Rock and Roll - Week 10

Based on Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies; passionate bright young thing,frivolous romantic young man

Like the Beatles in the 60s, Bowie was a “brilliant popularizer of _____."

Demonstrates glam rock tendency of brevity & simplicity; short, well-constructed, hook-based

According to David Buckley, "nobody had put ______ at the very center the way [Bowie] did"

Glam rock pioneer w/multiple stage identities; created level of theatricality new to pop

Bowie's vocal style paved the way for “the stridently parochial timbres of ______"

A set of characteristics or description that distinguishes a person from others

Bowie collaborates with him to create the "Berlin Trilogy" albums; Low, Heroes and Lodger

Album that is based in part on George Orwell’s novel 1984, used disco, r & b, and chanson

This showed onstage persona or words sung didn’t necessarily reflect performer’s real identity

Eno piece w/Bowie’s vocals; slow & severe, Bowie enters after a long time in a made up language

To imitate heavy metal, 1970s Bowie counterpointed his vocal presence w/up-front lead guitar of

Producer, synthesizer artist, “non-musician,” and inventor of ambient music

Bowie demonstrated how pop could be about what?

This element of Bowie's performance was very unique and was very flexible

A fictitious alien rocker dressed in Kabuki- style clothes that Bowie invented

Bowie offered himself as an icon for what?

The albums Young Americans & Station to Station are Bowie's _____ albums