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 | Ziggy Stardust Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal The Monkees' calculated approximation of the Beatles prompted some to call them the Prefabricated Four, but it took David Bowie to create a thoroughly imaginary pop star. The androgynous Ziggy Stardust, cloaked in theat... more » |
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Amazon.com The Monkees' calculated approximation of the Beatles prompted some to call them the Prefabricated Four, but it took David Bowie to create a thoroughly imaginary pop star. The androgynous Ziggy Stardust, cloaked in theatrical make- up and outrageous fashions, was the stylish trend setter of the early-'70s glitter rock movement. (The influence of Ziggy hangs over Bowie's period productions of Lou Reed and Mott the Hoople.) But Bowie's outrageous guise would have meant nothing without the sleek, hard rock of the Spiders from Mars. Mick Ronson's sustain-drenched guitar packed a wicked wallop on hard-rock gems like "Hang Onto Yourself" and "Suffragette City." Songs like "It Ain't Easy" and "Rock `n' Roll Suicide" suffered from Bowie's fey theatricality, and sound lame compared to the more musical dramatics of "Star" and "Five Years." Ziggy was just one of the many guises Bowie has worn during his career, but it is by far his most influential pose. The music of Ziggy Stardust might not be timeless although Marilyn Manson might disagree but this album nonetheless captures a singularly glittery moment in the history of rock. --John Milward Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsEssential 08/26/1999 (5 out of 5 stars) "There is absolutely no excuse--NONE---why this album shouldn't be in every serious music addict's collection. In the early 70's Bowie leapt up and throttled the world's collective sensibility with this raw, crunchy, witty, and utterly weird record. There really isn't anything quite like it, and it's all of a piece: listen to it once, and you'll have to listen to THOSE songs in THAT order. You are compelled. David Bowie is a very funny writer: no one nails a pose down so bitingly, least of all his own. Ziggy really sang* Screwed-up eyes and screwed-down hairdoo*Jiving us that we were voodoo*The kids were just crass*he was the nazz*With God-given ass*He took it all too far*But boy, could he play guitar... To counteract the shallowing effect of Glam, he threw you into a separate world, the stigmata of which was the dire, humanity-on-the-edge panic of Five Years. Once he had you by the short hairs, screaming, "I Believe!", he sailed you off through tune after tune, each building on the Major Tom premise of "separateness". Maybe it was all part of the subtext of being gay, but at any rate it was brilliant. A lot of people felt that way; the kids WERE just crass. The tunes that came out of this work stand out still. Sufferagette City, Soul Love, Starman. Soul Love even has some pretty snazzy poetry: Stone Love, She kneels before the grave Her grave son Who gave his life to sing The Slogan That hovers between the headstone And her eyes... Bowie never pretended to be deep. There's no R.E.M. political posturing, just good old-fashioned rock-and-roll posing. There's a difference, he knew it, and in a way, he helped invent it. Long may he live."
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