David Bowie's Brilliant Adventure by Mindy Landeck

2024-12-27 20:48:07 UTC

One of my most memorable Bowie experiences was managing to get into a very small invitation-only unannounced pre-tour concert at the Hannover Grand in London, prior to his 1997 tour. We knew about the concert and headed to the location hours beforehand. A kind tour employee gave us one ticket, but there were two of us. We then had a long wait right up until the doors opened, but we got a last minute second from an invitee that had an extra and ran a quick trivia contest to select who he was going to give it to. Fortunately, I won (winning question: where was Low recorded?). It was a very small club with lots of press, industry personnel, and guests. We had a great time, although he performed a drum and bass encore that was, frankly, tough to get through! In retrospect (and listening to the bootleg audio), it was ahead of its time, which was typical for Bowie. He connected with his audience and made you feel welcome and accepted more than any artist I've ever seen. Great memories. :)

2024-12-29 18:48:17 UTC

I never got to see Bowie in concert, sadly. But he's been a presence and sort of guiding figure throughout my life. When he passed in 2016, he brought me and my partner together. That's how we met. Though I never saw him perform live, my connection to him is much more spiritual and unconventional.

2025-03-14 21:16:58 UTC

My first introduction to Bowie was Diamond Dogs - I was 15 years old, in high school in 1977. My friends and I were interested in all kinds of music, even music released a few years earlier: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Diamond Dogs by David Bowie. I loved drama and the post apocalyptic feel and concept of the album. I became a full-on Bowie fan in 1980 when I went to college. I was re-introduced to Bowie by my then-boyfriend (who ended up coming out as gay some years later, and who also introduced me to a lot of other great music as well). I started with the Spiders from Mars era Bowie but eventually came to love the music starting with early Bowie songs like the Laughing Gnome to the Spiders from Mars era, to Aladdin Sane (which we all read as a “a lad insane” and thought we were in on the joke) to Diamond Dogs (again!) to Scary Monsters to Young Americans and Fame and Low and Station to Station and Heroes and all that was and is Bowie. I saw Bowie in 1983 for the Let’s Dance tour. I was struck by his grace and movement and drawn to his androgynous presence. I loved Bowie in Labyrinth and introduced my young daughter to Bowie through that movie, which she also loves to this day. I continued to follow him from a distance , but came back in the end. I saw the musical “Lazarus” on my 62nd birthday, I went to see a David Bowie tribute done by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and former members of his band.

There's just something about Bowie that lives on forever.