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The Age of Bowie
- Narrated by: Paul Morley
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
"A handsome six footer with a warm and engaging personality, Davie Jones has all it takes to get to the show business heights including...talent." (David Bowie at 17 in May 1964, writing his own press biography)
Respected arts commentator Paul Morley, one of the team who curated the highly successful retrospective exhibition for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, David Bowie Is..., constructs the definitive story of Bowie that explores how he worked, played, aged, structured his ideas, invented the future, and entered history as someone who could and would never be forgotten. Morley captures the greatest moments of Bowie's career, from the recording studio with the likes of Brian Eno and Tony Visconti to iconic live performances from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s as well as the various encounters and artistic relationships he developed with rock luminaries John Lennon, Lou Reed, and Iggy Pop. And of course discuss in detail his much-heralded and critically acclaimed comeback with the release of Black Star just days before his shocking death in New York.
Morley will offer a startling biographical critique of David Bowie's legacy, showing how he never stayed still even when he withdrew from the spotlight, how he always knew his own worth, and how he released a dazzling plethora of mobile Bowies into the world with a bloody-minded determination and a voluptuous imagination to create something amazing that was not there before.
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- Mark
- 24-08-17
Compelling Tour de Force
This really got into the feeling of being Bowie and being a Bowie fan. It captured the span of rock through Bowie's 50 years in the business and even though he's gone he still seems the freshest thing out there. Paul Morley has written an extraordinary book that does justice to its elusive subject.
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- Pete
- 14-04-18
More than just a biography!
This book could not have been written by anybody other than Paul Morley. Bowie’s life and career is described as well as, if not better than, anybody else could have done. However, Paul manages to tell the tale in the style of Bowie. Bowie’s lyrics subtly appear throughout the book to describe Bowie himself. Narrative blends in with Paul’s ponderings of what might have influenced what happened, how outcomes may have been different in other circumstances and what Bowie might have been thinking.
If you have, as I have, been a Bowie fan for many years I am sure you will appreciate the style and recognise the homage to a very special entertainer. If you are not really a Bowie fan you should still find it interesting and informative and you may even come to see why Bowie was so important and revered.
The narration was excellent, I feel this book would have suffered without being narrated by the author.
Brilliant!
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- Rene
- 10-11-17
You already need to know - not a biography
The book was difficult to follow and the language used was somewhat obscure.
(One funny detail was how the author pronounces "br". )
Author assumes you know all about Bowie already, so this is not a biography. Also, this was more like a self opinion, not studied and researched fact telling.
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- Christopher
- 21-06-18
great insight
loved this book and the writing style. it was about my time and how I got Bowie. perfect.
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- ANDY GALLAGHER
- 09-01-19
Excellent
A lovingly crafted review of Bowies incredible life and career. Well worth a listen. A true legend.
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- OrElDuderino
- 30-06-21
The only Bowie biography I've read multiple times.
I've read a handful of Bowie biographies, and some of them are very good. This one though, is without real competition.
For me a great artist biography is mostly about the art, or what it cost to make it. Paul Morley is also a great performer. I'm so glad he narrated this himself.
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- David Owens
- 24-08-21
The Age of Bowie
I always worry that knowing too much about your favourite musician might remove the interest, mystery and fascination but this audio book did the complete opposite. It is a truly magnificent account of Bowie’s life and music, in so much detail but not too much detail. A long listen but truly worthwhile listening!
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- Fragile_Earth
- 08-04-24
Disappointing
There's no doubting Paul Morley"s fandom of Bowie but I found this book incredibly tedious as it was, at times, no more than a long rambling monologue by the author/narrator which was screaming for a brutal edit. Bowie was a true one off so it's hard to accept the author stating that Bowie is thinking this or that. Bowie thought on a different level to us mere mortals and we should just leave it at that.
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- Paul
- 10-09-22
Pretentious
For a book about Bowie, there is a lot about the author that I didn't want to know and was not remotely interested in. He seems to like long words where simpler ones will do too.
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- jeffy
- 10-02-23
Loved it
OK, it's Paul Morley, maybe he's not your cup of tea? I'm not a huge Bowie fan, but Morley's penchant for pretentious prose puts across both his love for Bowie and Bowie's place in the pantheon of modern music in an entertaining and engaging manner.
yes, it's pretentious. But Bowie's line about there not being progress without pretentiousness could have been said about this book, and the relentless energy of Morley's work.
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