Talk:David Bowie

No Mention of Syd Barrett's Influence?

No more need be said.

24.34.201.89 (talk) 18:19, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

If you want /expect any action to be taken, then yes there is more to be said. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:58, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

Yes, quite. Bacchiad (talk) 04:09, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Lori Maddox

There seem to be some allegations that Bowie slept with groupie Lori Maddox when she was thirteen and he was in his twenties -- I have no idea whether this is true (and really hope it isn't, given how much I like Bowie) but it seems to be unmentioned here. He wasn't charged with anything, but aren't the allegations significant enough to warrant a mention? Have they been debunked or discredited? 24.193.246.104 (talk) 05:03, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

"There seem to be some allegations" pretty much answers why this doesn't warrant a mention here. Encyclopedias strive to report what other sources have established. "Have they been debunked or discredited?" Wikipedia isn't the forum for that, but it eagerly awaits the conclusions of those discussions from reliable sources. Willondon (talk) 05:18, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Since he's a multi instrumentalist...

Isnt there supposed to be the instruments he played/plays? --123.2.142.50 (talk) 06:31, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

The meaning of his artist's name

A line in "Headlong" from Queen goes: "Let me out of this cheap b movie". Freddie Mercury died from AIDS shortly afterwards. BSE was also an issue on the media at this time. Fully written it's "Bovine Spongioform Encepalopathy". Count the 'n' from "bovine" one up on the alphabet and you'll get "b ovmie", which is an anagram from "B-Movie". Zombie trash, i suppose. Also about cannibalism and stuff. Now rearrange "David Bowie". Turn the 'w'" on the head and you'll get "B Movie daid". When you do puns with BSE, you'll probably discover the hint to the "Blue Eyed-Brown Eyed"-racism experiment. He has a blue and a brown eye. And then "B movie dead", "brain dead" and "Bovine dead" sounds only logical. It's along with the typical encryption (vowels 1 away, 1 letter away, 4 away, 6 away and anagrams). He's from Britain and he probably also received a corneal graft. It wouldn't be a surprise if he would pretend to have contracted CJD to find a good reason to retire. He'll just pretend it, just like Freddie Mercury only pretends. So it doesn't really matter. He can still publish songs. He's still almost the best songwriter we ever had. Although the melody from "Absolute Beginners" was stolen from "Moonlight" from the "Cats" musical and i don't know what else was stolen (the chords from "Bohemian Rhapsody" were also particularly stolen from the Badfinger song "Without You"), but what can you do? There aren't so many combination possibilities. "Loving The Alien" is great, "Let's Dance" is great, and the list goes on ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.201.15.41 (talk) 19:36, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Upcoming album

Please see this discussion. Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 13:44, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

On the surname 'Bowie' and its derivation

and why I reverted this edit again:

There's no dispute that 'jäger' means 'hunter', or that the surname 'Jagger' is derived from it. The second source providing the background only says "Out of fear of being confused with Davy Jones of The Monkees, David changed his last name to Bowie, a name that was inspired by the knife developed by the 19th century American pioneer Jim Bowie." The article describes Bowie's admiration of Jagger, but it's original research to combine it all and state "This was a tribute to his friend". This is where I'm asking for other sources. Willondon (talk) 18:29, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Guitar should be listened under instruments

Yes Bowie's primary contribution to music is vocals and lyrics, but he was the guitarist on a multitude of his albums, so of course it should be listed. Any source of liner notes for his albums should back this up. Mrmoustache14 (talk) 21:07, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Buddha of Suburbia a Studio album?

I'm actually fairly neutral here on the matter, but I'm wondering: should The Buddha of Suburbia (soundtrack) be listed on the main page along with the other albums? I'm leaning towards yes, but 1 user keeps removing it persistently and I'd like some feedback about it. Mrmoustache14 (talk) 16:09, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

This was discussed back in February 2013, now available in the archives at The Buddha of Suburbia belongs in the main discography list on this page. My take on the conclusion thus far is that it is a studio album, and there are sources that describe it as such. There was no consensus as to whether it is a "major work", which would further qualify it for inclusion. The result of the discussion was to add it to the list. Willondon (talk) 21:12, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

Repetition of a quote

I noticed that "challenged the core belief of the rock music of its day" appears three times throughout the article should this be reduced to one? Bwisey (talk) 08:49, 2 January 2016 (UTC)