David Bowie - Space Oddity (live 1973)

David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s, and is known for his distinctive voice as well as the originality and considerable eclecticism of his work.
Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969, when his song "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single "Starman" and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Bowie's impact at that time, as described by biographer David Buckley, "challenged the core belief of the rock music of its day" and "created perhaps the biggest cult in popular culture."[2] The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona proved merely one facet of a career marked by continual reinvention, musical innovation and striking visual presentation. In 1975, Bowie achieved his first major American crossover success with the number-one single "Fame" and the hit album Young Americans, which the singer characterised as "plastic soul". The sound constituted a radical shift in style that initially alienated many of his UK devotees. He then confounded the expectations of both his record label and his American audiences by recording the minimalist album Low (1977)—the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno over the next two years. The so-called "Berlin Trilogy" albums all reached the UK top five and garnered lasting critical praise.
After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes", its parent album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), and "Under Pressure", a 1981 collaboration with Queen. He then reached a new commercial peak in 1983 with Let's Dance, which yielded several hit singles. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Bowie continued to experiment with musical styles, including blue-eyed soul, industrial, adult contemporary, and jungle. His last recorded album was Reality (2003), which was supported by the 2003--04 Reality Tour.

Bowie has also written and produced for many musicians most notably Iggy Pop. his writing credit work includes the song All The Young Dudes for Mott The Hoople and his productions include the influential albums Transformer by Lou Reed, Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges as well as a brief stint as Iggy Pop's keyboard player and co writer on Pop's albums The Idiot, and Lust for Life.

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• David Bowie
• Space Oddity (song)
• Song Dynasty
• live concert
• 1978
• Concert
• live music
• glam rock

[Hacker73]

This Ziggy Version is TONS HEAVIER and a much more DRAMATIC than the Original one --- which is also perfect and a lot Terrifying, too.

DAMN! The man has two brains!

[Hacker73]

AB.SO.LU.TE.LY. TERRIFYING. Extraodinaire. Antológico. Magnificent.

This man is FENOMENAL.

Jesus, I have no more words...

[schizzie345]

Great live performance. What a tight band. Now and forever the best.

[cjkulik92]

nice music vid, and if you actually typed that discription i would have to say your crazy