there were conspiracy theorys saying that MJ,Lennon,Cobain and other superstars that "dies young" made their own "death" and were hiding on small islands in pacific ocean ,having their holiday for good,if thats the truth,i believe ziggy is now on Mars,looking at all of us
I listened to this almost everyday in 1977 at 14 while taking a shower on my 8 track until my Mom knocked on bathroom door telling me to turn it down!!! Now listening to it in 2019 at 56 in shower from my smart phone to a Bluetooth speaker and my 22 year old daughter knocks on door asking me turn it down....sheesh.....parallel reality!!
i m 22, and i listen starman, space oddity, ziggy stardust everyday, how can they not appreciate all these? most scifi and cutting edge stuff i can imagine
I had a dog named Ziggy Stardust and she lived to be 17 years old. She lived from 2007 to 2023, she was old and her kidney was failing, in the car on the way to the vet to put her down we played her song one last time. I will never forget how sad i was to put her down, I loved her very much. I listen to this song all of the time now because it reminds me of how much I loved my dog. This is one of my favorite songs.
This song was stuck in my mind, and I had to play it before bed. I am sorry for the loss of your dog; I am sure you will cherish the memories, as well as this song.
As a teenager my father used to tell me to "turn that crap down"when ever I played Bowie. Well as millions of us are still listening to it I am sorry dad it was not and never will be "crap" I make sure my 6 year old Foster daughter gets to hear Bowie several times every week.
I feel you man... mines are super christian and were a constant "turn that devil music off"... Oh, they were so wrong... Allow me to press F to pay respects.
Are you really talking about your father like this after these years. If he didn't like it then you should respect that not tell everyone what he told you. Don't be a baby
+joascckar raymonberto "I won't scatter your sorrow to the heartless sea. I will always be with you, plant your roots in me. I won't see you end as ashes"
His body may be gone, but his spirit lives on within all of us. Legends never truly die, and he's just gone to see the stars he sang about with such passion. His legacy lives on
There is a channel on RU-vid called chandlers wildlife, he has an American crocodile named Ziggy, he just got a male American croc to mate with Ziggy one day so I said he should name him Stardust. 😆 I would if it were me lol
When returning from Vietnam in 72, the first exposure I had to home was this wild man all done up and I was blown away in a positive way and have been a fan ever since John
[Verse 1] Oh yeah Now Ziggy played guitar Jamming good with Weird and Gilly And The Spiders from Mars He played it left hand But made it too far Became the special man Then we were Ziggy's Band [Verse 2] Ziggy really sang Screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo Like some cat from Japan Oh he could lick 'em by smiling He could leave 'em to hang He came on so loaded man, Well hung, snow white tan [Chorus 1] So where were the spiders While the fly tried to break our balls? Just the beer light to guide us So we bitched about his fans And should we crush his sweet hands? [Verse 3] Oh yeah Ziggy played for time Jiving us that we were Voodoo The kids was just crass He was the naz With God-given ass He took it all too far But boy could he play guitar [Chorus 2] Making love with his ego Ziggy sucked up into his mind Like a leper messiah When the kids had killed a man I had to break up the band Oh yeah Oooh Oh hohoo [Outro] Ziggy played guitar
Abhishek Sth I think the lyric is leather messiah, one of David Bowie’s roadies was asked to dictate the albums lyrics to a secretary at Gems offices in Regent street in 1972, he said he always heard it as like a leper messiah but he later realised that the lyric sheet words were like a leather messiah, which makes more sense. Also in Rock n roll suicide he recited it as wall to wall is calling, but on quick handwritten lyrics by David Bowie , David wrote “water-wall’s calling” (I’ve seen a photo of the handwritten lyrics, google Rock n roll suicide lyrics and it should come up) anyway now every time I listen to many different versions I can so clearly hear that he is singing water wall now.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WXrI7XOyz081.html6:46 16 minutes 46, but the Bowie part starts at 13:16
@@knotty1701 hi, I’ve found the Robin Mayhew interview where he says it ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WXrI7XOyz081.html6.46 he says it at 16 mins 46 seconds, but the Bowie bit starts at 13 mins 16 seconds, the whole interview is good though
Someone I know from university died last month - I didn't know him well, but I knew him regardless. Last week me and some others went to his memorial service, and one of the songs they played was this, whilst showing a slideshow of some of his pictures. This is already a very nostalgic song for me since I grew up listening to David Bowie in my dad's car, but now I can't hear this song without thinking of him, and it's one hell of a beautiful song to remember someone by. I know his name most likely won't mean anything to anyone here, but I'm gonna stick it here anyway - R.I.P Liam Byrne.
I simply can't believe David Bowie is gone... his songs, his influence, his genius... it will live on for the rest of time. What a wonderful musician. There will never be another like him.
+EM Ultra Uprising Em.. wonderful musician? I don't hear empressive music. Sounds like shit. Maybe "maybe" he was a good man, but like musician nothing interesting.
+EM Ultra Uprising just out of no where, i could never picture him dying. I woke up, and it was the first notification i saw and i felt sick in the stomach
David is so talented and highly intelligent. I had this crazy dream that I met him and we were sitting in his penthouse apartment in NYC having a deep conversation about the deeper meaning of life. It seemed so real. Ridiculous right? Like he'd want to have deep conversations with a 45 year old teacher with a husband and 3 children. It's nice to dream sometimes.
That is so unreal,my friend called me and say David Bowie is dead and I said:Nooo .....tears in my eyes...R.I.P DAVID BOWIE........fucking cancer.......LOVE HIM TOO
+Akshat Jha Sorry when I write so late but I listen to my favorite David Bowie Songs like this and I cant belive it,shit......tears in my eyes,really but I can understand you that you feeling nump today and tonight :((( He will live in our heart!!!
Location: Egypt 9:18am played Ziggy Stardust and while I sang with the lyrics, I cried. I couldn't help it but cried for half an hour. I love you Star man, my extraterrestrial astral sanctuary. You saved my life and I am grateful.
At 14, two of my Christmas presents were "Ziggy" and "The Man Who Sold The World." It was 1974, they were vinyl and they were on the heels of the first record I ever bought, "Diamond Dogs." What great sound...
When I was a tween in the early 80's, I hated this type of music. It was too complex, esoteric and it sounded "messy". Now that I'm older, it's pretty fucking good.
There were a LOT of dare I say it, mostly girls, here in the UK that thought & STILL think the same! I've given up with my wife now, anything that it is not manufactured by some record company for instant fame & riches or has a disco beat to it immediately gets the distinction of - "Giving her a headache" & has to be turned off! her loss!
"Ziggy Stardust" Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with Wierd and Gilly, And The Spiders from Mars. He played it left hand, but made it too far, Became the special man, Then we were Ziggy's Band. Ziggy really sang, screwed-up eyes and screwed-down hairdo Like some cat from Japan, he could lick 'em by smiling He could leave 'em to hang He came on so loaded man, well-hung and snow white tan. So where were the spiders while the fly tried to break our balls? Just the beer light to guide us. So we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands? Ziggy played for time, jiving us that we were Voodoo The kids were just crass, He was the naz With God given ass He took it all too far But, boy, could he play guitar. Making love with his ego, Ziggy sucked up into his mind Like a leper messiah When the kids had killed the man I had to break up the band Ziggy played guitar
Well done for that kahane! I think kids who are really into their music get it. Part of the problem may be that after what I consider to be probably his greatest album "Scary Monsters Super Creeps" he hit a wall & didn't really come out with much of note. Let the rest of the world be happy in their ignorance we have Bowie running through our souls!
Olivia Mae That's all good, there is hope yet! I have a 12 year old son & he loves all the old Bowie stuff. Let me tell you as someone who was around at the time that Bowie it's the real deal. Probably 98% of credible artists over the past 30 years would cite him as an influence. Btw & purely coincidental, I have just introduced Lewis (my son) to a band called "Suede" which he loves. They were around in the late 80's & although pretty big in the UK, never really got to where they should have been. Try "Animal Nitrate" by them - very Bowie'esque! Meant to also say if you can get on the BBC website & download their "i-player" there is a shit load on BBC 4 about Bowie's life & work.
I refuse to believe that David Bowie is dead. I'm just gonna assume that the starship enterprise beamed him up and took him back to his home planet. It's fun to dream...
@@miarencrowsdaughter6434 Of course Gaiman would do something like that. And I bet it's a fucking good fanfiction, i've read some of his books and i have to say that he's great writer. Thanks for the info, I'll need to read it :)
Some music has that special something that transcends space and time, this is one of those songs. RIP Dear Mr. Bowie, you gave us some of the greatest memories.
Oh no! Not Maurice White. I always liked Earth, Wind & Fire. May he R.I.P. as well. Not to mention we lost Abe Vigoda towards the end of January. May he R.I.P. as well.
JOSH.0 Micheal Anthony from Van Halen is left handed but plays right handed . So do I. I dunno why No one forced me It just feels more comfortable Plus your dominant hand is on the fret board Which makes more sense to me,,,anyway I heard Stevie Ray Vaughn (who also started on bass) did the same thing but I don't know it for a fact
7000th comment. I wasn't around for Bowie's golden age (I'm an 04 kid.) But I do enjoy his music. I'm very much regretful I didn't get into his music until after he passed. Forever in the stars, Ziggy.
God, that opening riff always manages to get me. So satisfying. David isn't dead, he just finally made it to Mars. The song that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 was named after
+Alisha Robertson I know :( I am not a "crazy" Bowie fan... And being a lover of everything from buddy holly to bob marley (classic) wise... I have lost alot of my fave musicians... But Bowie just stings... Actually upsetting me :(
+Nat M I feel the same way. Just woke up and turned on the radio to hear the news; I couldn't help but let out an involuntary "Noooo!". The world is a colder, emptier place. RIP.
I'm fucking all teared up lump in my throat dam it does hurt!! I was just saying the other day how Bowie will outline us all! Trust it's the last time I make that fucking comment!
Bowie.. was a legend before he even passed away... there is NO ONE on this Earth (or Mars) that can compare, be compared to, or will ever for the entirety of Earth's life that will come close, or hold a candle to Mr. Bowie's sound, voice, and uniqueness. May you rest in peace, sir. And thank you for all the gifts (your music) you've given to us... we are forever indebted to you. Love you. Bowie is never dead, as long as we share him and keep him alive through our children!
Every once in a while I think, we all live in a world without David Bowie now😣 But then I relisten to all his greats and feel better. Miss you Bowie! You were and ARE the man!
Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with Wierd and Gilly, And The Spiders from Mars. He played it left hand, but made it too far, Became the special man, Then we were Ziggy's Band. Ziggy really sang, screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo Like some cat from Japan, he could lick 'em by smiling He could leave 'em to hang Here came on so loaded man, well hung and snow white tan. So where were the spiders while the fly tried to break our balls? Just the beer light to guide us. So we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands? Ziggy played for time, jiving us that we were Voodoo The kids was just crass, He was the naz With God given ass He took it all too far But boy could he play guitar. Making love with his ego Ziggy sucked up into his mind Like a leper messiah When the kids had killed the man I had to break up the band Ziggy played guitar
I’m 9 years old and listening to Bowie,today’s music sucks,bowie is a true legend nobody will ever be like him the guy really sang he became ziggy he was the man who sold the world he is a starman now,r.i.p Bowie
Still hitting me. Been an obsessed fan since 73. So happy the whole world is recognizing his loss. So many more were touched by him than I had imagined. I am genuinely moved by the response. Love to all.
When I was 12 yrs old,I stole the money for this album from my father and he beat my ass for 3 days.It was worth it.He took it ,but I got to hear the hole album a few times.My mom took it back to a different store and exchanged it for an Ink Spot's album....I remember my father saying ,"Why would you buy something so stupid and nasty"? while he was beating me..
+i am MAD in the 50-70s it really wasn't uncommon to be beaten by your parents so nothing is wrong with his dad i'm guessing, nowadays everyone calls it child abuse when a parent smacks their kid
i think i still want to have been born in 60-70, cause today only shitty music is made. And humanity is getting dumber and dumber from generation to generation....Chris Beaudoin
In 72 I had this bad boy cranked up as far as it would go. 40 + years later in my 60's doing the same thing. Bowie was a huge part of my life. I will always miss him.
It was in 1971 that I spent the day with David Bowie and my brother upon David's arrival in the U.S. at Dulles Airport in Virginia. Bowie's first trip to the U.S. was a three week promotional tour for Mercury Records. Bowie had yet to break big here in the States. In an article many years later in VMagazine, David wrote about his heroes and one of them was the Legendary Stardust Cowboy...and if it wasn't for my brother, David would not have become Ziggy Stardust. In David's own words: "In early 1971, just before my departure from the States back to the U.K., Mercury executive Ron Oberman took me aside and furtively pressed a couple of singles into my hand. "Play these," he said. "You will never be the same again." Back home, I choked on "Paralyzed," gasped in awe at "Down in the Wrecking Yard," and fell all about the floor at "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship." It was the laugh of love. I could not believe that such a talent had gone virtually unrecognized. If ever there was an equivalent to outsider art, this was it. The integrity, honesty, and innocent, brutal focus entranced me. I became a lifelong fan, and Ziggy got a surname."
artists(magicians,poets) never die they inspire mankind to realise latent potentialities, they make their entire lives a beacon of hope. I hear you star man. I will reach for such heights and in the end I will die but it will be all worth it. Inspiration. Ziggy played guitar.
This so takes me back to my youth. I think I was in the 7th or 8th grade when my older brother played David Bowie's Diamond Dogs for me and I instantly became a fan. Rest in peace Ziggy Stardust. Thanks for the amazing music.
Dear Ben, I was so lucky and did all the concert sound for David during his Ziggy Stardust project and in case you didn't know my unique recording of that last ever Ziggy show is available in the shop on my website robinmayhew.co.uk have a read through some of the wonderful comments and Please spread the word.
To me growing up in the 70's in the UK the man was a literal God! I remember walking along a beach here in Essex during those wonderful summers we had back in the day with "Drive in Saturday" going round & round in my head! Now....... the guy is all but unknown by most people under 35 - such a shame!
Certainly as someone who lived through all three decades in the UK & was a teen in the latter two, the 70's was a the best time for music but the 80's was a good time to be alive generally - The UK was a very prospourous country back then & everyone had money & was having a great time. Mind you, when you are 17, good looking, & know the people it's good to know ANY time is a good time to be alive! The 60's had some amazing sounds but the UK was still suffering from the financial & physical effects of WW2 & was still quite a grey & depressing place. The 80's had some decent music although thinking about it, a lot of the stuff I listened to came from overseas - bands like the amazing "Rush" & "Talking Heads." Probably one of our greatest song writers came out of this era - Mr. Paul Weller. His band "The Jam" were rightly HUGE for a time.
I have loved him for 47 years. This is the first time I have been able to listen to anything he did since we lost him on January 10th. Let me tell you, it isn't easy for me. Listening to this I am sitting here crying. Still just as heartbroken today, as I was when I found out he left us.
There are a lot of great bands. A lot of them are not around anymore, so thank you RU-vid for letting all of us listen to all these classic hits. I give it both thumbs up.
