Remembering David Bowie
T
he passing of David Bowie is one of the great losses
in modern music along with the deaths of Sinatra,
Presley, Lennon, Strummer, and Cobain. The Bowie
weapon was his chameleon-like ability to musically change
from the groundbreaking glam rock of “Ziggy Stardust” to
the Thin White Duke of funk (“Fame”) and full-on pop idol
obvious example, but Earthling accomplished that, too.
Even Bowie’s so-called desert period was loaded with
gems. Are Tonight and Never Let Me Down justifiably
maligned? Not here. “Loving the Alien” and
“Neighborhood Threat” are perpetual, personal
favorites alongside “Watch that Man” and “Life on
Mars?”
Some
moods demand
“Time
Will
Crawl”
and
“Bang Bang” in
rotation
with
“Rebel Rebel,”