Was listening to a radio show today and there was a piece about measuring the current status of modern culture and picking out certain things as representative of culture. Probably didn't express that that well, but during the entire piece where they talked about changes in cultural norms, breaking barriers and people/things that drive changes in culture, they only named 2 famous people as representative of "redifining culture".
One of them was David Bowie.
As has been said many times in this thread, we can all disagree on whether we like or don't like his voice, or whether we like or don't like his catalogue of music (or film or art or fashion or performance art). But it's fascinating to me that anyone would argue about whether he has had major influence, because that isn't a subjective question or just a matter of taste. That question is bigger than individual opinion - by definition a question about "major influence" is a collective question. If the majority of people think or agree "Yes" and there is artist after artist who themselves are considered influential who name Bowie as a major influence, on what basis does anyone deny his influence? Honestly don't see how that is arguable, the evidence is so undeniable.
Was listening to a radio show today and there was a piece about measuring the current status of modern culture and picking out certain things as representative of culture. Probably didn't express that that well, but during the entire piece where they talked about changes in cultural norms, breaking barriers and people/things that drive changes in culture, they only named 2 famous people as representative of "redifining culture".
One of them was David Bowie.
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One of them was David Bowie.
As has been said many times in this thread, we can all disagree on whether we like or don't like his voice, or whether we like or don't like his catalogue of music (or film or art or fashion or performance art). But it's fascinating to me that anyone would argue about whether he has had major influence, because that isn't a subjective question or just a matter of taste. That question is bigger than individual opinion - by definition a question about "major influence" is a collective question. If the majority of people think or agree "Yes" and there is artist after artist who themselves are considered influential who name Bowie as a major influence, on what basis does anyone deny his influence? Honestly don't see how that is arguable, the evidence is so undeniable.