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New biography of David Bowie
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arnrad
Oct 28, 2009, 9:38:56 AM10/28/09
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(Associated Press) - "Bowie: A Biography" by Marc Spitz (Amazon.com: http://xrl.us/BowieBiography )
Spitz, a music journalist, does a decent job of tracking Bowie's evolution through copious research and interviews with dozens of people who knew him.
Spitz clearly gets Bowie, and this is an unapologetic fan-boy biography. He is good at analyzing what Bowie accomplished, why it matters and what was likely influencing him at the time. He has insightful things to say about landmark Bowie songs "Life on Mars?" and "Heroes."
But be warned: Unlike a lot of top-rate biographers, Spitz is not big on narrative and crafting scenes. Events are recounted, at length, through gushy quotes from Bowie's old chums..
Continued: http://xrl.us/BowieReview
afdb
Oct 28, 2009, 5:30:10 AM10/28/09
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