Bowie Odyssey 71

by Simon Goddard

Britain, 1971. Strange land of hot pants, moral outrage, anarchist bombs and sexual revolution. As Marc Bolan is hailed as the nation’s teenage saviour, the forgotten hope called David Bowie searches for the spark to relight his fire. He finds it in London’s gay clubland and the stoned fields of Glastonbury, the speedy streets of New York City and his new rock’n’roll allies Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. The ignition for songs about life on Mars and cosmic messiahs, starry alter-egos and bold fashions fit for the ultimate Seventies superstar... In the sequel to Bowie Odyssey 70, Simon Goddard continues his groundbreaking immersive narrative of the world around Bowie, through the second year of the decade he changed pop forever.

Genres: Music, Biography

176 pages, Paperback

Published November 11, 2021

About the author

Simon Goddard was born in Cardiff in 1971.

He is the author of over a dozen books, most prominently the Bowie Odyssey series.

He is not religious and ought not be confused with anyone of the same name on Goodreads who has written religious stuff.

agent: thenorthlitagency.com

Reviews

[Gary Duckworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderfully written. Great series this...’72 next up!

[Mark waite · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliantly transports you back in time,every bit as good as 70 can't wait to read 72

[Kim Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a good series and a great reinterpretation of the Bowie story. Excellent.

[Jonathan Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

the second in the series and just as good as the first one.... keep them coming Simon

[Lasse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yay! The journey continues and gets better. Starman is closing in on lift-off…

[Gary Fowles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Step aside George R. R. Martin, there’s a new guy in town on a literary mission of greater importance than yours. I’m hooked on Goddard’s Bowie books like a ‘70s glitter drenched teen holding up an I Love Marc placard at a T Rex gig.

The tantalising tease of a Bowie book per year for the whole of the decade that acrylic defined is almost too good to be true.

This is exactly the sort of book Bowie deserves. It’s not yr normal run-of-the-mill music biog, instead it’s something far stranger. Equal parts informative, witty and fascinating, this should be read by even the most Bowied-out Bowie fan.

Roll on ‘72.

[Nigel Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second instalment of Simon Goddard's innovative exploration of Bowie's life and times. 1971 saw the release of "The Man who Sold the World " and "Hunky Dory", DB's son is born and the genesis of The Spiders from Mars begin to form-particularly through the influence of Mick Ronson. DB appears at an early iteration of the Glastonbury festival.

If you have read Bowie Odyssey 70 you know what to expect- an impressionistic examination of a single year in Bowie's life featuring many of its key players, e.g Angie Bowie , Tony Visconti and Marc Bolan who is especially well drawn here.

I would find these books difficult to approach individually, you just have to read them all, to find out what happened previously and what will happen next-almost soap- operatic

Huge fun