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ONE GREEN & ONE BLUE

We learned about Pierrot thanks to Harry’s Harryween night 2, which triggered our curiosity and we went into the books.

Louis dressing in Austin under Harlequin’s inspiration took me back to this interesting story.

While we can recognize Pierrot easily, let’s remember that Harlequin usually wears red and black tights to symbolize the flame on coals, with a characteristic rhomboid pattern.

Pierrot, this secondary character who, over time, became a main one, had an interesting relationship with Bowie during his entire career. His influence can be appreciated in his work: in the music video to Ashes To Ashes and the cover to Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps).

David Bowie is one of those musicians that the boys keep bringing back to the discussion and here are some things to consider about that Pierrot bond:

An evident fact that I haven’t seen around, is that these two characters belong to mime comedy, meaning silent.

The love trio in which Pierrot & Harlequin participate is seen as a grotesque mockery of married love, they represent the opposite to any presupposed “decent love relationship”.

Pierrot unrequitedly in love will sing his sorrows to the moon, falling in love with her. He is a lunatic who escapes from the earth, goes up to the stars, he whispers his secrets to them. Neither man nor woman, just another star. Such as in Starman.

What has got me a bit shocked holding all these learnings, is that there actually exist a place where these two characters come together under Bowie’s eyes:

From the mime show Pierrot in Turquoise, debuted 28 December 1967. Recording from Alice The Looking Glass Murders in BBC - 1970.

PS: NO, Bowie didn’t have one eye of each color, he had anisocoria: one pupil was bigger than the other.

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Mick & David

Many are the times that Harry & Louis have made references to these iconic rock stars or have reminded us of them.

I am sure you can recall Harry on stage mimicking Jagger's particular moves back during the 1D days or his 2017 SNL performance, his not-so-secret songwriter pseudonym Mick Greenberg clearly inspired by the leadman or how recently Harry & Louis literary appeared on stage with apparel inspired by the Pierrot & Harlequin duo so linked to Bowie's work; also, Louis waiting till January 8th to wish this fandom a happy new year, on David's 75th birthday & release date.

One of the main parallelisms we tend to fall into, is the personal relationship that united these two couples beyond music. We have listened to Harry & Louis praising each other many times, such as happened between David & Mick.

Bowie told Rolling Stone: “Jagger is most certainly a mother figure and he’s a mother hen to the whole thing. He’s not a cock-a-doodle-doo; he’s much more like a brothel-keeper or a madame.”

In return, Jagger delivered in a loving-envy tone about David: “I wonder how long he’s going to last, I really shouldn’t talk about Bowie because I know him too well and know his fears and his hauntings.”

From Bowie was admired his chameleonic ability he even tried to sound like Jagger in his "Watch that man" as a result of that infinite adoration for the Rolling Stones and their singer in particular, while Jagger was capable to deliver that one performance "that achieves madness", they really devoted each other.

So, What went on between them?

Mick and David met in the early 70s and the pair hit it off instantly. They both were married over the same decade. Bowie talked about his open bisexual extra-marital love-life, while Jagger was known for allegedly sleeping with more than 4000 women.

The artists did a "Dancing in the street" version and the underlying sexual tension between them plus being seen everywhere together, triggered the rumors about the real nature of their relationship; when this song live performance happened, they even parodied their obsession with one another.

To make the story short, Bowie's ex-wife found them in bed and shared the anecdote in several books & TV shows adding on to other similar models' public statements. The version of the story varies, so the depth behind their naked innuendo in bed was never confirmed Was it a fun momentum thing? Was it playful discovery? Was it indeed involving romantic feelings? but except for the two main involved who denied it, everyone else maintained the episode as fact and have ever assured the marvelous connection they had beyond the stage.

THE INSPIRATION

There's a lot more public & music-wise that probably made our boys look up to them and keep bringing the legends back.

Bowie described himself as a collector. Taking pieces from others that he would build into his own character. Some justify his changing capacity as a sign of mild schizophrenia symptoms severely running in his family DNA.

Free Sexuality icons

In 1960 Mick Jagger became an icon of hetero-masculinity wearing a dress by designer Mr. Fish on stage. Jagger has been known for his flamboyancy on stage also recognized in his aesthetic: flared trousers, jumpsuits, silk & floral shirts and more evolving through the decades' fashion.

The creation of David's Starman let him address certain taboo conversations such as non-gender considerations, becoming a symbol for sexual liberation of the times.

This was at the 70s door, where sexuality itself entered a discovery period, a new way of portraying era and a wider understanding approach.

Bowie always kept it ambiguous: He did come out as gay in 1972, as bisexual in 1976, and finally as a "closet heterosexual" in 1993. Do some of these sound familiar?

Harry Styles: ‘I’m not just sprinkling in sexual ambiguity to be interesting’

Harry said to Vogue once: "You can never be overdressed. There’s no such thing. The people that I looked up to in music—Prince and David Bowie and Elvis and Freddie Mercury and Elton John—they’re such showmen.”

Versatility

Bowie played with many different art representations, he was a composer, singer, performer, actor... precisely because of this I found quite interesting the link to pierrot Harry did last year in that LOT night, an inflection point for his acting path. Also, Mick Jagger has been involved in the film industry on & off in front and behind the cameras.

Music

I find this field really interesting in terms of identifying links between the two generations' artists. Music has been the main ground for the four of them, where they have been able to express themselves deeply and for longer. So it's not surprising to find already several connections.

David had the only constant of not being constant, he was the kind that will surprise his fans and Harry has been compared to him since he dropped his first solo single "Sign of the times". Works like "Life on Mars" with that piano presence and strong end remind experts of the late rockstar.

Harry was for sure marketed back then with a strong influence from the 70s (not just Bowie's, but remember that 2017 Jimmy Fallon's entry at Let's Dance rhythm) so we will never know how much of his original contributions were in its outcome, but there is a constant comeback to that resemblance. From style to even lyrics.

When releasing Treat People With Kindness Harry mentioned how Bowie's interview talking about how the "best work" often comes when you "can't quite touch the bottom" encouraged him to release this song even though he had doubts and made him feel "conflicted".

Intentionally extolled or not, there is a clear link between these artists. Fashion, lyrics, styles, melodies, paths, learnings... from the thousand ways that these "mentors" could have influenced Harry and Louis, it will have touched each one in different aspects.

They admire them as idols, as they have openly confirmed. Despite being at different career moments and defending different styles, I understand how the boys can look towards the future and find in their idols the interesting figures to look up to in the industry.

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Louis and Harry

There seem to be a parallelism within their roles and those of who have inspired them. Repeatedly.

Representations they want to share with us for different purposes or actual influences that have also shaped them into what they are now.

👉🏼Pierrot & Harlequin

👉🏼 Basquiat & Wharhol

👉🏼 David Bowie & Mick Jagger 👉🏼David Bowie

👉🏼The sun & the Moon

👉🏼Gucci x Adidas

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Amazing Coincidinks

December 17th, 2015 David Bowie released his song Lazarus, the last single he released in life. Some lyrics read...

Look up here, I'm in heaven I've got scars that can't be seen I've got drama, can't be stolen Everybody knows me now

November 13th, 2015 One Direction Harry Styles released If I Could Fly, containing these lyrics:

I've got scars Even though they can't always be seen And pain gets hard But now you're here and I don't feel a thing

Curiosity:

IICF was recorded in April that year, Lazarus was recorded in January and April... Is this the point where these two geniuses crossed paths? in their lyrics?

👉🏼David Bowie & Mick Jagger

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GENDER-FLUID BRILLIANCE

By RollingStone

In addition to the genius David Bowie reference again popping up around our Laurents…

Here we have some observations

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Mick Jagger and Mick Taylor > Mick Jagger and David Bowie :P Mick Jagger also had a thing with Andrew Loog Oldham and Brian Jones.

Hi lovely,

After 60 years in the industry Mick Jagger still holds an aura of mystery around him; it’s interesting how even being supposedly involved with more than 4.000 women, rumors about his sexuality are still arising… I haven’t found very trustworthy sources of these intimate relationships you are suggesting anon, this is a very brief look into these musicians relationships with the RS lead singer:

Mick Taylor: left the RS to join Jack Bruce right before the the band was going to meet to record in studio (1974); soon as the statement appeared, the rumors went on – a row between Jagger/Richard and Taylor, money problems, lack of cowriting credits, etc. Denials quickly came.

Andrew Loog : During Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) recording he walked away from The Stones. “my work here is done.” , he had taken the band as far as he could.

Brian Jones: Jagger tried his best to help his bandmate out with words of advice with no success. Since Jones struggled in a downward spiral, Jagger decided to write a song reflecting on the simpler times before Jones’ started to fade: ‘Shine a Light.’

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Probably the two kings of rock close relationship huge reach came from their relevance in the music field but also the fluidity figure they both represented at that time.

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