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JUDITH  FRANKLAND Ashes To Ashes

Travel back to the childhood bedroom of most Blitz habitués and you'd a Bowie poster on the wall.  He had chanched his look and his sound so many times,  there were more than enough images to go round. The alien from Low and The Man Who Fell To Earth, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Ziggy Stardust.  He was on the person that everyone there would cite as an influence, even  more important than punk.  Everyone wanted to go upstairs and see him.  We had to have extra security to keep people back.  He said it was a great scene and asked me if I would like to appear in the video for his next single, Ashes To Ashes. He also asked me if I could suggest a make-up artist for him, and I recommended Richard Sharah, the man who did my make-up .  Imagine, when I was a 13-year-old boy,  ths man had been my ultimate hero.  I just couldn't believe it.  he  then said to me, " Look, I'd  like it felt to you to pick the clothes you are going to wear, and to choose three other extras for the videp.  But there is only one snag. We hvae to meet tomorow morning at 6am outside the Hilton to leave for the location shoot."  Blitz didn't finish until 2.30 and I didn't  usually get home until 3.30am.  This was the most important moment of my life.  I rushed around and found Judith Franklin, Darla jane Gilroy and another girl for the video. ( more here ) JUDITH FRANKLAND MENU