Why David Bowie lamented his 1972 masterpiece

Why David Bowie lamented his 1972 masterpiece

There are certain works of art that need the grand scale of society’s attention. David Bowie was never quite built for the grassroots mainstay of the back room at the Bull & Dog.  Half of the patrons of an English boozer would drop their pint of bitter if they saw him strutting across the quaint pub carpet in his full Ziggy Stardust garb. His celestial approach to art commanded a certain setting. Ironically, however, he failed to gain the gaze o…