This wasn’t the first time that I heard of David Bowie. Mom had Fame back in the Scratchy 45 Days but that was about all I knew of David Bowie. Those magazines I was checking out back in the KISS Age would often mention David Bowie who, like KISS, would wear stylized make-up in his theatrical act.
So I had heard of David Bowie. I even saw the movie Cat People for which David Bowie has a soundtrack credit. I liked the music of Cat People even though the story was little weird and underwhelming. With China Girl I was finally motivated to pursue some of his material. I liked China Girl very much and within a short time after buying the album, I had grown fond of the rest of the tracks.
I almost saw David Bowie live that summer. He was supposed to play someplace in Syracuse, New York that was just a few hours away from Space Mountain. One of Mark’s friends was involved with the arena in some way and we were all going to be “security guys”. Basically we’d get the Security Staff Tour Shirts and mill about the arena. We were all excited about it but then something happened and the tour dates got postponed and it put the concert beyond my window of avialability. I just did a web search. The show was supposed to be July 23 in Syracuse, NY and got rescheduled to September 6th.
Even though I was quite fond of the Let’s Dance album, I never pursued more Bowie music apart from a Greatest Hits compilation that I got in order to get Fame. Still, Bowie will pop up a couple more times before we’re done.
Modern Love
China Girl – Did you know that China Girl also appears on Iggy Pop’s album Idiot? Same song but very different sounding when done by Iggy Pop.
Let’s Dance
Ricochet
Criminal World
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)