So I'm surfing FB a bit, and there's a post from my high school alumni group (SAMOHI CLASS of 1972), with a meme: *You can only purchase 1 ticket!* And 9 images—a few of whom I'm so dorky, I don't even know... but the ones I do know are Bob Marley, Prince, David Bowie, X, Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, X, Freddie Mercury, X (this last X being the only female in the lineup, go figure).
Most of the responses are for Jimi. Also Freddie, Marley. Me: David Bowie all the way. In part because I completely missed him back in the day. But the more I've encountered him over the years, the more impressive I find him.
So yeah, I'd have loved to have seen him perform. Boy and how.
So here are a few performances I've conjured up on YouTube. Just for fun. Or remembrance.
"Spiders from Mars":
"Heroes" (he gets started around 1:45):
"Rebel Rebel":
"Young Americans":
Oh, okay, here he is with Freddie Mercury, "Under Pressure." Amazing vocalists, both.
And finally, here he is chatting with Conan O'Brien. He just seemed so *likable*.
David Bowie has been gone eight years now. He died at 69—my age now. He'd be 77 now. He did so much.
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