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The Man Who Sold The World
Peter Doggett
David Bowie and the 1970s
Harper
August 2012
On Sale: July 31, 2012
Featuring: David Bowie
512 pages
ISBN: 0062024655
EAN: 9780062024657
Kindle: B00767971I
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
The Man Who Sold the World is a critical study of
David Bowie's most inventive and influential decade, from
his first hit, "Space Oddity," in 1969, to the release of
the LP Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) in 1980.
Viewing the artist through the lens of his music and his
many guises, the acclaimed journalist Peter Doggett offers a
detailed analysis—musical, lyrical, conceptual, social—of
every song Bowie wrote and recorded during that period, as
well as a brilliant exploration of the development of a
performer who profoundly affected popular music and the idea
of stardom itself. Dissecting close to 250 songs, Doggett traces the major
themes that inspired and shaped Bowie's career, from his
flirtations with fascist imagery and infatuation with the
occult to his pioneering creation of his alter-ego self in
the character of Ziggy Stardust. What emerges is an
illuminating account of how Bowie escaped his working-class
London background to become a global phenomenon. The Man
Who Sold the World lays bare the evolution of Bowie's
various personas and unrivaled career of innovation as a
musician, singer, composer, lyricist, actor, and conceptual
artist. It is a fan's ultimate resource—the most rigorous
and insightful assessment to date of Bowie's artistic
achievement during this crucial period.
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