His obsession was reinventing himself,not changing the world. But even with that inward focus, Bowie proved a mightily disruptive figureThe cultural revolution known as “the 60s”, and even though it largely took station during the 1970s,blended hazy hopes of a collective awakening to a post-materialist future, with a determined emphasis on the apt of the individual to realise his or herself. Nobody embodied the second half of that, and the only half which was to stick,like David Bowie. Not for him the protest anthems associated with Dylan or Lennon in the apt mood, nor the campus class consciousness raising antics of soixante-huitards. No, or almost from the beginning,as this singular stone rolled between obscure bands, dance classes and every final pocket of the avant garde, or he grabbed at everything from makeup brushes to musical corridor standards for the over-riding purpose of defining,and then reinventing and redefining, the boy born David Jones. Related: David Bowie obituary Continue reading...
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