With screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo, what is it about David Bowie?
Like a leper messiah, he ranks somewhere between minor deity and major historical figure.
Hey man: he was ranked a few notches below Queen Elizabeth but a few above such luminaries as Thomas Paine, William Blake and Charles Dickens in the 100 Greatest Britons of All Time list. He was the first rocker to have his persona offered on the stock market, the first to offer his music via the internet and the first to appear in a video game. He presaged and pretty much single-handedly spawned glam-rock, being among the first rockers to consciously approach music as art. He has certainly had the most successful acting career among all the rock musicians.
The Thin White Duke sang in "Station to Station" (1976) about traveling down the Cabalistic tree of life: "...from kether to malkuth..." or, from godhead to earth. He became incarnate for us...for those of us able to hear him...he came offering a kind of aural pathway to enlightenment.
Waiting at the light, know what I mean...Jesus leads some to the light...others go with Muhammad or Buddha or Adam or Joseph Smith or The Three Friggin Stooges...me, I'm keeping all my dead hair for making up underwear: the holy undergarments we need to wear when Ziggy returns on the tail of comet, taking his true believers with him.
Top 10 Reasons Bowie is Better than God :*
1) You cannot reasonably deny Bowie's existence
2) Bowie has cooler clothes
3) David is less likely to cast sinners through the gates of hell
4) If you hear Bowie's voice in your head, it's probably because one of his kick-ass song's is stuck in your mind; if you hear God, you are probably whack
5) God couldn't tease His hair up that high - even with all the angels' assistance - even during the 80s
6) David has better shoes
7) Bowie looks better in drag
8) People don't accost you in malls to tell you, "Bowie loves you."
9) Attending a Bowie concert is much more life-altering than attending church
10) God doesn't paint His toenails
* Partially snagged from a site that snagged it from a (now-defunct) fan site
3 comments:
Wow!
Although I could come up with 10 reasons why Larry, Curly, and Moe are better than the wholly trinity, I like your list!
I have never thought of David as a god, but maybe he is at least a saint.
Saint David, patron saint of drag!
I think Bowie has a lot in common with Hindu deities, and I'd love to see a list about this...
I believe that it would be really interesting if you (or someone like you) created a Bowie as God movement, with shopping malls as church. I think Reverend Colin might even preach that faith.
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