David Bowie and His Brilliant Disguise in Public
In his commercial success, David Bowie disguised himself in public. This fact has been told by the PR legend Alan Edwards to NME. Alan also revealed how Bowie dealt with his fame in the early ‘80s.
“I met with him just after he had done [Nagisa Ōshima’s 1983 war epic with Ryuichi Sakamoto] Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, so he was being treated like a movie star — but also he had just been dropped by his label because ‘Low’ and ‘Heroes’ weren’t being deemed as good commercially as stuff like Bay City Rollers!” said Edwards to NME.
“It was when I went on tour with him that it started to sink in how down-to-earth and charming he was. He’d turn up at our office in Tottenham Court Road and make coffee for everyone.”
“He told me his secret to not being recognised was to wear a cloth cap and have a Greek newspaper under his arm. That way if anyone ever questioned whether it was him, they’d look closer and think, ‘Well it can’t be… he’s obviously Greek’.” explained Edwards.
In the interview with NME Edwards also disclosed a hilarious experience about Bowie’s disguise. Alan Edwards revealed how on one day, people in the train did not recognise the superstar. It happened when Bowie and Edward used the train to commute. Edward said people would do a double take then be completely unsure whether it was Daid Bowie or just a regular man.
Not only that, Bowie has another experience of not being recognised by the public. Edward told NME that there was one time Bowie decided to present the station’s traffic reports. It happened after the super star had a radio interview and was thinking he had nothing better to do. He announced to people there were delays on the M25. Alan Edward thought no one knew it was David Bowie even to these days. Edward also added that Bowie is an extraordinary creative genius, but also a pure, disarming, nice gentleman.
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