The mourning for the death of David Bowie may join today all lovers of art and music and can attract the attention of those who have not known and therefore was not caught, fascinated, dragged by its magic, its genius. Probably not turn off anything because today become, if possible, louder this high flame, this talent fiery, multifaceted, unlimited. the visual impact planetary resonance irrepressible will from now on it is entirely predictable given the impact of the images, the transformations, the characters played although most were mainly created by him and embodied. The provocations, the challenges, live, tour, album covers, portraits that almost the suspect if they invented the first photographic portraits of an artist or have come to photography thanks to its magnetic face which led to everything. For that alone it is understandable that today prevails a ritual terms as icon, pop, trailblazer, pioneer, glam, glamrock etc ..
Only after a while comes the tidal wave: an impressive amount of music that is not measurable .. not enough numbers ... does not work with adjectives. Let's try with seven hundred pieces, maybe more? Not one was trivial or predictable. Some songs contain two or three inside. The White Duke .. was a black soul. It elevated the hardrock .. and charmed with her smile ..
Texts ? Stories, dramas, feelings, themes, strokes and punched in the stomach. The metric of Bowie, perfection, a clock primordial modern lyric. The voice? That voice was? That stamp was? Because it was so persuasive? As was deep? Where did he come? Where wore? The interpretation of Bowie song captures every time, even two hundred meters from the chest that spreads.
The rhythmic? A natural gift! Not once but hundreds of rhythmic sensibility. Boundless prairies for the best drummers and bass players to the degree in modern rock, contemporary and future. One revolution of the sound conception. The solo parts? a dizzying riffs, only, engraved, intro and intermessi piano, keyboards, synth, still just magical, from guitars to saxophones to serve that voice creepy .. the immense class with his singing will remain indelible. The elegance of the interpretations and the breathtaking beauty of the same composition come together in a perfect flow. The legendary and beloved songs of Bowie never boring because the stream always carries the listener. Of verse into verse, they rise and go out into space, out of time.
(Massimiliano Curti - Room of the Insole Shoes)
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