Classical Composer Reacts to Ziggy Stardust FULL ALBUM (David Bowie)

Classical Composer Reacts to Ziggy Stardust FULL ALBUM (David Bowie) | The Daily Doug (Ep. 487)

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In this special #masterpiecefriday edition of #thedailydoug, I'm releasing a full album reaction to David Bowie's classic album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. I recorded this reaction earlier this year, shortly after the album celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, for my Patreon community. I'm pleased to now make it available here on my KZfaq channel. I hope you enjoy!
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@starpowermike2846 Жыл бұрын

Bowie did well during this period in his career to back himself with a fantastic band. Mick Ronson is criminally underrated as a guitarist.

@jackal59 Жыл бұрын

And as an arranger. I'm sure he did these strings.

@carrerlluna66 Жыл бұрын

And the pianist , awesome guitar wrangler and sound sculptor. Ronno and his criminally underpaid bandmates should have been treated better by a wonderful artist who discarded them when he was finished with the character of Ziggy. We love David Bowie and cried when he died but feel he should have made amends with a group that helped make him a star.

@jamesnunn7181 Жыл бұрын

@@carrerlluna66pfffft Bowie was his own man and went on to much more. They could’ve done likewise perhaps…

@stephenslade1639 Жыл бұрын

@@carrerlluna66 Agree. DB could and should have treated them all better when they were part of the band and after with royalties etc. Maybe it fitted in with the 'break up the band' line a bit too well. He brought Mick to a few gigs and said how great he was but I don't think he ever really gave Ronno the recognition or payoff he deserved.

@mushroomjesus2068 Жыл бұрын

Doing well is hard to say. Bowie was a talented occultists who luckily could be creative on massive amounts of drugs. Magik / Drugs work for a very few amount of people and he was one who could harvest the power.

@mikedonoghues4018 Жыл бұрын

“You’re NOT alone!” What every teenager who bought this album needed to hear ringing in their ears as the needle left the vinyl at the end of side 2. Still amazing. Thanks for the video, Doug.

@there4im839 Жыл бұрын

Give me your hands. You're wonderful!

@maddpablo6098 Жыл бұрын

I always cry with that last track, it's just unbelievable.

@BirdTalk13 Жыл бұрын

@@maddpablo6098 same

@StonefieldJim4 Жыл бұрын

Hear, hear. The most poignant, yet glorious of album closers. Amen.

@cathalmckibben7176 Жыл бұрын

I’m 16 years old and bought the album on vinyl just yesterday and I 100% agree, it’s definitely what I needed to hear, Bowie is providing me with comfort and hope when no one else is

@cliffordwaterton3543 Жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson's guitar solo on Moonage Daydream is sublime - I was 11 years old when I first heard this in '72 - blew me away then and still does now.

@BassGoBomb Жыл бұрын

No wittering away on guitar .. superb succinct solos .. that serve the song.

@FreeBrunoPowroznik Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a masterpiece of understatement

@frankshailes3205 Жыл бұрын

And those amazing multitracked echoes - it's like nothing heard before on an album.

@John-et9yl Жыл бұрын

The live version of Moonage Daydream on Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture is epic.

@Rikkykins57 Жыл бұрын

I was almost 15 when I heard this. The next day I cashed in my £24 savings from my paper round and bought an electric guitar & 5 watt amp that was on sale at Woolworth's. Needless to say, It took me many, many years & more cash than the paper round provided to "Git Gud" as the gaming fraternity say. 🤣

@larrygallaway4224 Жыл бұрын

Five Years is a song that continues to haunt me for many many years. Just an intensely gorgeous tune that is one my all time favorites by any artist.

@jerryjanski551 Жыл бұрын

50 years on this is STILL the best sounding album ever. The production and arrangements are absolutely pure perfection.

@BirdTalk13 Жыл бұрын

Spot on!

@bartonone2005 Жыл бұрын

Ronno

@rileysteve Жыл бұрын

All that's missing is the LSD-25.

@0liver0verson9 7 ай бұрын

Agreed. It's never been bettered really. It's the rock n roll standard.

@hansschetselaar1657 5 ай бұрын

100 % agreed 👌👌👌👌👍👍👍

@thembill8246 Жыл бұрын

Now following up with Aladdin Sane is a MUST. It's the "Ziggy Goes to America" follow-up album, literally all written while touring Ziggy. The title track has one of the greatest piano solos in all of rock.

@daveapple205 Жыл бұрын

Aladdin Sane is my personal favorite. I really liked Low and Scary Monsters too.

@thembill8246 Жыл бұрын

@@daveapple205 yeah, I'd really love for him to hit the whole Berlin trilogy

@daveapple205 Жыл бұрын

@@thembill8246 I like the Tin Machine stuff too.

@cutthr0atjake Жыл бұрын

@@daveapple205 I think the 1st Tin Machine album is underrated. I'd love Doug to do 1.Outside from the 90's.

@ericpeterson6766 Жыл бұрын

Aladdin Sane unfairly compared to Ziggy...two different approaches.

@davedewsnap288 Жыл бұрын

I was in the audience at the Manchester show of the ‘72 tour for the album. The last song of the show was ‘Rock nRoll Suicide’ and when David screamed ‘gimme your hands!!’ we ALL reached for him...the whole auditorium. I will carry that moment with me to the end of my days.

@vilcabti 14 күн бұрын

Lucky you.

@mushroomjesus2068 Жыл бұрын

You HAVE to do Black Star ! ! Bowie literally wrote it on his death bed which is insanely haunting and beautiful.

@antoniocarlin5026 Жыл бұрын

same as Innuendo and the last album of Leonard Cohen!

@mattleppard1964 Жыл бұрын

Oh I keep asking reactors to do Blackstar and the video. And the album. But those two are not of this earth; the music of the dark and the call of death. Cheery it isn’t; astounding it is. So Doug?

@juurihoito Жыл бұрын

Amen to that!

@helenc1693 Жыл бұрын

Blackstar is amazing ❤

@StevenMichals0812 Жыл бұрын

I listened to it once when it was released 2 days before his death and haven't been able to give it a second listen.

@wandersonoliveira263 Жыл бұрын

Bowie is my favorite artist ever! And I mean artist, not only musician. Such a brilliant creative force, never understimating his audience.

@Yokosteamer Жыл бұрын

During the Sound And Vision Tour I saw David Bowie play the Tokyo Dome; Adrian Belew was his touring guitarist. David played a two hour show with over 50,000 fans on their feet throughout. At the end the crowd cheered and cheered, David returned to the stage and proclaimed, "Be careful when you ask an Englishman for an encore, because sometimes you just might get one!" He proceeded to play for another hour!

@bubba88188 9 ай бұрын

I'm jealous.

@nofishinmydiet 10 ай бұрын

I have a hard time listening to Rock n Roll Suicide without crying. I can neither confirm nor deny that that song stopped a young me from doing the last word in the title. Something about Bowie desperately screaming "you're not alone" and "you're wonderful" at me. What a great, but intense, way to close an album

@travisthornton1792 8 ай бұрын

I’ve seen others say that too, and knowing that it meant so much to so many others makes it meaningful to me too.

@richardhorky3717 Жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson not only a phenomenal guitar player and proficient piano player but an amazing arranger, as well!

@Young_Jim Жыл бұрын

So nice to see some of David’s music on this channel, he was a huge influence on me growing up in 1970’s England and was a huge influence, I’m sure, to other artists who followed him. Whatever you can say about Bowie, he was the constant chameleon, ever changing ahead of his peers and leading the trends rather than following them. You can’t talk about him, IMO, without mentioning Mick Ronson who was the musican genius beside Bowie in his earlier years. RIP David, our lives were richer for your music.

@eximusic Жыл бұрын

This is the only way to listen to this album, in its entirety. Good job. This is his most iconic album.

@kevingillespie5242 Жыл бұрын

"Ain't it funny how C major can be melancholy" is such a profound sentiment. Thanks for sharing, very cool to hear your takes on these pieces!

@chrisgardiner556 Жыл бұрын

Terrific stuff.

@pigonthewind7908 Жыл бұрын

I would strngly suggest Station To Station/Low/Heroes. What an artwork

@daddyboy3546 Жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson was the best thing to happen to DB-especially on this lp. He played the awesome guitar parts and solos (check out the last bars of Moonage Daydream if you want to hear classic Ronson guitar god work), he arranged DB's horns and sax work and also did the string arrangements (Moonage Daydream again - those strings behind the guitar! WOW!) . Again on "Starman"- the guitar and arrangement on the choruses and the following pure rock and roll guitar boogie licks (is that a bridge? a coda?) that is all Ronson! Those arrangements are arguably the significant factor that raises the level of this album from a rock album to a rock "concept" album. it may have been just a bunch of songs, but Bowies vision was realized via Ronson's arrangements, instrumentals and execution.

@massimosaffioti8798 Жыл бұрын

I love Mick's counter melodies under the vocals... I swear this album must've been such a powerful inspiration for Mick Jones' (of The Clash) melodic guitar lines. Ronson truly becomes a juggernaut on the next 2 albums (Aladdin Sane and Pin-Ups) and again on Ian Hunter's eponymous debut.

@stephenslade1639 Жыл бұрын

and don't forget he helped DB create the androgynous/gay myth by letting him fellate his guitar/penis every night.

@CMI2017 Жыл бұрын

True. Ronson makes this album and to hear why, just listen to Diamond Dogs.

@brettlowton6961 Жыл бұрын

Amen to that. Mick Ronson never received the recognition he deserved at the time. It's only now that people are beginning to appreciate how brilliant he was.

@djmattn Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Ronson was GOD.

@jorgesimoes5706 Жыл бұрын

There's still a hole in my heart, all these years afterwards, when I think of David's passing. He really was in his own league, which is what makes an artist big. Thanks for sharing.

@betseyr.9081 Жыл бұрын

"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" is as magical as "Stairway To Heaven" in its progressive climax both instrumentally & vocally... one of my favorites on the album for sure (" Moonage Daydream" being another favorite). This album demands to be played at full volume (which is how we played it always)! Put Bowie in the spotlight of the rock world when it was released and we all know now that he remains a legend today.

@jayusrey3221 7 ай бұрын

I'm replying a year later, but this is for betseyr.9081. I had the vinyl and do believe it said to be played at full volume on the record

@enricopaoli1183 Жыл бұрын

Five Years... what a song!

@heresthething41 Жыл бұрын

As a teenager, I was mostly a metalhead. When I first listened to this album, it completely changed my outlook on music. I realized how much more could be done with it. Ever since, I've strived to do as much with music as I could.

@jameshw9751 Жыл бұрын

I don’t know why, but as a pretty average American suburban kid, aged 15, this album deeply resonated with me. I had it on my Walkman, played it over and over as I walked to school through the cold winter streets. I felt like such an alien in that environment.

@alpetrocelli4465 Жыл бұрын

I was amazed to learn that Bowie wrote “All the Young Dudes” for this LP, but he was a fan of Mott the Hoople, & when they were ready to break up due to lack of success, he offered it to them & offered to produce them. The rest, as they say,…✌️❤️🎶

@shemanic1 Жыл бұрын

This is definitely a Masterpiece. Bowie has been a big part of my life. “Just turn on with me & You’re NOT alone!”

@Klui_ Жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful album. It's very straightforward, but it's also so powerful, so entertaining, melancholic at times, and that ending is tear inducing, a statement, which has saved so many people. Lovely to see your reaction, you're extremely knowledgeable, and it's cool to see someone who knows about music discuss it in depth!!

@supertramp78 Жыл бұрын

Might want to also check out the album he did just prior to this - Hunky Dory. Rick Wakeman was playing piano and said he was amazed with the chord progressions on Life on Mars.

@carrerlluna66 Жыл бұрын

Hey Cheney, Ned from Spain here. Doug should definitely check out Hunky Dory, it is an absolute must and the follow up Aladdin Sane too.

@BassGoBomb Жыл бұрын

The chord progression is just tttooooo good ... Love it.

@wozzywick Жыл бұрын

Aren't they just the chords from My Way?

@BassGoBomb Жыл бұрын

@@wozzywick Bowie was asked by his manager at the time, Ken Pitt, to write English lyrics for the French original, he called it 'Even a Fool Learns To Love). In fact Paul Anka won the competition and so Bowie used, but changed, the chords about a bit for 'Life On Mars?' .. which has a magical progression. 'My Way' uses some pretty basic chords you'll find in many songs and Bowie ones too.

@Hellyeahray21 7 ай бұрын

@@wozzywickit's just the first 5 or 6 chords. The rest is Bowie

@Joe-ol5bq Жыл бұрын

This is one of my all time favorite records. Ive got hundreds of listens to it under my belt, but something about watching someone enjoy the ride for the first time was such a pleasure! I found myself cracking the biggest grin when the album just gets into that incredible hot streak. And Rock N Roll Suicide as a closer... wow. STILL crushes me. I think your interpretation of the album was really quite on-point. The way you contextualized Soul Love is my favorite explanation of that song’s significance yet!

@Plantagenet1956 Жыл бұрын

Hey Doug! I’m glad you’ve decided to put this one up. Absolute classic!

@helterskelter1178 Жыл бұрын

Ronno had such an incredible tone, certainly one of my favourites. Love Mick Ronson. Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey were a complimentary engine room; rhythm section.

@LSqrd1960 Жыл бұрын

One of those albums where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts! Even with the “loose” concept, this album plays so well front-to-back. Thanks for the extended play!

@UranusHz420 9 ай бұрын

Just a classic album. Completely groundbreaking for its time. And Bowie singing with so much emotion throughout.

@aWOKEn1445 Жыл бұрын

So pleasant having a listening companion! I haven't heard most of this before, either.

@blanewilliams5960 Жыл бұрын

Great choice Doug, love DB and this album. Very interested in your take and analysis of this fine concept album. Thanks Doug!

@GrampsD63 Жыл бұрын

The Spiders were a truly phenominal band. One of my all time favs. Ronno, Trevor and Woody were all undeniable talents. I suggest you watch the movie "Ziggy Stardust" to see the incredible chemistry Bowie had during this phase of his carreer.

@stevebradley704 Жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson. Great player and arranger.

@jefflang6271 Жыл бұрын

I first heard this album 50 years ago. I never gets old .It was one of the best albums of the 70's & the high water mark for David Bowie in my opinion. I really enjoyed your reaction. Great choice.

@Slayer-Knight Жыл бұрын

Hey man, just discovered your channel. It is really good! I was watching one of your older videos, about a year ago where you are in front of a piano and have an organ behind you. I really like that setting where you have a piano in front so you can play what you are hearing. It adds a lot to the experience in my opinion. Because I am also listening to the chords in my head and having you reaffirm them brings some sort of satisfaction

@noahtomato3515 Жыл бұрын

You may like the Outside album, a completely different concept album from Bowie in the ‘90s. Music edited from band improvisations, lyrics put together using a ‘cut-up’ technique, very intense and creepy in places. Produced by Brian Eno. Probably my favourite Bowie album.

@BassGoBomb Жыл бұрын

One my faves from his amazing ouvre

@johnnorthfieldmusic Жыл бұрын

Very ‘glam rock’ drum sound, but it’s mick ronson’s guitar sound that lifts the whole thing for me. Mick was a monster player

@domenicgalata1470 Жыл бұрын

He had an amazing run of albums in the 70’s. Truly great albums in every sense, the production, arrangements, playing, song writing etc. From Ziggy Stardust , Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station. In 5 years. The peak in my opinion were those five years, just incredible. Not to mention the live albums from those years that are available. The legendary Santa Monica 72’ album. The Spiders From Mars live film soundtrack. And David Bowie Live in 1974 are all fantastic.

@harrybaran2683 Жыл бұрын

Amazing albums!!

@tomeisenmenger7048 Жыл бұрын

Bowie's golden age began with Hunky Dory and ended with Diamond Dogs. Young Americans was a real letdown although Station to Station was something of a rebound.

@HeikkiRHackman Жыл бұрын

David Bowie was so versatile with his voice. You have found one of the essences of his art when you notice that. Man he could change the tone. Nice choice to listen to this album. And the guitar sounds are awesome here.

@njmccormackgmail Жыл бұрын

Just found your channel. Love your take, looking forward to more!

@ragnarmyhr7238 Жыл бұрын

First time I heard Bowie back in '72. I was listening to this album over and over back then. One of my favourite albums at all time.

@BassGoBomb Жыл бұрын

Me too ... :-)

@jackscovers4586 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love that you examine the lyrics and story of the album. I believe that lyrics are just as important as the music in songs.

@_Mutineer Жыл бұрын

Mick Ronson was always one of my fav's, I was pleasantly surprised to find that he is classified at #41 on Rolling Stone's recent Top 100 Guitarists list, long overdue recognition IMHO. If anyone has not seen it, Ronson's reunion with Bowie at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert is amazing, particularly his performance with an E-Bow on the song "Heroes", outstanding.

@davidteitel9720 Жыл бұрын

I was fortunate enough to see Ziggy Stardust in concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York. I brought a friend of mine who was from Egypt. I think her mind is still blown.

@tommonk7651 Жыл бұрын

Great choice! I listened to it straight through again a couple of months ago and really loved it. I had forgotten how good the whole album was.

@johnnyvw804 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding! So good, I had to give the LP another listen after your video.

@davidknizner3773 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I’ve always loved this album!!!

@JackMcLeodJr Жыл бұрын

I was with you during the Queensryche Operation Mindcrime upload Doug. I will join you on this quest also. Salute from Wales UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 Sir! Much love to you across the Pond 🇺🇸

@thomasmcd5862 Жыл бұрын

Ziggy Stardust is a masterpiece. Another great review and analysis Doug!

@John-et9yl Жыл бұрын

During the same year of this album's release Bowie also wrote and produced All the Young Dudes for Mott the Hoople, co-produced (with Mick Ronson) Lou Reed's Transformer album, released a non-album single John I'm Only Dancing and the lead single Jean Genie from the 1973 follow-up album Aladdin Sane. Not a bad year's work!

@FreeBrunoPowroznik Жыл бұрын

The extra "debris" in those intro chords is created by Bowie playing an open A and an open E chord one fret higher than they should be (effectively Bb and F, but with open strings), creating that dissonant sound

@altair8598 Жыл бұрын

I particularly look forward to masterpiecefridays! Thanks Doug. Hope you go further down this rabbit hole to discover the more experimental delights of Scary Monsters, Low and Blackstar to name but three!

@RandymanB Жыл бұрын

Listening to this takes me right back to those awkward teen years when I hadn't a clue who I was or what I was all about. Somehow this album gave me hope that I would figure it all out and, eventually, I did! Still enjoy listening it today. 50 some years later. Thanks for the review Doug.

@redlioness6627 Жыл бұрын

Five Years always got me immediately, wonderful music, haunting lyrics, foreboding vocals. Roger Waters' "The Last Refugee" always reminds me of it too, another outstanding track from his "Is This The Life We Really Want" album!

@jasonremy1627 Жыл бұрын

Missed this when it came out a few days ago. Just hit play. Can't wait to see Doug get into this classic.

@nigeltown6999 6 ай бұрын

So glad this came up on my list again today - really the BEST reaction video of my all time fav' album - I got this on 12", the week it came out and played it to death.

@mortimerbustos4487 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Doug! This is great content.

@DetectiveAlley Жыл бұрын

My favorite album of all time. Your reactions are refreshing to both hear comments and see your facial reaction. Suffragette City is my favorite but Starman is a close second.

@craigsartstuff-craiglhaupt Жыл бұрын

I know that Ziggy Stardust always seems to top 'best of' David's albums as you said and I like this one a lot but I still find that Space Oddity is my favorite, not just the song but the album as a whole. Thanks for playing this one!

@paulehney4581 Жыл бұрын

If you listen really close you may recognize a particularly skilled keyboard player that just happened to be in the studio. Rick himself commented about the experience, and how he enjoyed it

@JimNewstead Жыл бұрын

Fantastic album, great video Doug! Love me some Bowie!!!

@stevencharlton7693 Жыл бұрын

This was one of my favourite albums when I was in primary school. This is the first time I've heard the whole thing in ages!!! Nice one Doug!!! 😀

@BassGoBomb Жыл бұрын

My school played 5 years during morning assembly to the whole school .. as they felt it is pop with meaning ... narrative substance ..

@josephbrowning4220 Жыл бұрын

The whole thing is just an wonderful work of art. I once set it to repeat and wrote an entire novel as is rolled around in my subconscious.

@steveyoung5811 Жыл бұрын

@DougHelvering Thank You, never listened to this album before, only ever heard Star Man. This has been an absolute pleasure for the ears.

@claudiofernandes9834 Жыл бұрын

That's a superb álbum, Doug. It's a statement that you can write a mesterpiece with just a few notes and a bunch of great ideas. Bring more of Bowie into the channel!!!!

@jameshw9751 Жыл бұрын

Was just listening to this yesterday. Bowies greatest work, and a close to perfect album.

@katherineh7290 Жыл бұрын

This is my go to all time favorite album of David Bowie. Im so glad you all reviewing it. I do hope you enjoyed it.

@rockandrollpaddy Жыл бұрын

As a life long Bowie fan, I have to say thank you for a unique and fab review.

@icynorth8889 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Doug. I keep coming back to this album, and it gives me new meaning every time I listen. It has something in common with Dark Side of the Moon in that it slowly builds, and reaches a crescendo with the deeply harrowing final song. I visualise him perched at the side of a bridge, ready to jump, while someone cries in increasing desperation "Give me your hand, you're wonderful". It's a truly shocking piece of music.

@BassGoBomb Жыл бұрын

My school played 5 years during morning assembly to the whole school .. as they felt it is pop with meaning. I was alredy into Bowie so having his stuff played by the school... amazing.. :-). Thank you Thomas Peacocke's, Rye. Bowie was an amazing singer, as we all know ... 'Lodger' and the vocal athletics, as I call it.

@kathychristopherson8077 6 ай бұрын

That must be been so powerful! Wow!

@rickandgen Жыл бұрын

David was a Chamaeleon throughout his career, always changing and reinventing himself. As for the simplicity, sometimes, less is more. Love the reaction to this timeless classic.

@unicyclepeon Жыл бұрын

Even though my favorite bands from my childhood are Yes, Santana, Pink Floyd, and Deep Purple.... THIS album was my gateway from "songs play on the radio" to "music is art."

@andalltheangelssay212 Жыл бұрын

Do you like David Bowie’s album The man who sold the world ? That’s very Deep Purple. I especially love The Width of a circle and All the mad men, in fact the whole album.

@andalltheangelssay212 Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a Deep Purple treat for you (you’ve probably seen it, but it’s still worth revisiting often, Child in time live 1970, what an amazing live performance! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdWijcaA37THl3k.html the audience reaction, or should I say non reaction is hilarious!

@erichazzard4093 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Doug - a beautiful and deeply thoughtful analysis of an absolute classic album - loved this from my first hearing at 13 yrs of age - Ziggy never lets me down every time I listen I hear something slightly different it’s evolving as I age!!!! 52 years later Still amazing!!! Agape!

@dreamerdeceiver6592 Жыл бұрын

this is without a doubt the best david bowie album and a glam rock and rock masterpiece,gotta love mick ronson and trevor bolder too

@GenericName52 Жыл бұрын

Station to Station and Low also up there.

@andrewtedlow6552 Жыл бұрын

It’s hard to name a “best” of any band because it’s such a subjective thing. Plus, Bowie made so much great and remarkably innovative music over his long career. Having said that, I keep coming back to Low as my favorite.

@LoganAlbright73 Жыл бұрын

I prefer Low, Heroes, Lodger, Scary Monsters, Hunky Dory, and Station to Station, but the fact that this album doesn’t crack my top five just goes to show what an amazing career Bowie had.

@geofflupton1254 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this one Doug! An all-time classic, one of the great, must-have albums of the rock-era. In my opinion, it's a songwriter's album, the songs being the strong suit rather than highly produced backing tracks. Don't forget to get back to sides 2, 3 and 4 on "Chicago Transit Authority." 😏

@cheifguggletram Жыл бұрын

Not sure of if anyone mentioned this, but Lady Stardust is most likely Marc Bolan of T. Rex. Marc was a good friend of Bowie's and definitely an inspiration for the more androgynous, glam centric Ziggy character.

@vihtorisuominen1939 Жыл бұрын

Would be awesome to see your reaction to Bowies "Berlin trilogy": Low (1977), Heroes (1977) and Lodger (1979). Classic albums!

@roblovett Жыл бұрын

Yes and yes and yes

@glyngasson8450 Жыл бұрын

If you ever review another Bowie album please do Low. This album sounded like it came from another planet, particularly side 2 which is mostly instrumental. I'd also love for you to hear the track Aladdin Sane, mainly for the piano solo

@TippiGordon Жыл бұрын

True story: I spent much of 2016 in the middle of nowhere as a consultant on a really boring, mundane IT project. My client's office was a converted factory, windowless and joyless. There were about 20 of us (clients and consultants) in yet another interminable meeting, one of those in which there's a powerpoint projected on the wall and everybody is looking at their laptops, paying at best 50% attention. All of a sudden, a woman gasped and said, "David Bowie died!" We all stopped and checked for verification--or hopefully, refutation. "Yep, it's on CNN." "Twitter too." etc. Somebody started playing Ziggy Stardust and we listened to the whole thing, front to back. Everyone paid 100% attention.

@davidepannone6021 Жыл бұрын

I'm not a Bowie fan by any means but i adore this album. I discovered this gem just a year ago, and since then, i spin it in it's entirety at least once every 2/3 months.

@OpenmindedHusker1 Жыл бұрын

I would suggest that you are a Bowie fan! :)

@davidepannone6021 Жыл бұрын

@@OpenmindedHusker1 nah haha. As much as i adore this album, for some reason i really can't get into other Bowie stuff. I did try, it just didn't click like this album did for some reason. Don't ask me how or why, it just did lol. Cheers

@OpenmindedHusker1 Жыл бұрын

@@davidepannone6021 Cheers!

@andalltheangelssay212 Жыл бұрын

@@davidepannone6021 have you tried his albums The man who sold the world (1970) and Hunky Dory (1971) ? I love the early ones ❤

@MrShopvideo Жыл бұрын

Rick Wakeman (later of Yes) played piano on this album. The string arrangements were done by Mick Ronson (the guitar player)

@ricklohn4140 7 күн бұрын

Actually Ronson played all piano on this album. Wakeman was Hunky Dory album.

@garyjerreat8521 Жыл бұрын

Great to hear this album again, fifty years ago I would play it all the time especially in the car. Great album

@keithjordan7805 Жыл бұрын

I was in Jr High when this came out. I was in Cleveland and we broke Bowie in the States because WMMS radio played the hell out of this album. It had a huge impact, mostly for the style and mood. It was not like anything a midwestern teenager had ever heard or seen. Immediately after this album the 'coolest' kids in school got the Ziggy haircut. People today don't realize how radically different Bowie was when he came out with Ziggy, He truly seemed like he came from outerspace.

@stevegreen5552 Жыл бұрын

Ronson was a big influence on me - his output with Bowie, Mott the Hoople and Ian Hunter, assorted sessions and his solo work. I suspect my choice of university had an element of "Ronno came from there" (as well as having a course I wanted and a good level of student accommodation)! It was a tragedy that he died so young from cancer. As for Bowie, others have mentioned Hunky Dory and Aladdin Sane (the albums directly preceding and succeeding Ziggy) but I'd be interested in seeing your analysis and opinion of The Man Who Sold the World - a heavier album but with the same variety - and the first record he did with Mick Ronson.

@andalltheangelssay212 Жыл бұрын

Yesss! I also requested the man who sold the world full album x

@richardjones5967 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this thanks for sharing with us all. (Enjoyed the Dire Straits yesterday too and actually quite surprised you didn’t do the full Brothers in Arms album as you’re evidently a fan every time you hear Dire Straits!). Have you made any analysis of where your subject matter comes from I feel you are a big British music fan!

@einsoflight18 Жыл бұрын

BS"D Really surprised you never heard Ziggy Stardust. It's one of most famous songs. I love this album! Thank you for reviewing! His last album blackstar is so AMAZING!

@harrybaran2683 Жыл бұрын

My favourite Bowie album!!

@clowncarqingdao Жыл бұрын

The guitar solo on Moonage Daydream has one of the best guitar solos ever. Hand's down it beats Freebird and Stairway at the time. It's from another planet, and incredibly difficult to play compared to the first two I mentioned. Also, Starman's debris comes from Bowie's 12 string - the Bb and F chords at the start are played on the guitar with the 5th string 'A' open - adding both the A bass string and an A an octave higher. He may even be strumming the open E bass string as well.

@kathychristopherson8077 6 ай бұрын

Yes! That solo is what I want to hear as I cross over! What a wonderful, beautiful way to go!

@johnstallings4049 Жыл бұрын

Thanx 4 covering my favorite bands! Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, Yes, Bowie, Traffic, Phish, & can't wait for Astronomy by Blue Oyster Cult! 💙😇💙

@johnw706 Жыл бұрын

This album has been a favourite of mine since I first bought it in the early 70s . You pointed out the variety within the songs and his vocals , and I find that that is what keeps this album fresh for me . He did an album called Bowie at the Beeb , where he performs a lot of these songs at the BBC . It is great , as he , and his band , give these songs a rougher edge , and it really works . Do yourself a favour and check it out . I actually prefer some of the versions on the Beeb album to the originals . Doug , you mentioned that you would like to hear the drums a little better . You will on those Beeb versions . Thanks for this video !!!

@Edward..de..lanndo 3 ай бұрын

You're an instantly appealing person... David is a genius..... I've heard him sing 5 years without the music...its incredibly emotional...and his emotion pours from his voice.... He is a chameleon and hence the vocal changes....thank you for this video....❤🎉

@gwynedd-1 Жыл бұрын

Awesome. It has been too long since I listened to the whole album. Something I will now change

@robertotostado2364 Жыл бұрын

1.Outside, great album, very underrated, but one of the best things he did in the 90's. my favorite album of his and one in my top 10.

@NikaWatt 3 ай бұрын

Listening to this with you I realised it is part of my DNA. I must have listened to it so many times over its life time and mine, nearly every note is anticipated with eager pleasure. What can I say? I was young and looking for a path forward. It turns out it was a pretty good optimistic path to follow. And then Supertramp arrived!!

@armandourso1526 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite albums ! ... Hugs from Brazil >>>>

@saxmaniac6321 2 ай бұрын

Doug, David employed that "basic progression" the song ends with as a platform for Mick Ronson's most iconic guitar solo (I'd recommend giving the solo another listen in isolation). An interesting aspect of the whole Ziggy persona is where David unexpectedly killed Ziggy live onstage on the final leg of the tour - leaving the whole band confused as to his demise. As he did throughout his career, he then morphed into another character (the Thin White Duke) and only brought Ronson along with him...leaving a few disgruntled band members behind. Classic! I chose an analysis of everything around this album/tour during my undergrad degree 🎼🎸🎷

@ronenners1593 8 ай бұрын

One of the highest fidelity vinyl LPs ever pressed. Back of the album states "To be played at maximum volume".

@richpeltier9519 Жыл бұрын

The play on the word Star continued until his final work, Blackstar. They're above us, they're among us, they are us. Star stuff. Safe journey Major Tom. o7 Art is weird, especially when it's made this well. 🤘🧙‍♂️🤘 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast

@mattleppard1964 Жыл бұрын

I hope hope hope he does Blackstar