The Thin White Duke
I don't know why I want to put pen to paper about the death of David Bowie. There's been a plethora of effusive and emotive testimonials about the impact that the bloke had on individual lives and I'm not sure that I can add much to the library. However, one thing that struck me about the comments was the relative youth of many of the contributors. It almost seemed like the 'Bowie' generation were just too much in shock and it was left to either his seniors or people who'd come to his work in the 80s and 90s to make something of the terrible news. It really is hard for people of my generation to explain how important Bowie was. We've all heard about the impact of the Starman TOTP appearance and its subsequent affect on all the young dudes who went on to form bands in the late 70s, early 80s. To be a teenager in the 1970s was a conflicting experience. You saw your elders being ground down by employment where people dressed in greys and browns and eve...