David Bowie Goofs on Daft Punk, One Direction in Funny Message Honoring Record Label Boss

"Rob had not only guested as an executive third Daft Punk member at a lunchtime gig at a club in Manhattan, but had also led a Dylanology symposium at Barneys clothing store"

Never say David Bowie doesn't have a sense of humor. Last night at the Music Week Awards in London, Columbia chairman Rob Stringer was honored with the Strat award, which is given to an influential industry executive. Rather than congratulate him the regular, boring way with a boilerplate statement whipped up by an intern, Bowie instead offered up a quirky message, which was also posted to his Facebook. It was accompanied by a riff on Bowie's famous "Heroes" cover featuring someone (Bowie himself?) in a Daft Punk outfit.

It reads:

When I first knocked on the door of his office at Sony, New York, you can imagine my surprise when a member of Daft Punk opened it. In silence he brought me in and indicated that I should take a seat on the comfy armchair to the right of the chairman’s desk, around which he moved and took his place in the chairman’s chair.

He removed the shiny helmet. 

It was Rob. 

‘This,' he said ‘is how far I will go for my artists.’ I found out that during the course of that day Rob had not only guested as an executive third Daft Punk member at a lunchtime gig at a club in Manhattan, but had also led a Dylanology symposium at Barneys clothing store, sung falsetto on a new London Grammar track and choreographed a touching interpretive dance number to One Direction’s ‘They Don't Know About Us’ for the cast of Glee.

Knowing him for the man he is, it came as no surprise that he had won tonight's most prestigious award, The Strat. 

If you become the object of his enthusiasm an artist will find a genuine long-term support that is sadly missing in the recording industry.

When he asked me if I minded if he took a few Saturdays off from his duties as percussionist on my new album this year in order to catch the Luton Town football club fixtures, how could I refuse? It’s the least I could offer to the man who with his own hands pulled my album to number one throughout the world. 

Congrats for The Strat, Rob. You’re a star.

David Bowie 2014

Given how silly the note is, this probably shouldn't be taken as a sign that Bowie is already working on the follow up to 2013's The Next Day. Bowie's spokespeople declined to comment to NME, and The Next Day did come after a 10-year hiatus. That hasn't stopped fans from speculating wildly in the Facebook comments, though. 

Watch the video for "The Next Day": 

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