Living Nostalgia

bowie blog since 2013

[rocknroll-edits]

"I’m Afraid of Americans" music video icons

[living-nostalgia]

[babiddowie]

I recently came across this sequence of images

he looks so over it by the 4th pic 😭 free our boy 😔

More info on this under the cut!

These pictures were taken outside BBC Television Station.

The man petting David is Barry Langford, who was then a producer for BBC. Langford had ordered David and his group-mates to cut their hair, otherwise they would be barred from performing on "Gadzooks" (the show that Langford produced.)

David declined to do so and organized a demonstration at BBC Television Centre. After all, they were allowed to perform under the stipulation that if anyone complains about their performance, their pay would instead be donated to charity. They agreed, performed, and there were no complaints.

Here's an article dated March 4, 1965 about part of the ordeal.

source of this picture is this video

obligatory Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men mention.

(As noted in that video, David formed that group in late 1964, just a few months before this situation!)

[babiddowie]

he's just like me fr

[babiddowie]

iggy pop, david bow-ie,

lou reed(s), marc bowl-an

[vezzipuss]

David Bowie, “ Diamond Dogs Tour”, Circa 1974 💎🐕💎

[vezzipuss]

David Bowie, Seaworld, Circa 75 🐠

[lavendersewingcircle]

You walk past a cafe but you don’t eat when you’ve lived too long Oh, no, no, no, you’re a rock ‘n’ roll suicide

This performance of Rock n’ Roll Suicide is (if you can forgive the quality of the recording) one of the most affecting I’ve seen.

[oldmanpeace]

[bowieography]

[claudestar2017]

David Bowie, 1969, by Steve Campbell. 

[bowieography]

[bowieography]

Tin Machine I Can't Read (1989)

[rpfofficial]

by tony visconti, 2001 (his producer)

[heateron]

david bowie, 1975.

[bowieography]

[bowieography]

1980 Floor Show, 1973

The Jean Genie

with Mick Ronson

[living-nostalgia]

David Bowie and Twiggy Pinups Album Cover by Justin De Villeneuve