What did you think of David Bowie when you first saw him?

[The Sushi Bandit]

Poll question: What did you think of David Bowie when you first saw him?

[redqueen]

1. I voted handsom (sic)

but truthfully he was the first musician I ever had a crush on. I think he's terribly sexy.

[AlCzervik]

8. Me too! I was planning on being Mrs. Bowie at some point

[redqueen]

19. hehehe... so was I

I remember figuring out the difference in our ages, and comparing it to the difference in my mom & dad's ages, and thinking yeah, it could happen. LOL!

[signmike]

2. I thought "Brain Damage"

[McKenzie]

3. saw him 30+ years ago

a genius.

Sheer theatre and damned good too.

[skygazer]

4. I think I was aware of his music before I really saw him

And I loved his stuff so when I saw him, it was a matter of, "oh, so that's what he looks like." I grew up in the 60's and 70's - odd looking people were the norm. I thought he was pretty hot.

[nine23]

5. I went with "killer music" etc.

Because back in the early seventies, when I was a hormone-fueled, pot-smoking, LSD-slurping adolescent, that's exactly what it was. Even the homo eroticism didn't faze "all the young dudes" in the least; in fact, it set the stage for living my life thereafter.

[EstimatedProphet]

6. I first saw him on TV when I was about 8

And at 8, it's way too adult to understand.

[last_texas_dem]

7. Boy or girl?

Funny 'cause I had heard a couple of his songs ("Fame" and "Space Oddity"), knew they were by a guy named David Bowie, and liked 'em. I had no idea what he looked like, though. The first time I saw the Changesonebowie cover (I know that may not technically be the title, but that's what it says across the top) I wasn't sure who the artist was supposed to be, and I thought the person in the pictures was a woman! It was only later I found out it was a David Bowie album.

[arwalden]

9. What Unusual Eyes!

[The Sushi Bandit]

15. Yes!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

10. "give jennifer connelly her baby brother back!"

i was only 9-i had yet to discover his music

[Wat_Tyler]

11. "How the hell did he get through school?"

[mr_hat]

12. Gary Glitter, only skinny.

[Eugene]

13. This guy sure is twisting alot.

He was singing "Young Americans" in a TV ad.
I wasn't old enough to notice anything sensual.

[mitchum]

14. "One day that hairdo will be known as a mullet"...

See, I'm psychic. That's also how I knew that he would become even more derivative, shameless, and embarrassing over the years :)

[Magrittes Pipe]

16. I probably first saw him when I was 3 or 4. The Bing Crosby duet...

...on "Little Drummer Boy."

Given my age at the time, my first reaction was probably "he's old."

[WMliberal]

17. Small child.... Labyrinth

he was wearing spandex and being his freaky self.


I was brain damaged!

At least I didn't see "the Hunger" till a dozen years later.

[frictionlessO]

18. musical master except for his admitted sell out in the early 80s....

genius... I love him and all of his personas..

[Swamp Rat]

20. I thought he was an alien.

Therefore, when I was 8 yrs old I named my first jazz band, "the Blue Spiders."

[The Sushi Bandit]

21. He IS!