Simon Goddard

From the author of the acclaimed Mozipedia, a work of supreme pop archaeology unearths every influence that brought Ziggy to life, from H. G. Wells to Holst, Kabuki to Kubrick, and Elvis to Iggy The most ambitious and important book on Ziggy Stardust ever written, this study documents the epic drama of the Starman's short but eventful time on Planet Earth, and why Bowie eventually had to kill him. It was the greatest invention in the history of pop music—the rock god who came from the stars—which struck a young David Bowie like a lightning bolt from the heavens. When Ziggy the glam alien messiah fell to Earth, he transformed Bowie from a prodigy to a superstar who changed the face of music forever. But who was Ziggy Stardust? And where did he really come from? Beautifully packaged, this will be a must-have artifact for Bowie fans.

A Brief History of Ziggy Stardust

Ziggyology

The definitive guide to everything you could possibly need to know about Morrissey and The Smiths.

The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and the Smiths

Mozipedia

They had just a few hundred pounds, one band missing a drummer, a sock drawer for an office, more dreams than sense and not a clue between them how to run a record company. But when Alan Horne and Edwyn Collins decided to start their own label from a shabby Glasgow flat in 1979, nobody was going to stand in their way. Postcard Records was the mad, makeshift and quite preposterous result. Launching the careers of Orange Juice, Aztec Camera and cult heroes Josef K, the self-styled ‘Sound of Young Scotland’ stuck it to the London music biz and, quite by accident, kickstarted the 1980s indie music revolution. Simon Goddard has interviewed everyone involved in the making of the Postcard legend to tell this thrilling rock’n’roll story of punk audacity, knickerbocker glories, broken windscreens, raccoon-fur hats, comedy, violence and creating something beautiful from nothing, against all the odds.

The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records

Simply Thrilled

Britain, 1971. A land of hot pants, porn trials, angry bombs, and bitter protest. As Marc Bolan is crowned the kids' teenage saviour, the forgotten hope called David Bowie secretly gathers the arsenal for his own revolution in his bohemian retreat. New friends Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and The Pretty Things among the London gay scene. New songs about life on Mars and cosmic messiahs. New fashions fit for the ultimate 70s superstar... In the sequel to Bowie Odyssey 70 (a Sunday Times Book Of The Year), Simon Goddard continues his groundbreaking VR narrative into the world inside and around Bowie, year by year, through the decade he changed pop forever.

Bowie Odyssey: 71

- The Smiths - Songs That Saved Your Life is now re-issued in a revised and expanded form, to include the fruits of Simon Goddard's most recent research, undertaken since the publication of the first edition in 2002. The new material for this edition includes: - Interview with guitarist Craig Gannon - Interview with John Peel - Interview with producer John Porter - Previously unpublished stills of the band

Songs that Saved Your Life

The Smiths

Fernando Scoczynski Filho

O DRAMA ÉPICO DO NASCIMENTO E MORTE DE UM DOS MAIORES PERSONAGENS DA HISTÓRIA DA MÚSICA David Bowie: a construção de Ziggy Stardust desvenda todas as influências que trouxeram Ziggy Stardust à vida. O livro mais importante já escrito sobre a persona que Bowie incorporou por um ano, documentando o drama épico da passagem curta e memorável do Starman por nosso planeta, e explicando por que Bowie teve que o matar. Foi a maior invenção na história da música pop — o deus do rock que veio das estrelas, uma ideia que atingiu o jovem David Bowie como um raio. O brilhante alienígena chamado Ziggy foi uma figura revolucionária, por muitas razões. Como ele mesmo se descreveria: "Parcialmente enigmático. Parcialmente fóssil". Quando o alienígena glam pousou na Terra, Bowie transformou-se na superestrela que mudaria a música para sempre. Ele era o kabukimono. Ele era a "Ode à Alegria" de Beethoven. A invasão marciana de H. G. Wells. A sinfonia cósmica de Gustav Holst. O semblante de Greta Garbo no século 20. O relâmpago num panfleto dos camisas-pretas. O rock de Elvis Presley e o roll de Little Richard. O objeto não identificado piscando no radar da Força Aérea. O buraco escavado pelo Professor Quartermass. Ele era a loucura de Vince Taylor. A superfície de Andy Warhol e a alma do Velvet Underground. O mistério solitário de Moondog. The Legendary Stardust Cowboy. Ele era Iggy Pop. Era tão esquisito quanto uma laranja mecânica. Ele era todas essas coisas, combinadas em uma criatura fabulosa. Esse ser chamado Ziggy Stardust.

A construção de Ziggy Stardust

David Bowie

He starts the decade a teenage pop idol. But the one-hit wonder who sang 'Space Oddity' is still very far from becoming the star who will one day define the 1970s. Not when he still has a band to find, a manager to sack, a mentally ill brother to save, a wife to marry and a rival called Marc Bolan to beat. Not when David Bowie still has no idea who or what David Bowie is. Starting at the beginning of Bowie's incredible ten-year odyssey changing the course of pop music, Simon Goddard's bold and expressionistic biography weaves time, space, rock'n'roll and social history to relive Bowie's 1970 - moment by vivid moment.

Bowie Odyssey: 70

The Smiths' brief but brilliant career lasted only five years, long enough to carve their name as the greatest and most influential British band of the 1980s. From the perfect pop of 'This Charming Man' to their iconic masterpiece The Queen Is Dead, songwriters Morrissey and Johnny Marr created a body of work which saw them championed as the Lennon and McCartney of their day Songs That Saved Your Life has been hailed by both fans and critics as the essential book on The Smiths' music. The first examination of the group by acclaimed Mozipedia author Simon Goddard, it details the writing and recording of the entire Morrissey/Marr catalogue from their first bedroom demo to the band's sudden split including lost tracks and rare outtakes. This brand new edition has been thoroughly revised by the author to include an even more comprehensive studio chronology and easily referenced appendices covering live, radio and TV appearances. For new and diehard apostles alike, Songs That Saved Your Life remains the definitive document on the art of The Smiths.

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