David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
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Free Music Review: Ziggy Stardust: The Glam Rocker Who Fell to Earth.
Hit: 5 Stars
With his 1972 concept album, David Bowie transformed himself from the otherworldly pop singer of "Space Oddity" and The Man Who Sold the World, to the glam rocker Ziggy Stardust, a sexually-promiscuous Martian with flaming red hair, passionate about drugs, peace, and love. (According to Bowie, the inspiration for Ziggy was British Playboy Vince Taylor and Marc Bolan's T.Rex.) Backed by his three-piece "Spiders from Mars" (Mick Ronson on guitar, Trevor Bolder on bass, and Mick Woodmansey on drums), the intensely spectacular Ziggy Stardust made 1970s' rock history with the "wham, bam, thank you ma'am" of "Suffragette City," and Bowie classics "Ziggy Stardust," "Moonage Daydream," and "Hang on to Yourself." Ziggy Stardust is the definitive glam rock album. Album tracks include:
1. Five Years (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:42
2. Soul Love (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:33
3. Moonage Daydream (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:37
4. Starman (1999 Digital Remaster) 4:13
5. It Ain't Easy (1999 Digital Remaster) 2:57
6. Lady Stardust (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:20
7. Star (1999 Digital Remaster) 2:46
8. Hang On To Yourself (1999 Digital Remaster) 2:36
9. Ziggy Stardust (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:12
10. Suffragette City (1999 Digital Remaster) 3:23
11. Rock 'N' Roll Suicide (1999 Digital Remaster) 2:58
G. Merritt
Free Music Review: an album that [nearly] defies description......
Hit: 5 Stars
This is an amazing album, by David Bowie, released during the height of the Glam Rock Years (from 1969-1973). This marked a period during Bowie's recording career where he experimented with sexually ambiguous posturing (complete with sparkly jumpsuit ensembles and make-up to match), along with a distinctive and "other worldly" style of singing. Every song on this album, from "Five Years" through to "Rock n' Roll Suicide" takes the listener on an odyssey through the world of Bowie's alter ego--the flamboyant Ziggy Stardust. This album is in a sense an allegorical rock opera journey.
Stardust has been described as "a Martian who comes to Earth to liberate humanity from banality." [a quote lifted from Wikipedia] This includes dabbling with drugs and sex, which ultimately destroy him. This is indicative in the songs that Stardust croons in a half tortured/half punk style, along with lyrics rich with innuendo alluding to space travel, sex, drugs, and liberation on all plains. The melodies have a very triumphant "anthem" quality to them (complete with amazing guitar work) and are as compelling today as they were in 1972. This is truly one of David Bowie's masterpieces (in my opinion and the opinion of others).
Free Music Review: Forget the Whacko Quasi-Sexual Stuff
Hit: 3 Stars
I remember when this came out I hated it. My one buddy who owned his own car from whom I always got a ride, told me to shut up, listen to what he wanted to play in his car, or walk. So I listened to this a lot and eventually grasped the value of this music. The guitarwork was seemingly unique and suited to the spaced out nature of the songs and I loved the concept. If you simply look at this CD as a well recorded grouping of songs with a theme which brings them together, it is a good listen. I am still not a diehard Bowie fan and never will be. I have never liked his deliberate chameleonisms and the fact that so much of his talent is contrived showmanship instead of musicianship. Certainly, I feel that Ziggy was his best and is still great to listen to. I have always just forgotten about the crappy bi-sexual nonsense and got off on the rockin tracks for what they are. Free Music Review: strong and sentual from beginning to end
Hit: 5 Stars
It's definately been said about Bowie before, and I'm sure not going to be the last one to say it: but the man's a genius. That genius is fully recognized in the powerful sci-fi scenes and emotions captured in his lyrics. Even as he changes beat, tempo, and the overall feel of the songs from "Five Years" to "It Ain't Easy" to "Hang on to Yourself" to even the song that started it all "Ziggy Stardust" it's just so easy to get lost in the feel of the music.
One of the first Bowie CDs I've purchased, and one of the best buys I've ever made.
Free Music Review: "Let all the children boogie"
Hit: 5 Stars
Let's see here... a concept album about a space-traveling soul man who tries to save the world with rock `n' roll? A collection of songs that take their cues from Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones, and Flash Gordon? A drug-addled post 60s journey through rock `n' roll decadence that invites you to "freak out in a moonage daydream?" The ultimate glam rock album, then.
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars is David Bowie's ultimate statement of purpose, a delicious and endlessly engrossing rock `n' roll funhouse mirror. The songs gleefully run the gamut from cocaine-powdered sleaze to hazy, beautiful balladry. Its acoustic and electric, cheap and soulful, decadent and moralistic, nihilistic and emotionally uplifting, comic and tragic, beautiful, hideous, and everything in between. It's the history of rock `n' roll condensed into one irresistible package, an entire universe held together by sheer force of will. It's also a hell of a good time.
Bowie assumes the role of the album's titular character, simultaneously celebrating and mocking the concept's strange extravagance. Just listen to "Lady Stardust," with a beautifully, hilariously self-deprecating lyric soaring over a rafter-shaking white-soul melody. It works as both a tribute to and a satire of rock `n' roll myth, and it works brilliantly on both levels. But there's more to the album than just pastiche. "Moonage Daydream" is poetic, dreamy, and eternally memorable, with an incredible guitar solo thrown in for good measure. "Suffragette City" is a rollicking, ridiculously catchy, utterly irresistible sleaze-fest, and "Starman" is utterly hypnotic. "Five Years" is one of the most gorgeous, nakedly emotional love songs ever written, and "Soul Love" is just plain lovely. "Star" is an absolute sleaze-rock rush, and "Hang On To Yourself" features a classic sing-speak performance, plus a great guitar riff. "Ziggy Stardust" is simply one of the greatest rock songs ever (so, for that matter, are about half of the songs here), a clutch of brilliantly bizarre lyrics and haunting melodies. Great guitars, too. "Rock `n' Roll Suicide" closes the album on a suitably bitter, broken note. I even like the often-maligned cover of "It Ain't Easy," in all of its folk-bluesy goodness.
It's one of the absolute classic rock `n' roll albums, and a great addition to any music collection.