The Literary Influences of DAVID BOWIE

Subscribe to my Substack for free weekly updates on the behind-the-scenes of The Selador! https://selador.substack.com/?r=g86pk... --------------------------------------------------------------- Today I look into the books David Bowie read and how they influenced the lyrics he wrote throughout his 60-year-long career. --------------------------------------------------------------- MUSIC USED: 1. Music: Nevada City - Huma-Huma    • Nevada City – Huma-Huma (No Copyright Music)   2. Oxygen Garden by Chris Zabriskie http://chriszabriskie.com Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/oxygen-garden Music promoted by Audio Library    • Oxygen Garden – Chris Zabriskie (No Copyri...   3. Music: Porches and Universes - Puddle of Infinity    • Porches and Universes - Puddle of Infinity   4. Procession by Puddle of Infinity    • Procession - Puddle of Infinity   5. Eureka - Huma-Huma    • Eureka – Huma-Huma (No Copyright Music)   6.It Maintains, Eyes Change - Puddle of Infinity    • It Maintains, Eyes Change - Puddle of Infi...   7. Smile Quiet Looking Up - Puddle of Infinity    • Smile Quiet Looking Up – Puddle of Infinit...   --------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCES: 1. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-boo... 2. https://lithub.com/on-the-books-that-... 3. https://www.theguardian.com/books/201... 4. https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/... 5.    • How David Bowie used 'cut ups' to create l...   6. https://www.theguardian.com/music/201... 7. https://www.biography.com/musician/da... 8. https://www.davidbowie.com/about 9. https://www.canberratimes.com.au/stor... https://americansongwriter.com/behind... 10. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-bo... 11. https://www.theguardian.com/music/201... 12. https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/exp... --------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTERS: 1. Introduction (0:00) 2. Bowie's Early Career (4:30) 3. Bowie's Reading Habits (7:37) 4. Suffragette City - Nadsat (11:00) 5. Girl Loves Me - Nadsat (13:46) 6. Moonage Daydream - Cut Ups (18:01) 7. The 1980 Floor Show (22:04) 8. We Are The Dead - 1984 (24:54) 9. Bowie and Burroughs (27:36) 10. The Literary Influences of David Bowie (31:41) --------------------------------------------------------------- All criticism and comments are welcome. Thanks for watching.