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i enjoy reading 'the bowie bible' as i listen to his albums on cd in tthe morning, to activate my brain. I tought the description of the point of view of a young soldier feels very relevant to our times
The song’s protagonist is a seventeen-year-old soldier, seeking mental escape from his service by dreaming of Berlin, London, and Cairo, and wishing to be anywhere but “training these guns on the men in the sand”.
Although Bowie gave no interviews to promote The Next Day, delegating promotional duties to his musicians and producer, he did send novelist Rick Moody a list of 42 words – three for each song on the album. Those for ‘I’d Rather Be High’ were: Indifference, Miasma, Pressgang.
Jan 28, 2025
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it could be im just really autistic, linking things and patterns faster than whoever, or entering my psychotic break era, but i was informed on this day in 1972 Bowie became Ziggy Stardust. I was praying to see some bowie imagery in times of mild tension and fear, and everytime the universe delivered. I was waiting for my brunch reservation, then saw a magazine with an image of a photoshoot i reference very often (the diamond dogs one pictured below) Which was shot by terry o neil, the only bowie picture book i own is one with never seen before images from the exact photographer. so these images have been great comfort to me. The later today i was sitting on the bus, i had to pee so so so bad. the bus was playing a 70s 80s 90s radio channel relatucely loud, and i prayed they would play a bowie song to keep me distracted for a couple more minutes.. BAMMM they played 'under pressure' !! What do you guys think?? am i going crazy??
Feb 10, 2025
Social media serves a smorgasbord of delicious Bowie snippets. He’s so cool, human, accessible, unreachable, iconic.
Sep 30, 2024
By the Silver Jews.
Or listen at any age, of course. But tomorrow I turn 28 and this past year the song, which references being 27, has held a special role in my life.
… So I wrote about it in my *first* substack post linked^.
But of course, nothing is better than David Berman’s own words.
Feb 28, 2024
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woke up feeling nauseous, i will push through the feeling and turn the misery into something fun. then il let myself crash for the rest of the day
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