You will be hard pressed to find a finer album. Ever.

After the news announcement that only "Five Years" remain, Ziggy Stardust arrives to save the Earth - with "Soul Love," "Moonage Daydream," and much, much more... play it, Lee!

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

Next week! It's coming:) I'll do the studio from here on out though. More then likely.

Ziggy is a must! While I think Aladdin Sane is s better album, both are at the heart of Bowie’s most famous era. You’re gonna love them!

Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide should be your next track off Ziggy Stardust. I want it to be the last thing I hear.

I would have recommended hearing the studio album version of "Five Years" on "Ziggy Stardust", first, but that's definitely a cool performance of it. The album version is bigger.

Just an incredibly breathtaking performance. Seeing this on TV blew the minds of a generation. You really need to check out the performance of "Starman" live on Top Of The Pops. Tame by today's standards, but at the time it shocked the nation. The man is a legend. Mick Ronson too. 💖🎸⚡ Peace 😎🤘

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

He really is iconic as hell.... Definitely one of the greatest artists of our time. I wish I could have sat down with a spot of tea and pick his brain.

The live version you watched of “Width of a Circle” was from the last concert Bowie did as Ziggy Stardust but the song itself was from an earlier album “The Man Who Sold the World”, 1970.

One of my favorite Bowie songs. The crescendo is better on the album version though.

At 74 Woody Woodmansey is the last surviving member of The Spiders from Mars. The band were very down to earth Yorkshire lads, invited by Bowie to move to London and be his backing band. They initially weren't happy about the glam image, but once they saw how much attention Bowie got from female fans they'd be fighting over using the eyeliner. The whole band contributed a lot to those early songs, but got no writing credit, Bowie was to be notorious for using, and then suddenly dropping his collaborators and moving on to a new crowd. Woody, like his bandmates, knew nothing of the plans to finish off Ziggy, until Bowie announced it on stage on the last date of a tour. Woody continued a career in music and has since worked with both Art Garfunkel, and Sir Paul McCartney.

@carrerlluna66

Ай бұрын

Ned from Spain here. That is the only time I've ever felt disappointed in Bowie. Without them he never would've made it. Woody, Trevor and Mick lived on almost nothing, terrible salaries and worked their asses off and got the shaft for their efforts. Ever hear the story of when Woody found out how much keys man Mike Garson was getting paid ? Supposedly Tony De Fries was part of the problem, no one mattered but Bowie.

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

Damn that is fucking rough. Ruthless business with managers and money involved. If you let creative people be creative people and let business people be business people I think the whole thing works a lot smoother. But people think they can do both (and some can) and it ruins everything.

@rghilino6734

Ай бұрын

Mike Garson is still around and performing. Though I don't know if he was technically a Spider.

@carrerlluna66

Ай бұрын

@@rghilino6734 Apparently Mike was unaware of the Spider's situation.I love Mike Garson as a person and he's one of the most incredible musicians in whatever genre. There is a great documentary about him on Amplified.

This song has my favourite line from any song ever ..Think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour, drinking milkshakes cold and long.. Smilingly just and waving and looking so fine .Don't think you knew you were in this song . Brilliant Album.

Great album, entire play.

That was Bowie doing what he most liked to do, which was taking us down a route we didn't know we wanted to go down. He liked to make us feel a little bit uneasy, taking us outside our comfort zone. With the Ziggy songs he decided to make it sound raw, like something scraped up off dirty city streets, not polished and perfect sounding. From a musical perspective this was a glimpse of punk three years before punk erupted in the UK. Mostly the album was about a rock performer going mad on drugs and an out-of-control ego trip. But this particular song is about an imaginary unspecified threat to human existence, and the breakdown in society that it causes. Don't fall into the trap of trying to work out exactly what everything means, because Bowie deliberately left gaps for you to fill with your own imagination.

Ah. The Old Grey Whistle Test !!! It was our life line to so much good music. All played live. It broke so many act from both sides of the pond to prominence. Happy days

He's called Woody because there were two Micks in The Spiders From Mars. Guitarist Mick Ronson was on the piano for this song. An underrated guitarist, as you will no doubt soon discover.

An absolute masterpiece of an album...ever song is a banger...you need to do the entire album...it's a must. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is also:” Is there life on Mars “. Official video shows his unusual eyes one blue one green one dilated one not.

Work your way through the Ziggy album. You will not be disappointed Lee.

Ziggy Stardust is a concept album, with a story arc. This being the first track, Five Years sets up the premise of the story. It's a fantastic album worth a whole listen. Keep going !

Ziggy Stardust is a great album! Worth a listen.

This is the opening song on Ziggy Stardust; its closing counterpart "Rock n Roll Suicide" kind of goes with it, and has probably saved countless lives. The whole album is special but these two are my favourite songs on it.

I feel a heavy dose of his Folk Roots in this song, been a fan of Bowie since 73 this song still gives me goose bumps.

David Bowie was the best musician in the my lifetime.

We were so close to it all ending in 1972. Our Generals were seriously talking about only loosing 40 million civilians in America if we launched first. By Christmas, we had launched Operation Linebacker II ,on North Vietnam, leveling Everything Above Ground. Just before midnight on December 31st, 1972, China threatened a Nuclear Launch is f we did not stop bombing....I worked Bowie's last performance of the song "Siggy Stardust" at Giant's Stadium around 1990. Met David working an MTV Commercial recording that morning. A True British Gentleman..

Never been the biggest Bowie fan but his talent is undeniable, 'Five Years' is a Bowie favourite and this is a superb performance... I recommend 'Queen Bitch' from the same session, it's another Bowie fave of mine...

Glad you will explore the rest of the album

@L33Reacts

Ай бұрын

Yup next week we will do the next couple tracks. Can't wait to see where this goes.

Everything on Ziggy Stardust is great

as i recall he did three tracks that episode

Yes, you would love the whole album beginning to end, then on to Aladdin Sane 1973. You won’t get to that right away but keep it in your back pocket for later.

I watched this the night it aired. Home from the pub, Whistle test on. There's some great performances on there.

Thank you. The best beginning of an album and with rock'n'roll suicide also the best end. I love Wednesday Bowie.

I saw Bowie 20 years ago on his last tour of Australia. He was awesome.

Lee, dude, you must listen to this album, start to finish...it's fucking mind-blowing!

Still in love with Ziggy❤️😔

Bowie was probably afraid to blow out the mic here. He's always been a great actor, and in the studio version (which is also a must listen), he had the engineer stop halfway through and turn the levels down so he could really scream and cry during the repeats at the end. It's stunning to listen to.

I recently go 'into' early Bowie as I was a bit too young to appreciate him in '72 this passed me by. However since discovering this video and 'Oh you Pretty things' from the same OGWT session I have to watch them on a weekly basis. Fabulous stuff. And as someone has already mentioned his performance of 'Starman' on Top of The Pops is iconic.

Fucking great album

Nice to see the great Mick Ronson demonstrate his non-guitar musicianship. Trevor Bolder's bass rarely gets the credit it deserves, though.

Thank you for sharing so many songs! This unusually intense and serious performance by a young David Bowie was very interesting. Thank you, Lee.

It's one of his best and the live version is excellent.

YESSS THE WHOLE ALBUM

You MUST have heard Starman!

If you like this the album version has a beautiful string arrangement at the end plus Mick Ronson doing bombs dropping guitar. Plus supposedly during Bowie recording the vocals he was crying at the end. And that’s the take on the album.

The album version has a soaring guitar from Mick Ronson who is playing piano in this video. Fantastic song and album. I agree with the other comment that Aladdin Sane or Diamond Dogs or Station to Station are better than Ziggy, but it is a great place to start.

Based on a dream he had.

An amazing opening track to a classic album.

YES, REACT TO THE WHOLE ALBUM PLEASE

Good choice Bowie live what a tune

That "So many people" at 3:27 always gets me. The way he sings that, also in the studio version, is so...... so..... IDK sad? IDK

bowie is outstanding, and this LP is his best

What an album! ⭐️

Drummer was rock solid, great album and song! Thanks

Only band not to play live on TOGWT was the New York Dolls.

You’re in for a treat⚡️

For these songs you should do the album version before the live, just to get the full effect and power of the songs, this is good but not as dramatic as the record.

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I like so much this song🤘

the old grey whistle test was the show all the cool bands played on... it got its name because it wasnt old, it was colourful, more that just whistle (all instruments) and it was not a test

David Bowie no one finer,

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Doesn't age this song. I've played it a lot again since 2020. End of days.

So good even with out mick ronsons lead guitar backing.

Such an awesome band. What a shame that Bowie dropped them on a whim without warning especially when they contributed so much to his early success. I love Bowie, but that was always disappointing to me.

The album version is far superior to this "weak" effort.

Hate to break from the consensus, but a pretty meh album for me. I much prefer work he did both before and after. This is overrated IMHO 😊

You’re in for a treat⚡️