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DAVID BOWIE The Music Influences Behind the Legend

David Bowie

One of Bowie’s most enduring influences was The Velvet Underground. This New York-based ensemble
had no hits and little success during their 1967–70 recording career but, in writing gritty songs
about street life, drug addiction and violence, helped popular music to grow up. This growing
process applied to their sonics as much as their lyrics: they experimented with atonality,
dissonance and extemporization, even while insisting on their right to purvey pretty melody. Read More