A great mural of David Bowie by Akse in Stevenson Square, that I snapped today en route to the office. I’m trying to place which era of Bowie this is from- possibly the noughties?
“We’ve got five years” sang Ziggy Stardust, and now Mancunian Wave has five years too under its belt- I started blogging here in April 2011.
Ziggy had five years to save the earth and I’ve had five years to promote my adopted city of Manchester- an ongoing project. Have a good week everyone! Monday Mural.
Wikipedia: The song tells of an Earth doomed to destruction in five years and the aftermath of this knowledge. Bowie is rumoured to have chosen the length of time, five years, as a result of a dream in which his deceased father told him he must never fly again and would die in five years. Allmusic describe the track as "easily one of the greatest album-opening songs ever…”
Great David Bowie! What a wonderful find! Didn't know the background to the song, interesting.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 5th blogging anniversary.
Congrats! And this is a great mural.
ReplyDeleteA loss to music, Only ever got to see him play once but I used to love his music
ReplyDeleteWe love Bowie!
ReplyDeleteIt does resemble him from that time period. He did have a mustache- though not other facial hair- when he appeared in The Prestige, and the face seems to match up to the time.
ReplyDeleteOh wow!! Look at that. It's perfect!
ReplyDeleteA very cool image for a cool guy. Any idea why one eye is dilated and the other a pin point? Despite feeling quizzical, I definitely like looking at his face and gesture. Thanks for contributing to this week's Monday Mural.
ReplyDeleteA friend punched him in the face a dispute over a girl when they were late teens (I think) and one eye dilated and stuck like that.
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