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David Bowie : The Collector
David Bowie - Book - by Nick Smart
(2024)
If it’s true that most musicians who worked with Bowie did their best
work with him, is it also the case that Bowie’s work benefited
enormously from the ideas and creativity of the people he surrounded
himself with? As he himself said, ‘It's not what you steal, it's how you
use it!’A study of the people from whom Bowie borrowed from is long
overdue. Bowie’s own genius is beyond question, but Nick Smart teases
out the elements on which Bowie built his success. His profound sense of
artifice, his ability to tap into the zeitgeist of his times and his
gift for gathering ideas and influences from a variety of sources and
rearranging them to produce not only new perspectives but also brand-new
ideas made him the artist he became.
Having interviewed dozens
of David Bowie’s friends and collaborators as joint editor of David
Bowie Glamour magazine, Nick finds himself with an enviable perspective
about what – and who – made the David Bowie that is celebrated worldwide
today. He describes the influences that Bowie picked up on and examines
the creative ideas drawn from those he surrounded himself with to
produce a unique portrait of a unique star and the myriad ideas that
inspired him.
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