David Bowie: Madison Square Garden, NYC
Paul Rambali, NME, 20 May 1978
IT WOULD make a great parlour game were some enterprising company to formalize rules. A game this writer has been known to play over the years, often avidly, sometimes disinterestedly, but always his curiosity keeps him coming back for more. It used to be called "What will David Bowie do next?" Then it became "Guess who David Bowie is now?" But nowadays its best known as, "Will the real David Bowie please stand up?"
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