David Bowie

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.