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Etter å ha vært på 10 Bowie-konserter, så
står den første konserten i 1978 fortsatt som den beste. Disse bildene ble tatt på
den konserten, og et av de sterkeste minnene er åpningslåten
«Warszawa» fra
«Low».
Jeg får fortsatt gåsehud hver gang jeg hører den...
The cliché about David Bowie says he's a musical
chameleon, adapting himself according to fashion and
trends. While such a criticism is too glib, there's no
denying that Bowie demonstrated remarkable skill for
perceiving musical trends at his peak in the '70s. After
spending several years in the late '60s as a mod and as
an all-around music-hall entertainer, Bowie reinvented
himself as a hippie singer/songwriter. Prior to his
breakthrough in 1972, he recorded a proto-metal record
and a pop/rock album, eventually redefining glam rock
with his ambiguously sexy Ziggy Stardust persona. Ziggy
made Bowie an international star, yet he wasn't content
to continue to churn out glitter rock.
By the mid-'70s, he developed an effete,
sophisticated version of Philly soul that he dubbed
«plastic soul», which eventually morphed into the eerie
avant-pop of 1976's Station to Station. Shortly
afterward, he relocated to Berlin, where he recorded
three experimental electronic albums with Brian Eno. At
the dawn of the '80s, Bowie was still at the height of
his powers, yet following his blockbuster dance-pop
album Let's Dance in 1983, he slowly sank into
mediocrity before salvaging his career in the early
'90s. Even when he was out of fashion in the '80s and
'90s, it was clear that Bowie was one of the most
influential musicians in rock, for better and for worse.
Each one of his phases in the '70s sparked a number of
subgenres, including punk, new wave, goth rock, the new
romantics and electronica. Few rockers ever had such lasting impact...
Source: All Music Guide
Concert photography: © Helge Øverås. Must not be used without permission.
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