On Bowie

Name: On Bowie
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Rob Sheffield
ISBN: 9780062567130

Author: Rob Sheffield

Narrator: Tristan Morris

Unabridged: 4 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/28/2016

Categories: Nonfiction, Music, Composers, Musicians, Rock

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, a thoughtful and loving meditation on the life of the late David Bowie that explores his creative legacy and the enduring and mutual connection he enjoyed with his fansInnovative. Pioneering. Brave. Until his death in January 2016, David Bowie created art that not only pushed boundaries, but helped fans understand themselves and view the world from fantastic new perspectives.When the shocking news of his death on January 10, 2016 broke, the outpouring of grief and adulation was immediate and ongoing. Fans around the world and across generations paid homage to this brilliant, innovate, ever evolving artist who both shaped and embodied our times.In this concise and penetrating book, featuring color photographs, highly regarded Rolling Stone critic, bestselling author, and lifelong Bowie fan Rob Sheffield shares his own feelings about the passing of this icon and explains why Bowie’s death has elicited such an unprecedented emotional outpouring from so many lives.

About Rob Sheffield

Rob Sheffield is a columnist for Rolling Stone, where he has been writing about music, TV, and pop culture since 1997. He is the author of the national bestsellers Love Is a Mix Tape: Love and Loss, One Song at a Time; Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man’s Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut; Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love & Karaoke: On Bowie; and Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on January 01, 2017

I'm writing this review on January 1, 2017, the dawn of a new year. I'm writing this with both middle fingers raised to 2016, one of the shittiest and most fucking awful years on record. Personally, 2016 was the year I lost my father-in-law to liver cancer. I had to watch a wonderfully kind, loving,......more

Goodreads review by Debra on July 01, 2016

A love letter from a fan to fans. I devoured this the moment it arrived. It was written in the immediate aftermath of The Dame's death. It was still raw for Sheffield when he wrote it and reading it brought me back to that time in January when I couldn't stop crying. He nails the sense of shock and......more

Goodreads review by Monica on July 31, 2016

Rob Sheffield writes about music exactly how I want to read about music: as a fan, as an educated fan, one with an encyclopedic knowledge of music as well as a clear understanding of how importance its both cultural and emotional resonances are. His Bowie book did not disappoint: while realizing the......more

Goodreads review by Cassandra on August 01, 2016

ORIGINALLY POSTED: [URL not allowed] I’m going to be honest, this book destroyed me. I’m talking almost crying in public levels here. Part love letter to David Bowie, part biography, part music criticism, Sheffield’s book taught me even more about Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White......more

Goodreads review by Erick on June 09, 2016

Simply stated, I could not put this book down. Author Rob Sheffield is one of the most engaging music writers working today and his stylish look at the life and work of the late David Bowie is one of the finest creative tributes I've read in the months since he passed away. Sheffield offers an appro......more