I have zero knowledge of this chapter of British history. The words of Bowie and Clapton are pretty damn surprising, but I also take them with a grain of salt. Rock stars seem to be, generally speaking, ignorant, vain, and highly suggestible. I'd be willing to bet their views changed often and quickly.

http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/story/ ... 54,00.html

" 'Come on Eric... Own up. Half your music is black. You're rock music's biggest colonist..."


Hahaha! That is one of the funniest things I've ever read.

half of clapton's music? more like 96%.
i liked the "who shot the sheriff? sure as hell wasn't you!"

bowie, i suspect, was making a tasteless and stupid attempt to be provocative (and perhaps tap into a then-current trend) while it fit in with his "thin white duke" aryan-aristocrat persona of that time period.

I just saw the video for Bowie's song "China Girl" today. The part with the closeup of his face and him pulling his eye to make it all squinty and then laughing and smiling was a bit of a shocker. I didn't really know what to think, except that it was the 80's and political correctness was a very mid-90's phenomenon.

Also interesting in that video was the two different colored eyes. I didn't know he was doing that back then. Sorry for the tangent.

Clapton's always been a stupid-ass piece of shit, so...

Bowie's wife, Black, ex-Muslim.

I think we can safely say he's put that part of his life in the "I was a cunt" draw.

scott wrote:
Also interesting in that video was the two different colored eyes. I didn't know he was doing that back then. Sorry for the tangent.

I believe Bowie's eyes are two different colors due to an injury he suffered in his youth. http://www.teenagewildlife.com/info/faq/14.html

Who gives a fuck what either of these assholes says about anything?
I wouldn't even watch it if I knew they were both calling a press conference to specifically talk shit about me, personally.

Gramsci wrote:

Bowie's wife, Black, ex-Muslim.

I think we can safely say he's put that part of his life in the "I was a cunt" draw.

Could just as easily be in the "man, I sure was successful in generating a little controversy and attention for myself" bin, too. Seems like he made a point of working that angle quite a lot, especially back in the day.

Gramsci wrote:

Bowie's wife, Black, ex-Muslim.

I think we can safely say he's put that part of his life in the "I was a cunt" draw.

Iman may be one of the most beautiful women ever.