In Experiencing David Bowie: A Listener's Companion, musicologist,
writer, and musician Ian Chapman unravels the extraordinary
marriage of sound and visual effect that lies at the heart of the
work of one of the most complex and enduring performers in popular
music. Still active in a career now well into its fifth decade,
Bowie's influence on music and popular culture is vast. At the
height of the "glam rock" era, Bowie stood head and shoulders above
his peers. His influence, however, would extend far beyond glam
through successive changes of musical style and stage work that
impacted upon wider popular culture through fashion, film, gender
studies, theatre, and performing arts. As Chapman suggests, Bowie
recognized early on that in a post-war consumer culture that
continued the cross-pollination of media platforms, the line
between musician and actor was an ever-thinning one. Opposing
romantic notions of authenticity in rock, Bowie wore many faces,
challenging listeners who consider his large body of work with a
bewildering array of musical styles, covering everything from
classic vaudeville to heavy metal, glam rock to soul and funk,
electronic music to popular disco. In Experiencing David Bowie,
Chapman serves as tour guide through this vast musical landscape,
tracing his development as a musical artist through twenty-seven
studio albums he generated. Pivotal songs anchor Chapman's
no-nonsense look at Bowie's work, alerting listeners to his
innovations as composer and performer. Moreover, through a close
look at Bowie's "visuals"-in particular his album covers, Chapman
draws the lines of connection between Bowie the musician and Bowie
the visual stage artist, illuminating the broad nature of his art.
This work will appeal to not only fans of David Bowie, but anyone
interested in the history of modern popular music, fashion, stage
and cinema, and modern art.
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