00:00The Dark Side of David Bowie
00:02The Thin Duke
00:03In 1976, David Bowie, the rock chameleon, transformed into his most controversial and dark persona, the Thin White Duke.
00:12This figure, a mad aristocrat and an emotionless Aryan Superman, emerged from his role as the alien Thomas Jerome Newton in the film The Man Who Fell to Earth.
00:23Duke Delgado wasn't just an aesthetic, he was a hollow man who sang of romance without feeling anything.
00:30His image, with neatly combed blonde hair, a white shirt and waistcoat, evoked a calculated coldness and amorality that, according to Bowie, was nothing more than a theatrical mask.
00:41However, behind this facade, a much harsher reality was hidden.
00:46This character became notorious for his supposedly profos asterisk asterisk street statements in interviews.
00:53Bowie would later dismiss them as mere theatrical remarks, but the truth of his erratic behavior had deep roots.
01:00During this period, he lived in a whirlwind of paranoia, fueled by an astronomical consumption of coke, asterisk, asterisk, asterisk, me, and AMV, asterisk, asterisk, asterisk, asterisk, Innes.
01:12By 1975, his mental state was so precarious that he had no memory of the recording sessions for the album Station to Station, an album that is now a rock masterpiece.
01:22Obsessed with the occult and sat asterisk asterisk, I see symbols, Bowie survived on peppers, milk, and drugs.
01:31The Thin Duke was, in his own words, a really nasty character, an ogre who consumed his creator.
01:37But this downward spiral wasn't the end, but a critical turning point.
01:42Bowie's personal struggles dangerously intertwined with his art, and the controversy surrounding him catalyzed a radical transformation.
01:49In 1976, Bowie abandoned Los Angeles and the Thin White Duke.
01:54He moved to West Berlin, seeking to rehabilitate himself and channel his inner demons.
02:00This move was not just an escape, but the beginning of one of the most experimental and acclaimed phases of his career, the famous Berlin Trilogy.
02:07During this time, Bowie immersed himself in avant-garde work, influenced by the writer William S. Burroughs and his cut-up technique, which allowed him to break linear narratives, and by German expressionist cinema.
02:20These influences provided him with a framework to process his fragmented mental state, resulting in raw and experimental albums.
02:27The Thin White Duke, despite his darkness, was not a chapter to be forgotten, but a catalyst.
02:35He was a reminder of how extreme personal circumstances can drive profound artistic changes, marking the end of one era and the birth of another.
02:43See you in the next video.
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