Why Bowie Matters Audiobook (Free)

A distinctive, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, authors and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to be David Bowie, what we are able to learn from his life’s function and journey, and why he will constantly matter.

When David Bowie died in 10th January 2016, it seemed the whole world was united in mourning. His ideal hits had been sung tearfully in pubs up and down Britain, garlands of bouquets were left on the Aladdin Sane mural in his previous about Why Bowie Issues stomping ground of Brixton and tributes poured in from a galaxy of superstars. To many folks, Bowie was so much more than a pop idol. But why?

In Why Bowie Issues, Professor Can Brooker answers that question persuasively, as both a fan and an academic. A Bowie obsessive since childhood, he hit the headlines over the course of a year-long immersive research project that took him from London to Berlin and NY, following in Bowie’s footsteps, just listening to music and reading books he adored, and even sometimes adopting his fashion.

With this original and illuminating book, Professor Brooker approaches Bowie from various angles, re-tracing his childhood within the streets of Bromley, taking us through his record collection and bookshelves, and deciphering the symbols and codes of his final function, Blackstar to piece together how an ordinary suburban teenager turned himself right into a legend, and how perhaps we as well could be a bit more Bowie.

He displays us that while David Robert Jones died on that terrible day in January, David Bowie will live on forever.