From Eno to Dua Lipa, why musicians are fascinated by outer space | Pop and rock
[ad_1] Nick Rhodes, the most concept-friendly and new-romantic of Duran Duran’s line-up, has been in contemplation. Mostly he’s been thinking about the movements of the heavens and their travelling companion, mythology. If the gods are angry, this thinking goes, their mood swings might be interpreted celestially, providing a natural hedge against uncertainties. It’s a pastime […]
Human, alien, other: Why we’re all still in love with David Bowie | David Bowie
[ad_1] By the time you read this, the David Bowie tribute concert will be over, and an unholy alliance of Ricky Gervais, Yungblud, Boy George and the guy from Slipknot – and roughly two dozen more performers – should have put their best Bowie impressions to bed. There’s still time, though, to catch the real […]
A Bowie biopic with no Bowie songs? Stardust isn’t the first to try | Film
[ad_1] Credit to new film Stardust for even attempting to recount how David Bowie became Ziggy Stardust without using any of his music, including, er, Ziggy Stardust. Denied access to the Bowie back catalogue, most film-makers would have given up. Danny Boyle did, ditching his “wonderful” biopic in 2012 after Bowie turned him down. Stardust […]
‘David was terrified’: the inside story of how Bowie met John Lennon | David Bowie
[ad_1] David Bowie and John Lennon first met in scenes more reminiscent of an awkward children’s playdate than a summit of two of rock’s greatest ever stars, according to a new interview with music producer Tony Visconti. Speaking on the programme Bowie: Dancing Out in Space, airing on BBC Radio 4 and 6Music on 10 […]
‘His life is a rebuke to cynicism’: what five years without David Bowie has taught us | David Bowie
[ad_1] On 11 January 2016, in pitch darkness, I turned on the radio at 7am and heard the news that David Bowie had died. I switched rapidly between stations hoping to find a parallel universe in which he was still alive, but there were only the halting voices of presenters choking back tears alongside snippets […]
David Bowie’s Lazarus musical returns five years after his death | Theatre
[ad_1] Lazarus was recorded during its run at King’s Cross theatre in London. Was the film ever intended to be shown publicly?Initially it was for archive but we did it with seven or eight cameras like they do NT Live. When we saw the finished article it turned out to be very powerful, quite a […]
‘All that mattered was survival’: the songs that got us through 2020 | Music
[ad_1] When it came to lockdown comfort listening, there was something particularly appealing about lush symphonic soul made by artists such as Teddy Pendergrass and the Delfonics. But there was one record I reached for repeatedly: Black Moses by Isaac Hayes, and particularly the tracks arranged by Dale Warren. Their version of Burt Bacharach’s (They […]
