My religious belief: David Bowie was a musical gift to humanity from an advanced world. He returned to them and we are grateful that he gave us brilliant rock music. And bravo to guitarist/arranger Rick Ronson for his genius work with Bowie.
@@ed.z.I was watching the documentary of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour (1975-76ish) and to my surprise he had Ronson on guitar 🤯 but it was a blend also with a violin and piano etc. It was not glam but it was lively and eclectic so Ronson didn't look too freaky for them
Such a unique and great voice . Superlative inflections, and control.. unique compositions also.. no one else sounded like him , this album and ‘hunky dorey’ are his peak for me
With David Bowie’s Absolutely Amazing Vocals & Eclectic Songwriting along with Mick Ronson on Piano Melotron String Arraignments & Ronson’s Other Worldly Guitar make Ziggy Stardust Bowie’s Signature Album. Just Listen to the Absolutely Amazing Song “Moonage Daydream”’for Proof along with Starman Ziggy Stardust Suffragette City.
This was my first Bowie album. The original vinyl cover included the instructions "To Be Played at Maximum Volume." Over the years I've owned this album on vinyl, on 8-track, on cassette, Compact Disk, and now in my digital library. Back in the day we knew it was a great album and we listened to it until friction rendered the grooves incapable of holding the needle in place -- but as a 14-year-old kid it never would have occurred to me that by my late 60s I would still be giddy upon hearing Starman pop up in the soundtrack of The Martian or Guardians of the Galaxy or Glass Onion or Lightyear, or on my favorite reaction channels.
Sometime you need to see his performance of this song on Top of the Pops...it was a very important broadcast...Bowie's channel says: "The performance launched Bowie to stardom. Thursday 6th July, 1972, is said to be 'the day that invented the 80’s’ as so many musicians who went on to be household names saw the performance and it changed their lives." I'm glad you reacted to the studio version first though.
I remember it vividly. Everyone was talking about it next day in school, and I went from being one of the few Bowie fans in school to a Fount of Knowledge of all things Bowie holding court in the playground :)
@@intothesunset3 Yeah, I was lucky to be around at that time, I was able to see him live twice in 1973, before and after the release of Aladdin Sane. Of course I'm paying for it now being a knackered old fart :D
Thanks, Shawn.. this is one of my favorites by David.. you should see him perform live.. he plays guitar... David was, indeed, a gift... so uniquely talented!.. appreciate your reaction... (p.s. also Rock n. Roll Suicide is awesome...)
This whole album is one of the greatest Rock classics. Find some time especially to listen to the final track, Rock & Roll Suicide. (It's very life-affirming, with amazing lyrics.)
There is a fantastic live performance of Bowie performing "Heroes" from a Berlin concert in 2002. There are several RUclips videos of this performance available but one has particularly great audio and visual, it's the one that has over 201M views. If you decide to check it out, that's the one you want. He talks to the audience just a little bit beforehand and when he starts singing he has a slow build as he gets more and more into the song. You can really tell he was into that performance that night and even says at the end of it, "I felt that!" It's an amazing way to see Bowie perform this song imo.
Shawn if you are so interested in making sense of the larger story, you have got to dig the whole album in original order, and putting all the puzzles in place of the story of the rise and fall of Ziggy. It will be a worthwhile journey, as there is hardly a weak song in the album. 😊
This has to be my favourite Bowie song. It's full of optimism. There's a generational aspect too. You really should watch it again with the Top of the Pops video, which all of Britain watched on a Thursday night. It blew the minds of those who saw it. Bowie in a flimsy tie-dye cat suit, interacting with the camera, and Mick Ronson his guitarist. A lot of parents hated it, the kids loved it. It's interesting to compare the theme with the Carpenters, Calling interplanetary craft, there are parallels.
One of those albums I bought simply because of the awesome cover image. There are actually videos of people looking for that exact location. It matches the music inside perfectly: far out and funky, splintered and surreal. But Bowie soon left Ziggy behind and became The Thin White Duke. Every couple of years he transformed himself and gave us a new musical persona. What a genius.
This is from a concept album that starts with news that Earth has just 5 years left before it dies and a bisexual alien comes down to earth as a rock n roll star to save us. He gets caught up in his own ego and falls from grace, ending with the classic song, Rock and Roll Suicide. It's an amazing album, quite a journey to take, I'd recommend you checking it out. Oh, and the music is AMAZING!!!
I like how it sounds a bit glum, the opening acoustic, but then it becomes a really groovy tune. The electric guitar doesn't interfere with the violins, they sound great 🎸🎻
was hoping for the top of the pops 1972 performance that you mentioned so you can see his ziggy stardust character! listening to it is only one aspect of david you have to include the performance,image,persona side.his creativity weather in video or live. please do the video for china girl and do the top of the popos 1972 for starman.
Brother please do the live version of Moonage Daydream. The guitar by Mick Ronson and the solo is so good it was recorded in the Ziggy era. Thanks great stuff!
Check out the cover version from the criminally underrated Bill Murray movie "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" Performed by Brazilian singer/songwriter/actor Seu Jorge!
You should do yourself a favor and listen to the whole album, start to finish. It gets stronger as it goes on, and the last 4 songs (Hang On To Yourself, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, and Rock and Roll Suicide) can all be considered classics, not even including “Starman”. Michael (Mick) Ronson is a brilliant musician. He was the only one who could read music, so he arranged everything and scored the music for strings, etc., plays lead guitar, keyboards, etc, and did the same with Lou Reed for his ‘Transformer’ album including “Walk On The Wild Side”. In fact, he and Bowie play acoustic guitar on that title track.
My religious belief: David Bowie was a musical gift to humanity from an advanced world. He returned to them and we are grateful that he gave us brilliant rock music. And bravo to guitarist/arranger Rick Ronson for his genius work with Bowie.
Mick Ronson 🎸
@@jonathanmurphy3141right my typo he is Mick Ronson . Thanks for the clarification.
David Bowie was such an extraordinary artist with unique style! I would love to hear Blue Jean.
@@ed.z.I was watching the documentary of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour (1975-76ish) and to my surprise he had Ronson on guitar 🤯 but it was a blend also with a violin and piano etc. It was not glam but it was lively and eclectic so Ronson didn't look too freaky for them
💖💖💖 Love Bowie! Try his song "Ziggy Stardust".
David Bowie was singing about himself. Sometimes we weren’t ready for him, but we came around.
One of my favorite Bowie tracks, always brightens my mood. :)
This album is so iconic. And it's great to hear this back-to-back with Moon age Daydream.
Such a unique and great voice . Superlative inflections, and control.. unique compositions also.. no one else sounded like him , this album and ‘hunky dorey’ are his peak for me
None of us thought that 50 years on, young people would still be grooving to Ziggy Stardust We just didn't realise just how epic this music was.
I was so lucky to see him twice, in the 70's... just fantastic! Really miss him 🌹
Pure musical genius! The music world and the world in general miss this man's enormous talent.
With David Bowie’s Absolutely Amazing Vocals & Eclectic Songwriting along with Mick Ronson on Piano Melotron String Arraignments & Ronson’s Other Worldly Guitar make Ziggy Stardust Bowie’s Signature Album. Just Listen to the Absolutely Amazing Song
“Moonage Daydream”’for Proof along with Starman Ziggy Stardust Suffragette City.
Love my Bowie ! 💖
This was my first Bowie album. The original vinyl cover included the instructions "To Be Played at Maximum Volume."
Over the years I've owned this album on vinyl, on 8-track, on cassette, Compact Disk, and now in my digital library. Back in the day we knew it was a great album and we listened to it until friction rendered the grooves incapable of holding the needle in place -- but as a 14-year-old kid it never would have occurred to me that by my late 60s I would still be giddy upon hearing Starman pop up in the soundtrack of The Martian or Guardians of the Galaxy or Glass Onion or Lightyear, or on my favorite reaction channels.
Your post could have been written by me.....huge Bowie fan from the early 70"s
Sometime you need to see his performance of this song on Top of the Pops...it was a very important broadcast...Bowie's channel says: "The performance launched Bowie to stardom. Thursday 6th July, 1972, is said to be 'the day that invented the 80’s’ as so many musicians who went on to be household names saw the performance and it changed their lives." I'm glad you reacted to the studio version first though.
I'll try to do so, thanks for informing me 😁
I remember it vividly. Everyone was talking about it next day in school, and I went from being one of the few Bowie fans in school to a Fount of Knowledge of all things Bowie holding court in the playground :)
@@silgen That's wonderful😄 And interesting...I've only heard about the impact it had, since I wasn't born yet :)
@@intothesunset3 Yeah, I was lucky to be around at that time, I was able to see him live twice in 1973, before and after the release of Aladdin Sane. Of course I'm paying for it now being a knackered old fart :D
@@silgen 😊That must have been amazing!
Do yourself a big favor and listen to this album from start to finish. Fantastic.
Great track, love it. Cool reaction Shawn
The late Mick Ronson kills on guitar.
Thanks, Shawn.. this is one of my favorites by David.. you should see him perform live.. he plays guitar... David was, indeed, a gift... so uniquely talented!.. appreciate your reaction... (p.s. also Rock n. Roll Suicide is awesome...)
This whole album is one of the greatest Rock classics. Find some time especially to listen to the final track, Rock & Roll Suicide. (It's very life-affirming, with amazing lyrics.)
There is a fantastic live performance of Bowie performing "Heroes" from a Berlin concert in 2002. There are several RUclips videos of this performance available but one has particularly great audio and visual, it's the one that has over 201M views. If you decide to check it out, that's the one you want. He talks to the audience just a little bit beforehand and when he starts singing he has a slow build as he gets more and more into the song. You can really tell he was into that performance that night and even says at the end of it, "I felt that!" It's an amazing way to see Bowie perform this song imo.
Thanks Deb! I will keep this one in mind to visit!
@@ShawnSalvadori You Rock!😃
Shawn if you are so interested in making sense of the larger story, you have got to dig the whole album in original order, and putting all the puzzles in place of the story of the rise and fall of Ziggy. It will be a worthwhile journey, as there is hardly a weak song in the album. 😊
This has to be my favourite Bowie song. It's full of optimism. There's a generational aspect too. You really should watch it again with the Top of the Pops video, which all of Britain watched on a Thursday night. It blew the minds of those who saw it. Bowie in a flimsy tie-dye cat suit, interacting with the camera, and Mick Ronson his guitarist. A lot of parents hated it, the kids loved it.
It's interesting to compare the theme with the Carpenters, Calling interplanetary craft, there are parallels.
i'd say the two piece was a baroque style.i have also requested the 72 performance.
65-75 - the! Decade of rock!
One of those albums I bought simply because of the awesome cover image. There are actually videos of people looking for that exact location. It matches the music inside perfectly: far out and funky, splintered and surreal. But Bowie soon left Ziggy behind and became The Thin White Duke. Every couple of years he transformed himself and gave us a new musical persona. What a genius.
This is from a concept album that starts with news that Earth has just 5 years left before it dies and a bisexual alien comes down to earth as a rock n roll star to save us. He gets caught up in his own ego and falls from grace, ending with the classic song, Rock and Roll Suicide. It's an amazing album, quite a journey to take, I'd recommend you checking it out. Oh, and the music is AMAZING!!!
I like how it sounds a bit glum, the opening acoustic, but then it becomes a really groovy tune. The electric guitar doesn't interfere with the violins, they sound great 🎸🎻
the song reminds me of the days we got pissed in the dive bar on weekends,
was hoping for the top of the pops 1972 performance that you mentioned so you can see his ziggy stardust character! listening to it is only one aspect of david you have to include the performance,image,persona side.his creativity weather in video or live.
please do the video for china girl and do the top of the popos 1972 for starman.
Bowie is a Master Musician Chameleon ❤️💫🪐⚡️🌟🚀 he is now eternal “Starman”(1969)
Brother please do the live version of Moonage Daydream. The guitar by Mick Ronson and the solo is so good it was recorded in the Ziggy era. Thanks great stuff!
Great reaction, thank you😊❤
Happy you enjoyed 😁 thank you! Have a great weekend 😄
@@ShawnSalvadoriThanks Shawn! You too😊
New suscriber. Love the track and love you too.
Check out the cover version from the criminally underrated Bill Murray movie "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"
Performed by Brazilian singer/songwriter/actor Seu Jorge!
You should do yourself a favor and listen to the whole album, start to finish. It gets stronger as it goes on, and the last 4 songs (Hang On To Yourself, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, and Rock and Roll Suicide) can all be considered classics, not even including “Starman”. Michael (Mick) Ronson is a brilliant musician. He was the only one who could read music, so he arranged everything and scored the music for strings, etc., plays lead guitar, keyboards, etc, and did the same with Lou Reed for his ‘Transformer’ album including “Walk On The Wild Side”. In fact, he and Bowie play acoustic guitar on that title track.
Try the title track of the next album Aladdin Sane next, it's totally different again from all the tracks you've heard so far.
Héroes and Moonage daydream please😎
Give a listen to Panic in Detroit for another Bowie sound.
Try “Time takes a cigarette “ from Space Oddity.
Fame and let's dance are my favourites of his , But i wouldn't call myself a proper fan. But those two tunes are grooving!
John Lennon sings on “Fame” and Stevie Ray Vaughan is lead guitar on ‘Let’s Dance’ album.
DONT EVER USE M&M IN THE SAME SENTENCE
Don't lie about listening to songs for the first time.
?? He doesn't.
Sorry, my comment felt rude so I deleted it. I don't know if you're joking or being serious...
@@ShawnSalvadoriwhat
@@intothesunset3he does