Drive in Saturday is just one amazing song. It has given me the shivers since I first heard it as a lad. (I'm not too distant in age to you Allan.)

Today on a long drive, I listened to Ziggy for the first time in ages. Wow. I am used to throwing in a comment on any subject but seriously, I can't describe how perfect that album is.

Mind you, I am posting this being driven home from a gig. I ended with Ziggy Stardust (it has always been available given a particular audience) and without trying to sound too luvvy, it was, let's say, well received.

His appeal is over so many years and so many incarnations of himself that anybody with any musical soul has Bowie in their musical makeup somewhere.

Coming out with platitudes. There are times when it's allowed. Bowie is such a time.