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Sixty Things About David Bowie. There were actually a few I did not know.
4. Rock guitarist Peter Frampton was Bowie's friend at school - his dad was head of the art department. He's gone on to play guitar with Bowie many times during his career.Ok, I saw him play with him in '87. Awful album (Glass Spider) great concert though.
5. His right pupil is permanently dilated - due to his friend George Underwood punching him in the eye while the pair were still at school. The fight was over a girl.I knew that, but...not:
6. Underwood and Bowie remained good friends with Underwood doing artwork for some of Bowie's earlier albumsHahaha-
14. 1967 also saw the release of a single, The Laughing Gnome, which many fans argue is the worst song he has ever recorded.It was. Although there are a few close contenders...
15. When Bowie suggested that his fans should vote via phone which tracks he should play for his 1990 world tour, The Laughing Gnome was the most requested. He didn't play it.heh, pranksters! ha ha ha, hee, hee, heeee, I'm the laughing gnome and you can't catch me
35. Bowie declined the CBE in 2000 and a knighthood in 2003.Right. Good one. Tossing royals.
36. Bowie married Somalian supermodel Iman in 1992. They have a daughter Alexandria Zahra Jones, born in 2000.Woot. I remember her from a Playboy spread in the 80's. Hubba hubba.
42. His hit Ziggy Stardust is about Vince Taylor, who wrote Brand New Cadillac - later covered by The Clash.Really?Well happy belated birthday you old rock god. My first rock album was The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
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