Today’s interview features Professor James McAllister in a discussion about George Orwell’s 1984 and its influence on Bowie. Prof. McAllister is the Fred Greene Third Century Professor of Political Science at Williams College in Massachusetts. I have been wanting to…
This is the third in an unplanned series of posts about George Orwell’s 1984, which was one of the most influential books on David Bowie’s songwriting and presumably thinking. I recently re-read the book and was struck by how much,…
I recently re-read George Orwell’s 1984, one of the most influential books on David Bowie’s songwriting. If you’re reading this, I don’t need to tell you that the book’s influence was obvious on Diamond Dogs, but it took re-reading it…