Never did see David Bowie in person. I remember him putting on some offputtingly expensive shows on at some of the stadiums in town. I have never seen more than ten of those and none of them were all that pricy Nugent (much vomiting), Costello (much too much of everything), Dylan (heavy metal Bob with Tracy Chapman opening), Sex Pistols (with all the surviving punk rockers wondering what the fuck they were doing at such a big impersonal venue), Rush (2112) - maybe a couple others - all at the Colosseum.
Bowie was on the radio for me before rock 'n' roll radio turned into a gigantic stinking turd.
He was on tv. His red hair causing the old dears' tv to buzz like a dying black fly.
Making my dad worry I was going queer.
He is in my record collection. Just about every record he made.
For me, however, the greatest thing he did was bringing Iggy back when they made The Idiot together and went out on tour. Bowie on the keys. Iggy had a fuck of a lot of great music in him and each and every one of his Dope City rock shows was 10 out of fucking ten.
Put on Ziggy Stardust tonight. Turned it up some. Still love that record after all these years.
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