The Man Who Sold the World by Peter Doggett - review

David Bowie and the decade of misgivingsIf the 1970s are remembered fondly at all, it's through the prism of stack heels, feathers, glitter and flares, yet on BBC4 at the moment you can have your memories of the glam rock era destroyed in half an hour by watching old episodes of Top of the Pops. It's clear that Cliff Richard and the Wurzels spent more time in the charts than Roxy Music or T Rex, forming an incongruously bland soundtrack to years of political and industrial upheaval."The decade ...

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