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Davis Bowie,stage(1978).
This is an interesting live album; At this Madison
Square Garden show from 1978 Bowie eschews almost all of his most popular songs; he gives a perfunctory and short nod to FAME and ZIGGY STARDUST. Otherwise , he delves much more into his more avant garde Brian Eno inspired material; it's a bit offputting,especially on a warm, sunny day when girls are wearing those form fitting shorts, to get into the cool ,weirdness but it really does add up in the end. The most interesting song on this set is BOWIE's cover of the ALABAMA SONG, a song usually associated with THE DOORS.When there is guitar , it's ADRIAN BELEW shredding in a non-cliche manner. BOWIE is an example of an artist who remains true to his art and continues to get richer doing just that. He has never been a cliche ,angst ridden starving artist
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