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These articles appear just as they were posted in the Usenet group alt.fan.david-bowie by group member Jamie Soule aka AladINSAnE. I have made no attempt to alter the formatting, spelling, grammar or edit in any way.

IMAGES PART 50

Warning! A portion of this segment of Images contains mature subject
matter, as it deals with a man's fantasy and lust for what a girl can
give him. Therefore, it may not be suitable reading for some.


On January 8th, 1982 David Bowie celebrated his thirty fifth birthday.
That month, as well as most of February, were spent on the ski slopes in
Switzerland. The year had ended well for Bowie, with Under Pressure
becoming a number one hit in the UK, and reaching a very respectable,
for Bowie that is,  number 29 in America. Likewise, 1982 began on an
upbeat note with Bowie being named Top Male Singer in New Musical
Express'  annual readers poll. I am confident that there were many
others who ended 1981, and began 1982 on a positive note as well. I am
also confident that there were some who were not so fortunate, and 1982
would not bring much in the way of things worth celebrating. Two
immediately come to mind.

The first was RCA, and basically, the whole thing backfired. The track
selections for CHANGESTWO were ill conceived at best. Very ill
conceived.  Out of the ten tracks on the album songs such as Oh! You
Pretty Things, Sound And Vision, Wild Is The Wind, John I'm Only Dancing
(Again) and D.J. were virtually unknown in America. The same can be said
for Starman and 1984, which got insignificant airplay, and they were
mostly only known by Bowie's fans. As far as Ashes To Ashes and Fashion
are concerned, they were both too recent, if someone wanted them, they
had just bought them within the last sixteen months. To be straight
forward, other than for the few fans Bowie currently had in America, the
record had no appeal to anyone. Their thoughts of the profits rolling in
from another Platinum seller, like the previous CHANGESONE, soon
vanished. The album, as usual, did much better in the UK than America
where it reached number 24 on the charts, as opposed to 68.  By June of
1983, CHANGESTWO had sold a pitiful 143,999 copies in America.
Initially RCA may have been rather excited to receive the soundtrack to
Baal which Bowie had recorded, because it was something they never
expected. What may have seemed like a bonus at the time,  turned out
actually to be much more like a liability. This was discovered on
February 26,1982, when it was released, and went on to sell a total of
24,212 copies in America. Now, remembering that David Bowie is an
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MAJOR RECORDING ARTIST, these sales figures
are the epitome of dismal, and merely added insult to injury, as far as
RCA was concerned.

I have special sentiments, including a lot of heart felt sympathy, when
it comes to the second group of individuals who did not have much to
celebrate going into 1982. I say this because I happened to be among
them. Yes, like all other Bowie fans there was not a lot to be cheerful
about There was of course a great deal of hope that things would be
substantially better this year. The situation was not good, one album in
two years, and we had suffered for three years without a tour. Bowie
fans were positive that 1982 would not be a repeat of 1981. Guess what?
We were right, there was no repeat of the previous year, instead the
unthinkable happened, and as inconceivable as it was, we got much less
from Bowie in 82. Again, there would be precious little of Bowie's work
to enjoy, and once again, no tour and no album. The most Bowie fans
would see of him this year, would be on film, it was an easy way for
Bowie to still be seen as a working artist, yet remain in complete
seclusion. If he intended not to produce again until his contracts
expired, we all had a long wait ahead, a wait of over one more year.
Nobody wanted to think about it. Especially me.

"Turn and face the strange," Bowie once sang, and his next career move
could truly be classified among the strangest ones of all, not because
it was a movie role, but because of the part he accepted. Somehow, Bowie
and a horror film just doesn't seem too compatible, and not just by my
standards either. His former manager Kenneth Pitt said that he couldn't
understand why David would accept the part, and many thought he may have
been grasping at anything in order to further his career as a film
actor. Bowie accepted the role of John Blaylock, a man over three
hundred years old, well, a vampire that is, and the film was called The
Hunger. Again, it is a mystery why Bowie accepted the part, and there
could be many unknown reasons. The two major forces behind the project
were director Tony Scott and screenwriter Michael Thomas. Adding to the
mystery is the fact that in almost every circumstance Bowie demanded
that those he worked with have a solid background, and he always viewed
their previous work before accepting ANY part. You see, in this case
there was nothing really to view, because as far as feature films are
concerned, Tony Scott had never made one before. Tony, is the brother of
director Ridley Scott, who is best remembered for his work on the film
Alien, and the sequels which followed it. Bowie greatly admired the work
of Ridley Scott. Now, although Tony had never directed a film for the
"big screen," he was not new behind the camera, and was in fact very
well known for his work in commercials. He had  won several Clio awards,
Silver and Gold Lion Awards from the Cannes International Television
/Cinema Commercials Festival and London's prestigious Designers & Art
Directors Awards. Tony is a business partner with his brother in Ridley
Scott And Associates, a  commercial production company, formed in 1973,
and based in London. Although to many of us commercials do not seem to
qualify as "art,"  Scott had this to say, "I loved commercials because I
was always shooting--I was actually getting to turn some film. And for
the generation that I happen to be a part of, the adventures in
advertising then were the same as what videos are today, here. There
were very few restrictions in Europe. In its own way, advertising is as
great an art form as documentaries or features." Whether Scott,
co-stars Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, or just the role itself
motivated Bowie to accept the part, I do not know. All that is important
though, is the fact that he did.

Getting Bowie signed to the  picture was not without a battle, this one
between Scott and the studio. MGM was extremely reluctant to allow Bowie
to be given the "leading man" role in the film. Deneuve and Sarandon,
although well know leading ladies in their own right, were still not
"large" enough that they alone could guarantee the financial success of
a film. As far as  Bowie, MGM did not believe that he was enough to
attract an audience, a decision that maybe was well founded if you based
it on his previous movies. Eventually however, Tony Scott prevailed.
When Bowie agreed to taking the part one provision remained, security.
Still fearing his personal safety, no one, especially the media, were to
know what he was doing, or even where he was. Messages again were to go
through RCA first, then to Coco Schwab where they would be screened for
necessity, and those which she thought were important enough were given
to Bowie. Keeping the media at bay was also Coco's responsibility, as
always, one of her major functions was too "PROTECT" David, a job she
does magnificently. NOBODY, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, OR FOR ANY REASON,
gets to David Bowie without first going through Corrine Schwab. She is
one of the few people, Visconti to name another, who is still in David's
life from the years at MainMan. Almost all of the others were discarded
long ago, for reasons I am sure I have no need of explaining. In my
opinion, if there is one person on this planet who personifies loyalty,
there is no one greater than Corrine Schwab. Period. She has literally
devoted her entire life to one cause, looking after the needs of David
Bowie.

Corrine, who speaks four languages, was fresh out of university in 1974
when she landed the job at MainMan as Bowie's assistant. The job grew
from general duties, errands, schedules and the like, to "David Bowie's
Personal Assistant." This came about because Bowie admired her
efficiency so much, that he asked her to remain with him when he
departed from MainMan. In my view however, the title of "personal
assistant" falls far short of the role that Coco has assumed in Bowie's
life. The commitment she has made to Bowie all of these years is one
that I describe as quite "unusual," simply because of the self
sacrifice. How so? I say this without any exaggeration in the least,
Coco Schwab has literally devoted her entire life to one cause, looking
after the needs of David Bowie. I do not mean on a typical 9 to 5 work
day, I mean twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, and three
hundred and sixty five days a year if that is what Bowie requires. The
employee, employer relationship between herself and Bowie is not what
you would expect, and I mean this in the sense of "authority.," SHE HAD
IT. Whether it was on a movie set, concert stage, in the car, or on
holidays, Corrine Schwab was always either at David's side, or at the
least within arms reach. She ran David's affairs, keeping his life in
order, and maintaining a rigid schedule when it was needed. David knew
better than to violate her instructions, knowing the resulting chaos
that would ensue. Tony Mascia, nicknamed Big Tony, was Bowie's
bodyguard, and responsible for keeping him physically safe. On the other
hand, although it was Tony who kept him "physically" safe, it was
Corrine who was his "real" protector. Corrine was his guardian,
caregiver, confident, advisor,  and she sometimes became his
disciplinarian, offering a generous scolding when it was required. Bowie
was known to get out of hand at times, or  he was just a real "handful."
At first, those who met Coco were often bewildered by what they
perceived her relationship was with Bowie.  They couldn't figure her
out. She would not leave his side, unless it was to run an errand for
him, and she appeared to have total control, often issuing sets of
instructions which Bowie followed dutifully. What perplexed many is that
she often "spoke" for him, made decisions for him, and she also
determined which of his affairs took priority over others. Most people
were of the opinion that she was "over protective" of Bowie, often not
letting anyone near him. This however was her greatest assets. Corrine
kept them away

Corrine kept Bowie "insulated" from the "outside" world, and this kept
him from becoming "victimized" by others. Who were the possible
aggressors? EVERYONE was. That's right, all were suspect in Coco's
opinion, therefore NO ONE got to Bowie without going through Coco first,
and only with her approval. This applied to messages as well. All
messages, even from, RCA, family and friends went first to Coco, and
those that SHE DETERMINED were of importance, made it to Bowie. Many
believe if they could obtain a backstage pass to a Bowie concert, it
would mean an encounter with Bowie. Well, think again. You may get back
there but you have a better chance of Elvis Presley, Osama Bin Laden,
Adam and Eve, Moses, Nelson Mandela, Ho Chi Minh, and myself showing up
at your place for dinner and drugs, than getting into Bowie's inner
sanctum, as it is "GUARDED" by Coco. This applies to celebrities as
well, because very few, except close personal friends, such as Bette
Middler and Mick Jagger, are permitted entrance. If he sees fit, one
word from Bowie to Coco will guarantee that a person will be "erased"
from David's life, forever. All contact is permanently severed, and they
will never see or hear from him again, or be allowed in his presence.
This has happened several times in the past to some people. The threat
of being "erased" has been used also on several occasions in order to
make sure that Bowie gets his way. It  works well if one needs to
manipulate certain situations. It has been said that Coco kept Bowie
alive between 1975 and 1978 by making sure he consumed plenty of whole
milk, as his solid food intake was apparently below that which is
required to sustain life. This is collaborated in The Cracked Actor
documentary as Bowie is seen sharing this substance with a fly in the
back of his limousine accompanied by Coco and Big Tony. Although many
failed to understand her relationship to Bowie at first, one thing was
always certain. After being around her for any length of time, most
developed a deep respect for her, and few had ever witness anyone so
efficient, hard working, or as loyal as Corrine Schwab.


Now, I have a dirty little secret that I want to confess. First of all I
want to say this, so you do not think that I am some sort of a deviant
pervert. It is perfectly normal for men to fantasize about women, so
don't think I am odd when I say that I have fantasies about Corrine
Schwab.  As embarrassing as this is to say, it is the truth, I get
highly "excited" at the very thought of her, and the mention of her
name, or to see a picture of her, literally drives me fucking crazy. She
has everything I want, and I know that she could give me the ONE THING I
DESIRE, which no other women EVER COULD, and I lust at the thought of
it. I lust after it so much that I dream about it all the time.  Let me
tell you that if I could, I would take it right into my bedroom, get
into bed and I would go at it as hard as I could. Not only that, but
once inside those covers  I wouldn't put it down for a second,  I'd go
at it all night.  Oh, in case you thought, this isn't about sex, that's
not the thing she could give me that I lust for. It's not sex at all.
"David Bowie," by Corrine Schwab. THAT IS MY FANTASY, Coco could give me
"THE BOOK." I have often thought of how fantastic it would be if Coco
ever decided to write a book on Bowie. Imagine, she has SEEN
EVERYTHING.  Just think about it. With the exception of Bowie himself,
there is no other living soul that knows more about his life than
Corrine, and from 1974 through until 1979 she probably knows more than
Bowie. All the recording sessions, tours, the play, the films being
made, the way Bowie conceives and develops his ideas, she KNOWS ALL OF
IT, because SHE WAS THERE  She often stays with him in the same suite.
As a person who appreciates Bowie's work as much as I do, this would be
the greatest book that could ever be written, as long as it focussed on
the important aspects of Bowie's career, and left his love life out. As
much as I long for this book however, I know that the chances of me ever
seeing it are about ten million to one. The reason is Coco herself. She
stands to make a great deal of money, but I do not believe that she
would ever "turn" on Bowie and write an unauthorized biography for the
sake of cash. I say this because she probably would have  done so
already by now if she intended to. This fact alone speaks volumes about
her decency, loyalty, integrity and honour as a person. Too bad there
aren't more like her in the world. We really could use them.

AladINsaNE

More of the alphabet to follow....................


""I don't begrudge any artist for finding an audience"
- David Bowie abt. 1987
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