Phil writes: As this is currently being celebrated, it seems appropriate to pay tribute to an innovative and very influential artist. Not so long ago, Joe and I were saying what a great album 'Ziggy Stardust' is. I believe it has a higher proportion of great songs than almost any album you can think of. I'll just concentrate on three. The opening track, 'Five Years' is, like so many Bowie songs, quite unlike any other song you can think of and some of the lines and images live on in your brain for many years (believe me!). And then there's 'Rock 'n' Roll Suicide' with its brilliantly pithy portrayal of someone right on the edge who by the end of the song may well have been saved from suicide. I never tire of 'Ziggy Stardust' which might almost be said to be a new kind of rock music.
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