One of my rock and roll regrets is that I did not get to see David Bowie perform in concert more than I did. Bowie has always been one of my favorite artists right up there with Neil Young, Lou Reed, and The Rolling Stones but for some reason I only saw him twice in concert, once at Giants Stadium promoting the hugely popular “Let’s Dance” album, and this first occasion st Madison Square Garden during the “Station to Station” phase of his career. Other than the fact we had pretty good rear orchestra seats at MSG, I do not recall much about this show except for the enormous white tubular lights that backlit the band. I believe this particular tour became the excellent “Stage” double live album. Somehow when David Bowie was in town on tour there was usually some reason I could not attend; even when David Bowie did a whirlwind set of shows, one in each of the five New York City boroughs. Come to think of it, I believe I may have also seen Bowie on tour with Nine Inch Nails (I’ve got to check the archives on that one) but I absolutely did attend the Bowie exhibit st the Brooklyn Museum, which was a dynamic interactive experience. While museums can be cool, they can also be sort of sad too as the outfits and instruments on display were once living, breathing musical ether.

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GQ