Search - David Bowie :: Ziggy Stardust

This is a great CD

Doug Anderson | 09/14/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The song My Death is particularly brilliant"

Ziggy Rocks the Lounge

Doug Anderson | Miami Beach, Florida United States | 11/23/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Its defintely live and its very raw. Mixed in with Bowies heavy guitar Ziggy sounds are some of his lounge act confessional songs that sometimes leave you scratching your head. This is a weird time as Bowie was the biggest rock star in the world after Ziggy and yet he still has this artsy side that wants to be heard. The medley apparently was in '73 still(still to Bowie anyway) a viable theatrical device. Sounds kind of funny hearing him delivering Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud-All The Young Dudes-Oh! You Pretty Things, songs which thematically have nothing to do with each other all sung as one long mini opera. Bowies strongest point has never been consistency though and since he follows the medley up with a rockin Moonage Daydream you really don't have time to question his artistic choices. "My Death" as the other reviewer noted is a well delivered theatrically spoken number which does manage to do the impossible, interject poetry into a rock set. One of my favorite moments is hearing "Width of a Circle" from the under represented Man Who Sold The World. I think that album is one of his best by the way. Bowie does pull out all the stops for the final four numbers. Lets Spend the Night Together, Suffragette City, White Light/White Heat, and Rock and Roll Suicide. With an impressive rock repertoire/arsenal like that to draw on and a great band behind him I don't suppose it will matter much to listeners that the level of the recording is a bit below par."