRY KILLED HIMSELF IN 1985. HE WAS THE
INSPIRATION FOR MANY OF BOWIE’S SONGS INCLUDING
“ALADDIN SANE,” “ALL THE MADMEN,”
“THE BEWLAY BROTHERS,” AND “JUMP THEY SAY.”
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