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well-informed doorstop ([personal profile] muladhara) wrote2016-01-20 09:04 am
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Presenting the following without (much) comment:

Bowie sings about being a strung-out rock star, but the words easily double as advice from a kind adult to an anxious teen. (This is the case for many Bowie songs, which I believe cements the love that people develop for him in their adolescence.)


from here.

HOLY SHIT THIS EXPLAINS SO MUCH.
(I was a very angry (at myself) teenager when I started listening to him and actually paying attention to him. This just. Makes so much sense).
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[personal profile] cremains 2016-01-20 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Agree 100% and I would add that his themes of elusive knowledge and hidden power just deepen that.