my friend of many years posted the following memory on his facebook page last night, triggering my own memory of our personal brush with bowie. many thanks for this, les.
“So, it had to be the mid eighties and I’m at the Metropolitan Music Cafe in Royal Oak at the corner of 4th and Lafayette. It was a beautiful warm sunny day and I’m talking to Beth K( she worked there at the time ).
Lord have mercy ! who comes walking in. Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Turns out Iggy and David were in town on tour together and Iggy was promoting his new album at the cafe.
David and his gorgeous blonde date headed upstairs for a bite to eat ( Mr. Bowie didn’t want to take away any attention from Iggy while they were there.)
I waited and waited for Bowie to leave, and when he finally did I ran out the door behind him following he and his date to his car.
as they were getting in, he looked at me and said, ” Hi how are you?” I shook his hand and said, ” Thank you for all the countless hours of listening to your music. ” He replied, ” Thank you very much I appreciate that. I love Detroit ” True story folks. RIP David Bowie and thank you for that moment.”
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Beautiful memory…
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Love!
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thanks, roy )
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How wonderful that he thanked Mr. Bowie instead of asking him for something!!! I love this.
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i think so too –
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Still have trouble accepting that he’s gone 😦
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it’s a sad loss for sure –
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How wonderful.
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it was –
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Lovely memory! So sweet. 🙂
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It was a good one )
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Coolest dude ever. Period.
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Fact is, had my lovely friend Beth never worked there I would have never been there for the Bowie encounter. Beth was the only reason I had for going to the metro.she’s an incredible
person.
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Wow -thank you so much, that is very sweet )
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What a marvelous memory. He was one of a kind. I love that he asked you how you were. 🙂
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How kind he was –
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When I read about people like David Bowie, I’m always struck by how gracious they are, never bothered by strangers intruding into their personal space. I’ve read several stories like this one in the past 24 hours.
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me too, andra. i’m not surprised about the number of stories that show his character.
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He was a true, magical gentleman.
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that he was –
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Another one of our talented, creative “musical geniuses” gone too soon….. 😦
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yes –
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Great story…he was a unique person.
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unique is an understatement )
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Great story
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And I loved being surprised )
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i was happy to be reminded of it )
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Great brush with fame and you were inside the Metropolitan Music Cafe which meant you were close and heard the music!! Wow, so cool, Beth. I respect David Bowie and have never heard any bad stories about him. Gone too soon.
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he was just there to enjoy and not to perform, but kind of better to encounter him that way i think )
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That’s so awesome. Glad he was a nice guy. What a neat experience.
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yes )
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