David Bowie was already four years and four albums into his career when he issued Hunky Dory, the first record to help secure his legend. He had been inching closer to this moment with each release, ...

David Bowie says he is afraid of Americans. Well, I was once afraid of David Bowie! Very afraid! “Kooks” (for small Z) – What a warm and beautiful song about parents & children. I so wanted to join in ...

“‘Hunky Dory’ gave me a fabulous groundswell,” Bowie once said. “I guess it provided me, for the first time in my life, with an actual audience. I mean, people actually coming up to me and saying, ...

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David Bowie exploded on the scene in 1972 and it caught the world off guard. Although "Hunky Dory" is a very good record it also is dominated by an acoustic sound. It's less straight forward rock than ...