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About the book BOWIE
Simon Critchley prvi se put susreo s likom Davida Bowieja ranih
sedamdesetih, kad je pjevač nastupio u najgledanijoj muzičkoj emisiji
britanske televizije, Top of the Pops. Opčinio ga je svojom izvedbom
pjesme “Starman”: bilo je to nešto “silno seksualno, silno upućeno,
silno neobično”. Dva dana kasnije njegova je mama kupila primjerak
singl ploče; svidjela joj se i pjesma i Bowiejeva jarko narančasta frizura
(ranije je bila frizerka). Sjeme ljubavne veze koja će potrajati čitav
život bilo je posijano u umu njezina sina, kojem je bilo 12 godina. U
ovom sažetom i zanimljivom preispitivanju pjesama jedne od najvećih
pop zvijezda na svijetu, Critchley, koji je svojim filozofskim spisima
požnjeo brojne pohvale, osobnu pripovijest o tome kako je Bowie
razvedrio njegov dosadan prigradski život na jugu Engleske stapa
sa filozofskim razmatranjima o tome kako su koncepti autentičnosti
i identiteta izvrnuti u Bowiejevu radu. Rezultat je gotovo jednako
provokativan i inspirativan kao i umjetnik kojega prikazuje.