Like his intellectual icon, the unruly and unconfined socialist George Orwell, Bowie eschewed ideological predictability for boundary-breaking expeditions along the frontiers of cultural change. David Bowie declared himself “apolitical.” Yet he taught us how to rebel. read more
Bowie, on the other hand, has made several attempts to recant his position, telling Melody Maker in 1977 that it was a wave not a salute and that his flirtation with fascism was a result of his being “out of my mind, totally, completely crazed” at the time. read more