The punch that changed Bowie's eye

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I got so enraged just walked up to David

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and just whed him one and a few days

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later he got rushed barfield's Eye

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Hospital I all fair and Love and War all

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that once you know it was okay as long

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as it was true but it wasn't meet George

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Underwood a talented painter artist and

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lifelong friend of David Bowie not only

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were they close friends but George also

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collaborated with Bowie leaving a mark

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on both their careers and lives we were

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9 years old uh enrolling for the Cubs

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it was the 18th Bromley Cubs and Scouts

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well we had similar interests we used to

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hang around together all the time joined

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at the hip as they say how do you say

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Bowie Bowie Bowie it is Bo that's how

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David originally uh pronounced it of

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course it's taken on so many different

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versions now I think uh Bowie is how

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David originally intended it David Bowie

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was iconic for many things music fashion

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boundary pushing art and his unique eyes

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one blue the other appearing Brown

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contrary to popular belief David wasn't

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born like this it was George who gave

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Bowie his striking look the result of a

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Teenage scuffle over a girl called Carol

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basically there's a girl that we both

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fancied and I said to David you know how

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should we chat her