And as I have covered before, Tony Visconti swore to me one night that Bowie had used Queen's Park and their nickname The Spiders as inspiration for the Spiders from Mars after attending a couple of games at Hampden.
You're right: and I offer three pieces of convincing evidence in support.
1. I once knew a NHS physiotherapist, and to safeguard Neil's identity we'll call him 'Bob', who was the physio at Queen's Park many years ago and he confided that Queen's Park had a mystery benefactor whose identity would surprise everyone were it to become known. Now, Bob often gave my son and I free tickets, no doubt in an effort to get the attendance into double figures, and I certainly recall a slight figure (obviously male) sitting away from everyone else (not hard to do by the way) who always wore a duffel coat with the hood up and he also always wore sunglasses (even in a West of Scotland winter's day) - just sayin'.
2. Most will know that Queen's Park play at Hampden but those familiar with Glasgow will know Hampden is located in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow - which starts with an 'M', as does Mars!
3. Hampden is often busy when there a big games, and parking there is problematic - however, when Queen's Park play there are no such problems: you can just drive right in, even on a Saturday - and one of Bowie's best know songs is 'Drive in Saturday'! Coincidence I hear you say - but what are the chances of that!
