Bowie on Bowie: Interviews and Encounters with David Bowie (Musicians in Their Own Words Book 8)

It is an excellent book for Bowie fans, in which you can get to know him directly through some of the most important interviews he gave. Admittedly, the man handled the press with great skill, his interviews are entertaining, challenging and thought-provoking.

This is a really well curated collection of interviews with Bowie through the years, with additional commentary introducing each piece and providing connections and a long term overview. Of the several Bowie books I've read, this is my favorite. Good insights into his creative process through the years, and interesting personal details.

I started reading this about a month or two before Mr. Bowie's death.As I finished it today, it showed a true face of a true artist.

The item came the next days as stated and in excellent condition.

I love this book because it is well written. Although I have not read the whole book, I believe it is going to be enjoyable to read and sad at the same time.

Essential reading for Bowie fans. Rare and legendary interviews compiled in one book that you can't put down. No pictures, but Sean Egan's "David Bowie: Ever Changing Hero" is a nice companion book with lots of great photos. Excellent!

He has described himself as “a mid-art populist and postmodernist Buddhist surfing his way through the chaos of the late 20th century” ...

This review is a first for me. I am going to review two books, but I decided to review them together, at the suggestion of my wife, Stacy, who came up with the idea. I am blessed by that fact that she is not only my wife, but someone canny enough to see that putting these two books together gives me a rare opportunity; this review can not only inform you about these books, but can also tell you a bit about the artists who inspired them. So, here are two books, as different as night and day, about artists as different as night and day. Rock-n-roll fans, I give you a dream concert: Elvis Costello and David Bowie.****If you are like me, you might remember how it felt when you first heard Elvis Costello. My Aim Is True was a record that changed my view of the world, that made me punch out windows and shout out loud. Well, maybe not literally, but when I first heard “Blame It On Cain” I did kick an old Adirondack chair, damaging the leg. My dad always wondered how it got broke.What you have to understand is that the radio was full of disco and the Bee Gees, and that if you wanted to hear someone like the Ramones or The Dead Boys or Richard Hell, you had to search for it. What Elvis Is King does so well is capture the spirit of that time.Mr. Crouse obviously loved the time, the music, and the people who made it. He understands what made Elvis so special is that he had the angst and anger of other bands, but he also had a rare sense of melody and craft, along with smart lyrics. He does an exceptional job of showing how Elvis’ sensibilities were formed, and how he, and others like Nick Lowe and Ian Drury helped make an exciting new twist on a very old form.Mr. Crouse makes the details come alive, with stories about the size of the stories and the size of the performer’s egos. All in all it’s an intimate and scrappy love-note about how and when an artist found his voice and started his career. Elvis Is King makes the case that My Aim Is True was a truly rare phenomenon, and an album that was absolutely the right sound at the right time. This book is not that, but it’s pretty darn close.***There are few characters in the rock-n-roll world as interesting as David Bowie. His changing personas are legendary, but more importantly, his music has changed as much. The one constant is that it is always interesting. In Bowie on Bowie it’s easy to trace the evolution of Bowie’s character, but the music isn’t there. It is a thought provoking work, because Bowie has always been an excellent subject for interviewers, but Sean Egan’s brief introductions don’t really add too much to make us see behind the interviews.That Bowie is smart and compelling always comes through, but for some reason, the music isn’t evoked, giving this book an unfinished feel. In addition, I know that the book has to have some editing, but there are some excellent interviews left out, ones so good that I actually remember them, and I was looking forward to re-reading. Still, any Bowie is better that no Bowie.Review by: Mark PalmFull Reviews Available at: http://www.thebookendfamily.weebly.com

Interesting but as much as I love Bowie, he does waffle on a bit!