{"product_id":"9781501336584","title":"David Bowie's Diamond Dogs","description":"Author: Glenn Hendler\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781501336584\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 05 Mar 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 168 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter his breakthrough with \u003ci\u003eZiggy Stardust\u003c\/i\u003e and before his U.S. pop hits \"Fame\" and \"Golden Years\" David Bowie produced a dark and difficult concept album set in a post-apocalyptic \"Hunger City\" populated by post-human \"mutants.\" \u003ci\u003eDiamond Dogs \u003c\/i\u003eincludes the great glam anthem \"Rebel Rebel\" and utterly unique songs that combine lush romantic piano and nearly operatic singing with scratching, grungy guitars, creepy, insidious noises, and dark, pessimistic lyrics that reflect the album's origins in a projected Broadway musical version of Orwell's \u003ci\u003e1984 \u003c\/i\u003eand Bowie's formative encounter with William S. Burroughs. \u003cbr\u003eIn this book Glenn Hendler shows that each song on \u003ci\u003eDiamond Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e shifts the ground under you as you listen, not just by changing in musical style, but by being sung by a different \"I\" who directly addresses a different \"you.\" \u003ci\u003eDiamond Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e is the product of a performer at the peak of his powers but uncomfortable with the rock star role he had constructed. All of the album's influences looked to Bowie like ways of escaping not just the Ziggy role, but also the constraints of race, gender, sexuality, and nationality. These are just some of the reasons many Bowie fans rate \u003ci\u003eDiamond Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e his richest and most important album of the 1970s.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46619427438750,"sku":"UBD-9781501336584","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781501336584.jpg?v=1773899384","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781501336584","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}