Who is David Bowie?
A chameleon? Sure. A pop star? Definitely! As much as we may look back on the career of the Thin White Duke and characterize him as a visionary, as a trendsetter, as a trailblazer, as a man creating music ahead of his time? He was a pop star. Still is.
Getting his start in the late 60s, he has a britpop queen (king) who made the older ladies blush and the younger ladies faint. Never much of a team player, he stayed solo for his career with the exception of a few collaborations with notable stars (Mick Jagger and Queen among the most notable). And a short stint with Soupy Sales' sons, Hunt and Tony Sales and Reeves Gabrels in Tin Machine, producing only two studio albums and one live effort. The first studio album is worth your money.
Tonight is about the glamorous life. By the early seventies, Bowie had become fabulous. With albums like Space Oddity, Ziggy Stardust, and Young Americans, Bowie blurred the lines of sexuality and male-appropriate makeup to a magnificent degree.
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is the final show of Bowie's Ziggy persona. Filmed July 3, 1973.
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