Mick Ronson played electric guitar, piano, backing vocals, did the string arrangements, the guy is an absolute legend ... it makes me sad that he hardly ever gets a mention, one of the most influential guitarists ever!
Agree. Although most musicians hold him in good stead, then & now. And he wanted to be a cellist, so looks like he was meant to be lord of the strings...
But Mick Ronson WAS credited on the album... It's right there, on the back cover. The original album's inner sleeve had photographs of David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick (Woody) Woodmansey, each photo the same size, ie a quarter each. David Bowie wrote the songs, that's all, but it's a pretty big "all". Mick Ronson couldn't write songs, despite his excellent guitar-playing and his training in piano.
The album is a story, and every song is a gem of a piece of the whole; they build to the amazing climax of "Rock and Roll Suicide," which you have to hear to believe.
Mick Ronson. What a loss. His biography just arrived on my doormat through the post. His work with Bowie, Ian Hunter and others, his solo work... brilliant.
When I first listened to David Bowie, I honestly didn't get the appeal at all. I just couldn't understand why he was so well-loved. Nothing grabbed me. Knowing how well-loved he was, though, is what made me revisit his music a couple years later and then it clicked! I'm SO glad I didn't give up on him because his music is amazing and has added so much joy to my life over the relatively few years of listening. Edit: So I wrote this comment before you finished the song and it's so funny to me that you basically said what I said. We went through the same process, but you went through it much faster! Sometimes our ears aren't ready for things and it takes a few more listens to "get it."
Agreed totally 👍 Bowie was never on my radar when I was younger at all ! People used to Rave about him and i was not into his music but over the last few years I've ( got it )after hearing more and he had just such an off the wall sound that I wasn't ready for before! 😊👌
That happens with a lot of music. Sometimes it can take years. Maybe it requires your brain to be rewired in effect through listening to other types of music in the interim. Then you become ready for it.
@@kevinmcfarlane2752 Agreed! I grew to like/love a few bands that were just too out there for me at the time. It sounded like horrible noise. Then I listened to other experimental music and was able to circle back around and enjoy things I hadn't previously. The key is being open to trying again!
I spend more time with this man, although i never spoke to him, than with my dad. At the age of 12 he changed my life, I became an stageartist, musician, speaker... cause of him! I owe him so much... BERLIN TRILOGY
this was my favorite album of all time when i first heard it at 8 years old. i'm 49. guess what my favorite album of all time is now? teez, whether for public consumption or not, you have to sit down and listen to this entire album, start to finish.
Its hard to believe that as kids, we were immersed in these Bowie albums as they were released. And some 50 years later, people are just discovering a song that is burned into memory from decades past. Weird. If you want to see a good video, watch Space Oddity from the Midnight Special 1980 Floor Show. Thats a stellar performance right there.
Man I love witnessing your journey into the Bowieverse! XD He’s been my favourite songman for over a decade now. By the way, the thing that sounds like a tuba is actually baritone saxophone. It’s the most badass of the saxophones because you can use it in the rhythm section to complement the rhythm guitar. It’s been a featured instrument through all of his discovery, all the way from the early 70’s to his farewell. Towards the end of his career, he actually started using a bass clarinet in his rhythm section, which is just a whole other can of worms lol
Dude... I gotta admit, man... your channel is my favorite of all the reaction shit I follow! I dont even really dig THIS song, but you do the most RANDOM, DEEP-CUT, ODDBALL shit that no one else would ever bother to do. And THAT is the most respectable thing I've ever seen! Absolute respect, from one artist to another!!!
This whole album (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars) is an absolute masterpiece. My favorite track is "Starman". Edit: It is a good experience to listen to this album from start to finish.
@Zolar Czakl I agree. I mean, if Hunky Dory was Life On Mars & Queen Bitch alone it'd be a masterpiece. And before Hunky, there was the light, airy, spacey Space Oddity album and the hard, heavy rock dark, foreboding Man Who Sold the World. His versatility which obviously lasted his whole life was amazing, but most amazing to me is the greatness he produced as a very young man. Post-Ziggy I can't praise Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, and Station to Station more highly as well.
@Zolar Czakl Nice playlist! It's great to find someone else who thinks the earliest Bowie was the best. Most reactors are just doing Fame, Young Americans, and Heroes, and while I don't dislike any of those, I think they are the low hanging fruit, the big radio hits. At the risk of being crucified, all 3 kind of bore me at this point. My only disagreement with you is, I was enthralled as a young teenager by "Changes" and still love it because it brings back so many great memories of my discovering Bowie. If you haven't heard this, check it out. It's especially poignant now that David's gone. Never released on an actual Bowie album, he played it often live and there are other versions but this one, in '73, though I don't know where the show was, is the one I remember best. It was in '73 in Nashville I first heard him do it, smashed right up against the stage (me, not him) with hordes of other kids behind me and the rest of the 'front line.' Seeing him up close performing was mesmerizing and electrifying all at once. I have the '72 Santa Monica album-- sound is pretty good. It's a bootleg. Anyway, here's his other homage to Jacque Brel, My Death, live in '73. ua-cam.com/video/nKmBg-jOYUQ/v-deo.html
As a Bowie fan since '74, I was lucky enough to experience the impact he was having on music & fashion as it was actually happening. There is no way to impress upon people today what a trailblazer he was & how much of what you see today had been influenced by him. Now people are being exposed to music in a totally different way & jumping around in Bowie's discography without understanding his musical growth, experimentation, & historical context can be confusing and / or lose some of its appeal. H
And may I add that he was an extremely interesting & creative person to anyone who is intrigued by him & wants to dig a bit deeper. I promise he will not disappoint!
The crazy thing about him to me (born '80) is how hip he stayed - the guy had edge. I love his rock, but I also love his industrial/trip-hop/jungle/whatever phase with Earthling which was much more contemporary for me. So, SO Cool. He never rested on his laurels, he's always riding the crest of the wave. Legendary legend, my actual hero.
I agree 100% with that. Even though I initially fell in love with the Ziggy persona, a great deal of his later music is more appealing to me now. Blackstar blew me away, a masterpiece IMHO. He always tried to push himself into new areas.
@@chrisf.7980 Blackstar is one of his best albums. A concept album that gave his death even more meaning, and a death that gave that the album meaning. Perfectly set up. Perfect artist. Love Bowie.
Great reaction - I love the fact that Bowie is like a revelation for you -he has the talent for you to find something inside of yourself - I honestly believe this guy will still be on the radar in 100 years
I danced to this song at a party full of barefoot hippies in 1973. It was Epic. Mick Ronson on Guitar. Amazing studio sound production in the 70's. The Best. Nothing like it anymore. Just so wild and creative.
Yes it took me years to appreciate Bowie ! I was never sure of all the hype around him but then I hadn't actually sat and listened to his songs so I wasn't able to... but yeah I get it now too ! Just 🔥 😎
Something a lot of people don't seem to notice in its own context is the line "Keep your electric eye on me". His next album Aladdin Sane was graced with a brilliant lightning bolt upon Aladdin Sane's face, on the most iconic album cover of his career. Excellent foreshadowing, and very well-executed. Ziggy and Aladdin are different characters, though. Ziggy got a whole album and Aladdin got a song. One song from Aladdin Sane you'll definitely love is Lady Grinning Soul. Don't expect a rocker, though. Expect a profound musical experience. It's amazing. Keep up the great work, Teez!!! 💙
I was never a major fan of Bowie (I didn't really like the look and sound of those who were) but the guy won me over with songs like this one, Heroes and Panic in Detroit. The first time I heard "I'm Afraid of Americans" live was total surrender. Bowie is a class act and he will get you whether you want it or not.
Great reaction-- glad you stuck w/ Bowie. I was 14 the first time I heard & saw him live. You kinda had to be there to get him right away, and young, not yet formed, your mind not yet so set as ours get as we become adults. I wish you could have seen him in the 70's-- every show was a trippy experience. He came to Memphis a lot (he was a huge Elvis fan, and they shared a birthday January 8, different year of course) and I saw him every time. Also went to Nashville & New Orleans to see him. Just SO great to see a reactor diving into what I still think was David at his best-- Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Station to Station-- every song on every one of those albums is worth many listens. Also his covers of Jacque Brel's Port of Amsterdam & My Death-- hauntingly beautiful and he sang them with just his acoustic guitar. The 'squealing' at the end was the magnificent guitar of Mick Ronson who sadly died of liver cancer in 1992, way before his time, and, interestingly, of the same thing that would ultimately take David's life, too. They were a force to be reckoned with. And don't overlook the albums that came before he hit the big time with Ziggy Stardust-- Hunky Dory, Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold the World-- w/ Mick Ronson on all of them killing it on guitar. Check out The Width of a Circle, one that makes all my playlists-- massively heavy musicianship and Bowie sounds very young, yet the song is sinister as hell: ua-cam.com/video/s2L4hL2IvUk/v-deo.html
Heck yeah, sir, heck yeah! One of my favorite songs of all time. Really just feels like David and the band are playing a piece of my heart back to me on this one. Nice to see it hitting you pretty deep as well, and also that you're figuring Bowie out now :)
One of my favorite songs by my favorite performer. From 1970 to 1980, no one was better than Bowie.He slipped in the 80s but regained his footing with Outside. Bowie rules!
"Keep yer 'lectric eye on me, babe - put yer raygun to ma head - press yer spaceface close ta mine, luv - freak out!, ina moonage daydream, oh yeeeaaah...". This is one of those records where my brain just slots straight into the groove - this track sits in the pocket between Soul Love and Starman, and it all just flows like melted butter. I can still hear the record spinning-on in my mind's eye when this ended: " ... there's a Staaah-maaaan, waitin' in the sky...". Some Cat was laying down some rock & roll alright; RIP Ziggy. Whata guy
Teez, this was a true joy to watch you react to. Honestly, I was smiling the whole way through. Whatever happened to "Queen Bytch?" Did it ever get unblocked???
There’s a fantastic live version on “David Live at the Tower Philadelphia”. I’ve had this live album on my deserted island list seemingly forever. My 7th grade art teacher turned me on to Bowie. “Young Americans” was the new album then. “Fame” is on that one. My favorite Bowie album, though, is “Lodger”. It came out the month before I graduated high school. I was hooked. He kinda does that. You might want to check out his movie, “The Man Who Fell to Earth” (1976). It was my first rated R movie. Having my parents go with me was probably one of the bigger mistakes I’ve made in my life. But it’s a cool movie. 💜
As good as music gets !! the whole album. actually...every album that bowie did in the 70s is amazing but that's another story. you should check out the whole album...and then Aladdin Sane. Tha'ts the late, great Mick Ronson on guitar, piano and string arrangements (the squealing at the end was strings). Ronson would have been 75 yesterday and is sorely missed by his fans. For my money Bowie/Ronson were as good a rock n roll duo as there ever was. (oh...check out the movie The Martian....in the middle of that they play Starman from this same album...the whole song. what a treat that was hearing that blasting in a theater all these years later...
Read the Article about Phish tackling this Album. As Trey was diving deep into the Tracks he never realized Ronson not only played “That Guitar Sound” but also did the Piano and String Arraignment’s. So Trey had to make sure he had the Piano parts covered and Hire some Musicians to play the Strings that were vital to many of the Song’s Ronson arraigned them into Making that Amazing Ronson Sound and oh that Wah Wah Pedal
I first heard this in 1st grade art class in late 1972 and it blew my 6 year old mind. While I loved all kinds of music as I always watched every music program from Soul Train, Midnight Special, I was a total music geek anyway ❤😊.
Teez, if you have ever considered doing whole album reactions, this would be a good place to start. One of the all time greats, and if you had an actual copy of the vinyl album, it came with the following instructions, "To Be Played At Maximum Volume." I personally owned two copies of this album over the years, and don't think I have a copy now, because if you ever loaned this one out, you might not get it back. Monster.
Pretty sure it's a saxaphone that you heard. Bowie played the saxophone. In fact I double-checked which instruments he could play. This is what I discovered... Bowie played the piano, both the alto and tenor saxophone, guitar, mellotron, moog, harmonica, mouth harp, koto, mandolin, recorder, viola and stylophone. He also 'played' the studio as an instrument! :)
One of my Fav Bowie songs - One of my first albums bought at High school in 1973 - Love Mick Ronson's guitar fade at the end GOAT - if not one of the best! - Panic in Detroit Tim, Cracked Actor and Lady Grinning Soul off Aladin Sane - Try 'Fairground' from Simply Red, lovely music
This song is Ziggy Stardust describing himself. An alligator. A mama-papa coming for you. A space invader. You know the rest. That's Ziggy Stardust. He comes from Mars and he wants to teach people how to rock. David played acoustic guitar, saxophone, and penny whistle on this track. His backing band were The Spiders from Mars. It began on a record made under the name Arnold Corns. The demo isn't nearly this good, but it's an interesting listen. The rest of this record is also great. Often considered the best album of his career, though it narrowly makes my top 5. I hope you'll check out more songs from this era and others, particularly the 80s, 90s, and 2000s, because he killed it for half a century.
Great great Request Bowie’s got some fine fine tunes, in fact…epic catalogue of Tunage. But let’s not forget the late the also Great Mick Ronson…not just his unbelievable guitar playing but his arrangements & producing. Just an unreal song & album (one of my Bowie top 3 albums ) There’s another request from my many I’ve sent you Teez you can delete from my mega request list Brother. Top tune top Request 🌞 Teez told you you’d love Bowie… another Rabbit Hole…..remember “Right Way” Bowie & then “Fashion”…..Bowie is unreal he’s definitely on another level Must artists with ‘B’ The Beatles, Beastie Boys,Bowie lol ✌🏻
I remember I was about 12yrs,I had a record player in my bedroom that was a small plastic briefcase and it was red,anyway it was the dogs bollocks in the 70s to have a little record player. I had this on nearly everyday and Alladin sane as well.now iam on my phone on UA-cam.,that was 45 yrs ago.lol
Bowie is endless⚡. There's so much to discover & experience. A taste: - Fantastic Voyage - Ashes To Ashes - Life On Mars - Right - Let's Dance - side two of _Low_
Teez, look up the lyrics on your phone before you start recording. You can look at them or not, while you're listening, but they'll be there in case you're interested.
aahhh brilliant album came out when I was in high school, pestered my dad to buy it for me, he always moaned they were rubbish but still would buy them for me from the doors, neil young and of course David
I still can’t listen to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars without wanting to take a few bong hits and watch the sky like my buddies and I did in college.
hi Teez, if you don't know her, listen to "Burden" by Opeth. A very beautiful piece, from a few years ago but in the tradition of progressive rock (King Crimson, etc.etc.) '60/'70. Calm, sidereal, very refined and rarefied atmosphere,dim the lights ;-). Very well done, it is a gem. Hello and congratulations
The crazy thing about Mick Ronson was he sounded and looked like about 10,000 volts were running through him while he was playing. I worried that John Carpenter's "The Thing" had inhabited him about half way through his solo. Bowie always had the best. You really should check out his older live stuff. He just kept getting better. It might have been because he loved it more later. His smile would span continents.
Y'ought to hear it on a dead mint original UK pressing. I treat myself about once a year to that album. I also have a great Japanese copy that I can play the hell out of when the company doesn't make the cut for the original. Great reaction. Cheers.
This is god tier Bowie. Also my cat is called Bowie. David Bowie's influence on my favorite band, Phish is undeniable. Without Bowie we there would be no Phish.
I don't think I've ever listened to this in its' entirety, since it's not in my collection; my brother burned me a copy but I can't find it, so hopefully someone will request more from this album. Comments mention Mick Ronson, whom I hold in as high regard as Bowie himself, and seemed to be a catalyst for the rise of other artists such as Lou Reed.
This is the album that made me a Bowie fan. Not one bad song on the whole album
Ditto!
Summer day in my friends room smoking doobies. 4 speakers in 4 corners and the label said "to be played at maxium volume"!
Thanks for the request. Hope he gets to mine soon.
Me too
PHIL!?!?
Mick Ronson played electric guitar, piano, backing vocals, did the string arrangements, the guy is an absolute legend ... it makes me sad that he hardly ever gets a mention, one of the most influential guitarists ever!
Agree. Although most musicians hold him in good stead, then & now. And he wanted to be a cellist, so looks like he was meant to be lord of the strings...
Amen brother !
But Mick Ronson WAS credited on the album... It's right there, on the back cover. The original album's inner sleeve had photographs of David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick (Woody) Woodmansey, each photo the same size, ie a quarter each. David Bowie wrote the songs, that's all, but it's a pretty big "all". Mick Ronson couldn't write songs, despite his excellent guitar-playing and his training in piano.
A master and huge influence on so many!
@@clareparfittwinchester5244 Mick couldn't write songs. You sure about that ?
Bowie is a master. This whole album is a masterpiece bro.
Yes!
The album is a story, and every song is a gem of a piece of the whole; they build to the amazing climax of "Rock and Roll Suicide," which you have to hear to believe.
That one still makes my eyes prickle.
This is my absolute favourite Bowie song
Mick Ronson. What a loss. His biography just arrived on my doormat through the post. His work with Bowie, Ian Hunter and others, his solo work... brilliant.
When I first listened to David Bowie, I honestly didn't get the appeal at all. I just couldn't understand why he was so well-loved. Nothing grabbed me. Knowing how well-loved he was, though, is what made me revisit his music a couple years later and then it clicked! I'm SO glad I didn't give up on him because his music is amazing and has added so much joy to my life over the relatively few years of listening.
Edit: So I wrote this comment before you finished the song and it's so funny to me that you basically said what I said. We went through the same process, but you went through it much faster! Sometimes our ears aren't ready for things and it takes a few more listens to "get it."
Agreed totally 👍 Bowie was never on my radar when I was younger at all ! People used to Rave about him and i was not into his music but over the last few years I've ( got it )after hearing more and he had just such an off the wall sound that I wasn't ready for before! 😊👌
That happens with a lot of music. Sometimes it can take years. Maybe it requires your brain to be rewired in effect through listening to other types of music in the interim. Then you become ready for it.
@@CA5124 I'm glad we came around 🙂
@@kevinmcfarlane2752 Agreed! I grew to like/love a few bands that were just too out there for me at the time. It sounded like horrible noise. Then I listened to other experimental music and was able to circle back around and enjoy things I hadn't previously. The key is being open to trying again!
One of the best albums in rock history no doubt about it
I spend more time with this man, although i never spoke to him, than with my dad. At the age of 12 he changed my life, I became an stageartist, musician, speaker... cause of him! I owe him so much... BERLIN TRILOGY
The whole album is Fire 🔥 RIP Ziggy
One of my favorite songs from Bowie. Just magic! ❣️✨✨
this was my favorite album of all time when i first heard it at 8 years old. i'm 49. guess what my favorite album of all time is now? teez, whether for public consumption or not, you have to sit down and listen to this entire album, start to finish.
Its hard to believe that as kids, we were immersed in these Bowie albums as they were released. And some 50 years later, people are just discovering a song that is burned into memory from decades past. Weird.
If you want to see a good video, watch Space Oddity from the Midnight Special 1980 Floor Show. Thats a stellar performance right there.
Man I love witnessing your journey into the Bowieverse! XD He’s been my favourite songman for over a decade now. By the way, the thing that sounds like a tuba is actually baritone saxophone. It’s the most badass of the saxophones because you can use it in the rhythm section to complement the rhythm guitar. It’s been a featured instrument through all of his discovery, all the way from the early 70’s to his farewell. Towards the end of his career, he actually started using a bass clarinet in his rhythm section, which is just a whole other can of worms lol
Dude... I gotta admit, man... your channel is my favorite of all the reaction shit I follow!
I dont even really dig THIS song, but you do the most RANDOM, DEEP-CUT, ODDBALL shit that no one else would ever bother to do.
And THAT is the most respectable thing I've ever seen! Absolute respect, from one artist to another!!!
Man I truly appreciate you! Means everything, thank you fam 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This whole album (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars) is an absolute masterpiece.
My favorite track is "Starman".
Edit: It is a good experience to listen to this album from start to finish.
Mine to. There’s a Starman👍
There's only one Spider From Mars still alive, drummer Woody Woodmansey. RIP Mick & Trevor. RIP Ziggy.
@Zolar Czakl I agree. I mean, if Hunky Dory was Life On Mars & Queen Bitch alone it'd be a masterpiece. And before Hunky, there was the light, airy, spacey Space Oddity album and the hard, heavy rock dark, foreboding Man Who Sold the World. His versatility which obviously lasted his whole life was amazing, but most amazing to me is the greatness he produced as a very young man. Post-Ziggy I can't praise Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, and Station to Station more highly as well.
@Zolar Czakl Nice playlist! It's great to find someone else who thinks the earliest Bowie was the best. Most reactors are just doing Fame, Young Americans, and Heroes, and while I don't dislike any of those, I think they are the low hanging fruit, the big radio hits. At the risk of being crucified, all 3 kind of bore me at this point. My only disagreement with you is, I was enthralled as a young teenager by "Changes" and still love it because it brings back so many great memories of my discovering Bowie. If you haven't heard this, check it out. It's especially poignant now that David's gone. Never released on an actual Bowie album, he played it often live and there are other versions but this one, in '73, though I don't know where the show was, is the one I remember best. It was in '73 in Nashville I first heard him do it, smashed right up against the stage (me, not him) with hordes of other kids behind me and the rest of the 'front line.' Seeing him up close performing was mesmerizing and electrifying all at once. I have the '72 Santa Monica album-- sound is pretty good. It's a bootleg. Anyway, here's his other homage to Jacque Brel, My Death, live in '73. ua-cam.com/video/nKmBg-jOYUQ/v-deo.html
As a Bowie fan since '74, I was lucky enough to experience the impact he was having on music & fashion as it was actually happening. There is no way to impress upon people today what a trailblazer he was & how much of what you see today had been influenced by him. Now people are being exposed to music in a totally different way & jumping around in Bowie's discography without understanding his musical growth, experimentation, & historical context can be confusing and / or lose some of its appeal. H
And may I add that he was an extremely interesting & creative person to anyone who is intrigued by him & wants to dig a bit deeper. I promise he will not disappoint!
The crazy thing about him to me (born '80) is how hip he stayed - the guy had edge. I love his rock, but I also love his industrial/trip-hop/jungle/whatever phase with Earthling which was much more contemporary for me. So, SO Cool. He never rested on his laurels, he's always riding the crest of the wave. Legendary legend, my actual hero.
I agree 100% with that. Even though I initially fell in love with the Ziggy persona, a great deal of his later music is more appealing to me now. Blackstar blew me away, a masterpiece IMHO. He always tried to push himself into new areas.
@@chrisf.7980 Blackstar is one of his best albums. A concept album that gave his death even more meaning, and a death that gave that the album meaning. Perfectly set up. Perfect artist. Love Bowie.
This--and live versions of this period thereof--are among the most important things in popular of the last half century.
Oh man, this brings me back! One of the first songs I could play guitar and sing at the same time.
Great reaction - I love the fact that Bowie is like a revelation for you -he has the talent for you to find something inside of yourself - I honestly believe this guy will still be on the radar in 100 years
I danced to this song at a party full of barefoot hippies in 1973. It was Epic. Mick Ronson on Guitar. Amazing studio sound production in the 70's. The Best. Nothing like it anymore. Just so wild and creative.
Oh yes. Bowie is a god. Or an alien. Or an alien god. Definitely worth some exploration. Soo many great songs.
No he’s Ziggy or Jarrod the goblin king
Yes it took me years to appreciate Bowie ! I was never sure of all the hype around him but then I hadn't actually sat and listened to his songs so I wasn't able to... but yeah I get it now too ! Just 🔥 😎
Bowie was my idol growing up.
New sub.
What a great album, my favorite from Bowie. This album is classic.
A masterpiece. Period. BOWIE FAN FOR LIFE. Loved him since 1972 when I was 14. ✌🌻🌻
Love your face when Mick Ronson kicked in his solo. It still has that effect on me 35 years after I first heard it
Something a lot of people don't seem to notice in its own context is the line "Keep your electric eye on me". His next album Aladdin Sane was graced with a brilliant lightning bolt upon Aladdin Sane's face, on the most iconic album cover of his career. Excellent foreshadowing, and very well-executed. Ziggy and Aladdin are different characters, though. Ziggy got a whole album and Aladdin got a song. One song from Aladdin Sane you'll definitely love is Lady Grinning Soul. Don't expect a rocker, though. Expect a profound musical experience. It's amazing.
Keep up the great work, Teez!!! 💙
I was never a major fan of Bowie (I didn't really like the look and sound of those who were) but the guy won me over with songs like this one, Heroes and Panic in Detroit. The first time I heard "I'm Afraid of Americans" live was total surrender. Bowie is a class act and he will get you whether you want it or not.
Yep, didn't like this album 20 years ago now Bowie is #1, even named my dog Ziggy. Bowie stays with you for life.
I loved Panic in Detroit.
Great reaction-- glad you stuck w/ Bowie. I was 14 the first time I heard & saw him live. You kinda had to be there to get him right away, and young, not yet formed, your mind not yet so set as ours get as we become adults. I wish you could have seen him in the 70's-- every show was a trippy experience. He came to Memphis a lot (he was a huge Elvis fan, and they shared a birthday January 8, different year of course) and I saw him every time. Also went to Nashville & New Orleans to see him. Just SO great to see a reactor diving into what I still think was David at his best-- Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Station to Station-- every song on every one of those albums is worth many listens. Also his covers of Jacque Brel's Port of Amsterdam & My Death-- hauntingly beautiful and he sang them with just his acoustic guitar. The 'squealing' at the end was the magnificent guitar of Mick Ronson who sadly died of liver cancer in 1992, way before his time, and, interestingly, of the same thing that would ultimately take David's life, too. They were a force to be reckoned with. And don't overlook the albums that came before he hit the big time with Ziggy Stardust-- Hunky Dory, Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold the World-- w/ Mick Ronson on all of them killing it on guitar. Check out The Width of a Circle, one that makes all my playlists-- massively heavy musicianship and Bowie sounds very young, yet the song is sinister as hell: ua-cam.com/video/s2L4hL2IvUk/v-deo.html
Amazing guitar solo.
With Bowie’s Vocals & Songwriting along with Guitarist Mick Ronson’s Guitar Piano & Strings make “Ziggy Stardust” David’s Signature Album
That fade out, Mick Ronsons guitar, oh my, heaven.
Heck yeah, sir, heck yeah! One of my favorite songs of all time. Really just feels like David and the band are playing a piece of my heart back to me on this one. Nice to see it hitting you pretty deep as well, and also that you're figuring Bowie out now :)
This and the Hunky Dory album made me a forever Bowie fan
One of my favorite songs by my favorite performer. From 1970 to 1980, no one was better than Bowie.He slipped in the 80s but regained his footing with Outside. Bowie rules!
"Keep yer 'lectric eye on me, babe - put yer raygun to ma head - press yer spaceface close ta mine, luv - freak out!, ina moonage daydream, oh yeeeaaah...".
This is one of those records where my brain just slots straight into the groove - this track sits in the pocket between Soul Love and Starman, and it all just flows like melted butter. I can still hear the record spinning-on in my mind's eye when this ended: " ... there's a Staaah-maaaan, waitin' in the sky...". Some Cat was laying down some rock & roll alright; RIP Ziggy. Whata guy
Always been a Bowie fan
👍❤️👍
Teez, this was a true joy to watch you react to. Honestly, I was smiling the whole way through. Whatever happened to "Queen Bytch?" Did it ever get unblocked???
I have to check on that one lol I have so much momentum built up that I hardly go back to check on videos 😂
@@TeezMcGee I checked a few times through the months, but haven't in a while. I'd watch they shyte out of it if it were there.
@@elysehfm8797 he did queen bitch and it is up
This & Rebel Rebel are my two favorite Bowie songs
There’s a fantastic live version on “David Live at the Tower Philadelphia”. I’ve had this live album on my deserted island list seemingly forever. My 7th grade art teacher turned me on to Bowie. “Young Americans” was the new album then. “Fame” is on that one. My favorite Bowie album, though, is “Lodger”. It came out the month before I graduated high school. I was hooked. He kinda does that. You might want to check out his movie, “The Man Who Fell to Earth” (1976). It was my first rated R movie. Having my parents go with me was probably one of the bigger mistakes I’ve made in my life. But it’s a cool movie. 💜
Bowie is so amazing at making each song different and reinventing himself. He adds so much soul to his music
As good as music gets !! the whole album. actually...every album that bowie did in the 70s is amazing but that's another story. you should check out the whole album...and then Aladdin Sane. Tha'ts the late, great Mick Ronson on guitar, piano and string arrangements (the squealing at the end was strings). Ronson would have been 75 yesterday and is sorely missed by his fans. For my money Bowie/Ronson were as good a rock n roll duo as there ever was. (oh...check out the movie The Martian....in the middle of that they play Starman from this same album...the whole song. what a treat that was hearing that blasting in a theater all these years later...
There’s a reason why Phish covered this entire album on Halloween: influential, game changing masterpiece
Read the Article about Phish tackling this Album. As Trey was diving deep into the Tracks he never realized Ronson not only played “That Guitar Sound” but also did the Piano and String Arraignment’s. So Trey had to make sure he had the Piano parts covered and Hire some Musicians to play the Strings that were vital to many of the Song’s Ronson arraigned them into Making that Amazing Ronson Sound and oh that Wah Wah Pedal
This whole album is astounding, one of the greatest cornerstones of the 70s
" keep your mouth shut, just smoke it like a big monkey-bird" ?!?!?!?!!
Love Bowie💜 Not enough reactors do Bowie. So thanks for requesting. Thanks Teez for the reaction. I think I got one to do on the list. 🔥
I first heard this in 1st grade art class in late 1972 and it blew my 6 year old mind. While I loved all kinds of music as I always watched every music program from Soul Train, Midnight Special, I was a total music geek anyway ❤😊.
Love this guy. Love the album. 💯💯🔥🔥
Bowie, the space invader. He's a starman now
Great song! One of my favorites from Bowie. An old noise rock band I had used to do a cover of it
Teez, if you have ever considered doing whole album reactions, this would be a good place to start. One of the all time greats, and if you had an actual copy of the vinyl album, it came with the following instructions, "To Be Played At Maximum Volume." I personally owned two copies of this album over the years, and don't think I have a copy now, because if you ever loaned this one out, you might not get it back. Monster.
David Bowie was from another planet. Love him. You should listen to the whole Ziggy Stardust album
Pretty sure it's a saxaphone that you heard. Bowie played the saxophone. In fact I double-checked which instruments he could play. This is what I discovered... Bowie played the piano, both the alto and tenor saxophone, guitar, mellotron, moog, harmonica, mouth harp, koto, mandolin, recorder, viola and stylophone. He also 'played' the studio as an instrument! :)
BRILLIANT album. Xoxox!
What you thought was a flute is a penny whistle and similarly the tuba is a sax - both played by Bowie!
Yes, THANK YOU JUSTIN!
You just get it. Spot on.
Great choice Teez; with Mick Ronson on guitar. You should check out "Starman" live.
Always loved the drums on this track. 🔥
One of my Fav Bowie songs - One of my first albums bought at High school in 1973 - Love Mick Ronson's guitar fade at the end GOAT - if not one of the best! - Panic in Detroit Tim, Cracked Actor and Lady Grinning Soul off Aladin Sane - Try 'Fairground' from Simply Red, lovely music
This song is Ziggy Stardust describing himself. An alligator. A mama-papa coming for you. A space invader. You know the rest. That's Ziggy Stardust. He comes from Mars and he wants to teach people how to rock.
David played acoustic guitar, saxophone, and penny whistle on this track. His backing band were The Spiders from Mars. It began on a record made under the name Arnold Corns. The demo isn't nearly this good, but it's an interesting listen. The rest of this record is also great. Often considered the best album of his career, though it narrowly makes my top 5. I hope you'll check out more songs from this era and others, particularly the 80s, 90s, and 2000s, because he killed it for half a century.
It doesn't get too much better than this
Great great Request Bowie’s got some fine fine tunes, in fact…epic catalogue of Tunage. But let’s not forget the late the also Great Mick Ronson…not just his unbelievable guitar playing but his arrangements & producing. Just an unreal song & album (one of my Bowie top 3 albums ) There’s another request from my many I’ve sent you Teez you can delete from my mega request list Brother. Top tune top Request 🌞 Teez told you you’d love Bowie… another Rabbit Hole…..remember “Right Way” Bowie
& then “Fashion”…..Bowie is unreal he’s definitely on another level
Must artists with ‘B’ The Beatles, Beastie Boys,Bowie lol ✌🏻
I just remember frickin the fuck out in 6th grade over this album. Thx Teez.
You’re appreciated fam! Thank you so damn much 🔥
@@TeezMcGee yw brother. I love this channel.
man, you happened upon one of the greatest bowie songs here. explore more of him. he didn't do ANY lousy music.
I remember I was about 12yrs,I had a record player in my bedroom that was a small plastic briefcase and it was red,anyway it was the dogs bollocks in the 70s to have a little record player.
I had this on nearly everyday and Alladin sane as well.now iam on my phone on UA-cam.,that was 45 yrs ago.lol
Try "Starman" or "5 years" from this album.
Bowie is endless⚡. There's so much to discover & experience. A taste:
- Fantastic Voyage
- Ashes To Ashes
- Life On Mars
- Right
- Let's Dance
- side two of _Low_
Teez, look up the lyrics on your phone before you start recording. You can look at them or not, while you're listening, but they'll be there in case you're interested.
Dude, you need to listen to his entire career, from 1965 until death, to know the real story. The evolution is amazing.
David Bowie & Guitarist
Mick Ronson
Perfect Together 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
aahhh brilliant album came out when I was in high school, pestered my dad to buy it for me, he always moaned they were rubbish but still would buy them for me from the doors, neil young and of course David
Mick Ronson such brilliant guitarist died far too young
My favorite song.
My all time favourite Bowie track. 🙂
Thanks Justin.
I still can’t listen to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars without wanting to take a few bong hits and watch the sky like my buddies and I did in college.
hi Teez, if you don't know her, listen to "Burden" by Opeth. A very beautiful piece, from a few years ago but in the tradition of progressive rock (King Crimson, etc.etc.) '60/'70. Calm, sidereal, very refined and rarefied atmosphere,dim the lights ;-). Very well done, it is a gem. Hello and congratulations
A quality reaction. Keep your 'lectric eye and ear on Bowie!
Thanks for reviewing. One of my ATF old school Bowie tracks! Anyone else feel this influenced Eagles "Hotel California"?
That’s Mick Ronson on
Guitar
Piano
Strings
Moog (That’s the Tuba Sound)
And That Other Worldly
Guitar Solo 🎸
LOve this song!!!
Miss you, Teez! Hope you’re well!
Grestest sound-effective solo in rock history.... the wrong note for several bars!!!! Ronson rules!!!
AWESOME!!!
Well done! I enjoyed it.
Yes more Bowie and Radiohead would be great.
Watch the extended live version. Magic!
It may be a 2012 remaster but ..remember it is from 1972 . Bowie was way ahead of his time in great Rock music.
The crazy thing about Mick Ronson was he sounded and looked like about 10,000 volts were running through him while he was playing. I worried that John Carpenter's "The Thing" had inhabited him about half way through his solo.
Bowie always had the best. You really should check out his older live stuff. He just kept getting better.
It might have been because he loved it more later. His smile would span continents.
This changed the face of music.
Y'ought to hear it on a dead mint original UK pressing. I treat myself about once a year to that album.
I also have a great Japanese copy that I can play the hell out of when the company doesn't make the cut for the original.
Great reaction.
Cheers.
"To Be Played At Maximum Volume". It's on the LP.
Moonage Daydream is an Absolutely Amazing Song
Stay in the Ziggy Stardust Album with
1-Ziggy Stardust
2-Starman
You will Not be Disappointed
This is god tier Bowie. Also my cat is called Bowie. David Bowie's influence on my favorite band, Phish is undeniable. Without Bowie we there would be no Phish.
also, not for nothing Teez you GET IT DUDE!
It's a perfect album. By perfect I mean.. Aw, fuck it. Nice react dude. Thanks!
💞Bowie💞
That Nirvana intro riff! 😀👍🏼
Good stuff, keep it up!
I don't think I've ever listened to this in its' entirety, since it's not in my collection; my brother burned me a copy but I can't find it, so hopefully someone will request more from this album. Comments mention Mick Ronson, whom I hold in as high regard as Bowie himself, and seemed to be a catalyst for the rise of other artists such as Lou Reed.
Mick Romson deserves all the praise as a huge and important part of this album, I don't think it would have sounded like this without him.
Congratulations for listening to this