David Bowie

David Bowie ( ; born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English
musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four
decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an
innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He is known for his
distinctive voice and the intellectual depth and eclecticism of his ... read more

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Why pop music loves TS Eliot

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'I wouldn't call this music'

As what would have been the 78th birthday of Robert Moog is celebrated in a Google doodle, we visit Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music ...
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Listen to an Antony Meltdown 2012 playlist on Spotify

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Morrissey - Morrissey, John Lennon & Jimi Hendrix On Ultimate Icon Shortlist

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Nile Rodgers: my greatest mistake

Chic guitarist, songwriter and producer regrets not taking up jazz legend Miles Davis's request to write him a hitThe single biggest mistake of my entire life was not tak...
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Jon Savage on How I Feel Love changed pop

Pop critic Jon Savage and producer Ewan Pearson on the majesty of Donna Summer's finest 3 minutes and 47 secondsPop critic Jon SavageA cinematic drone comes in fast from ...
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Vote For Liam Gallagher As NME's Ultimate NME Icon

You've been voting in your thousands but now the search for the ultimate NME icon really hots up.Liam Gallagher is in the final shortlist with Alex Turner, Amy Winehouse,...
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Multiculturalism is what makes British music great

Britain is celebrating Music is Great week with a DVD of iconic live moments. But why has the campaign ignored the melting pot that makes British music special?Did you kn...
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Alexis Petridis on The Height of Goth

At turns unwittingly hilarious, fascinating and incredibly boring, this 1984 nightclub documentary is a great British pop culture documentIt's hard to understand why some...
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Steve Barton, 'Bowie Girl' -- Video of the Day

Filed under: Video of the DayArtist: Steve BartonVideo: "Bowie Girl"Highlight: "The songs on my Projector album were written in the aftermath of my dad's passing," Stev...
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Rock has always blurred gender lines

Tom Gabel's announcement that he is transgender shows how rock music has long offered succour to those trying to define their identityLast year, Keith/Nina Caputo of the ...
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Lichtenstein, Klee and Lowry works to be unveiled by Tate galleries

Art lovers will be able to enjoy a major retrospective of Roy Lichtenstein's work and find out how LS Lowry was influenced by the French, as the Tate galleries reveal nex...
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Duran Duran: I've hated them for 30 years but they're the perfect band for the Olympics

The veteran New Romantics would not have been the choice of all music-lovers to showcase English culture to the world. But they have a gift for empty spectacle that suits...
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Evening Crumbs

Tilda Swinton and her white jumpsuit from David Bowie's closet wins over all these trollops. As usual. - The Berry FYI: Stepford Katie has not been turkey basted wi...
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Top songs

The 5 most played David Bowie songs in the past year.

  • Space Oddity  431 plays
  • Modern love  426 plays
  • China Girl  416 plays
  • Let's dance  408 plays
  • Ashes to ashes  395 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by David Bowie over the past year.

  1. Absolute Classic Rock 2507 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 70s 1346 plays
  3. Absolute 80s 1081 plays
  4. Absolute Radio 1080 plays
  5. Absolute Radio 60s 193 plays
  6. Absolute Radio 90s 89 plays
  7. Absolute Radio 00s 89 plays

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