tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post3834554293089318433..comments2024-01-05T13:11:48.050+00:00Comments on ...and what will be left of them?: Look Good in Ruins (or: Twenty-five Tangents about Bowie in "Berlin")carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886258675618058752noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-42139824390357699472011-04-13T06:48:00.774+01:002011-04-13T06:48:00.774+01:00Ok, I'm pushing it a bit but Bowie was hardly ...Ok, I'm pushing it a bit but Bowie was hardly the man sitting round waiting for his trousers to come back in was he? If something was coming round he could sniff it. No coke pun intended. On the subject of cocaine, Bowie is the worst example for the drugs/creativity argument. He got crap when he stopped.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-28617342074099076532011-04-12T15:00:10.383+01:002011-04-12T15:00:10.383+01:00Anticipated? Since these things often go in cycles...<i>Anticipated</i>? Since these things often go in cycles, it may be more be a case of: if you wear that pair of flared trousers long enough...Greyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-49839444606908961202011-04-12T07:17:22.860+01:002011-04-12T07:17:22.860+01:00You could argue that Bowie anticipated German Neo-...You could argue that Bowie anticipated German Neo-Expressionist painting, although its hard to imagine anyone taking seriuosly at the time paintings of Iggy Pop done in the style of Erich Heckel. The sleeve of "Low" is a joke apparently, Bowie in profile.. low profile. His desire for anonymity was so strong when he arrived in Berlin he even grew a moustache, how German is that?Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-17625797448438737002011-04-11T17:38:51.089+01:002011-04-11T17:38:51.089+01:00That David Bowie Nazi salute is so obviously not a...That David Bowie Nazi salute is so obviously <i>not</i> a Nazi salute. I'm amazed that fiction is still entertained.<br /><br />Besides, you're supposed to put your finger over your top lip.Phil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214245608032305452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-13975834157611256842011-04-10T01:06:15.207+01:002011-04-10T01:06:15.207+01:00Yeah, had that Kiefer graphic on hand, figured it ...Yeah, had that Kiefer graphic on hand, figured it might be good for lightening the mood/breaking the tedium.Greyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355227236397241799.post-1468130770778752112011-04-10T00:54:46.553+01:002011-04-10T00:54:46.553+01:00Tangent 20 made me LOL with a healthy sense of das...Tangent 20 made me LOL with a healthy sense of dasein...<br /><br />But classy stuff - you could get a whole lot of other tangents out of each one. Berlin did loom large in the late 70s.David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.com