David Bowie: Wild-Eyed Boy to Starman

INDIANAPOLIS - As prolific as David Bowie is, summing up the “Man Who Fell to Earth” is no easy task.

According to the laws of our universe, he will turn 65 on Jan. 8. In reality, I don’t think I am expert enough to say that somewhere out there he might be celebrating his celestial existence in a much more dramatic way.

But on earth, we can thank our heavenly stars that he fell into our alternate universe 65 years ago in his first incarnation, as wild-eyed David Robert Jones in Brixton, London.

Listen to Twinkle’s mixtape “Wild-Eyed Boys and Pretty Things: Bowie” on Spotify.

Over the course of the last 40 odd years, his musical ingenuity has influenced millions of performers, broken gender barriers and ch-ch-changed the face of popular music in many ways.

Between name changes, costume changes and musical innovation, he still remains an ongoing icon of evolution with the power to still blow our minds after all these years.

And we can’t overlook his rich and varied acting career. His roles encompass the likes of spaceman, Bond villain, vampire and gigolo. And of course, the ever-loved Jareth, king of the goblins, in Jim Henson’s dark fantasy “Labyrinth.”

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Although there were a few mainstream setbacks here and there, his collaborations with other creative musical icons – Mick Jagger, Brian Eno, Queen and Trent Reznor to name a few – resonate his flexibility within our ever-changing musical scenery.

Bowie succeeds at being relevant within whatever decade he is in. Even in the “Please God let me forget this ever happened” duet with Jagger ,“Dancing in the Streets,” he was still relevant. And of course, it was an instant No. 1 hit.

However you look at it, Bowie is definitely an oddity, space-related or not, and worthy of any music lovers praise.

Listen to Twinkle’s mixtape “Wild-Eyed Boys and Pretty Things: Bowie” on Spotify.

Happy listening!

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