I’ve already commented on your last Substack about Station to Station and this comment is about Bowie’s weight. When looking back at his career, he was always thin in a way a super model used to be. No matter how gaunt he was, clothes always looked amazing on him. Think back to his Ziggy Stardust era. He looked as if he just walked off the catwalk to perform. The only other person that comes to mind when dealing with extreme fashion sense and the ability to carry it off is the late great Robert Palmer, Mr. Slick and Suave! Maybe you could do a deep dive on Sneakin Sally Through the Alley with another late great, Lowell George and the incredible rhythm section of Little Feat.
Thanks Gina. I thouyght carefully before commenting on weight because it is a difficult and personal issue, and we should never be judgemental, but in this case it was relevant to cocaine use and the background to the making of the album.
Sneakin Sally is a great idea! I will have a look at doing that soon. Thank you for your support, Gina.
Cocaine back then was our new Ozempic! Sex, drugs and rock and roll, ballet dancers, super models….Not sure which was and which is worse. So sad to think of all those talented artists we’ve lost due to drug addiction and abuse. Glad Bowie was able to get his life back together and continue making music we still love today. Not sure about the life span of those taking Ozempic. Whatever happened to a healthy diet?
I think there's going to be a price to pay for the use of weight loss drugs, in the way there was a severe consequence of abusing drugs. Don't get me on my soapbox about ultra-processed foods!
Yes, it was wonderful to get those last-period Bowie albums. It's hard to listen to Blackstar though. And it is very sad to think about what might have been for too many people.
Not sure how Keith Richard is still with us, and playing, but there are exceptions to everything.
OMG I forgot about Keith! He’s looked like the crypt keeper forever but has always seemed like a really, really nice guy. Always smiling maybe because he’s still alive.
If there’s a soapbox big enough for the both of us, I’ll get on it too about all the crap food that people eat! It’s all part of the plan to keep us sick while BIG PHARMA swoops in like the giant vulture that they are. Sorry, I digress 🤨
This album is one of those records I somehow forget about—and every time I return to it, I’m stunned all over again. Station to Station never feels small. It feels like a pivot point in Bowie’s entire arc: unstable, ambitious, spiritually searching, and musically fearless.
I appreciate how you frame it as both a bridge and a crisis document—not just the Thin White Duke mythology, but the actual creative engine behind it. Your take on “Word on a Wing” as the emotional key especially resonates. That song alone feels like Bowie admitting, in real time, that he was in trouble and reaching for something higher.
This was a great excuse to put the record back on—loud.
I really like this record. I first heard it about ten years ago, and it remains a favourite. There's so much to Bowie’s music, and I must admit I've still to experience it all, rather like Dylan.
I’ve already commented on your last Substack about Station to Station and this comment is about Bowie’s weight. When looking back at his career, he was always thin in a way a super model used to be. No matter how gaunt he was, clothes always looked amazing on him. Think back to his Ziggy Stardust era. He looked as if he just walked off the catwalk to perform. The only other person that comes to mind when dealing with extreme fashion sense and the ability to carry it off is the late great Robert Palmer, Mr. Slick and Suave! Maybe you could do a deep dive on Sneakin Sally Through the Alley with another late great, Lowell George and the incredible rhythm section of Little Feat.
Thanks Gina. I thouyght carefully before commenting on weight because it is a difficult and personal issue, and we should never be judgemental, but in this case it was relevant to cocaine use and the background to the making of the album.
Sneakin Sally is a great idea! I will have a look at doing that soon. Thank you for your support, Gina.
Cocaine back then was our new Ozempic! Sex, drugs and rock and roll, ballet dancers, super models….Not sure which was and which is worse. So sad to think of all those talented artists we’ve lost due to drug addiction and abuse. Glad Bowie was able to get his life back together and continue making music we still love today. Not sure about the life span of those taking Ozempic. Whatever happened to a healthy diet?
I think there's going to be a price to pay for the use of weight loss drugs, in the way there was a severe consequence of abusing drugs. Don't get me on my soapbox about ultra-processed foods!
Yes, it was wonderful to get those last-period Bowie albums. It's hard to listen to Blackstar though. And it is very sad to think about what might have been for too many people.
Not sure how Keith Richard is still with us, and playing, but there are exceptions to everything.
OMG I forgot about Keith! He’s looked like the crypt keeper forever but has always seemed like a really, really nice guy. Always smiling maybe because he’s still alive.
If there’s a soapbox big enough for the both of us, I’ll get on it too about all the crap food that people eat! It’s all part of the plan to keep us sick while BIG PHARMA swoops in like the giant vulture that they are. Sorry, I digress 🤨
This album is one of those records I somehow forget about—and every time I return to it, I’m stunned all over again. Station to Station never feels small. It feels like a pivot point in Bowie’s entire arc: unstable, ambitious, spiritually searching, and musically fearless.
I appreciate how you frame it as both a bridge and a crisis document—not just the Thin White Duke mythology, but the actual creative engine behind it. Your take on “Word on a Wing” as the emotional key especially resonates. That song alone feels like Bowie admitting, in real time, that he was in trouble and reaching for something higher.
This was a great excuse to put the record back on—loud.
I really like this record. I first heard it about ten years ago, and it remains a favourite. There's so much to Bowie’s music, and I must admit I've still to experience it all, rather like Dylan.