MOMA And Thurston Moore Celebrated 40 Years Of David Bowie Videos

The Museum of Modern Art and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore celebrated the 40-some years of music video innovation from chameleon David Bowie on Monday night in New York. We had it on our calendar and missed it. The Village Voice has a good report, noting that Moore admitted to never having seen ‘Labyrinth’ “until his young daughter forced him to watch it obsessively.” When we think of David Bowie and video in the same sentence the first think that strikes us immediately is the video for “Ashes to Ashes” from 1980s Scary Monsters. There’s something about that sad clown visage and the negative, inverted look that has always haunted us and stuck with us. Especially when the clowns come out of the water. Or wait, did we dream that? It’s probably a good reason why hands down this has always been our favorite Bowie track.