Post-modernism of David Bowie.

Hyper-reality created character Ziggy Stardust to experiment with different genres.

Very influential with music due to wide variety of genres and sounds.
Rejects structure within albums and changes style in every album:

• David Bowie - folk & rock/pop
• Space Odditiy - psychedelic folk/ progressive rock
• The Man Who Sold The World - birth of glam rock
• The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - rock
• Young Americans - soul/ funk/ rock
• Black Tie White Noise - soul & electronic

He is seen as the founder of mixing genres within pop music with a wide variety of genres and subject matter including; politics, love, drugs and literature, and puts the unexpected into his lyrics with sci-fi themes.


Future Legend:


Love You Til Tuesday:




A good example of his very different styles, apart from his recognizable voice these two songs sound nothing alike.