Bono remembered David Bowie,who died Jan. 10, in an emotional, moving tributepublished inRolling Stoneon Wednesday.
David Bowie is my idea of a rockstar.
The Irishman remembered the first time he ever saw Bowie perform, onTop of the Popsin 1972.
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He was so vivid, he writes.
Ive said he was our Elvis Presley.
There are so many similarities: the masculine-feminine duality, the physical mastery of being on a stage.
They created original silhouettes, shapes now seen as obvious, that did not exist before.
He called her Pixie,' he remembered.
And shes been a lifelong Bowie fan.
Finally, Bono touches on Bowies musical legacy, for which there are few who will ever compare.
Or Who else plays them?
And in his case, the answer is nobody.
Head toRollingStone.comto read the tribute in full.
