Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed(Book). First-ever look at the intertwining, outrageous lives of three rock legends. When Lou Reed and Iggy Pop first met David Bowie in the fall of 1971, Bowie was just another English musician passing through New York City. Lou was still recovering from the collapse of the Velvet Underground, and Iggy had already been branded a loser... Yet within two years they completely changed the face of popular music with a decadent glamour and street-level vibe. With Bowie producing, Reed's Transformer album was a worldwide hit, spinning off the sleazy street anthem "Walk on the Wild Side." Iggy's Raw Power , mixed by Bowie, provided the mean-spirited, high-octane blueprint for Punk. Bowie boosted elements from both Iggy and Reed to create his gender-bending rock idol Ziggy Stardust. Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell is the story of this friendship and the incredible productivity and debauchery that emerged from it. Presented here for the very first time are their stories interwoven in a triple helix of sexuality, glam rock, and drugs as seen through the eyes of the people who made it happen. |
Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
A GHOST BLOODED COUNTRY ALL COVERED WITH SLEEP | 11 |
THEY WORE THE CLOTHES THEY SAID THE THINGS | 19 |
SOUL RADIATION IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT | 35 |
A DENTURED OCELOT ON A LEASH | 49 |
I LOVE YOU IN YOUR FUCKME PUMPS | 61 |
SMOKESTACKS BELCHING BREASTS TURN BROWN | 73 |
BEAT NARROW HEART THE SONG LOTS OF PEOPLE KNOW | 87 |
THINGS SEEM GOOD SOMEONE CARES ABOUT YOU | 145 |
MY VOODOO MASTER MY MACHINE | 163 |
FOR SCREECHING AND YELLING AND VARIOUS OFFENSES | 175 |
A NATION HIDES ITS ORGANIC MINDS IN THE CELLAR | 193 |
CAGED LIKE A WILD RAT BY FOOLS | 207 |
YOU CAN HIT ME ALL YOU WANT TO | 219 |
DOWN BELOW WITH THE REST OF HER TOYS | 239 |
A DIRTY SKY FULL OF YOUTHS AND LIQUORS | 255 |
STRANGERS WERE ALL THAT WERE LEFT ALIVE | 103 |
IF I HAVE TO DIE HERE FIRST IM GONNA MAKE SOME NOISE | 121 |
YOURE STILL DOING THINGS I GAVE UP YEARS AGO | 131 |
THE PLAYS HAVE GONE DOWN AND THE CROWDS HAVE SCATTERED | 271 |
EPILOGUE | 291 |
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Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie ... Dave Thompson Limited preview - 2009 |
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie ... Dave Thompson Limited preview - 2009 |
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