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David Bowie

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The Resume

    (January 8, 1947-January 10, 2016)
    Birth name is David Jones
    Recorded 'Fame,' 'Under Pressure,' 'Modern Love,' 'China Girl,' 'Ziggy Stardust,' 'Ashes to Ashes,' 'Changes,' 'Space Oddity,' 'I'm Afraid of Americans,' 'Heroes,' and 'Life on Mars'
    Performed in the Broadway play 'Elephant Man'
    Starred in 'The Prestige,' 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' and 'The Hunger'

Why he might be annoying:

    He started trans-gender rock 'n' roll, dressing as a woman.
    He became a vegetarian.
    He suffered with anxiety.
    He was divorced.
    He named his son Zowie Bowie.
    According to his ex-wife Angie, she once found David and Mick Jagger in bed together.
    He smoked.
    He had one blue eye and one hazel/grey/brown eye.
    He went bankrupt at 28 years old, because of the costs of his special effects stage shows.
    He ranked #10 in 1973 on Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dress List.
    He turned down being knighted (2003).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He changed his name from David Jones to Bowie so as not to be confused as a Monkee.
    He was married to supermodel, Iman.
    He constantly reinvented himself and his singing style.
    He was the first rocker to use pyrotechnics and special effects.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 927 Votes: 41.75% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 233 Votes: 45.06% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 224 Votes: 47.32% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 233 Votes: 42.06% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 207 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 160 Votes: 58.75% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1098 Votes: 50.36% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2164 Votes: 47.97% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 136 Votes: 51.47% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 361 Votes: 43.77% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 90 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 131 Votes: 49.62% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 133 Votes: 45.86% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 275 Votes: 53.09% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 290 Votes: 35.86% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 178 Votes: 34.27% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 1416 Votes: 43.57% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 1343 Votes: 39.46% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1309 Votes: 41.71% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1748 Votes: 43.94% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1516 Votes: 45.98% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 6041 Votes: 43.93% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 4615 Votes: 44.75% Annoying