I was lying in bed listening to The Ticket this morning when I heard the sad news. At first, I thought I heard the radio hosts wrong. I checked the news on the web and sadly enough, it was true. David Bowie passed away today.
When it was stated that he died of cancer, I felt the bottom drop. He had battled for 18 months and I remembered my own mother's 18 month battle. David was only a year younger than my own mother and that really shocked me.
As I walked my dogs, I began to reflect upon my love for David Bowie's work. I remember hearing "Ziggy Stardust" back in the early 70s. Being notorious for watching all sorts of music shows on late night TV, I remember one show playing one of his entire concerts as he was playing "Ziggy". I was mesmerized.
Throughout the years, as I was growing up, he would alter his persona - "Fame", "Golden Years", "Young Americans", and many others. During my high school years, "Ashes to Ashes", "Under Pressure" with Queen, "China Girl"., "Let's Dance", and many others.
I followed his career, but never once got to see him perform live. Most of the time, it was because the tickets were sold out before I even got to get one.
When he released "Day After" album, I knew he was not going to tour. I had remembered when he had the heart attack during one of his tours. After that, he scaled back and I accepted that. He needed to take care of himself. However, I still held out hope that he might perform on TV on some channel. I remembered when he performed for the BBC and it was televised. I want to say he was taking requests and he showed the host the HUGE binder that contained his catalog of lyrics. He made the comment that he had to have a larger print as he could not see smaller print without glasses. I could sympathize with that.
Today, the music world lost a true legend. There is no doubt of that in my mind. He was part of the soundtrack of my life.
Rest in Peace, David Bowie!
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