# David Bowie and why we need him more than ever. Paul Morley looks back in wonder

An episode of [Word In Your Ear](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1567029088), 6 Nov 2025, 30 min.

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David Bowie’s significance just keeps expanding and the look and sound of him never age. Paul Morley has been gripped from the start and his new book ‘Far Above The World’ explores the many reasons why. These among them … … Labyrinth, YouTube and the new ways people discover Bowie … why he’s a figurehead of a vanishing world … dressing up for radio interviews … his almost fatal relationship with America and the 1971 promo tour that was his ‘On The Road’ … Haddon Hall and his first key collaborators … writing a book about Bowie in public as part of the V&A exhibition – “I was an art installation!” … Five Years, the internet, the studio as an instrument and other ways he was ahead of the curve … “his YouTube reels are now part of his catalogue” … his boundless curiosity about art, film, books and technology … that unforgettable clip of TFI Friday: “every interview was performance art” … a missed chance on the Marc Bolan Show … “music to repel the Dark Ages” … and why his look and sound never age. Order ‘Far Above The World: The Time And Space of David Bowie’ here: https://www.resident-music.com/product/morley-paul-far-above-the-world-the-time-and-space-of-david-bowie Help us to keep The Longest Conversation In Rock going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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