“There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It’s always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means.”
[David Bowie]
Remembering David Bowie on his 70th birthday. We miss you, Dave. x
Pics:
1. David Bowie with the Yellow Submarine cut outs, 1968. (Photographer unknown).
2. David Bowie with Yoko and John, backstage at the Grammys on 1st March, 1975 at the Uris Theater, New York. Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage.
3. Also backstage at the Grammys, 1975. Left to right are Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield of the Righteous Brothers, David Bowie, Yoko, John and Roberta Flack. Photo by Waring Abbott/Getty Images.
John had been there to give the award for ‘Record Of The Year’, alongside Paul Simon - both joking about their “missing” partners, Paul and Art Garfunkel, although Art Garfunkel was present to accept an award on behalf of Olivia Newton-John (”“I thought I told you to wait in the car,” Simon quipped. Garfunkel also got in a great jab, asking Simon, “Still writing, Paul?””) and Paul had won a grammy for Best Pop Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus for Band On The Run (although he wasn’t there to accept it in person).
David Bowie presented the Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female, award to Aretha Franklin for Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing.
4. Ringo, Lulu, David Bowie and Edgar Broughton at the Ziggy Stardust retirement party held at the Cafe Royal, London, July 1973. Photo by John Rodgers/Redferns.
5. Paul and David Bowie backstage at Live Aid on 13th July, 1985. Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images.
[I also did another post for David Bowie’s birthday on another blog I write for, here]
