This is stunning news !

For me at least it gives new context to why Bowie
changed musical directions after 1980. For the sake
of his own mental and personal health he knew he
needed to find a more "lighthearted" approach (this of
course in addition to NEEDING a HIT and giving a huge
middle finger to his past record company by releasing
the most "commercial" album of his career)

I, like everyone else, used to fantasize that Bowie had
continued to release quirky new wave music during the
80's but context is everything and Bowie also paved
the way for EVERY icon by showing that you CAN
recover from a creative drought and regain the
inspiration......