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📰 Boys Keep Swinging – Advert: Apr 1979
A striking, art‑driven SOUNDS advert built from fragmented monochrome imagery and bold handwritten typography, capturing Bowie’s Lodger era at its most experimental and visually restless. The page feels kinetic — a single frozen moment of motion and reinvention. 📰 Publication Details Publication: SOUNDS Date: April 28, 1979 Country: United Kingdom Section / Page: Page 16 Format: Advertisement (New Single Promotion) Provenance Notes: Verified by visible page number, publicati

David Bowie
Apr 28, 19792 min read


📰 Boys Keep Swinging – Advert: Apr 1979
A jagged, art‑driven Melody Maker advert built from fragmented monochrome imagery and bold handwritten typography, capturing Bowie’s Lodger era in full experimental motion. The page feels restless and kinetic — a perfect visual echo of the single it promotes. 📰 Publication Details Publication: Melody Maker Date: April 28, 1979 Country: United Kingdom Section / Page: Page 16 (as visible in the clipping) Format: Advertisement (New Single Promotion) Provenance Notes: Verified b

David Bowie
Apr 28, 19792 min read


📰 Boys Keep Swinging – Reviews : Apr 1979
A pair of sharply contrasting critical takes on Bowie’s Boys Keep Swinging, each capturing the restless, provocative energy of his late‑’70s output. The tone across both reviews is witty, sceptical, and fascinated — classic 1979 music‑press electricity. 📰 Publication Details Publication: Scrapbook Compilation (Source: contemporary UK music press) Date: April 28, 1979 Country: United Kingdom Section / Page: Single Reviews Format: Two Short Reviews Provenance Notes: Text taken

David Bowie
Apr 28, 19793 min read


🎼 Boys Keep Swinging – Single: Apr. 1979
As the Berlin Trilogy reached its conclusion, David Bowie released one of his most playful and subversive singles yet — a glam-infused rocker that celebrated gender fluidity with tongue firmly in cheek. Issued in the UK on 27 April 1979 on RCA Victor (catalogue BOW 2), “Boys Keep Swinging” (backed with “Fantastic Voyage”) became a major hit and one of the standout moments from the album Lodger. 🔘 The Story “Boys Keep Swinging” was written by David Bowie and Brian Eno during

David Bowie
Apr 27, 19793 min read
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