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David Bowie: High art spoken in the vernacular of pop

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Paris' Liberation daily published a special edition devoted to David Bowie on Jan. 12, 2016.

High art spoken in the vernacular of pop. 

Seventeen-year-old David Jones interviewed in 1964 on BBC Tonight TV show by Cliff Michelmore as the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men: http://bit.ly/1sUcSFE

David Bowie winning the Ivor Novello award in Jan. 1969 from Songwriters' Guild of Great Britain for most original song of the year, "Space Oddity," at the Talk Of The Town: http://bit.ly/1RHPWZq

Bowie performing Hunky Dory track "Queen Bitch" as a droog with the Spiders from Mars in 1972 at BBC Television Studios, London, for The Old Grey Whistle Test program: http://bit.ly/1ZnpNxW

Bowie transitioning into Ziggy Stardust on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1972 with "Starman": http://bit.ly/19EkxNe

David Bowie and The Story Of Ziggy Stardust (BBC documentary): http://bit.ly/1H3hn9j

David Bowie appearance on The Dick Cavett Show in Dec., 1974: http://bit.ly/1nlWoZ9

Iggy Pop and David Bowie interviewed on the Dinah Shore Show in June, 1977: http://bit.ly/1fLX0D1

David Bowie and Iman on the Rosie O'Donnell Show in 1997: http://bit.ly/1n3kAzF

David Bowie Sound Vision 2002 documentary: chttp://bit.ly/1n3kAzF

David Bowie - Black Star: http://bit.ly/1lxjCKQ

Vies et mort de Bowie: liberation.fr/liseuse/publication/12-01-2016/1/