I remember being around 10 years old and being over at my babysitter's house and looking through her massive collection of vinyl records. I was completely enthralled with looking at all of the covers. Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, The Who, Fleetwood Mac.
I came upon Hunky Dory. I just loved the cover art of the handsome androgynous boy in the slightly hazy background. Then I came up onto Bowie's Station To Station. I was a bit mesmerized by the man on the cover with bright orange hair. What was that funky wall he was peering out of? I remember pulling the vinyl from it's sleeve and setting on the turntable. I still love that sound of the slightly scratchyness of the beginning of a song on vinyl! The title song, "Station To Station" took me on a journey and I loved every minute of it. From that moment I was hooked by David Bowie. Bowie's version of "Wild Is The Wind" is pretty darn incredible.
I think that Bowie is a musical genius. There was a week back in Jr. High where a friend and I listened to "Ziggy Stardust" over and over again on cassette. It just blew our young, impressionable minds away!
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Bowie was always mysterious, and continued that into the 80's and 90's as well. He's reinvented himself seamlessly over the years and decades.
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