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cosmolinguistLike my friend Chris said on Facebook, I have to say "I won't lie, it took me years to get my head round Bowie." The two biggest points of contention, musically, between Andrew and I have long been Neil Young & David Bowie. Neil Young I could still quite happily never hear again (I'm not saying he's not good! just that he's not my cup of tea) but Bowie I've finally figured out how to enjoy.
Again Chris has it spot on: "slowly and surely i've got it. and weirdly, because the appeal has never been instant, it's meant that every album i've heard i've really had to explore properly. and yeah. that's helped me realise how brilliant he really was. he'll never be one of my heroes, but dear gosh i feel as if something brilliant and constantly inventive has just gone out."
Indeed. And then there's how he taught so many of my friends that it's okay to be weird, that bisexuality is a thing, that you can change your appearance and your whole identity as much as you want to, as often as you want to. Even if I never liked his music, I'd have to love him for the effect he's had on many of the people I'm most delighted to call friends.
Here's the first Bowie song that made me have to stop saying I didn't like Bowie. It's still my favorite of his.
Again Chris has it spot on: "slowly and surely i've got it. and weirdly, because the appeal has never been instant, it's meant that every album i've heard i've really had to explore properly. and yeah. that's helped me realise how brilliant he really was. he'll never be one of my heroes, but dear gosh i feel as if something brilliant and constantly inventive has just gone out."
Indeed. And then there's how he taught so many of my friends that it's okay to be weird, that bisexuality is a thing, that you can change your appearance and your whole identity as much as you want to, as often as you want to. Even if I never liked his music, I'd have to love him for the effect he's had on many of the people I'm most delighted to call friends.
Here's the first Bowie song that made me have to stop saying I didn't like Bowie. It's still my favorite of his.