Silhouettes and Shadows - Couverture souple

Steiner, Adam

 
9781493065646: Silhouettes and Shadows
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1493065645 ISBN 13 : 9781493065646
Editeur : Backbeat, 2023

Synopsis

An avant-garde pop album rich with tension and fear, 1980's Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) marked a pivotal point in David Bowie's career. Standing at the bleeding edge of the new decade between the experimental Berlin Trilogy (Low, Heroes, and Lodger) and 1983's wildly successful Let's Dance, it was here Bowie sought to bury the ghosts of his past and the golden decade of the 1970s to become a global superstar reaching millions of new fans.
Featuring fresh insights and exclusive interviews with close collaborators, Adam Steiner's Silhouettes and Shadows uncovers the studio stories, meanings behind, and secret history of Scary Monsters. Steiner gives a nuanced, memorable portrait of Bowie at a personal and professional crossroads, drawing on his own struggle with addiction, growing paranoia, and political turmoil. Despite the album's confrontational themes, it included the hit singles "Fashion" and "Ashes to Ashes," with Bowie riding a new wave of inspiration, from the post-punk of Joy Division, The Specials' two-tone revolution, and the stadium synth-pop of Gary Numan.
Most importantly, it marked a final goodbye to Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, and The Thin White Duke, characters and personas that had defined his career: in this rare moment, David Bowie, the costumed clown of romance, suffering, and song, let his mask slip to reveal David Jones, the man within.

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À propos de l?auteur

Adam Steiner studied philosophy at the University of Aberdeen and enjoys writing about music, street-art culture, architecture, and transgressive fiction. His first novel is Politics of the Asylum (Urbane Publications). He lives in London.

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Éditeur
Backbeat
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1493065645
ISBN 13 
9781493065646
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
298
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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