Angela Bowie on David Bowie’s mid-‘70s cocaine psychosis - Demons, witches, and ritual magick

[@bbrown614]

Don't play with madness. Madness doesn't play. -Charles Bukowski

[@R1mahem1]

Great quote.

[@gordons-alive4940]

Messing with the occult scene in Hollywood while your mind is bent from being high constantly seems like a dangerous combination.

[@DaveSCameron]

And Davy Jones was rather unconventional to put it politely.

[@regretto]

One of the greatest American poets

[@destinyhypnosis740]

Chuck could say anything and someone would find it profound

[@BLUEFIREandCOPPER]

Anyone who has had a partner, heavy on drugs, then goes thru psychosis and comes out the otherside, has every right to give their story to the public to understand, DO NOT DO DRUGS! It destroys relationships, careers, braincells, teeth, and life opportunities. It takes so much! Bowie was genius no matter what ❤️

[@werewolvesofsanger4649]

Well put.

[@JackKlumpass]

Teeth! 😮

[@kyleculpepper798]

Why do they have the right to tell the public? If you’re a decent human being you won’t

[@BLUEFIREandCOPPER]

@@kyleculpepper798 It depends on your definition of decency and all are subject to experience. And last time I checked, these drugs are ILLEGAL. I won't pretend to look at this issue, as sexy. The story is relevant as we have a severe drug problem in the U. S. and our children need an open discussion to stay away from it!!! No need to hide the TRUTH ❤️ Your opinion is appreciated!

[@MomMom4Cubs]

If "don't do drugs" is all you get out of this, you're missing the point.

[@alisonkovacs9871]

Angie is a excellent reader and writer

[@airamlaeraliv2536]

Yes, she's obviously still bitter, but now that Time has passed & had a chance to reveal a lot of secrets about certain eras, people and places, I feel she's telling truths. It may not be a convenient or flattering truth, but it's a documentation of what went on, what was carefully hidden. Thank you, Angie, for shedding some light on this enigma.

[@FazerAlgoNovo]

I love bowie but I myself have dealt with a coke user on my family and I get where Angie’s resentment and anger comes from, her story here seems very reasonable. It’s a hell of a drug and it makes me immensely happy that he could get sober and find love again

[@cassandraunheeded]

I don’t think she’s bitter at all.

[@tlysergicaciddiethylamide5792]

@@cassandraunheeded no - She iS bitter anD twiSteD

[@Creativehotdog]

Bitter?!? It's more the frustration of having to deal with an addict that you care about. Who the person is when they are experiencing full blown addiction isn't the person you know and love. An addicts line of thinking isn't coherent so it's frustrating AF trying to talk to them and deal with their insanity.

[@sweetstreetjustice]

It.s her version of the truth.

[@gmseed]

It's always amazed me how well Bowie came out of this drug phase of his life that lasted from around 1973 to 1977. You see him the Heroes video around 77 and he's put some weight back on and looks amazing. It's hard to believe he was into drugs on such a scale.

[@silverscat6770]

I can NOT believe he can sing that well that far into cocaine. I've been there... amazing.

[@cassandraunheeded]

Coke and milk can go far together.

[@HeavyMeddle1971]

Wow... He took cocaine, probably not as heavy as 74-76, but as late as when he starred in labyrinth. I don't remember which interview but he said in his own voice that he really never touched anything since he met Iman

[@cassandraunheeded]

@@HeavyMeddle1971 true.

[@jazztheglass6139]

When he went to berlin he changed from Charlie to skag.

[@YahshuaWinz]

As talented and gifted as Bowie was. Being married to him would of been a nightmare. Dude was a cocaine vampire

[@Tawny6702]

But he beat it!

[@karensaunders4839]

Yeah? And she is an absolute bitter washed up strung out witch! Even their son rejected her! So very sad to hear her spilling beans that may or may not be true. He is not here to defend himself. He was and remains a genius and Angie , who has clung on to his surname like a bedraggled limpit, will never ever need able to sully his name or his reputation. Shame on you , you sorry old hag. Go crawl back into the hole you crawled out of. Most people who know, know you're full of shit. How dare you!!

[@gr.vo.3058]

Try telling that to #Bunbunfunfun

[@unclebob7937]

'What you like is in the limo.'

[@afreezaphorogiancossack2194]

Velvet Goldmine's depiction of him was a lot more gentle than IRL

[@debrakish9659]

I could listen to this woman speak for days on end. She should be the voice of all audio books.

[@DWinegarden2]

She sounds a little sarcastic to me.

[@HeadNtheClouds]

I like Patrick Stewart. Maybe this should be read by Johnny Depp

[@HprFcs]

@@DWinegarden2 Way overdone, too theatrical. Not natural at all.

[@Crapgramp]

She’s a grifter, wearing the victim mask

[@Beckola11]

Heaven for some and a nightmare for more

[@scottc3165]

God, that was depressing. There's something to be said for living a simple life.

[@robin2012ism]

oh yes. Most may tell you that fame & money causes more problems, not less.

[@cassandraunheeded]

I thought it was fun. But you’re right about the simple life.

[@tezzo55]

The most 'depressing' thing these 'daze' is the depressant Al Keyhole (sense or. Ship!) It helps end 11.5 mill a year!

[@scottc3165]

@@tezzo55 I get it. I think you[re right. Where did you get 11.5 mill a year though?

[@tezzo55]

@@scottc3165 Al Keyhole plus tobacco un alive 11.5 mill every year! I think that was the World Health Org figures. I'll check.

[@stevenfielden8955]

The sad thing is; every drug user thinks they can only be right and only function with the aid of drugs - the truth is they only function at 100% for the short duration when the drugs are taken (all other time is taken up by anxiety and expectation and the dismantling of everything between - nothing comes quicker nor brighter in real terms).

[@LoyalOpposition]

so true....

[@tezzo55]

The sad thing is that most 'drinkers' don't think of themselves as the 'd ruggies' they R, and consequently they don't think of the drink as a d rug! Mass formation psychosis 4 ya!

[@MomMom4Cubs]

Every? Wow. What website or throwaway textbook did you discover that, or did you pick up that gem from Dr. Phil? It certainly wasn't an informed and unimpeachable source. I've got an update for you: D.A.R.E was fatally flawed by its grave fabrications and confabulation so greatly farcical that it'd be quite funny if so many people didn't buy in and do harm as a result. Maybe next time you decide to make a statement so grand it sweeps away any semblance of reality, maybe reconsider it. Also, I'm pretty sure your comment is opposite to the concepts of recreational and experimental drug use.

[@tezzo55]

@@MomMom4Cubs I've been a professional muso all of my life and I'm a complete Psychedelic - a flowerpot man, if you get my meaning. Sorry 2 tell U but your man above is ABSOLUTELY correct! The best I ever played was ALWAYS STRAIGHT and I've played live many times on mushies. Do you know the story of the sound engineer who secretly recorded Louie Armstrong B 4 he got smashed and then after. He played both recording to Louie who had 2 agree straight was best. I wish it were otherwise as I LOVE playing when I am as high as the universe but I'm also a sound engineer/producer so I have the recordings 2 prove that I DON'T play better. All the best 2 U my friend.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

Addicts also spend lots of time thinking about their substance of choice and lots of time and money acquiring it.

[@edwardmeradith2419]

Bowie had such a beautiful life, it seems, after he finally got clean- and even gave up cigarettes by ‘04. He seemed so wise, he grew as a human being.

[@justinakavanagh3058]

Yes and that's all any of us can do, is learn from our mistakes. It just seems so wrong to write on someone else's very private inner life.

[@sarcofaygo6218]

Giving up cigs at 04 was way too late damage was already done

[@darthjesus420]

He partied all through the 90’s. I’m doubtful he stayed away from drugs his whole life. Even Crosby made it to 83… dude smoker crack for 20 years and smoked heroin to come down. Yes some are built different but clearly Bowie is somewhat of a genetic marvel himself. I’m not sure he truly overcame his vices like we’d all hope to believe

[@edwardmeradith2419]

@ I know it’s a myth that he gave up coke (for good) during the Berlin trilogy He hints at that in ‘Ashes to Ashes’ and allegedly was using during the Under Pressure and Absolute Beginners, both 80s productions. I think tho that you can tell in many post 1990 interviews, that he’s pretty clean, pretty healthy, a bit wise, and very eloquent, in other words, stable.

[@martitinkovich4489]

Even gave up tobbacco? What a saint.

[@Stygian360]

She's absolutely right about Hollywood being an enclave and stronghold for the occult. And to his death David was into it, especially with his very esoteric "Black Star" album released around the time of his death.

[@werideatdusk]

He was especially into it in the early to mid 70s, especially songs like "Quicksand" and "Station to Station" which rather blatantly describe Thelema and Kabbalah. I do agree "Blackstar" is esoteric and that he was creating some kind of art ritual around his own passing, but I'm not convinced he was an occult practitioner after 1976.

[@GroundbreakGames]

But believing a man lives in the sky and hears your thoughts is perfectly normal… 😂

[@ponyboycurtis3795]

Exactly yes..look back to the pics of him I the 70s dressed up I the same Egyptian priesthood robes as his idol Alistair Crowley

[@scusemewhileiwhipout]

@@GroundbreakGames every time i see a comment like yours i think to myself, their plan and manipulation is still working

[@lundsweden]

I thought Blackstar was a brand of guitar amplifiers...

[@KnoxBronson]

It's easy to see why they found each other and were so crazy about each other in the early days. And created Ziggy together. They looked so alike when they were young.

[@fuferito]

"And [Angela and Bowie] created Ziggy together." I like how you snuck that in there...

[@PortofinoArts]

So much dirty laundry on such a private man, it's no wonder he got away. And also found the very private assistant Coco. Angie should have been a writer though. Very well written.

[@MegaSickcat]

When David divorced Angie, he placed a 10 year gag order on her because he knew what she would do. The after that gag order expired, she was on almost every TV chat show telling that lie about finding David and Jagger in bed together. What Angie left out of that story is, there was a woman between them, Ava Cherry....Obviously she's batshitcrazy because even though David was wearing platform shoes, make up and dressing up he got custody of their son.

[@annwhite2346]

@@MegaSickcat There was no woman there. Stop making shit up. Mick Jagger and David Bowie had an affair in the '70s, it was common knowledge.

[@JamesRovira]

She didn't "stay at her post." After their son's birth he ran off to Greece with her boyfriend. She has plenty of reason to be angry with David, but she's not being very honest about herself.

[@CJBroonie]

She’s hardly batshit crazy. David Bowie admitted his addictions took her and many others down a hellhole. She has every right to talk about her life experiences. They belong to her, not him or any commenters who don’t want their bubble burst.

[@JamesRovira]

@@CJBroonie That's true --totally -- but we have the right to call her out when she's not being completely honest. She wasn't an innocent victim. She was an active collaborator.

[@MySkinnydip]

That pic of Bowie with the cig is so cool!

[@akeithing1841]

Drugs and demons and witches in LA? It was not new then. Very glad David made it thru!

[@blueberryyogini]

This was a little scary.

[@thomasprislacjr.4063]

I love that everyone thinks that it's always the human that is innocent....And never the drugs the witches and the city. This is a user error issue always. Morons who make a little money doing something and somehow think they have the spiritual discipline to go exploring..... 😂 Pro tip, children - powers and principalities all around you are not evil, nor are they good they only respond to the truth of your own soul. People hide from their truth and then think that "spooky things are spooky" because that truth is revealed to them whether they like it or not.

[@barrybabbot7481]

she also mentioned his witch experience was a delusion

[@jasonkresock2196]

🍻

[@jasonkresock2196]

@@barrybabbot7481it was Perceived as a Delusion. Big Difference

[@shirlgirl18]

Angie helped make David famous a lot of his clothes and songs and stage antics were directed by her advice.

[@bryangandy6720]

According to HER

[@bryangandy6720]

David was brilliant! Angie was a Klingon

[@LG-dj9qr]

@@bryangandy6720 Not true. Other early musicians talk of her with interest and affection.

[@VoltaireVI]

@@LG-dj9qr "early musicians" lived in the stoneage in caves.

[@julian_day]

seems legit. i think she ought to be credited much more strongly

[@johnnyrenfield]

Considering I can relate it's amazing how human we all are

[@OnlyElshafto]

These pics of bowie are amazing

[@jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

Just beautiful.

[@fletcher2311]

Fair play to Angie''s grift but Angie seemed to be in a similar predicament in New York in the early 80's. Both of them were vulnerable at different times. David just never wrote a book about Angie in her worst moments.

[@annacoeptis]

Agreed. She’s clearly a good writer, so could have wrote fiction or poetry to express herself instead of dragging his name through the mud.

[@WEFUHDUH]

there's no money in that book

[@annacoeptis]

@@fletcher2311 Just listening to this short clip, Bowie didn’t do anything that would warrant him being exposed during a difficult time in his life like that. What he was saying was happening probably *was* happening and he was going a little nutty as a result.

[@jcfal1708]

I often wonder what terrible crime Angie did to Bowie, that made him shun her for the rest of his life. Even if she was the brash , maybe uncouth woman he seems to have thought she was. He owed her so much. I have loved Bowie , as so many have, for the majority of my adult life. And nothing I think say or do could ever change that love. But I will never understand his total rejection of this woman, to whom he owes so much, and her son. who as far as we know follows his fathers path.

[@zackspaulding]

Because he got an EGO...he was great at dumping people after he "used" them.

[@jebclang9403]

@@zackspaulding There was need to an actual ANSWER... not an assumption. You must be 12 yo

[@zackspaulding]

@@jebclang9403 no idiot I'm probably older than u fud....read his history IF u can read that is.

[@zaradragonia9863]

​@@zackspaulding Yes. It's an aspect I really don't like. Especially when Mick Ronson went. It was a huge ego with no conscience and only the desire for success 😮

[@zaradragonia9863]

I think it might be his natural need to be something he's not. A posh, educated, Oxford graduate type. He so wanted to be a rich, posh and smart person he projected this onto Angie, considered a brash, uneducated Yankee in his space. In other words, he was a snob😅

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

I believe Bowie, Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder and Pete Townshend are a few of the true geniuses of rock music. There are probably others but those are the ones I think of every time I hear the word genius in the context of rock musicians

[@bunjijumper5345]

Kate Bush

[@diareahfarts89]

Give hendrix some love too

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

@@diareahfarts89 I wish he would have lived longer so that we could see what his musical evolution might look like. I have no doubt he would have done things even more incredible than he did in his short career

[@samwarner2668]

John Bonham

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

@@samwarner2668 I've never heard any drummer I enjoy listening to more than him. I don't claim to know about technique or skill when it comes to drumming but I know what sounds good to me. He was in his own league

[@junglie]

An old freind of mine who had indulged in coke off & on & crack over the years used to say " Cocaine, it's really really good for......long dramatic pause......Making you want to take more cocaine" .Thank god i never felt that way about it, RIP Mikki.

[@DTM-Books]

I always assumed that's what Station to Station was all about, Bowie's desperate attempt to escape from the clutches of the devil. What a harrowing story.

[@TheOldHacker]

From coke to Coco.

[@edwardanderson2717]

To life in a teacup !

[@MichaelDOrazioMusik]

Angie is a great talent herself.... Great writer and speaker

[@hiridavidfeign]

I'm really impressed!

[@JamesLamm-jt7vg]

In my experience in the 80’s, there were two types of people when that drug was around. It made extremely nervous and I sweated to profusely. I took more showers than one could imagine. Most others became very sexual. This was generally women. That let to episodes of sexual pleasure that I could have never anticipated. I am so glad that I never see coke. Besides I am now wheelchair bound with an amputated left foot . But I have a lot of memories.

[@cassandraunheeded]

I liked coke back in the day but never over much. I don’t get addicted to anything. Stay well. ❤

[@franksessions4346]

Thank God he got clean

[@irenemac1545]

I wish the entire book was on here! I love this

[@thegreatsiberianitch]

​@Coogan most people don't know all the crazy shit bowie had going on in his life

[@berliner0]

I email angie have been on and off since 2003

[@thegreatsiberianitch]

@Coogan I'm not throwing shade on bowie. He was one of the top musician/recording artists ever, along with Prince, but he was an interesting guy. The album Station to Station, supposedly he was on a diet of whole milk, cayenne peppers and cocaine, for like a year!... For some magikal purposes no less, and he himself said he had no recollection of making that entire album, lol... See? Interesting guy. I don't care about his banging jager, or anyone, lol... That's his personal life. I believe in people's right to privacy, anything nefarious they may be into, that's for the courts. If he did do anything "horrible", well that just puts him in with many of the people that the entire public actively vote into power every election. I'm just saying there was a lot about his life that the public was not aware of and the internet didn't exist back then so this book may have come out and went under ppl's noses, compared to Bowie's stardom, which had a huge public presence for years and touched millions upon millions of lives.

[@prototek4187]

@@thegreatsiberianitchThe diet was raw green peppers and whole milk. In fact, my favourite scene in “Cracked Actor” was called “There’s a Fly in My milk”.

[@liesbeth4271]

You can find the entire book on youtube. Just type 'Angie Bowie Backstage passes'

[@Luna-oh9zz]

Okey, ya sabemos que David tuvo su etapa de drogas, desenfreno sexual, paranoia etc,etc. Fue una estrella del rock no un burócrata. Lamentablemente, esos excesos ocurren en ese medio, peor aún si tuvo antecedentes de problemas psiquiatricos en su familia. Obviamente, ella fue un pilar al inicio de su carrera, creo que era ella la que tenía los pies sobre la tierra, la parte racional. Sin embargo, pienso que Angela siempre habló mucho de David, en vez de voltear la página y hacer hablar de ella por otra cosa que no fuese David Bowie. Me imagino que tuvo una vida después de él. No dudo que tenía talento y que fuese una mujer brillante, pero siento que ha vivido por procuración, a la sombra de un genio.

[@auroradelaparra6917]

Me alegra saber que es de interés de muchas personas, incluídas las que hablamos español. Seguramente fue una etapa muy dura para ella, pero seguro el tiempo en que su amor empezó fue muy bello.

[@lucindabolinger6360]

Its always tough when you are the test pilot for life - first spouse, first sponsor, first manager, first whatever before a person becomes stable, gets serious, becomes a real success, etc.

[@LeadAsbestos84]

Golden years is my favorite Bowie song ❤

[@Markycarandbikestuff]

Amazing to think it was inspired by the tune Down Town.

[@kennethrussell1158]

He wrote it with the intention for Elvis Presley to record

[@Markycarandbikestuff]

@kennethrussell1158 Yes, and it was rejected by Elvis's manager Tom Parker, can't imagine how Elvis would have sung it though.

[@JenniferRiggin]

Only knew about Iman as his wife. Thanks for this.

[@torinoscaletunes]

He turned his entire adult life into an ongoing performance art piece. While in that incredibly altered state for so long, he managed to reinvent what a rock star could be many times over. Yes, he would have been an absolute nightmare, but extraordinary nonetheless.

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

This was his best period

[@trouaconti7812]

Not really, he kept on reinventing himself over and over, very successfully

[@cassandraunheeded]

Golden Years is a beautiful song.

[@peterrobbins2862]

An addict of any sort regardless of how famous they are are always a nightmare to be around

[@JJ-Toreddie]

That's a mighty strong statement being that most people are addicts.... It doesn't always mean drugs...

[@bigcheese2128]

@@JJ-Toreddiemost drug addicts are a nightmare to be around. Don’t be obtuse

[@chrism.4544]

Angie is the unsung power behind what got Bowie in the game.

[@Carleyraeweber1]

this is beautiful literature

[@fairlightcmi]

Angie was so intelligent. I wish she would’ve developed her art more instead of being a pos. She’s a great writer, this is well written.

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Sounds horrific. Amazing how he managed to produce so much fabulous work during this insane drug-addled period.

[@VAPIDISM]

She doesnt sound bitter and twisted at all :-)

[@SnotRockets55]

Callous comment. David even admitted in an interview that once he got clean, his relationships with people were better and healthier. She went through a lot with him when he was going through a hard time and wasn't his best self. She was with him before fame too. She deserves respect for all those reasons.

[@VAPIDISM]

@@SnotRockets55 Ah, sometimes we read things the way we see them and can miss the intent they were written in or what was meant to be conveyed. Callous is how you see it, but that wee smiley face at the end of my post should indicate that in truth there was not a second of callous intent on my mind. Take it easy.

[@sonjapetrovic1926]

Let anyone write what they want... his fame and popularity do not diminish even after his death! His "star" shines and will shine forever! Well deserved of course! (to each on merit) 🌟✨⚡

[@michaelwills1926]

He didn’t die, he retired. The loss felt by the public is built into the loosh harvesting machine.

[@reethkitchards]

Give Angie a Medal for that reading!

[@robert-hh2ft]

this is full of truth its only true because it is you dont often hear the raw truth but this is it

[@morten1]

How do you know?

[@adrianbrowne7962]

" The Abject Horrors Of Drug Addiction " Are Conveyed With " Real Authenticity Here " By His Erstwhile Partner " !! From Adrian Browne 1965

[@adrianbrowne7962]

Thankyou for your support re my post !! " Take Care!!! From Adrian Browne 1965

[@adrianbrowne7962]

Thanks 4 Your Support re My Post ! Take Care !! From Adrian Browne 1965

[@PiTjlang]

Any thoughts on that FINAL ALBUM?? some DEEP S*** going on that final album & its videos

[@johnfoye8494]

Yeah, he explained a lot. You need Bible Eyes to see it.

[@scrambaba]

I gave up on Bowie after The Next Day, which I thought was really boring filler. You are saying Blackstar wasbetter than that album?

[@johnfoye8494]

@scrambaba I'm not comparing Black Star with anything. I'm just pointing out the symbolism in the video visually and linguistically. It's heavy, and will fly over most heads. It's a presentation of the Truth. The Way. The Life.

[@donkeyshot8472]

this was quite excellently written.

[@fredbissnette3104]

This is fantastic

[@jasonkresock2196]

I’ve been at those parties. It’s sadly ringing true. Wow, just finished her story. Yep. It still Rings True. Right to the end.

[@KnitBone]

Not surprised she tried to cash in as a last ditch effort to grab at some fame by writing a dig book. Everyone knows Bowie had many struggles in the 70s, he's been upfront about it.

[@ThaSweetHart]

No one is completely up front about anything. I’m sure it’s plenty that David hasn’t been honest about.

[@Allistar]

Painful she is digging over the Bowmen. Her soul is far forever from ours

[@gabrialjackson5878]

Must read this book!

[@julian_day]

i'm sold!

[@whitenoise4428]

When you fall in love with a drug addict and you nurse them through the dark times, you either develop an unbreakable bond or some very deep resentment. You can hear that David put her through hell, and she never quite forgave him for it. If you know this road, you will understand.

[@tvav69]

That last line is awesome. 😂

[@AlSav-i5d]

Riveting stuff! Angela is so loquacious and a fantastic narrator.

[@doonewatts7155]

Amazing lyrical piece of writing

[@leighfoulkes7297]

This book was terrible! She came off as a pathological liar and many of her rock and roll stories were completely wrong. For instance, she claimed Bonham died from ODing off of drugs to get him off of alcoholism but that was Keith Moon. She kept saying she wasn't into hard drugs but then admitted to being addicted to hard drugs!

[@Iremmember5775]

Thanks buddy, saved me 13 minutes 👍

[@TommyVarekai]

What book is this from?

[@daveroxit]

‘Backstage Passes,’ published in 1992.

[@MikeM-uy6qp]

Oh my God, I forgot how good this book is.

[@slow-mo_moonbuggy]

You should have included the exorcism in the pool house story. When I read this years ago I got completely freaked out by. Dave had some major metaphysical parasites going on in him. I don't think he ever got rid of them all. Blackstar pretty much shows that he didn't. He was a vessel of conveyance for that creepy occultism. Bad news stuff.

[@daveroxit]

@@slow-mo_moonbuggy I also would have loved for that part of the book to have been in the audiobook, but they made a lot of cuts to fit it onto two cassettes.

[@slow-mo_moonbuggy]

@daveroxit Thanks for posting this though. I misspoke. I should have said Angie should have included the pool house exorcism story. I wonder if that image on the bottom of the pool is still there. I would bet it is.

[@JJ-Toreddie]

When one stares into the abyss. The abyss stares back...

[@patoni860]

You was doing the same thing down in Atlanta in 1980s and the early 1990s...

[@auroradelaparra6917]

Un GENIO que dice un verso en la canción 'Thursday's chill' Hijo del Jueves, 'Lucky old Sun is in my sky', que se puede traducir así: Suertudo viejo Sol 🌞 está en mi cielo 🎶, o bien, El viejo Sol 🌞 de la suerte está en mi cielo 🎶. Poesía con el Universo a su favor, a pesar de su debilidad humana, nunca dejó de ser y hacer arte, Dada su gracia, amado por generaciones, cuando vivo, ejemplo a seguir por su dedicación, su chispa mágica en el momento oportuno, por ejemplo Underpressure, uno piensa, como lo logró y cómo hizo para estar en colaboración con QUEEN, colaborar en la canción y que fuera luego un tributo. Muchas cosas en su vida parecen cuentos de hadas. Aunque también suponemos u observamos sus caídas, su timidez que logró disfrazar bellamente, sus separaciones, sus penas familiares, y finalmente logró superar muchos escollos y logró estar sobre todos.

[@John-vw3lr]

I think of it as going through a tunnel… David made it through the Tunnel others don’t Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, it’s such a shame. Peace to all the World from Scotland.

[@poindextertunes]

almost everyone you named was part of the laurel canyon govt psy op

[@wilhelmhagberg4897]

Angie is a controversial figure and I don’t know how reliable she is, but I like her way with words, quite poetic!!

[@thecourtlyalchemist]

She made her entire career out of being a legendary star's disgruntled ex-wife. We can count on her to tell us truths, lies, or whatever else it is about David Bowie that might possibly pay her bills.

[@octaviasworld3414]

I love this

[@kennethrussell1158]

He wrote it for Elvis Presley to record

[@olgaledbetter1569]

she writes well, very nice lady.

[@outsidethepyramid]

she used a ghost writer

[@mikaelsjodin1963]

And she wonders why Duncan doesn´t want anything to do with her...

[@malcolmbliss777]

Her book was one of the single greatest exposes on the 1970’s drugrock phenomenon.

[@baronsaturday9529]

Great stories... Love to hear them, is this part of a book? I see audiobook 'Backstage Passes', I hope she's gonna read it!

[@johnshipe7045]

What an amazing writer

[@pauloguerra391]

Why is she still called Bowie? It's worse than a groupie! He has lived for 50 years on the name of one of the greatest artists of all time!

[@LoyalOpposition]

and still no one knows her, or gives a shit... just a loud mouth publicity seeker despite no one being much interested..

[@lesliescott2362]

Not to mention that legally, it wasn’t David’s legal last name. Only a stage name. So Angie was never legally Angela Bowie.

[@nononnomonohjghdgdshrsrhsjgd]

David Bowie was too beautiful, high or not.

[@petehuckleberry5068]

Great book! Read it folks if you want the shot on bowie! Love you angie!

[@bettinafeiner5077]

David had multiple personalities in his head from illness that ran in the family. David is dead...let him rest. His demons are gone. Angie hates him and wants to speak of David as a monster. I think she is the monster!

[@primepap]

No, he did not have multiple personalities from an illness from his family. He had multiple personalities because, he was scared of becoming a schizophrenic like some of his relatives. He tried his hardest to be someone else so it would never come to him. Which later on developed and got worse with the obsession of being someone else. Concluding, he never actually got the illness.

[@mister3566]

Well Duncan too knows who the monster is

[@robertriordan1823]

You just bought his lies - he invented the myth of family lunacy to make fools like you think he was more interesting and creative than he really was. Anyone with a genuine fear of madness - which Bowie repeatedly claimed he had- wouldn't mess with drugs the way he did. His brother was schizophrenic and eventually threw himself under a train. The Saintly Bowie didn't even bother to attend his funeral.

[@bettinafeiner5077]

@@robertriordan1823 I am not a fool. I never met them so I can only surmise the truth. I would rather just enjoy his music.

[@zackspaulding]

Without her....no career end of.

[@MattiasSvanberg1987]

But then he and his best friend forever Iggy Pop went to Berlin to stop taking so much drugs. It did go oh so well. Sure especially Iggy still did a lot of drugs in Berlin. Then Bowie made his three best records of his career. And Iggy debuted with two really good records.

[@Jarvisc12]

The man was a musical genius. True artist.

[@SogoTX]

"Cocaine is a hellova drug..." ;)

[@Vibeagain]

Yawn

[@andyxjo1]

Vivian!!!

[@coreyroth2979]

Never heard that one before

[@Vibeagain]

@coreyroth2979 Rick James lives within us all! Lol

[@angeloiodice9304]

Amazing vocabulary. Riveting storyteller.

[@abigailweir7287]

Golden Years is a slight written for Angie, if you read the lyrics.

[@cassandraunheeded]

I think the song in sincere and lovely.

[@Vibeagain]

Well?

[@Chef_Alpo]

In your mind

[@Vibeagain]

I'm always happy to see another Bowie fan, @@abigailweir7287 , but I'm well familiar with the lyrics of that song, and it seems to me that was written more like to honor her when there was still good times between them. So that would just be my observation

[@danmang923]

I believe Bowie may actually have gotten caught up with occultists...... shit like that actually goes down in Hollywood.

[@billjim334]

He did. He’s said it himself

[@JesusChristSaves.]

He was deep into it

[@danilaroche1156]

I agree. Much as I loved him, I always got an occult vibe. No doubt.

[@aporue5893]

logical people aren't drawn into nonsense conspiracy theories. 🙄

[@danilaroche1156]

@@aporue5893 Conspiracy theories are real. Even the Bible says so.

[@nurknanker6105]

Her diction here is EVERYTHING.

[@joanofarcxxi]

Excellent.

[@Ug1i]

Where is this at in the book?

[@daveroxit]

I don’t have the paper version in front of me at the moment so I can’t tell you the chapter, but it’s approximately 2 hours and 23 minutes into the audiobook version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3bJhIh_jdRmhc0

[@silverstuff182]

So Angie played Mamma. She didn't have to play Mamma. But he needed Mamma. And she agreed to enter that role.

[@jB..33b854]

Narcissists need a mother

[@damonjones9606]

I have no doubt whatsoever that angie's telling the truth. I was thinking rosemary's baby just before I heard angie say it

[@kristinaveirum]

How can she throw such a good, brilliant, genius and iconic man under the bus like this. It’s almost like there isn’t a connection. She sounds like she’s reading from a script and she tells it in a very superficial way like she’s never shared great, special and happy times with him. There’s no love or softness in her voice/tone at no point. Yes he suffered from a psychosis caused by his cocaine abuse, but she almost paints him out to be a freak who couldn’t take care of himself at all. That man was such a super great singer/songwriter/performer who created genius music, and that’s not possible if you’re in an ongoing psychosis like that. That doesn’t define him as an artist and a human being what so ever and she almost makes it sound like that. Tbh the very vast majority of iconic artists that’s made some of the best music in time has done drugs. Don’t misunderstand me I don’t condone it at all, but it’s had a major impact on how all that beautiful music has come to light. R.I.P. David Bowie, Rest In Peace. 🎶We can be heroes, just for one day🎶

[@RTTruth]

genius music?...Bowie was way over-rated and a product of a lot of marketing hype..He perfomed for over 40 years and 9 out of 10 people can't even name 6 songs that he does..

[@kristinaveirum]

@@RTTruth That’s your opinion. David Bowie was an icon. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Besides from singing he played 4 instruments. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. That should tell you something.

[@RTTruth]

Right, he was definitely talented, I'm just saying he's not a genius and he was over rated.

[@kristinaveirum]

@@RTTruth And that’s your opinion.

[@RTTruth]

@@kristinaveirum yes that's my opinion, you have an amazing grasp of the obvious

[@charleslanphier8094]

"Exceptionally ambitious, utterly amoral egomaniacs" yeah, the music business.

[@Goomer]

Some things should left go unsaid.

[@jonesy2111]

If it hadn't been for Angie God only knows what would have happened to David Bowie.

[@TIMDRY]

Coco saved him.

[@ryeguy7471]

Years later even after he got clean Bowie believed the paranormal experiences he had during this period were real.😵‍💫

[@DeaBjork-ur1rt]

She's an absolute nutter. She friended me for a while until I told her I could only stand her cats.

[@Vibeagain]

Oh yeah? Support what you're saying a bit

[@zeldapowers8094]

He might’ve been pretty difficult in midst of drug abuse, but she comes off highly stubborn and controlling. She’s definitely holding resentment and perhaps till she leaves her body

[@IggyGoesPop666]

Who said that the drugs don't work ... Bowie was THE MAN

[@sssnacksss]

haha the “Rosemary’s baby” bit

[@vignetter4802]

burst out laughing at the end

[@sitindogmas]

I've never known a man to be good, but for the sake of a woman, I've know many to be better. thank you.

[@ponyboycurtis3795]

Its true though..Bowie admitted himself he had a period of fascination with what he called "darkness and the wrong side of the mind" and theres pics of him dressed as Alistair Crowley did in the Egyptian priest robes etc..Bowie was into satanism etc.

[@pietajanssenvanelst2167]

No Bowie in that years, without Angela!

[@sisterstonerock]

Can we get more, please? Riveting!