"Rock and Roll Suicide" smacks me upside the head every time.

Ingrained in my mind is me age 11 asking my mom “What does wham bam thank you ma’am” mean? In the back seat of the car. She told me in plain English. Very grateful for that. Leper Messiah!

@ekathrynlee7757

17 күн бұрын

You had an awesome Mom😄

Sign the lease, move in, live inside this album forever. It's home, it's everything...

Wait until you hear the extra textures on the Aladdin Sane album with Mike Garson's piano work.

Just amazing. It’s peak Bowie.

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

Absolutely. Ziggy stardust is an absolute winner. I can’t wait to do Aladdin sane next!!

@PaulMDove2

18 күн бұрын

​@@L33ReactsLooking forward to Aladdin Sane reactions, Mike Garson's piano on that album is amazing. Of course I've always wondered what it would have been like if Rick had stayed with The Spiders instead of joining Yes, but I think Mike's piano on Aladdin Sane is so iconic I can't imagine it any other way now.

@bobwoolerOriGinal

18 күн бұрын

@@L33Reacts The Aladdin Sane album was "Ziggy goes to America" -D. Bowie

@Hartlor_Tayley

18 күн бұрын

@@L33Reacts you’re gonna love it.

Suffra J ette Lee. Just genius... That line, 'making love to his ego' ! Holy sh!t !

@fidge54

18 күн бұрын

Making love WITH his ego

There is nothing, and I mean nothing, like Ziggy Stardust. We knew we were hearing something special at the time, and I still do. For both the song, and the album

Shout out for Mick Ronson. He inspired many, myself included. Gone too soon

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

Absolutely… what a force he was

@stevegreen5552

18 күн бұрын

​@@L33Reacts Check out Mick's solo albums - "Slaughter on 10th Avenue", "Play Don't Worry", "Just Like This", and "Heaven and Hull". (Tracks such as "Angel No 9", "I'd Give Anything to See You" stand out for me. "Hard Life" contains a short homage to the Ziggy riff.) For other sessions, check out the track "Junkman" by Genya Ravan, the Ellen Foley album "Night Out", and Ian Hunter albums "Ian Hunter" (great guitar on Once Bitten Twice Shy, Lounge Lizard and The Truth the Whole Truth Nuthin but the Truth), "You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic" and "YUI Orta" (the last of these credited to both Hunter and Ronson). Hmm. Tomorrow's playlist will include a lot of Ronson! When I chose Hull University to take my degree, it was a sweetener that Mick Ronson came from that city. Ah, the guy is missed.

The Ziggy years are his best years. Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs are my three favorite albums from Bowie.

@mikewoodrow5878

17 күн бұрын

Great picks! I might add Scary Monsters in there, too.

@heartoftherose

17 күн бұрын

The Spiders came together on Hunky Dory. It would be a shame to miss Life on Mars, for example.

That feeling you have when you hear the last note of a classic record for the first time.

Hunky Dory should probably be your next stop.

“Rock and Roll Suicide” is a song that saved my life. “You’re not alone! Give me your hands, cuz you’re wonderful!” ⚡️💛

What a great album. Suffragette City was a big radio hit ... and for good reason .. what a jam.

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

Yeah I can see why That’s a helluva single right there lol

I always wonder how many lives he’s saved with Rock n roll suicide….

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

Probably tons. He was a hell of a dude. I’m sad I didn’t get to experience the glory live At least we have KZread.

@edwardmeradith2419

18 күн бұрын

It saved my life.

@annakermode6646

17 күн бұрын

@@edwardmeradith2419 I’m so glad 👍

@CBGB_1977

11 күн бұрын

Mine.

The MAIN difference between my generation from 50 years ago and today's generation is that we weren't pausing the album every 10 seconds to consult our phones for lyrics & context.....us old folks experienced the SONIC POWER displayed all on it's own, in Real Time. We take plenty of scorn nowadays, and I can only suspect "jealousy" as the reason.....but you kids will NEVER KNOW how incredible it was at the time. We ARE happy that y'all are discovering the magnificence of OUR youth....but us old folks DO KNOW what's-what.....and that's enough for us. Does THIS response make you scornfully laugh, junior?!? 😆

The first time I heard David Bowie's "Suffragette City" I was 17 driving my car on The Garden State Parkway. I was so astounded by what I was hearing I pulled over to the side of the road to really listen.

Changes, Oh You PrettyThings, Life On Mars - all from Hunky Dory and all brilliant!

@ChasBeauregarde

17 күн бұрын

You forgot "Queen Bitch!"

Thx 4 the props to Mick Ronson. Highly underrated. Freaking iconic album.

@L33Reacts

17 күн бұрын

He deserve every last bit of praise we can give him. This album would not have been iconic without him. But it still would have been great.

Bowie is Iconic for a reason ⚡️💫 all the kids who lived in a world where we didn’t feel we fit he gave us great music ,lived in his own lane so we felt more possible to be ourselves. As he said you are not alone

@stephenward7856

17 күн бұрын

Yeah, well said. You’re NOT alone!!

This LP was a real game changer in the UK at the time and it catapulted Bowie into the stratosphere. He went on to record iconic albums. From the man himself,have a listen to his previous album,Hunky Dory,STILL my favourite among many favourite Bowie albums. A God of music to me.

A dear friend of mine was lucky enough to see Bowie on this tour. I didn't. I'll regret that one till I die.

Yeah, I would hazard a guess that Bowie did inspire a whole genre with this album -- glam rock -- good, bad, or indifferent. Bless his rock and roll heart. 🌟

Nice shout out to Mick Ronson, one of my heroes who inspired me when I was learning - what a fantastic guitarist and what a killer tone. A huge talent who went too soon.

An English commenter once chimed in about where Suffragette City is - it's the nickname of Manchester, England. Maybe there were a lot of women marching for their right to vote ( called the "suffragettes").

@AceAnnie1-7

9 күн бұрын

Yes, Emmaline Pankhurst was born in Manchester. She was one of the pioneers of the Women’s Suffrage movement which led to women granted the right to vote.

Yes, vivid imagery. The cover photo starts it and the music takes you places in a weird futuristic world. This is one of the best albums ever made.

An opening track that will drag you in is “It’s no game(No. 1)” from Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) 1980 - (David Bowie of course)

@mikewoodrow5878

17 күн бұрын

My fave Bowie LP - Scary Monsters

David Bowie is an alien👽

Maybe check out Transformer next, a Lou Reed album co-written and produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson.

This is a sad day and joyous day.. get to hear more, but then it's over.

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

On to Aladdin sane!

I always get an outer body feeling when I hear Ziggy Stardust...Bowie is immaculate.

Now that you've heard these Bowie album classics, check them out Live in the Ziggy Stardust Movie. It's amazing footage, and astounding to see Bowie in character as Ziggy. Bowie really looks like an Alien, imitating a Human! And Mick Ronson is equally other-worldly. Best Live "Moonage Daydream", "Ziggy Stardust", and the concert final "Rock'n'Roll Suicide". For the final song, the movie captures the moment when Bowie announces to the audience that he is retiring the Ziggy character forever. This was news to his band, (at the peak of Ziggy's popularity) the Spiders might have toured with Bowie for years.

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

i want to see "moonage daydream" from the same show we watched "Five Years" from! but then i'm totally down to check whatever else out! that movie sounds awesome. i'm not well equipped for movie reactions (I cant imagine how big those fuckers are) in the hardware department but i will for sure check it out on my own time.

@Olias056

18 күн бұрын

Yeah, Moonage daydream is amazing live.

@vegdagol2843

18 күн бұрын

@@L33Reacts The Five Years live version you did was not a full show. Go Listen to the versions from the Ziggy Stardust movie: Newly restored track by track on YT Moonage Daydream: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aKSM0bNvmby1Ydo.htmlfeature=shared Ziggy Stardust kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6aWsMmIqsanoNI.htmlfeature=shared

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

@@vegdagol2843 thank you! I’ll check it out

@jraben1065

18 күн бұрын

@@vegdagol2843 Hi Veg, Thank you for posting those links. These songs are among the greatest Rock Video performances that have ever been captured!

He’s the only person who told me “I’m Wonderful” at 14yrs of age lyrics from Rock n Roll Suicide - Bowie got me through my teenage years!!!! Great Reaction Lee 😎

Just mind-blowing. Suffragette City was the one that really convinced me that Bowie knew how to rock. And it's so damn playful!

And to think that the people that were around to listen to this then are now Grandparents. Some even Great Grandparents. How bizarre.

“Wham bam thank you mam “

A great trio of songs to end the album. Very radio friendly but more importantly, out of bounds musicianship. Bowie was definitely one of a kind. He had no fear. Thanks Lee.

One of the best albums ever

This is the album that got me to start going to his concerts. I must have seen him 8 times in concert, twice at this tour alone ❤️U BOWIE RIP✌️😪🎶

Those are my two favorite cuts as well, Lee. What a genius, the greatest songs, one in the middle of each side, Bowie and Mick Ronson leading the Spiders from Mars. Hunky Dory before it, Aladdin Sane follows it - what a rock trilogy.

Yeah, it's pronounced suffra-jet, but it is really hard to know that looking at the spelling. You can hear that in how he pronounces it in the chorus. This is a magical album! I'm so glad you covered the whole thing!

Ziggy Stardust is a seminal album - melding pop, rock and glam. From this period (1972-3) check out the first two Roxy Music albums with Brian Eno. Some of the stuff on offer there is astonishing (see Chance Meeting, If There Is Something, In Every Dream Home a Heartache). Also the track Men of Good Fortune by Lou Reed from his album Berlin.

@TheCornishCockney

18 күн бұрын

Roxy’s debut was astonishing. As an 18 yr old at the time,I LOVED Roxy Music. Those first two albums were futuristic genius. Saw them first time on The Old Grey Whistle Test,an essential show for us cool cats,and fell in love immediately. CPL 593H.

The live version of Rock n Roll Suicide is truly epic.

David Live at the Tower Theatre Philadelphia 🥹pleeez

Back in college Suffragette City was my wake up song. A couple of time through at full volume and I was good to go!

When I was a teen learning guitar, the Ziggy Stardust riff was a favorite, playing a "G" chord, hand smack, and D chord with a pinky hammer. Drove my dad mad, Lol.

One of the top 10 albums I've ever had the pleasure of hearing… Maybe one of the top five. I'm in my early 70s and as these songs have been playing, I realize I remember every word. Thank you, and RIP David.

I worked Bowie's Sight and Sound Tour at Giants Stadium when Bowie did his very last performance of the song "Ziggy Stardust". It was both a great moment for me , but also Very Sad , because it was the end of an era. I had met Bowie that morning, working an MTV promo of the "I want my MTV" commercials...a very special day....

Bowie as Ziggy Stardust looked just like my aunt back in '73-74. Despite that image, I think it's the best of Bowie. Ziggy Stardust is my favorite.

Summer o' 1974 I was workin' at Tower Records in Sacramento. A co-worker asked me what I thought o' David Bowie 'n as I'd heard o' him but was unfamiliar with his music I gave a lackluster response. He said to me "Oh yeah? Listen to this!" He put Suffragette City on the sound system 'n blasted it. I was awestruck 'n o'erwhelmed. 'Twas a moment that up 'n changed my life jes then. Yes I've been a huge Bowie fan ever since. Got me?

My friend Candy was in a film with David and she told me at one time that she knew he was a well-known singer and musician and said if she had listened to his music before she'd met him she probably would have fainted when he walked into the room. Instead she said he was just a very focused professional and they'd read lines together whenever the cameras weren't rolling because he wanted to be totally prepared when they did start rolling.

@wpollock1

18 күн бұрын

The Man Who Fell to Earth? Candy Clark? Wow

@robertjewell9727

18 күн бұрын

@@wpollock1 yeah, that's her. 👍

Suffer-A-Jet

Lee if you get a chance, watch the documentary, Five Years, about his rapid ascendancy & massively talented creativity.

L33, I have been listening to this album since the first day of it's release and play it constantly cause it's a masterpiece and one of my top 3 desert island albums Absolutely amazing album.

Great job as usual, Lee. Just thought you might like to know, a suffragette was a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest. The ONLY reason that I knew that was, I kid you not, back when I was a youngster, Mary Poppins was the movie to see (it is a great film, after all, who does not love Mary Poppins - Practically perfect in every way, you know) the mom of the kids was a suffragette, which was printed on a banner (think Miss America) around her whilst she was going out protesting the right for women to vote.

@AP-gb3eh

18 күн бұрын

My grandmother marched for the right to vote. It wasn’t that long ago 😊

Whenever I'd put together a mix tape (on reel-to-reel, of course) for a house party in the 80's I'd place 3 songs in a row guaranteed to get the guests dancing: - "White Wedding," Billy Idol. - "What I Like About You," The Romantics. and, of course, Suffragette City.

Suffragette City is my favorite Bowie song..but then then again so is Ziggy Stardust.

"and this video is sponsored by...me. What's up?" 😊 classic-i love it!

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 I don’t know where that came from

@hopeklemann1

18 күн бұрын

@@L33Reacts well it was perfect!!

This was the first Bowie album I bought and it blew me away, and made him a superstar. Out of curiosity I then got hold of his previous album Hunky Dory, which didn’t sell that well, and it grew and grew on me. All these years later, through all his changes, all the Berlin stuff Et al…Hunky Dory is now my absolute favourite.

Of all Bowie tracks I think Wild is the Wind is my all time favourite. I was living in Beckenham, Kent, where Bowie was born and grew up, when he played the at the bandstand in the park bot long before he passed. Better times. 💙

Thank you for doing the whole album. The Spiders are the best band Bowie ever had, creative and energetic as Hell. I’ll listen to anything Mick Ronson plays on, and I’m so glad I got to see him play and even hang out afterwards.

Bowie at the Beeb. White Light/White Heat. An incredible Molten Hot performance, especially from Ronno.

Thank you!!! Now that you’ve listened to the album… Watch the live version of “rock ‘n’ roll suicide“ from Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars movie

@Beatlejamie

18 күн бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dXhl0NyIlbachZM.htmlsi=qFJCKie_y_iy0iPN

Mick Ronson on guitar. So damn good.

…..all 3 tracks are Top Tier from classic Bowie ❤️

Lee, I am not certain you fully understand, but when that last track hit "Rock N Roll Suicide" in 1972, it really hit for a lot of outsiders or Queers that Bowie was really speaking to them. It still gets me. Also, the track "Ziggy Stardust" was released as a single that year as well, and became a staple of Bowie's live ser for years.

My older sister has this album in 1972. I was one of the few seven-year-olds rocking out to Bowie back then... Hang on to Yourself was my favourite song at the time.

All the songs are incredible on this album, but i always find rock N Roll suicide is phenomenonal.Just a side note: Currently, in my hometown, the original hand-written lyrics of star man by Bowie himself from 1972 are on display at a art museum who purchased them when they went up to auction few years back.Starting price was 60 thousand Australian dollors. Ended up.paying almost half a mill.

Well said. And it really influenced so many different kinds of music going forward. It was so ahead of its time. And the thing was, he was so engaged and for real underneath all this stuff.

He got clean and stayed clean after Ziggy❤

Two top Bowie tracks. There are so many great tracks on "Ziggy"

I'd recommend the album, Young Americans. It's his R&B/Soul album and it's amazing as well. He has sax legend David Sanborn on it and vocal arrangements and vocals by Luther Vandross. And every song is amazing!!!

First DB album I heard back in '72. And it's still my favorite one.

Fabulous album. Mick Ronson was an unmatched weapon in Bowie's arsenal at the time. A perfect foil, arranger and accompanist. Loved Mick's collabs with Ian Hunter too. And you should check out some of the work he did with Toronto's Dalbello(Lisa). First see her early 'Pretty Girls', proceed from there. A friend used to love watching suits from ad agencies who typically thought themselves evuh so clevuh shutup and drop their jaws when she opened her mouth. 😊😂❤

Aladdin Sane!

Thanks Lee for doing what is my favorite Bowie album. That's due to my age…

Such a killer album, every track is a frikking gem. Love these whole album reactions you do, my man - thanks for getting me rocking at my desk again. Peace and love from, Canada☮

Excellent album!!❤❤❤

This song always filled the dance floor

@fkessler53

14 күн бұрын

Suffragette city that is

☮

Such a great album! Mick Ronson !! My personal faves are here. Love em all!

Top review Bro, now you need to cover Ziggy does America “Aladdin Sane” ⚡️⚡️

Three absolutely killer tracks to finish off an amazing album. I’ve owned it since the late 70s and still enjoy listening to it

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

He really did save the best for last What an ending…

There is an old video on you tube of Ziggy Stardust live that is worth a look.

The best of Bowie. His Phonetically it's pronounced "Suffra jette".

Ohhhhhhhh ❤❤❤❤❤

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

😊😊😊😊🥹

The live album “Stage” has 4-5 of these songs live- they are done really well.

Gotta love ya some Bowie.

You need to hear from 'The Jean Genie'.

You must play Héroes studio versión with Robert Frip on guitar. One of the most iconic and Legendary songs of all time ( the whole album IS a masterpiece).......electronic and rock al His best

Alladin Sane next? The Jean Genie rocks it!

No synths. Saxaphones played by David

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

Ahhh gotcha. I was wondering what that sound was on that track thank you!

Hey L33, maybe this was already asked before but is your cap in reference to Maryland? or Baltimore more specifically? keep going brother!!

SUF Rah Jet City for next time my bro!

I had bought the 45 to Changes when it came out. I was around seven at the time. An older brother bought the Ziggy album and I played it more than him.

Guitarist I believe is Mick Ronson.

A Lad Insane please!!!

He wanted to give Suffrajett City to Mott The Hopple to record but they instead the took All The Young Dudes, worked out well for both of them.

"Panic in Detroit "🔥🤘😎

Ziggy Stardust = the best of mostly great songs on the album

Suffra-jet it’s pronounced. The suffragettes were a female protest group in England demanding the vote,led my Emily Pankhurst.

@L33Reacts

18 күн бұрын

Yeah they surely let me know that in the chat this morning!