Varda the Message

Very good points, q_spade and pycholibrarian. I think what Bowie missed is that both Glam and the film reflected the love affair between England and America, London and New York. The scenes obviously influenced each other. American Richard Lester made the quintessential Beatles films, for instance. And what can he mean by "You had to understand the idea of these bricklayers and blokes like that who suddenly put on make-up. It was just funny." It is funny - Arthur is one of those blokes that just put on makeup - but it's also amazingly powerful and transformative, a far more interesting thing to examine than just mocking the kids who were your fans.

I could be really evil and bring up Parliament-Funkadelic and LaBelle...without whom Young Americans might never have happened, eh David?

Well, dear David had to be stuffed to the gills on drugs to have the nerve to appear on Soultrain, but then he probably can't recall that.