Tuesday, 19 February 2013

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

Phil writes: So, BBC Radio 2 has been celebrating the album and compiled a Top 100 list.  They only included one track from each artist.  Fair enough, I thought.  You could vote for the No 1.  I looked through and was astonished to see that Bowie was represented not by 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars' (which I would have voted for) but 'Let's Dance'!!!!!

The first is a unique, ground-breaking and incredibly influential album by a great artist at the peak of his form.  The second is an example of his chameleon-like ability to do lots of styles of music whilst still being Bowie very well .

Anyway, I won't go on.  Here's the whole album.  Set aside just over half an hour and if by any chance you haven't sat through it before prepare to be bowled over.


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