where he made an album disavowing racism and fascism, hard pivoting from those comments?
"He said: "I have made my two or three glib, theatrical observations on English society and the only thing I can now counter with is to state that I am NOT a fascist.“By the 1980s, Bowie’s public statements and imagery in his art had shifted towards anti-racism and anti-fascism. In an interview with MTV anchor Mark Goodman in 1983, Bowie aggressively criticised the channel for not providing enough coverage of Black musicians.Bowie described his videos for “China Girl” and “Let’s Dance” as “simple” statements against racism, and his album Tin Machine as taking a more direct stance against fascism and neo-Nazism.”
Those were some shitty takes but it looks like he revoked them. I’m cautious about purity testing as long as their actions speak louder in the correct direction.
It is concerning though, isn’t it. Wouldn’t make me like the guy very much, either.
“I am doing an overt racist speech to my audience as a method acting” is slightly more pretensions version of “it was just a joke bro” from a person who’s nazi post on nazi forum were discovered.
Fuck if I know. Maybe he was doing a bit, maybe he changed his mind, maybe he started hiding his views later, who knows. Doesn’t change a lot, to be honest.
This got me curious and I found this on the wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Against_Racism
where he made an album disavowing racism and fascism, hard pivoting from those comments?
Those were some shitty takes but it looks like he revoked them. I’m cautious about purity testing as long as their actions speak louder in the correct direction.
It is concerning though, isn’t it. Wouldn’t make me like the guy very much, either.
I believe Bowie was doing a form of Method Acting as The White Duke, a character he played for 2 albums.
I don’t like the wording, and I feel you can easily dismiss that, but it’s what I heard.
“I am doing an overt racist speech to my audience as a method acting” is slightly more pretensions version of “it was just a joke bro” from a person who’s nazi post on nazi forum were discovered.
So did Bowie completely change or was he promoting an album? Which one do you think happened?
Fuck if I know. Maybe he was doing a bit, maybe he changed his mind, maybe he started hiding his views later, who knows. Doesn’t change a lot, to be honest.