The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
In 1971 David Bowie took on the persona of a doomed alien rock star, Ziggy Stardust, assembled the back up band, The Spiders from Mars and told reporters he was "going to be huge". The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars is a Glam Rock concept album covering the doomed career arc of the rock star, Ziggy Stardust who "took it all to far". Though the plot gets lost a little the strength of the individual tracks save it, all Bowie originals except "It Ain't Easy". Bowies first truly commercial offering is Thursdays Critical Junction. Five Years is a definite on the playlist, the rest is up to you!Track listing
1. Five Years
2. Soul Love
3. Moonage Daydream
4. Starman
5. It Ain't Easy
6. Lady Stardust
7. Star
8. Hang On To Yourself
9. Ziggy Stardust
10. Suffragette City
11. Rock & Roll Suicide
Labels: 1970's
posted by Critical Junctions @ 13:20
8 Comments
8 Comments:
THIS, is a brilliant album. And David Bowie is one of the few mega artists who have stood the test of time. It would be great if you could play the whole album, in my opinion, but given a choice of four tracks, I'd have to plum for :
1.Hang On To Yourself
2.Ziggy Stardust
3.Suffragette City
4.Rock'N'Roll Suicide
With Suffragette city being my fav.
Double Yech Greg is looking for Ziggy and Suffregette City too. Starman anyone?? It's better than you remember.....
You could always play Starman aswell, Sarah. And it's not very nice of you calling Greg Double Yech, not nice at all...wait till I tell him...lol...lol
I could have used Double Epic but Double Yech had a certain ring to it.....;)
Starman, play I shall!
I couldn't believe my ears when I came across Hang On To Yourself on the radio this morning, didn't get to hear the rest but I've had the album for years and it's inspired me to pull it out again. Well done, loved your show, I'll be tuning in again.
Glad you enjoyed it Ciaran, stay tuned!
I have been called worse........
I think Double Yech may have to stick....;)
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