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Group Capt. Hicksley: I don't know what to make of you, Lawrence. You're either very clever or you're bloody stupid.
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Yonoi: Who do you think you are? Are you an evil spirit?
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David Bowie
David Bowie (David Bowie, January 8, 1947-January 10, 2016), formerly known as David Robert Haywood Jones (David Robert Haywood Jones), was born in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland London Brixton , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rock singer and actor
[1]
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In June 1967, the first solo studio album "David Bowie" was released
[2]
. In 1969, the rock single " Space Oddity " was released , which attracted attention
[3]
. In 1972, he released the concept album " The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars " and created the virtual space creature Ziggy Stardust (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars)
[4]
. In 1974, he created his iconic image Aladdin Sane
[5]
. In 1976, he starred in the sci-fi movie " The Man Who Fell to Earth ", and won the 4th Saturn Awards "Best Actor" award for this film
[6]
. In 1985, with the music short film "Jazzin' for Blue Jean", he won the 27th Grammy Awards "Best Short Music Video" award
[7]
. In 1996, David Bowie settled in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
[8]
. In 1997, he left his name on Walk Of Fame
[9]
. In 1999, he was awarded the Order of Commander of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
[10]
and an honorary doctorate degree from Berklee College of Music
[11]
. In February 2006, he won the Grammy Awards "Lifetime Achievement Award"
[12]
. In 2013, David released his 23rd solo album " The Next Day "
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On January 10, 2016, David Bowie died of liver cancer at the age of 69
[1]
[14]
. On February 25 of the same year, the 36th Brit Awards awarded him the "British Idol Award"
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. On February 12, 2017, his posthumous work "Blackstar" won five awards in the 59th Annual Grammy Awards
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Early Experience
David Bowie was a school football player and choir member when he was in elementary school
. In 1959, he studied saxophone under the guidance of saxophonist Ronnie Rose
. In 1961, he accidentally injured his left eye during a dispute with a friend, causing David's eyes to be different in color
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In 1962, David formed his first band, the Konrads. After graduating from Bromley Technical High School in 1963, he played the saxophone in several bands
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Performing Experience
In 1964, they released their first single "Liza Jane" with members of the band The King Bees
; in June, they released an unofficial solo album "Liza Jane/Louie Louie Go Home" under the name of David Jones
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In 1965, he and the members of the Lower Third released the "Beatles Style" song "You've Got A Habit Of Leaving"
. In 1966, in order to avoid confusion with Davy Jones (Davy Jones), the lead singer of the Menji band at the time , he changed his name to David Bowie
and led the Lower Third band to release the single "Can't Help Thinking About Me"
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In 1967, David released his first solo studio album "David Bowie", which was a folk-style album that had no impact after its release. The shocked David did not participate in any music creation for the next two years
. After that, he studied pantomime performance
with Lindsay Kemp , a mime actor , and also involved art forms such as painting, script creation, literature, and clothing
. During this time, David participated in two short art films and played a small role in one movie.
In 1969, he signed a contract with Mercury Records and released his second studio album " Space Oddity ". The title song of the same name on the album reached number 5 on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland singles chart and was also awarded by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Used when reporting the moon landing
. From the beginning of the album, David Bowie embarked on the path of playing a virtual role in music. In " Space Oddity " he played an astronaut, Major Tom , who was lost in space
. In the same year, with " Space Oddity " won the British Original Music Award "Special Award for Originality"
. In the same year, David Bowie also formed Feathers, a pantomime troupe
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In 1970, the band The Hype was formed
; on November 4, the third studio album " The Man Who Sold the World " was released . David Bowie's long blonde hair dress on the cover caused criticism and led to the sale of the album. Falling down
, on the album, David Bowie first proposed his androgynous art concept
.
In 1971, he left Mercury Records and came to Radio Corporation of America (RCA), and released the fourth studio album " Hunky Dory ". The album " Life on Mars " came to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland single The third place on the list
. The album also includes the song "Song For Bob Dylan", a tribute to Bob Dylan , and "Queen Bitch", a tribute to the Velvet Underground .
In 1972, the fifth studio album and concept album "The Rise and Fall of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and the Spiders from Mars" (abbreviated as " The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars "), he created and played the virtual space androgynous creature Ziggy Stardust (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars) on the album
; in the same year, he launched a world tour
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In April 1973, the sixth studio album " Aladdin Sane " was released. This album successfully reached the top of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland album charts. This is David's first championship record, a single in the album. The songs "Lady Grinning Soul", "The Jean Genie", "Watch That Man", etc. came to the forefront of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland singles chart
. In this album, David created and played Aladdin Sane, Its image was designed by French stylist Pierre La Roche
; in October, the seventh studio album "Pin Ups" was released, which is a cover album
.
In 1974, British Broadcasting Corporation filmed the documentary "Crazy Entertainer" for David Bowie
; in May, the eighth studio album "Diamond Dogs" was released, in which David Bowie created the character Hallowen Jack
.
In March 1975, the ninth studio album " Young Americans " was released. In the album, the song " Fame " composed by John Winston Lennon became David's first single to top the Billboard Top 100 singles chart in the United States
.
On January 23, 1976, the tenth solo album " Station to Station " was
released, in which David dressed himself as the virtual character The Thin White Duke; on May 28, starring in the science fiction movie " "The Man Who Fell to Earth " was released in the United States
.
In 1977, David left the American entertainment circle and came to Berlin to live
; on January 14, the 11th solo album " Low " was released , which reached the third position on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland album charts. , The album’s song "Sound and Vision" also reached the top five
on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland singles chart ; on January 15th, with " The Man Who Fell to Earth " won the 4th Saturn Awards "Best Actor" "Award
; On October 14, the 12th solo album "" Heroes "" was released .
On May 18, 1979, the thirteenth studio album "Lodger" was released, which was called David Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy" along with "Low" and "Heroes"
. "Lodger" reached No. 3 on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland album charts as soon as it was released. The songs "DJ" and "Boys Keep Swinging" from the album entered the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland singles chart
.
On September 12, 1980, the 14th studio album "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" was released. This album successfully topped the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland album charts. The song " Ashes to Ashes " in the album was released. Also topped the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland singles chart
; on September 24, David starred in the Broadway stage play " the elephant man "
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In 1981, he released the single " Under Pressure " with Queen , which became David's third song to reach the top of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland singles chart
. In 1982, David played the protagonist "Barr" in the BBC TV series "Barr"; in the same year, he also sang the theme song "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" for the movie "Leopard Girl", which was nominated for the 40th American Film and TV Golden Globe Awards "Best Original Song" Award.
On April 14, 1983, he left RCA , signed with EMI , and collaborated with Nile Rodgers of the Chic band to release the 15th studio album "Let's Dance", which became David's 5th United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland champion The album, the song of the same name in the album won the singles chart in the United Kingdom and the United States
; on April 29, the starring movie " The Hunger " was released; on May 18, the World Tour of Serious Moonlight Tour was opened at The Kingdom of Belgium Brussels
; On May 28, the starring movie " Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence " was released, and David played the protagonist "Maj. Jack" in the film.
On February 21, 1984, won the 4th Brit Awards "Best United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Male Artist"; February 28, won the 26th Annual Grammy Awards "Album of the Year" and "Best Male Rock Artist" "Two nominations
; on September 1, the 16th studio album "Tonight" was released, which once again topped the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland album charts
; on September 14, at the inaugural MTV Video Music In the Awards , he won the "Best Male Singer Video" award for the MV of the song " China Girl " and also won the "Pioneer Videotape Award"
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On February 26, 1985, with the music short film "Jazzin' for Blue Jean", won the 27th Grammy Awards "Best Short Music Video" award
; July 13th, participated in the "Superstar Support Africa Disaster Relief Concert" ( Live Aid ) sang "TVC15", " Rebel Rebel ", "Modern Love", " Heroes "
and sang " Dancing in the Street " with Michael Phillip "Mick" Jagger, lead singer of The Rolling Stones
; August 27, " "Dancing in the Street" was officially released, and the song successfully topped the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland singles chart
.
On April 18, 1986, the song and dance film "The Newborn " was released. David also sang the theme song " Absolute Beginners "
for the film; on June 27, the starring movie " Labyrinth " premiered in the United States. Wei also composed five songs for the film; on September 5, he won the MTV Video Music Awards "Best Overall Performance" award for his music video for the song "Dancing in the Street"
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On April 27, 1987, the 17th studio album "Never Let Me Down" was released. The album reached No. 6 on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Albums Chart
. In May, it opened in Toronto, Canada with "Never "Let Me Down" as the theme of the Glass Spider Tour world tour
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In 1988, he formed the hard rock band Tin Machine. The band released two albums "Tin Machine" and "Tin Machine II", but the reputation of the two albums was not high
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In 1993, David left Tin Machine solo and released his 18th solo album "Black Tie White Noise" on April 17. The album successfully topped the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland singles chart. The single "Jump They Say" entered the top ten singles chart of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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On January 17, 1996, David Bowie entered The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in the United States
; on February 19, he won the 16th Brit Awards "Outstanding Contribution Award"; on October 25, he sang songs at the VH1 Fashion Awards "Little Wonder"
; On November 4, the single "Telling Lies" was released. This song is only available for online download. This is the first song he released that supports online download
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On January 9, 1997, the 50th birthday concert was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City
; on February 8 , it appeared on the NBC TV program " Saturday Night Live " promotion album "Earthling"
; on February 11, it appeared on " "Late Night Show " promotes the album "Earthling"
; on February 12, he left his name at Walk Of Fame
; in November, he participated in the singing of the charity song " Perfect Day " , which appeared on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland single The top of the music chart
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On February 25, 1998, with "Earthling", he was shortlisted for the 40th Grammy Awards for "Best Alternative Music Performance" and "Best Male Rock Singer"
. In September, David established his own official website ( Internet Service Provider). ) BowieNet
, he also became the first artist to create a personal official website
; on September 29, he won the Canadian MuchMusic Music Video Award "Amazing Award" for his song " I'm Afraid of Americans ".
In 1999, David was awarded the Order of Commander Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
; on October 5, he received an honorary doctorate degree from Berklee College of Music
; on October 27, he was awarded the Warner Bros. Radio Music Awards (WB Radio Music Awards) "Legend Award".
On February 26, 2000, the starring movie " Mr. Rice's Secret " premiered in Portugal; on June 25, he participated in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Glastonbury Music Festival . At that time, the audience was as high as 150,000
; September , was "the year's most fashionable men 'GQ Men of the year award at the ceremony
; the same year, David rejected a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom of great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Queen awarded Commander )
.
On February 21, 2001, with the song "Thursday's Child" shortlisted for the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards "Best Male Rock Artist" award; October, at Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE 's charity event for 911 , "Stars for New York City" "The Concert for New York City" (The Concert for New York City) performed. David, Simon and Garfunkel combined to sing the song "America" and brought a solo song "Heroes"
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On June 1, 2002, with the movie " Zoolander ", he was nominated for the MTV Movie Awards "Best Film Guest Star" award; on June 11, the 22nd studio album "", the album came to No. 5 on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland album charts in the first week; in July, he participated in the Area Festival in the United States and performed
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On February 23, 2003, he was nominated for the 45th Annual Grammy Awards "Best Male Rock Singer" with the song "Slow Burn"
; on September 5, the music documentary "The Godfather of Music " was released; on September 16, the 23rd was released. A studio album "Reality", the first week of the album came to No. 3 on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland album charts
; in the same year, David opened the A Reality Tour world tour
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On February 8, 2004, with the song "New Killer Star", he was nominated for the 46th Annual Grammy Awards "Best Male Rock Artist"
; in the same year, " Rolling Stone " magazine selected the "100 Greatest Music Artists" and " "The 100 greatest singers", David ranked 39th and 23rd
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On February 8, 2006, he won the Grammy Awards "Lifetime Achievement Award"
; on October 12, the film " The Prestige " directed by Christopher Nolan was released in the United States, and David played the role of Nikola Tesla in the film
; December 13, The animated film " Arthur and the Invisibles ", which served as the main voiceover, was released in France
.
On March 11, 2013, David released his 23rd studio album " The Next Day ". The album reached the top of the album sales charts in the
United Kingdom and the United States
. In the same year, David was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandLondon Victoria and Albert Museum, V&A also held an exhibition "DAV1DBOW1E1S", exhibiting more than 300 objects that recorded Bowie since his debut
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On January 26, 2014, with " The Next Day ", he was shortlisted for the 56th Grammy Awards for "Best Rock Performance" and "Best Rock Album"
; on February 19, he won the 34th Brit Awards for "Best" "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Male Singer" award, " The Next Day " was also shortlisted for "Best United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Album"
.
On January 8, 2016, David released the 24th and last studio album " Blackstar " (also: ★) , which topped the album charts in more than 20 countries and regions including the United Kingdom and the United States
; February 24
On August 28th , the 36th Brit Awards awarded him the "British Idol Award" ; on August 28, the MV of the song " Blackstar " won the "Best Artistic Directing" award at the MTV Video Music Awards
.
On February 12, 2017, "Blackstar" won "Best Rock Artist", "Best Album Packaging", "Best Non-Classical Album Planning", "Best Alternative Music Album" and "Best Album " in the 59th Annual Grammy Awards . Five awards for "Best Rock Songs"
; on February 22, he won two awards for "Best United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Male Singer" and "Best United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Album" at the Brit Awards
.
Personal Life
David Bowie's relationship experience
On March 19, 1970, David Bowie married model and actor Angela Barnett, and Angela also served as David's styling consultant. On May 30, 1971, his son Duncan Jones was born at Beckham Hospital in Kent, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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On February 8, 1980, David Bowie and Angela divorced. David bought all custody of his son for £750,000 and brought him to New York City. Because his son did not want to be always called "David Bowie's son", he decided to use the name Duncan Jones when he was 18 years old
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On April 24, 1992, David Bowie and Somalia supermodel Iman married in Firenze or Florence , and Duncan Jones served as the best man. After their marriage, the two settled in New York City . On August 15, 2000, his daughter Lexi was born
.
The death of David Bowie
On January 10, 2016, David Bowie died of liver cancer at the age of 69
. David Bowie's funeral was not held in accordance with his own opinion, and his body was cremated in New York City
. His ashes were scattered on Bali Island
.
Character Evaluation
David Bowie is a rare artist. Not only can he inspire admiration and imitation of everyone, but the dazzling scenes he presents on album covers, music videos and stages can also arouse everyone's desire to indulge in it. His fifty-year career in the industry has been a process of constant transformation, as well as a series of out-of-place experiments on characters and musical techniques
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David Bowie merged his creativity into a series of images and slogans. He changed the course of popular music and injected high-end ideas about art, identity and drama into popular music. And one after another jumpsuit he wore, one day they will hang in the top museums. Even if Bowie had exposed his true self, it was a roundabout. How we look at him, he doesn't take it to heart, but this reflects how much we desire to be different
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David Bowie has a pair of heterochromatic pupils that are very artistic. A pair of "demon pupils", extraordinarily mysterious and charming, seemed to have laid his foundation. Looking at Bowie's life, he is a multi-faceted complex: he has been involved in various fields of music, culture, film, and fashion, and he has also written a lot of art critics. In his age, Bowie led the trend, and many big-name designers sought inspiration from him, and young people all over the world were imitating his costumes and actions
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Extended Reading
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence quotes
