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David Bowie: Bowie In The 70's - Vol. 1    Documentary/Music (2008) 75 minutes ~ Color    These documentary reviews concentrate on David Bowie in the 1970's - the decade in which he not only made his name but in which he dominated the music scene like no other musical icon before or since. Running at over 2.5 hours the program looks at his pre-fame era, his early low-selling albums, his glam period when the world sat up and took notice and his constant rejuvenation throughout the decade when every few weeks it seemed this bizarre creature would adopt a brand new persona. This set features rare and classic performance footage, exclusive interviews, exhaustive archive and fascinating contributions from his closest friends, associates, band members, producers and other colleagues and review and critique from the finest Bowie writers, archivists and journalists, including one of the final interviews the late, legendary DJ John Peel ever gave.    Stars: David Bowie

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00:00With a career spanning five decades, David Bowie is one of the most successful recording artists of his generation.

00:08Effortlessly evolving with the times, he has managed to remain both relevant and influential,

00:14continually attracting new audiences whilst sustaining the devotion of his earlier fan base.

00:20Seventeen-year-old David Jones has just founded the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men.

00:28Now, exactly who's been cruel to you?

00:31Well, I think we're all fairly tolerant, but for the last two years we've had comments like,

00:36Darlene, can I carry a handbag thrown at us? I think it's just had to stop now.

00:41There was a lot of David Joneses around, so he looked into American mythology,

00:48which is again something he was to visit several times in his life, and go for the classic Bowie name.

00:56Although he involved himself in various projects, Bowie's career seemed to be heading nowhere.

01:02Despite all his hard work, fame appeared to be an elusive dream.

01:08The solo version of Space Oddity became Bowie's calling card.

01:12It secured him a lucrative deal with Mercury Records, and on its release in autumn 1969,

01:18found an audience enticed both by the subject matter and by the artist.

01:232001, the Stanley Kubrick film, you know, 2001 A Space Odyssey.

01:28So this was called Space Oddity, which was a pun on that, which everyone got.

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