The flipside of 'The Man'? He fooled me then! There I am, back in 1972, making my way through "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" for the very first time, and a third person starts to tell me (I'm supposed to think) all about Ziggy - only, he's actually a she. Or is she? He? Hang on a minute. This is a false start. It's really a song about his (ex) friend, the 'National Elf' - Marc Bolan. As I find out later.
No, if I REALLY want to discover all there is to know about the perfumed alien himself, I have to leave the safety of the softer musical numbers which have lead me this far through the album, and traverse the raging "rockers" that are "Star" and "Hang On to Yourself", before I finally get to the biographical story of "Ziggy Stardust". For the time being, then, I absorb the majesty and bitter-sweet ballad that is 'The Lady'.
12 Comments (since 6 Oct 2013)
leejohnson
The flipside of 'The Man'? He fooled me then! There I am, back in 1972, making my way through "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" for the very first time, and a third person starts to tell me (I'm supposed to think) all about Ziggy - only, he's actually a she. Or is she? He? Hang on a minute. This is a false start. It's really a song about his (ex) friend, the 'National Elf' - Marc Bolan. As I find out later.
leejohnson
No, if I REALLY want to discover all there is to know about the perfumed alien himself, I have to leave the safety of the softer musical numbers which have lead me this far through the album, and traverse the raging "rockers" that are "Star" and "Hang On to Yourself", before I finally get to the biographical story of "Ziggy Stardust". For the time being, then, I absorb the majesty and bitter-sweet ballad that is 'The Lady'.
leejohnson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_Spiders_from_Mars
ian38018
Great song, made all the better (and I know I bang on about this) by Mr Ronson.
USMC_SemperFi
@leejohnson hey you be quiet im conspiring a theory here @PeteLaberge hit record we are almost ready to feed this to the press
leejohnson
You can bang on about Mr Ronson all you like! I tend to bang on about him too. ;)
BertrandRustles
Oh boy do I love this song.
caroline1216
Just brill x
lynn200
interesting tribute.2nd play. got it. like it.
natyblooming
;P
misdiscos
Have you heard Seu Jorge's cover?
Sid_Bonkers
You say it is a song about Marc Bolan and then the lyrics make perfect sense, thanks for that, another lyrical mystery solved :)