week ten blog post
this week I decided to listen to Ziggy stardust from the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars first of all because it is a phenomenal song and concept album but also the album title, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars has twelve words in it so every time I mention it, twelve words are added to my 250. I wonder if The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars had any influence on the Grateful Dead's album, From the Mars Hotel that came out two years later. I feel like Mars is not a very common theme in album titles except for these two which were so close together. I love reading the lyrics because it seems like a very clear and coherent story but also some of the things really just don't make sense. it seems like it would be good fun to be in Ziggy's band. from the lyrics, it sounds like the band consists of Ziggy, Weird, Gilly, the spiders from mars, and David bowie. (but if you are singing then it is like you are part of the band!) it is really just too bad that the band has to be broken up at the end. Ziggy's band will forever be missed. this song is so catchy and fun and I feel like most people could get into it. especially while playing guitar hero. I don't remember playing it but I hope someone does.
My roommate loves David Bowie, and I knew she would love to know that we talked about him in class, especially this song. This song is so different from the norm of music and I feel opened up the gates to a whole new approach to writing music and making ballads of it.
ReplyDeleteRIP Ziggy's Band the world will never be the same. Really though this song rocks. I liked what you said about the Mars theme and see it too and this was the best song on guitar hero hands down.
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