Oh, to listen to those albums for the first time... Every single album from the 70's is gonna blow your mind. Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to station, Berlin trilogy... oh my. I'm so excited to watch you discovering all of them
Man I wish I could listen to “Moonage Daydream” again for the first time, eyes closed; full of chills and tears. Mick Ronson ascends to the stars where our Starman is waiting.
YES, you've reached Ziggy! No, you're not overreacting. Your excitement is infectious. It's a unique album from a unique artist. High-art kitsch with intense emotion and drive. I don't think there's any Bowie fan that doesn't like Ziggy. You really HAVE to watch Ziggy Stardust: the Motion Picture at some point to get the full Ziggy live experience. An electric final performance by Bowie as Ziggy, who felt he had actually been absorbed by the character he created, and needed quite some time to shake him off. Infamous as well for giving his band their marching orders then and there without them knowing (except for Mick Ronson). And some performances which in my opinion even top the studio versions. His next "new" character Aladdin Sane has always been described as Ziggy goes to America. Also a very strong album with loads of other classic fan favourites (certainly mine) and including legendary piano parts by Mike Garson.
Also I wanted to say that if you like saying “Bisexual Alien Rockstar” you should know that the Catholic League called Bowie a “Bisexual switch hitting senior citizen” after a provocative video of the the title track of his first album after a 10 year hiatus tilted “The Next Day” pissed them off. It’s one of my favorite things to tell new Bowie fans.
This is tied with Rhythm Nation 1814 as my favorite album of all time. The concept alone is amazing but the music just comforts me so much!! Starman is also one of my favorite songs of all time❤️
I admire how much you're investing in this and giving genuine reactions, as opposed to many that are annoying as they seem pretty fake. I hope you stick with this as every album has songs you will love, but he really becomes very experimental after Station to Station. I hope you stick with it as it's more than worth it. Fun fact , he has so many great songs that never made the original albums for one reason or another that they could make up a couple of additional albums. Who can I be now is one of them, and outside hardcore Bowie fans, little known, but has some of his most epic vocals.
Fantastic reaction! Like all the early Bowie albums, I first heard this in 1990 when it was reissued. I have great memories of sitting at my desk after school doing my homework and blaring this album, wishing I had been born early enough to have witnessed Bowie live in this era. I also used to occasionally alarm my mum by randomly shouting out "aaaaAAAH WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM!!" She was not amused and would tell me off for being so rude! Really enjoying your Bowie journey, hope you do his videos and live shows too. The Ziggy concert film is unbelievable!
You're gonna love the extra trivia on this album: First off, when David started screaming at the end of Five Years, he was legitimately breaking down. He regularly did most of his songs in one take, and that song was inspired by a dream he had where his deceased father told him he'd be dead in 5 years if he flew on airplanes. David developed a fear of flying that lasted all the way until his death, and he only started flying regularly in the 1980s because his tours got bigger. David played the saxophone on Soul Love. Saxophone was his first instrument, and he started playing it because he wanted to grow up to be in Little Richard's band. Moonage Daydream was originally recorded under a project called Arnold Corns, named after the Pink Floyd song Arnold Layne. The lyrics were changed when it was re-recorded for this album. That line "keep your electric eye on me" was the catalyst for the legendary Aladdin Sane lightning bolt on the next record's cover. Starman wasn't originally supposed to be on the album. It replaced several songs, the main one being John, I'm Only Dancing, which was released as a standalone single but wasn't a huge success. RCA wanted a real hit and gave David an ultimatum that they wouldn't release the album without one. He threw it together quickly and it ironically became the only radio song on the album in most territories. He first hit his stride when he played it on Top of the Pops in 1972. After that, people in England started to get very invested. It Ain't Easy wasn't supposed to be on this album either. It was going to be scrapped after it was taken off of Hunky Dory because it's one of the weaker songs, but RCA took issue with two songs, Velvet Goldmine and Sweet Head, having overt sexual references and made him take them off, again giving him an ultimatum that they wouldn't release the record if he didn't listen to them. A cover of Round and Round by Chuck Berry that David and The Spiders had been doing was a first candidate, but they weren't excited about playing it anymore. Obligatory covers were a huge theme of David's '70s albums. Lady Stardust is very significant because Marc Bolan was one of David's best friends. The two met at a management office and bonded while doing interior decorating. No one really understood them at the time and laboring was all they could do to get by. They recorded The Prettiest Star together in 1970, and that song will come up again on Aladdin Sane, where it was re-recorded with Mick Ronson making his best attempt to play things as Marc played them. Star really has no backstory. It could be on any album and fit in, because there are no references to the plot at all. Its spot was definitely intended for another of the songs I mentioned were omitted and reduced to being bonus tracks. Hang on to Yourself is a very special one. Like Moonage Daydream, it was first recorded during the Arnold Corns sessions, then re-recorded for this album. That riff is one of the most important in music. Keep in mind punk rock and glam metal hadn't existed at this point in time. Until 1974, in fact. That riff was later used in God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols, She's Tight by Cheap Trick, and Talk Dirty to Me by Poison, some of the real classics of the next era. Ziggy Stardust is a deeper song that really ties together the religious undertones that you mentioned. Only, they're not religious undertones referring to theology for most of the album. For Five Years they are, but for the rest of the album, the savior of mankind is Ziggy Stardust, their bisexual rock n' roll god. "He was the Naz with God-given ass" is a direct comparison of Ziggy to Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, the messiah who rode through Jerusalem on a donkey. Ziggy Stardust is the literal Jesus Christ of this story. The leper messiah. On another note, that term was used for the name of a Metallica song on their Master of Puppets album, called Leper Messiah. I'd already mentioned them using an Andy Warhol riff for the title track, but the members of that band were very into Bowie's albums while recording. That makes David Bowie one of the most influential people on heavy metal music, if The Man Who Sold the World wasn't enough of a selling point on that idea. Ziggy Stardust is the one non-single that usually makes greatest hits albums. Suffragette City is about Ziggy's roommate dating a feminist and always asking him for rides to go see her. Ziggy was too cool for that and told him to stop complaining, essentially. Rock N' Roll Suicide is the real masterpiece of this record. In a literal sense, it's about mental illness. Knowing what he knew about depression and schizophrenia and anxiety, David's message here was that all of the normal things that bore us in life and lead us into feelings of isolation are the things that keep us going. Smoking cigarettes, waiting for milk deliveries, coming home at the end of the day. "Don't let the sun blast your shadow" is a call to stay alive rather than letting life take you away and make you a transparent, lifeless entity that the sun goes straight through. Thematically and in David's stage show, it represented Ziggy being ripped apart and dying. The villain of the plot that David described in interviews is a collective of interdimensional beings called Infinites. David described them as black hole jumpers. Earth was going to be swallowed if they didn't take Ziggy as a sacrifice. It's very provocative, and you can read up on that in his Rolling Stone interview with the author William Burroughs, whose cut-ups technique he used to write lyrics for songs like Moonage Daydream and a lot of tracks on the next two albums coming up. It's very fascinating. This album was influenced by Rocky Horror and vice versa. The theatre production came out first, drastically different from how the movie looks. When this album came out, it gave the Rocky Horror crew a lot of ideas. They hired David's makeup artist for the film. David went to see the theatre production, and he left Tim Curry a dozen red roses. The two were very appreciative of each other, and Tim talked about it recently. Not only did this record influence Rocky Horror Picture Show, but also Queen. They formed in 1970 around when David released The Man Who Sold the World, but didn't release any music until 1973 around the Aladdin Sane hype and the Ziggy Stardust Tour ending. David had 4 glam rock albums on them, and while Brian May was very supportive of David, Freddie Mercury was somewhat jealous, denying him as an influence and criticizing him after the two recorded Under Pressure in 1981. They met back around the time Queen formed, when Space Oddity was David's only hit and he couldn't afford a pair of shoes. Freddie worked in the local marketplace and fitted him for a pair. It was irritating that David did most things before Queen because Freddie was older and felt he worked harder. The two became actual friends at Live Aid in 1985 and Freddie had outgrown drama, so David had full invitation to perform at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 after his passing. Bowie deserved every single respect in the music industry and got it. This album is a huge landmark. One of the most influential albums of all time and one of the greatest albums David recorded in his 6 decade career. Do I feel it's his best? No. I feel his best will come over the next 8 years of discography. I believe Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Station to Station, Heroes, and Scary Monsters all rival it, but he does a lot of things better on them. His writing gets better, he becomes a stronger vocalist, he develops more personality, he brings in more variety, the artwork becomes grander and grander, then you'll get into his commercial period, where imo everything is still outstanding, but in a different way. I'm not underselling Young Americans and Low, though. Those albums are very underrated because most fans haven't heard them in their entirety. You're in amazing shape to break them down the way you do, because you've set yourself on a path that most don't take. I think you'll love so many things over time the way you love this album. This first experience will carry over to some of them, as well. I'm glad to see this album means so much to you, because it's not an overreaction. This album changed music, culture, and lives. It really is worth the emotion you've put into hearing it. I'm glad you've had this experience. 🙂
As big of a Bowie fan as I am, I still learn things from you, Chris! I, love Ziggy, but yes, I agree I don't think it's his best, but groundbreaking none the less. Diamond Dogs will always be my fav album along w/ Blackstar and Scary Monsters, but Letter to Hermione will always hold such a special place and thus, Space Oddity does. Oh well, I guess I really don't have a fav. Sweet Head is amazing as is Velvet Goldmine as much more deserving to be on that album, damn corporate shills! Look forward to more meetings Chris!
@@anabellelei8540 Honestly, of the 6 songs David could've put on the album, I'll never understand where It Ain't Easy was the ideal choice. If not Velvet Goldmine, at least Holy Holy or a Jacques Brel song. He recorded so many things in the Ziggy session period that made more sense.
@@chrismeadows4216 Me either. It's that point in the album, that while I don't hate, I always kind of tune out. The rest of that album is so freaking strong. I think the Brel idea is fascinating. I know Amsterdam and my favorite My Death, I swear that song! So glad I got to hear it live one time out of the 5 I saw him. Anyway, what others did Bowie do at the Ziggy time? Holy Holy I forgot that! Isn't that Woodmansey's band name now?
@@anabellelei8540 the list always feels longer, but in total, I think these were all the songs David recorded that didn't see the light of day on his albums for awhile: All the Young Dudes Round and Round Sweet Head Velvet Goldmine John, I'm Only Dancing Holy Holy (re-recording) Amsterdam All the Young Dudes wasn't a consideration obviously because David wanted Mott's career to take back off, but it would've fit in really well after Five Years or Soul Love. It's terrible that we didn't get the rocking Bowie version his demo would've given us. The jazz version doesn't fit the album or Aladdin Sane. Holy Holy is Woody's band, yes. I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but I think Tony was in it, too.
@@chrismeadows4216 Ah yes Round and Round. I never thought about All the Young Dudes, I knew Sweet Head and Velvet Goldmine. Thanks for the info. All the Young Dudes would have totally fit, what a glam anthem that is! Anyway, you are a fountain of knowledge and as much as I do know, you prove there's so much still to learn. Cheers! Can't wait til he gets to Diamond Dogs.
This album! Oh to hear it again for the first time. Lucky you, you won't be the same after this! I love your enthusiasm. This whole album is gold, the only song I'm iffy on is It, to me, don't @ me! Is Ain't Easy, there were songs left off I like better like Velvet Goldmine (a movie you should watch btw). Anyway good on u! Listen to Lady Stardust more, it's probably my fav song on the album next to Rock n Roll Suicide. It's a grower.
Words can't describe how much more I dislike RCA over the years, Anabelle. If it wasn't the greatest hits albums that made me the most disappointed, it's It Ain't Easy. Bowie deserved better, and everyone saw it besides the people who made money off of him. A shame.
Going into Aladdin Sane, there are a few things to keep in mind: 1. Listen to the other tracks linked to this album first. John, I'm Only Dancing, Velvet Goldmine, and Sweet Head, and All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople, which follows the plotline but was written for those guys so they wouldn't break up. There's also the David Bowie version of All the Young Dudes recorded for Aladdin Sane but scrapped. Trust me when I say these songs are super important. 2. Aladdin Sane looks like Ziggy Stardust, but he isn't. Only the song Aladdin Sane describes him, and he's a traumatized war veteran rather than a bisexual alien rock star. 3. Each song on Aladdin Sane was written in a different place and represents a part of the Ziggy Stardust Tour. The stylistic choices are deliberate. That's pretty much the only concept on that album. 4. Mike Garson is one of the most talented guys David worked with. Definitely pay attention to his piano composition. 5. Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture is worth a watch afterwards if you can find it. The soundtrack is on streaming services if not. It's the final show of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, and one of the best shows of all time. The setlist includes songs from Space Oddity to Aladdin Sane, and a particularly great cover of a song called My Death that David only did live. You'll really like it, I have a feeling. I'll give you a head's up on any other important live recordings as they come along. Performing was a massive part of who David was, even more than writing at times. Keep up the great work! Best of luck on the next album listen! 💙
I can definitely see how you drew a connection between this album and Rocky Horror. Especially the song STAR. Quite a similar vibe going on. You have a good ear. 👂✌
Well, before Rocky Horror was a movie there was the STAGE PLAY which I believe came out in 72, same y,ear as this album. So it seems it was a coincidence.
Oh, to listen to those albums for the first time...
Every single album from the 70's is gonna blow your mind. Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to station, Berlin trilogy... oh my. I'm so excited to watch you discovering all of them
Man I wish I could listen to “Moonage Daydream” again for the first time, eyes closed; full of chills and tears. Mick Ronson ascends to the stars where our Starman is waiting.
YES, you've reached Ziggy! No, you're not overreacting. Your excitement is infectious. It's a unique album from a unique artist. High-art kitsch with intense emotion and drive. I don't think there's any Bowie fan that doesn't like Ziggy. You really HAVE to watch Ziggy Stardust: the Motion Picture at some point to get the full Ziggy live experience. An electric final performance by Bowie as Ziggy, who felt he had actually been absorbed by the character he created, and needed quite some time to shake him off. Infamous as well for giving his band their marching orders then and there without them knowing (except for Mick Ronson). And some performances which in my opinion even top the studio versions. His next "new" character Aladdin Sane has always been described as Ziggy goes to America. Also a very strong album with loads of other classic fan favourites (certainly mine) and including legendary piano parts by Mike Garson.
Also I wanted to say that if you like saying “Bisexual Alien Rockstar” you should know that the Catholic League called Bowie a “Bisexual switch hitting senior citizen” after a provocative video of the the title track of his first album after a 10 year hiatus tilted “The Next Day” pissed them off. It’s one of my favorite things to tell new Bowie fans.
This is tied with Rhythm Nation 1814 as my favorite album of all time. The concept alone is amazing but the music just comforts me so much!! Starman is also one of my favorite songs of all time❤️
I admire how much you're investing in this and giving genuine reactions, as opposed to many that are annoying as they seem pretty fake.
I hope you stick with this as every album has songs you will love, but he really becomes very experimental after Station to Station. I hope you stick with it as it's more than worth it.
Fun fact , he has so many great songs that never made the original albums for one reason or another that they could make up a couple of additional albums.
Who can I be now is one of them, and outside hardcore Bowie fans, little known, but has some of his most epic vocals.
Great to see you hearing this album for the first time. What a journey you are on xx
Fantastic reaction! Like all the early Bowie albums, I first heard this in 1990 when it was reissued. I have great memories of sitting at my desk after school doing my homework and blaring this album, wishing I had been born early enough to have witnessed Bowie live in this era. I also used to occasionally alarm my mum by randomly shouting out "aaaaAAAH WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM!!" She was not amused and would tell me off for being so rude! Really enjoying your Bowie journey, hope you do his videos and live shows too. The Ziggy concert film is unbelievable!
Soooo adorable! I love how much you seem to be enjoying this record! 😃💜💜🎉🎉🎊
You're gonna love the extra trivia on this album:
First off, when David started screaming at the end of Five Years, he was legitimately breaking down. He regularly did most of his songs in one take, and that song was inspired by a dream he had where his deceased father told him he'd be dead in 5 years if he flew on airplanes. David developed a fear of flying that lasted all the way until his death, and he only started flying regularly in the 1980s because his tours got bigger.
David played the saxophone on Soul Love. Saxophone was his first instrument, and he started playing it because he wanted to grow up to be in Little Richard's band.
Moonage Daydream was originally recorded under a project called Arnold Corns, named after the Pink Floyd song Arnold Layne. The lyrics were changed when it was re-recorded for this album. That line "keep your electric eye on me" was the catalyst for the legendary Aladdin Sane lightning bolt on the next record's cover.
Starman wasn't originally supposed to be on the album. It replaced several songs, the main one being John, I'm Only Dancing, which was released as a standalone single but wasn't a huge success. RCA wanted a real hit and gave David an ultimatum that they wouldn't release the album without one. He threw it together quickly and it ironically became the only radio song on the album in most territories. He first hit his stride when he played it on Top of the Pops in 1972. After that, people in England started to get very invested.
It Ain't Easy wasn't supposed to be on this album either. It was going to be scrapped after it was taken off of Hunky Dory because it's one of the weaker songs, but RCA took issue with two songs, Velvet Goldmine and Sweet Head, having overt sexual references and made him take them off, again giving him an ultimatum that they wouldn't release the record if he didn't listen to them. A cover of Round and Round by Chuck Berry that David and The Spiders had been doing was a first candidate, but they weren't excited about playing it anymore. Obligatory covers were a huge theme of David's '70s albums.
Lady Stardust is very significant because Marc Bolan was one of David's best friends. The two met at a management office and bonded while doing interior decorating. No one really understood them at the time and laboring was all they could do to get by. They recorded The Prettiest Star together in 1970, and that song will come up again on Aladdin Sane, where it was re-recorded with Mick Ronson making his best attempt to play things as Marc played them.
Star really has no backstory. It could be on any album and fit in, because there are no references to the plot at all. Its spot was definitely intended for another of the songs I mentioned were omitted and reduced to being bonus tracks.
Hang on to Yourself is a very special one. Like Moonage Daydream, it was first recorded during the Arnold Corns sessions, then re-recorded for this album. That riff is one of the most important in music. Keep in mind punk rock and glam metal hadn't existed at this point in time. Until 1974, in fact. That riff was later used in God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols, She's Tight by Cheap Trick, and Talk Dirty to Me by Poison, some of the real classics of the next era.
Ziggy Stardust is a deeper song that really ties together the religious undertones that you mentioned. Only, they're not religious undertones referring to theology for most of the album. For Five Years they are, but for the rest of the album, the savior of mankind is Ziggy Stardust, their bisexual rock n' roll god. "He was the Naz with God-given ass" is a direct comparison of Ziggy to Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, the messiah who rode through Jerusalem on a donkey. Ziggy Stardust is the literal Jesus Christ of this story. The leper messiah. On another note, that term was used for the name of a Metallica song on their Master of Puppets album, called Leper Messiah. I'd already mentioned them using an Andy Warhol riff for the title track, but the members of that band were very into Bowie's albums while recording. That makes David Bowie one of the most influential people on heavy metal music, if The Man Who Sold the World wasn't enough of a selling point on that idea. Ziggy Stardust is the one non-single that usually makes greatest hits albums.
Suffragette City is about Ziggy's roommate dating a feminist and always asking him for rides to go see her. Ziggy was too cool for that and told him to stop complaining, essentially.
Rock N' Roll Suicide is the real masterpiece of this record. In a literal sense, it's about mental illness. Knowing what he knew about depression and schizophrenia and anxiety, David's message here was that all of the normal things that bore us in life and lead us into feelings of isolation are the things that keep us going. Smoking cigarettes, waiting for milk deliveries, coming home at the end of the day. "Don't let the sun blast your shadow" is a call to stay alive rather than letting life take you away and make you a transparent, lifeless entity that the sun goes straight through. Thematically and in David's stage show, it represented Ziggy being ripped apart and dying. The villain of the plot that David described in interviews is a collective of interdimensional beings called Infinites. David described them as black hole jumpers. Earth was going to be swallowed if they didn't take Ziggy as a sacrifice. It's very provocative, and you can read up on that in his Rolling Stone interview with the author William Burroughs, whose cut-ups technique he used to write lyrics for songs like Moonage Daydream and a lot of tracks on the next two albums coming up. It's very fascinating.
This album was influenced by Rocky Horror and vice versa. The theatre production came out first, drastically different from how the movie looks. When this album came out, it gave the Rocky Horror crew a lot of ideas. They hired David's makeup artist for the film. David went to see the theatre production, and he left Tim Curry a dozen red roses. The two were very appreciative of each other, and Tim talked about it recently. Not only did this record influence Rocky Horror Picture Show, but also Queen. They formed in 1970 around when David released The Man Who Sold the World, but didn't release any music until 1973 around the Aladdin Sane hype and the Ziggy Stardust Tour ending. David had 4 glam rock albums on them, and while Brian May was very supportive of David, Freddie Mercury was somewhat jealous, denying him as an influence and criticizing him after the two recorded Under Pressure in 1981. They met back around the time Queen formed, when Space Oddity was David's only hit and he couldn't afford a pair of shoes. Freddie worked in the local marketplace and fitted him for a pair. It was irritating that David did most things before Queen because Freddie was older and felt he worked harder. The two became actual friends at Live Aid in 1985 and Freddie had outgrown drama, so David had full invitation to perform at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 after his passing. Bowie deserved every single respect in the music industry and got it.
This album is a huge landmark. One of the most influential albums of all time and one of the greatest albums David recorded in his 6 decade career. Do I feel it's his best? No. I feel his best will come over the next 8 years of discography. I believe Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Station to Station, Heroes, and Scary Monsters all rival it, but he does a lot of things better on them. His writing gets better, he becomes a stronger vocalist, he develops more personality, he brings in more variety, the artwork becomes grander and grander, then you'll get into his commercial period, where imo everything is still outstanding, but in a different way. I'm not underselling Young Americans and Low, though. Those albums are very underrated because most fans haven't heard them in their entirety. You're in amazing shape to break them down the way you do, because you've set yourself on a path that most don't take. I think you'll love so many things over time the way you love this album. This first experience will carry over to some of them, as well.
I'm glad to see this album means so much to you, because it's not an overreaction. This album changed music, culture, and lives. It really is worth the emotion you've put into hearing it. I'm glad you've had this experience. 🙂
As big of a Bowie fan as I am, I still learn things from you, Chris! I, love Ziggy, but yes, I agree I don't think it's his best, but groundbreaking none the less. Diamond Dogs will always be my fav album along w/ Blackstar and Scary Monsters, but Letter to Hermione will always hold such a special place and thus, Space Oddity does. Oh well, I guess I really don't have a fav. Sweet Head is amazing as is Velvet Goldmine as much more deserving to be on that album, damn corporate shills! Look forward to more meetings Chris!
@@anabellelei8540 Honestly, of the 6 songs David could've put on the album, I'll never understand where It Ain't Easy was the ideal choice. If not Velvet Goldmine, at least Holy Holy or a Jacques Brel song. He recorded so many things in the Ziggy session period that made more sense.
@@chrismeadows4216 Me either. It's that point in the album, that while I don't hate, I always kind of tune out. The rest of that album is so freaking strong. I think the Brel idea is fascinating. I know Amsterdam and my favorite My Death, I swear that song! So glad I got to hear it live one time out of the 5 I saw him. Anyway, what others did Bowie do at the Ziggy time? Holy Holy I forgot that! Isn't that Woodmansey's band name now?
@@anabellelei8540 the list always feels longer, but in total, I think these were all the songs David recorded that didn't see the light of day on his albums for awhile:
All the Young Dudes
Round and Round
Sweet Head
Velvet Goldmine
John, I'm Only Dancing
Holy Holy (re-recording)
Amsterdam
All the Young Dudes wasn't a consideration obviously because David wanted Mott's career to take back off, but it would've fit in really well after Five Years or Soul Love. It's terrible that we didn't get the rocking Bowie version his demo would've given us. The jazz version doesn't fit the album or Aladdin Sane.
Holy Holy is Woody's band, yes. I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but I think Tony was in it, too.
@@chrismeadows4216 Ah yes Round and Round. I never thought about All the Young Dudes, I knew Sweet Head and Velvet Goldmine. Thanks for the info. All the Young Dudes would have totally fit, what a glam anthem that is! Anyway, you are a fountain of knowledge and as much as I do know, you prove there's so much still to learn. Cheers! Can't wait til he gets to Diamond Dogs.
This album! Oh to hear it again for the first time. Lucky you, you won't be the same after this! I love your enthusiasm. This whole album is gold, the only song I'm iffy on is It, to me, don't @ me! Is Ain't Easy, there were songs left off I like better like Velvet Goldmine (a movie you should watch btw). Anyway good on u! Listen to Lady Stardust more, it's probably my fav song on the album next to Rock n Roll Suicide. It's a grower.
Words can't describe how much more I dislike RCA over the years, Anabelle. If it wasn't the greatest hits albums that made me the most disappointed, it's It Ain't Easy. Bowie deserved better, and everyone saw it besides the people who made money off of him. A shame.
@@chrismeadows4216 yes! I don't get it Chris! So many great choices and this? It's not bad at all but come on!
A landmark album and a glam rock masterpiece
Moonage Daydream!
Probably my favorite off this album. At least right now. ✌
You weren't overreacting. This album really is that amazing, and it'll be your friend for many years to come. It was fun watching you experiencing it.
Going into Aladdin Sane, there are a few things to keep in mind:
1. Listen to the other tracks linked to this album first. John, I'm Only Dancing, Velvet Goldmine, and Sweet Head, and All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople, which follows the plotline but was written for those guys so they wouldn't break up. There's also the David Bowie version of All the Young Dudes recorded for Aladdin Sane but scrapped. Trust me when I say these songs are super important.
2. Aladdin Sane looks like Ziggy Stardust, but he isn't. Only the song Aladdin Sane describes him, and he's a traumatized war veteran rather than a bisexual alien rock star.
3. Each song on Aladdin Sane was written in a different place and represents a part of the Ziggy Stardust Tour. The stylistic choices are deliberate. That's pretty much the only concept on that album.
4. Mike Garson is one of the most talented guys David worked with. Definitely pay attention to his piano composition.
5. Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture is worth a watch afterwards if you can find it. The soundtrack is on streaming services if not. It's the final show of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, and one of the best shows of all time. The setlist includes songs from Space Oddity to Aladdin Sane, and a particularly great cover of a song called My Death that David only did live. You'll really like it, I have a feeling. I'll give you a head's up on any other important live recordings as they come along. Performing was a massive part of who David was, even more than writing at times.
Keep up the great work! Best of luck on the next album listen! 💙
Hear, hear!
Wonderful reactions to a wonderful album.
I can definitely see how you drew a connection between this album and Rocky Horror. Especially the song STAR. Quite a similar vibe going on. You have a good ear. 👂✌
This and Electra Heart are my favorites concept albums, both vastly different but both equally good.
I don't know if your aware that's David on the saxophone. He was an excellent saxophone player.
Well, before Rocky Horror was a movie there was the STAGE PLAY which I believe came out in 72, same y,ear as this album. So it seems it was a coincidence.
So "5 Years Left" is like a movie or musical overture.
The motif, to get more musical about it.
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