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David Bowie: Vintage Key of Life

Mary Anne Hobbs starts 6 Music's David Bowie Weekend by revisiting her 1997 meeting with him.

Mary Anne Hobbs starts the Bowie Weekend by revisiting the time she met David in 1997.

In this 15 year old interview you will hear the Thin White Duke tell tales of Andy Warhol, Marc Bolan, Mick Jagger, Lou Reed, Brian Eno, the inspiration for Ziggy Stardust, and his enduring love of dance music.

David Bowie has a retrospective exhibition at the V&A, and coincidentally, our Assistant Producer Jack Howson, has previously created Patron Saints for visitors to the V&A.

We believe that Bowie is very much a Saint who walks among us mortals, so Jack will be creating a bespoke Patron Saint for David Bowie on the Weekend Breakfast show from listeners' suggestions of what makes Bowie such an icon. Show producer Kate Cocker will also illustrate for longevity...

Also, of course, revelatory new music and brilliant tracks from the archives, compiled lovingly by Mary Anne. This is the best way to wake up, bar none.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 30 Mar 2013 07:00

Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Suffragette City

    • EMI.
  • James Blake

    Retrograde

    • Atlas.
  • Marika Hackman

    Bath Is Black

  • Mazzy Star

    Fade Into You

    • Capitol.
  • Night Beds

    22

    • Dead Oceans.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    No Woman No Cry

    • Island.
  • Hole

    Celebrity Skin

    • Geffen.
  • Edwyn Collins

    Dilemna

    • AED Records.
  • John Martyn

    Over The Hill

  • Audio Postcard from Guy Garvey in New York

    • Boards of Canada

      Roygbiv

      • Music Has The Right To Children.
      • Warp.
      • 10.
  • Beth Orton

    Dawn Chorus

    • Anti.
  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

    • Telstar.
  • Mary Anne's SUNRISER

    • Sega Bodega

      Tuomi

  • The Fall

    Victoria

    • Beggars Banquet.
  • The Strokes

    All The Time

    • Rough Trade.
  • KEY OF LIFE

    • David Bowie on how he got his name

  • David Bowie

    Heat

  • Aphex Twin

    Windowlicker

    • Warp Records.
  • Neon Neon

    Mid Century Modern Nightmare

    • Lex Records.
  • Young Marble Giants

    Final Days

  • Adele

    Chasing Pavements

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.
  • The Doors

    People Are Strange

    • Elektra.
  • Grizzly Bear

    Yet Again

    • Warp Records Limited.
  • Laura Marling

    Where Can I Go?

    • EMI.
  • Lower Plenty

    Nullarbor

  • KEY OF LIFE

    • David Bowie on Andy Warhol and shoes

  • David Bowie

    Diamond Dogs

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • The Flaming Lips

    Sun Blows Up Today

    • Bella Union.
  • KRS-One

    Sound Of Da Police

    • Hip Hop Don't Stop.
    • Virgin.
  • Richard Hell & the Voidoids

    Blank Generation

    • Polygram Tv.
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Sacrilege

    • Polydor.
  • David Bowie

    Lady Stardust

  • Simple Kid

    Serotonin

    • Country Gentlemen Recordings.
  • KEY OF LIFE

    • David Bowie on creating Ziggy

  • Tricky

    Nothing's Changed

    • False Idols.
  • The Stone Roses

    Fools Gold

    • Silvertone.
  • Bibio

    A tout a l'heure

    • Warp Records.
  • HAIM

    Falling

    • National Anthem.
  • Faces

    Ooh La La

    • Warner Bros.
  • Frank Turner

    Father's Day

  • Ty

    Like You Never

    • Tru Thoughts.
  • Song For Edith

    • Vondelpark

      Always Forever

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Mar 2013 07:00