coming out of my shell

coming out of my shell

Monday, January 11, 2016

Turn and face the strange

In October 1972, T and I went to see David Bowie perform as  Ziggy Stardust at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago. I had been obsessed with David Bowie ever since we discovered his UK album, The Man Who Sold the World.  I will leave it to the experts to extol his virtues and describe his many contributions to the history of rock and roll.

Now I am going to spend the afternoon listening to all his pre-Young Americans music.  For my money, everything he recorded prior to 1975 was pure gold.


He was such a fearlessly creative soul.  And that video he recently released (Lazarus)!  Wow.  Leave it to Bowie to show us how to die well.


"TheManWhoSoldtheWorld" by May be found at the following website: http://www.davidbowie.com. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TheManWhoSoldtheWorld.jpg#/media/File:TheManWhoSoldtheWorld.jpg


1 comment:

  1. How great you got to see him in person!
    I really don't know much about him or his music.
    But loook at that picture...magnificent!

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