Milestone, perfectly staged youth melodrama

- With Ziggy Stardust and the new optical conversion at the concerts in London, August 72 David Bowie became almost overnight the new superstar. I had a 11-year-old at that time a strong interest in the singles of T.Rex, this LP was aimed more at older listeners, many older teens remember well today at the first hearing of the youth-children-future drama.
- "Five Years" and "Rock and Roll Suicide" are the most emotional pieces, kept quite slow. The last song builds to a climax, the then concerts.
- "Lady Stardust" is about Marc Bolan, who allegedly called the androgynous wave into being. Unlike Bowie this was for more than 1 year already a celebrated teen star in Europe.
- "Soul Love" also reminds me of "Electric Warrior" by T.Rex, especially the strange chorus, Eddy & Flo modeled.
- I like the formerly second plate side better. The songs come across better, are more rocky.
"Hang on to yourself" and "Star" are very fast
"Ziggy Stardust", Bowie's voice sounds almost like a child. As on almost all tracks is the heavy guitar of Ronson superb.
"Suffragette City" - Bowie was very proud of this music, which always means the text as well. The loudest track.
The booklet is richly illustrated, personally I like that it / w photos that were originally seen in the Clapp-Cover, resurface (this time in color).
- "John I'm Only Dancing" is the former single, very danceable, would then not fit thematically in the Melo-youth drama.
- "Hang On To Yourself" and "Moonage Daydream" under other flag very different.
"Amsterdam", "Velvet Goldmine", "Holy Holy" and "Round and Round" were at that time on "Bowie Rare".
- "Holy Holy" is one of his best singles and a good start Ronson. Why the excellent song was pressed with its intersecting Gibson Les Paul only on so few carriers? He would, for example, been on "Man who Sold the World" the best track. It sounds again very strongly by T.Rex. Why "Holy Holy" - came before "Hot Love" on the market - was not successful?
The acoustic versions of some well-known tracks blown away not just.
The CD for sale because of the 2nd CD. Bowie fans have anyway, who liked T.Rex around 1971, which is the sound of "Ziggy Stardust" (without the getting used to singing Bolans) have his joy.