Suffragette City - David Bowie | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!

[@andyandalex]

Back checking out some more from this record, what do you guys think, have we got to check out the full album sometime?! 🔥🙌🏻

[@peterquinones3522]

His best albums aren't really rock music - Young Americans and Station to Station.

[@peterquinones3522]

The words "legend" and "icon" are so overused they're basically meaningless now but they both apply to Bowie in a huge way. You should check out his performances in The Last Temptation of Christ and The Prestige.

[@bkshields76]

Too many other must hear albums you should get to 1st. IMO.

[@viclagina347]

Try the song Fame

[@viclagina347]

Three bangers in a row.... Hell of a week boys.... BOWIE is a deep rabbit hole with many corridors to explore..... Love Ziggy

[@bodhisattva3774]

His guitarist Mick Ronson was an integral part of Bowie's sound in this era. He was classically trained, a hell of an engineer and his guitar playing was innovative and his tone was HUGE. Great album.

[@gregsager2062]

Ronson's on the short list of rock's all-time greatest guitarists. Ronno was no shredder; he was simply tasteful and precise while at the same time being quite sonically adventurous. His tone, especially on his early work with Bowie and then with Ian Hunter, is a landmark in what great rock guitar sounds like. "Suffragette City" is as much a showcase for Ronno as it was for Bowie.

[@fords_nothere_100]

For sure. And its a great example of Bowie knowing exactly which hugely talented musicians/ppl to work with to get the sounds he wanted.

[@gregsager2062]

@@fords_nothere_100 Yep. Just in terms of guitarists he worked with the likes of Ronson, Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Reeves Gabrels. I don't think that you can identify any other artist who worked with so many great guitarists -- and with so many guitarists who had such vastly different styles from each other -- over the course of one career. Even Steely Dan, for all the great guitarists it employed, can't match the stylistic breadth and depth of Bowie's roster of guitarists.

[@ballyastrocade5672]

Keyboardist Rick Wakeman also brought his talents to Bowie's sound during this era, too. According to the story, their association started when Wakeman was asked to come up to the studio where Bowie was recording "Space Oddity", because Bowie wanted to use the Mellotron in the song and his recording engineer told Bowie that Wakeman was the only keyboardist he knew of who could actually make the cranky contraption work reliably. :-) (The trouble was that the motor mechanism really didn't have enough torque to pull more than one or two tape loops against the spring tension at a time; Wakeman had worked out a fingering technique of only "half-pressing" the keys so that the playback heads were only *just* making contact with the tape, enough to play back the sounds but not enough to drag down the motor, so he could get a full three- or four-note chord out of it.)

[@joeharley5868]

And he did the arrangements for the horns.

[@salvadormartinez9320]

This was 1972. Groundbreaking. The shit that would follow would not be possible without this. No one was doing anything close to this. They broke through and moved the needle. It’s evolution. Wham bam thank you mam.

[@adambnyc4875]

Do "Young Americans" or the song he wrote for Mott the Hoople, "All The Young Dudes."

[@stevejones18]

Mos' defny

[@mrbill250]

Bowie tried to give Suffragette City to Mott the Hoople but they took All the Young Dudes instead. Good move!

[@cretins]

"Young Americans" is my favorite Bowie song!

[@tjtampa214]

Young Americans - great song. When Bowie is the subject, I always think of Drew Barrymore and the movie Wedding Singer.

[@bigbow62]

Love Mott The Hoople ( Ian Hunter ) All The Young Dudes ! ✌😎

[@michaelz9892]

"David Bowie's a cool dude..." The understatement of the year :)

[@Renkk17]

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel - Modern Love

[@amdenis]

Mick Ronson was freaking amazing. What a great decade for such an incredible group. So glad we had David and Mick for as long as we did.

[@no2all]

Bowie was the master of re-inventing himself. He was an artist that transcended the mediums in which he dabbled. He even was the first celebrity to sell bonds against his royalties for recordings before 1990. The 10-year notes allowed him the cash to purchase the songs in his catalog which were owned by a previous manager. Unique and avant-garde...that is David Bowie.

[@raynavarro7997]

The Chameleon

[@Walkerbtween]

Bowie wasn't just a brilliant musician, he was a brilliant business man as well.

[@pudder68]

Unique and avant-garde is an apt description... . I was just thinking to myself you cant really put Bowie into a box.. he made his own box for sure ..

[@stevemd6488]

Only one Bowie song you need to do, "Rebel Rebel". One of the coolest licks ever.

[@karenduell4620]

Yes! A real banger!

[@bradsmack1]

We should tell them that, how Bowie uses the word, it's "noun noun," not "verb verb." It affects the pronunciation, y'know!!!😁👍

[@Keepee66]

Yes, Mick Ronson has a most memorable riff. You guys will enjoy it.

[@bradsmack1]

@@Keepee66 Ronson......So underrated and misunderstood. Pretty, hunky, platinum-haired, and such a perfect "foil" for this "Bi" period of Bowie's oeuvre. Bowie would actually mimic fellatio on Ronson while he soloed. And, it helped that Mick was a nothing-short-of-a-bitchin' guitarist you could put up against Page, Beck, Clapton, Iommi, Blackmore, and the rest of 'em of the day!

[@tristramcoffin926]

It's a great riff but there are more Bowie songs they need to do.

[@markgrant5305]

Saw David Bowie perform this live as Ziggy Stardust in London, Aug/Sept 1972. Support act was Roxy Music. They had just released their debut single Virginia Plain.

[@jocelynhaeberle1401]

A big regret, not seeing him live! Not that he ever came anywhere near my home.😉

[@seanie002]

If memory serves me right, Starman would have been doing well in the charts then.

[@markgrant5305]

@@seanie002 yes, that’s correct. It was released in the UK at the end of April 1972 and was a big hit during the summer. It was groundbreaking. To see a man in make-up on tv (Bowie) with his arm round the shoulder of another (guitarist Mick Ronson) was considered risky and outrageous! I loved the song then and now. When I saw Bowie in concert (at The Rainbow, Finsbury Park, London), Roxy Music were the support act, having just released their debut single, “Virginia Plain.”

[@seanie002]

@@markgrant5305 I was only 8 at the time but that TOTP performance done it for me. Never looked back.

[@alexjbennett1017]

@Mark Grant I'm a big early Roxy fan, so I totally envy you seeing Virginia Plain et al. I wish A&A would hit Virginia Plain.

[@razor3683]

Young Americans Fame Changes All need to happen. Yes, they’re “hits” but for very good reason.

[@sherryarflin726]

Absolutely!

[@lillyf973]

They already reacted to fame but def Young Americans

[@razor3683]

Lilly F cool. ya know, I thought they did but I looked and couldn’t find it

[@jocelynhaeberle1401]

I LOVE this song!! Still broken hearted over losing this treasure of a man!💔

[@SheckyBeagleman]

The Effing Guitar is INSANE!!! MIck Ronson. I love that you just get this! And that's PERFECT!!!

[@curunduraj]

Guys....please stand those records up straight...otherwise, they'll get warped. Take it from a 63 year old with experience.

[@ComesWithPotatoes]

That was my first thought too! But I'm old like you.

[@willfromyadkinville]

true!

[@jetblack.7186]

63 is not old.

[@JDLYBRAND]

@@jetblack.7186 Not when you get there!

[@mnm2007]

Should play the complete Ziggy Album

[@SR-vl6ql]

Yup. From the first opening beat of Five Years, it just sucks you in. Amazing album.

[@rmacbobco]

use headphones!

[@nemz7505]

Definitely 👍

[@mrgmusicclass]

I love that album. BUT, all the tracks from that album that are on Bowie at the Beebe are so much better, imo. That Bowie at the Beeb is absurdly good. All the Ziggy tracks are incredible!

[@ratso1963mikel]

At full volume, in a dark space, elevated state

[@submandave1125]

"I don't know what that means" - Never has the generation gap been more pronounced. "Wham, bam, thank you ma'am," is an old rough dirty way of saying love 'em and leave 'em.

[@armadillotoe]

I think the modern terminology is hit it and quit it??

[@markharris1125]

Yes, that made me laugh.

[@lotr-nerd9732]

Ngl I only know it cuz my mom says it lol!

[@loyevangelists]

i believe that today you call that hooking up

[@knightyyz]

The famous "Wham Bam Thank-you Ma'am" lyric was the title of one of the tracks on Charles Mingus' 1961 Oh Yeah album (according to Mingus it was also a phrase that his drummer, Max Roach, used when he was "unable to express his inner feelings") and most likely one which Bowie was aware of, being a jazz lover himself, just as droogie don't crash here is a tribute to Stanley Kubrick's clockwork Orange.

[@susanklasinski1805]

Musically evolve at your own risk. This man was able to skillfully recreate himself several times while retaining and captivating his fans. I will patiently wait for you to react to this *whole* album and more music by this brilliant man.

[@susanklasinski1805]

@Bill Mason Thanks man

[@svtinker]

Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” with Stevie Ray Vaughn on lead guitar will blow your socks off!

[@startfalling2035]

This!

[@brianmoon1058]

Mott the Hoople "All the Young Dudes" written by Bowie must be hit

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

The All The Young Dudes whole album is phenomenal, Mott The Hoople were phenomenal, criminally underrated

[@billmaxfield7831]

All the Way to Memphis and Once Bitten Twice Shy are great Mott songs!

[@GratefulZen]

Early Mott rocks! I vote for “Rock and Roll Queen” and “Walking with a Mountain.” There’s plenty of great rock and roll down the Mott rabbit hole!

[@GratefulZen]

@@billmaxfield7831 Actually “Once Bitten” is from Ian Hunter’s first solo album. Just saying but agree with your suggestion!

[@gavinreid2741]

Plus about that time Bowie and Ronson worked on Lou Reed's Transformer album and in 74 the hit single The Man Who Sold The World sung by Lulu.

[@tribalskyes4838]

Mick Ronson on guitar absolutely made that fat-ass song Was jammin' to this back as a senior in H.S. !!!!

[@gp8209]

More from my favourite artist: Rock n' Roll Suicide, John, I'm Only Dancing, Young Americans, Starman, Sound and Vision, Rebel Rebel, The Jean Genie, etc...

[@MoBatchelor]

If you want to hear Mick Ronson for gnarly guitar give Cracked Actor a listen off Alladin Sane. It really pounds the spot. I wanna see your expressions for that one 😁

[@jsm2420]

Life on Mars

[@nosadsongs]

Yep. All those. John, I'm Only Dancing and the Ziggy album was what hooked me into Bowie world, after Space Oddity`. What a dude. Like Prince, there will never be another.

[@Meandmymirror]

Damn I love that man

[@eddyyoung7101]

Bowie was a chameleon, a musical genus. He reinvented himself so many times. Immense catalog, immense style and sounds. I would suggest a different vein of his,,,,"Young Americans", or "Golden Years"

[@chrismartin6370]

Mick Robson on guitar. Dude was dripping in the sauce.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I remember the first time ever heard this in high school on the record album, it started off, and I was like wait a minute is this David Bowie? Once you hear him singing those hilarious versus with his own particular style and it's just that banging piano which I can't believe you guys didn't mention, it had my full attention and buy about the time I heard that wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am and then it launches back in, I was done man everytime the song ended I would pick the needle up set it back down at the beginning of the song and I literally turn my stereo system up as loud as it would actually go and I could play the song easily like seven or eight times in a row and just totally rock out to it. It just felt like heaven to me.

[@izzonj]

On the back of the Ziggy Stardust Album were the words: "To be played at maximum volume." Of note, this song was originally released as the B side of "Starman".

[@827dusty]

Another early 70s David Bowie classic. He and Elton John just about owned the music world in the early 1970s. You gotta love "Wham Bam...Thank you mam!" Thanks guys.

[@jeffschielka7845]

Andy wanted more this and more that. This is a prime example of why some albums need to be listened to in their entirety!

[@andyandalex]

@Jeff Schielka Haha no it was great, just in the moment I thought I wanted the solo to have been longer 😂

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@andyandalex Listen to the album start to finish. You won't be wanting more of anything!

[@Every_Day_islike_Sunday]

This was the coolest song ever when I was in high school! She's a total blam blam!

[@rdm4509]

And a mellow thigh'd chick

[@mrgmusicclass]

Bowie was ALWAYS playing characters. On all of his tracks. And YES this is an "album" you should listen to start to finish

[@oldeskoolnana7543]

It's when he started to believe he WAS Ziggy Stardust. He said he had to end the character.

[@GeneOh]

"Wham bam thank you ma'm" is a earlier (kinder) phrase like saying "Pump and dump".

[@Renkk17]

T-Rex - Bang a Gong - 20th Century boy

[@seansullivan7955]

Jeepster also rocks.

[@judysebern2005]

Great song!!! Yes please

[@grizfan93]

Not sure why, but I've always associated Bowie and T-Rex. And yeah, Bang a Gong and 20th Century Boy are bangers.

[@stevegeorge2201]

The song title is Get It On

[@dana_brooke_27]

The Slider...

[@bradsmack1]

Picture it: Houston, June 23, 1972: The summer between my junior and senior years in high school, I buy this album on sale for $2.99, down a buck from its non-sale $3.99 price on a $4.98 RCA list price. To watch A&A listen to "Suffragette City" for their first time makes me remember how incredible stuff like this was all over the place in the day....Alice Cooper, Sabbath, Zep, et al, and we just took it in! Only propelled decades into the future, and looking back do we realize THESE were the inspirations and influences of the more mundane music that followed (very generally speaking). As we listened to our classic icons were we, however unwittingly, in the presence of such creative brilliance and eclecticism that it took half a century to put it all into context! Well done, Andy & Alex for helping us to catalog and further appreciate our musical heritage!

[@michaelritter8951]

I saw Bowie in 1974 during his Diamond Dogs tour. PHENOMENAL.

[@phantomrockerr]

"Golden Years " would be a Great follow up to this song.

[@jccook5353]

So many good Bowie songs.

[@susanklasinski1805]

So Andy, if you want to hear what Mick Ronson can really do, check out Elton John’s Madman Across the Water bonus track from Tumbleweed Connection. Possibly too much guitar, but Ronson's work is life changing on that track.

[@BuzzardlyThings]

Old man here. Been a Bowie fan since high school. 1972!! Rebel Rebelnis another early rocker.

[@jaygdav]

So much respect to these two young dudes for their respect of Bowie!

[@Eleonoor]

I really reeeeaaally appreciate that you guys listen to the whole song and don’t hit pause a bunch of times throughout.

[@j.j.4150]

"Cracked Actor" is even better when it comes to quick Bowie Bangers

[@davidnorth9390]

... AND the big, old Rock 'n Roll Sound of piano and sax!

[@georgedowd5277]

“The Jean Genie” is so raw, one of my favorites. Too many great songs to list. His music is such broad spectrum, “We Can Be Heroes” is incredibly inspirational. Rock in Paradise Ziggy Stardust....

[@kellystevens5681]

First concert I ever saw was David Bowie. I was 15 years old in 1975 and he came out glammed up as Ziggy...sat on a stool and opened with Ziggy. He was the master of progressive rock. Well ahead of his time.

[@Daniel-415-Ponce]

By 1975, Bowie had already retired the Ziggy character, changed the members of his band, and started performing his "plastic soul" music such as the song "Young Americans."

[@Bezzell_Rocket]

That album really is a "front to backer".

[@meowzebub9667]

100%

[@CA-tz2sg]

It feels like the soundtrack to a movie...it's a whole dystopian story!!

[@glennnewman606]

All the young dudes such an awesome song

[@GratefulZen]

“Panic in Detroit” and “Let’s Spend the Night Together” are real bangers!

[@Mikevdog]

You guys are throwbacks in a great way.

[@lisamorrison2149]

Hell yes!! You must do the whole album. It is quite the testimony to Bowies brilliance. I was lucky to witness him live on his "Golden Years" tour. He performed Suffragette City and it was spectacular.💥

[@lisafromnj2277]

Back in the late 80s I had an Afghan hound dog. He was a pure breed and his 3 names were ziggy star dust. We called him Star.

[@jimhogan2443]

Love this. I didn’t get into Bowie until later in life. He was quite interesting with each one of his manifestations or characters he played. A true genius. Having said that, Three Dog Night anytime soon?

[@iancarr8682]

Recommend you do Mott The Hoople song - All The Young Dudes, from this period, written and produced by Bowie

[@jlicz2244]

I remember confusing that song as being Bowie.

[@ednicholson7839]

Bowie did a couple great versions of that song too and also performed it live

[@mjwaldrep]

Great song review, guys. Recommended Bowie songs you haven't yet reviewed are Life On Mars?, Rebel Rebel, Golden Years, Sound & Vision (my favorite), Changes, Panic In Detroit, The Jean Genie, Station To Station (Deep Cut), Let's Dance, China Girl, Modern Love and Under Pressure (with Queen).

[@sandylee6025]

Sound And Vision my favorite too. And Fame

[@stuartmortensen6033]

All the mad Men Heroes DJ Width of a circle

[@painless465]

Station to Station is a MUST for these guys to do

[@jenuwinedisneyphiles4927]

@@painless465 "It's not the side-effects of the cocaine; I'm thinking that it must be love!"

[@painless465]

@@jenuwinedisneyphiles4927 "Its to late,to be late again,the European banner is here"

[@eviekelpie1]

This album and Honky Dory are my favourites! Every song on this album is gold! Bowie my all time favourite male singer! Lucky to have seen him in concert, Sydney 2004. Best concert ever! Best line..." Wham bam thank you mam" 😀

[@keithschwartz5723]

Start looking at Lou Reed. Rock and Roll Animal, a live album, has some of the greatest guitar duo work, with Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner: esp. Rock and Roll, and Sweet Jane.

[@crimmo54]

Indeed, let's not forget Heroin and White Light White Heat.

[@nosadsongs]

@@crimmo54 Sweet Jane

[@cesarnarro6013]

Early 70's was a great time for rock. So used to hearing " John I'm only dancing" immediately followed by " Suffragette City"

[@crunchyfrog1709]

"is it a concept album?" If it's a Bowie album, them yes!

[@chrismeadows4216]

Not exactly. Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, and 1.Outside are the only albums that have concepts attached to them.

[@richardy5271]

@@chrismeadows4216 Station to Station isn't a concept album? I thought the lyrics "The return of the thin white duke" kind of suggested a concept. I think the album coincided with his movie "The Man Who Fell to Earth."

[@chrismeadows4216]

@@richardy5271 Station to Station is a song about The Thin White Duke, but the rest of the album is a loose collection of songs. The album cover is a picture of Thomas Jerome Newton in The Man Who Fell to Earth, so that can be a bit confusing, but TVC-15 is about a demonic television, Word on a Wing is about David looking to God for help with his cocaine addiction, Stay is a reworking of John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) from the Young Americans sessions, and Wild is the Wind is a cover. There aren't themes that connect anything. To make things even more complicated, David's music for The Man Who Fell to Earth was separate from Station to Station. Most of it was scrapped, aside from a few songs released on Low. It all fits into a period where he was The Thin White Duke live, but he didn't concentrate as much effort into making everything cohesive or conceptual as he did recording really great songs.

[@chrismeadows4216]

One thing people are usually confused by is what "The return of The Thin White Duke" means. It builds a curiosity for if David was The Thin White Duke on Young Americans when he didn't have eyebrows and his hair was longer (some people call that transition The Soul Man) or if it was just during public appearances like The Cher Show later on where he was The Thin White Duke. He made a huge stylistic change. The character wasn't mentioned anywhere before the song Station to Station. It seems like it came out of nowhere, and it was never brought up again on the album or anywhere else. David wasn't really in the right frame of mind to understand where he was going with that concept based on later interviews, so I think of it as just a story for one song.

[@kevinkuckkan5102]

‘David Live - Tower Theatre’ (Philly), great album while in between alter egos...saw some amazing shows of his

[@resonaire]

Life on Mars, his masterpiece! that's next for Bowie

[@nothingtoluz8418]

Every bar band had this song in their playlist in the mid to late seventies. Absolute requirement! Great tune

[@BradMurray]

If you're going to dig into a whole Bowie record, consider Diamond Dogs.

[@sirperybLakeney]

Why would you want them to do the worst original album Bowie produced during the entire 1970s?

[@miVoYC5]

Giddeup to that dude!!! Have loved it since it first came out!!! My fave!! Giddeeup!!!!

[@patches1589]

1984 off that LP is a great Bowie tune!

[@Boomslang55]

@@sirperybLakeney One of my top 3 favorite Bowie Albums. LOL

[@ssia6938]

Classic album, hugely influential to people across the music world. Blew my mind when I heard the full thing.

[@WilliamAlanWebb]

One of these days you guys are gonna discover Mott the Hoople, and when you do, and you finally decide to listen to 'All the Way From Memphis', make sure it's the album version. That's got the sax part and final guitar solos that the live versions do not. It also has Mick Ralphs playing guitar before he left for Bad Company.

[@sherryarflin726]

I love this album. David Bowie was brilliant in the fact that he evolved over the years to different genres of music while still remaining true to himself. The guy was truly mega talented. His concerts were outstanding!

[@SG-js2qn]

Suffragette is an unusual word to find in hit song. You'll also find it in Jet by McCartney and Wings, a banger.

[@dynjarren8355]

This song, Jean Genie and Rebel Rebel are three of his best rockers!

[@mattshaw6180]

This is a concept album telling a story, so it's odd to take the songs out of context. They all build up to the climax in "Rock and Roll Suicide," a song that really takes you somewhere else.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

Yes!! Full album! This is a classic Bowie album! I grew up on this album (my brothers listened to is back in the day and I was about 10 years old when I got into it. Great stuff!

[@mikeymckinnon5778]

So many Bowie tracks to get your teeth into. • Queen Bitch • The Bewlay Brothers • Oh! You Pretty Things • Young Americans • Life On Mars

[@FreshProduceCreative]

Great job boys! One of Bowie's best. First covered this hit with my band back at Michigan State University in 1974. "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am"!

[@robertthomson5485]

Bowie is the most creative artist in the history of Rock’N Roll. He maintain his talent thru 5 decades. He recorded his last album when he knew it was dying. The likes of him will never be seen again.

[@Joshualuv13]

I completely agree .got to see him live twice during that 5 decades and as you can imagine was absolutely out this world.

[@gentryxc]

I've always felt that Bowie was consistently ahead of his time. And then thirty years after the Glam Rock stuff of my day, my daughter got into him and thought his music sounded very contemporary for her day.

[@walboyfredo6025]

Best Glam rock tune ever!

[@Shadowrider1872]

GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!!!!

[@royaltracy1598]

I love all of these reactions! Thank you gentlemen!

[@megwilcox9774]

Yes, of course, do the whole album. The energy shifts are there for a reason. "Rock & Roll Suicide" is one of the best closing songs ever. "Time takes a cigarette - puts it in your mouth... you pull on your finger, then another finger, then, cigarette."

[@tomwood3794]

Bowie is one thee best and most influential rockers of all time. Didn't think you guys would ever get to him. But now that you did, thanks.

[@johngagnet1287]

Banger of Bangers!

[@niged]

What a track from one of the classic game changing albums of the 1970's. Oh what memories hearing this album fo the 1st time. Was awesome.

[@kurtwaters2630]

my favorite by bowie is young Americans and a good underrated one would be diamond dogs

[@69zenos1]

Back in the 70s...this song was a bar band staple. A very fun song to play. And STILL IS!!!!

[@junietunes2148]

Great reaction Gents! I love the piano and the drums in this one, just driving that beat. Wham Bam, thank you ma'am is an iconic lyric, a one night stand or, hit it and quit it. You guys need to check out another glam era band and that band is T-Rex! Marc Bolan was a really innovative guitarist and interesting singwriter.

[@Shadowrider1872]

😘☮️💗♾️

[@junietunes2148]

@@Shadowrider1872 ✌❤😘

[@susanklasinski1805]

Anything off the Electric Warrior album would be totally cool.

[@junietunes2148]

@@susanklasinski1805 YES!

[@MidwesternCornbilly]

This song has that great Mott The Hoople era feel to it. David Bowie and MTH were putting out some really great music during this time period, often times collaborating or (in the case of All The Young Dudes) written by Bowie. Another great English band from that era that gets almost universally overlooked is Be Bop Deluxe.

[@booger12350]

How about Procol Harum “Whiter Shade Of Pale”

[@christinegilbert1078]

Seconded!

[@crimmo54]

@@christinegilbert1078 Thirded

[@SpaceCattttt]

Farted.

[@lizard6444]

Fifthed lol! I'm not sure if they're ready for that kind of sauce though...

[@crimmo54]

@@lizard6444 I'll be looking forward to them reviewing the lyrics.

[@JamieDavisBooks]

Love this channel. It’s the soundtrack of my youth! Thanks for letting me relive it through your reactions!

[@johnrectangle6034]

Hey droogie, don't crash here! That line is great! By the way, Bowie, for his lyrics, is using the cut-up technique used by William S. Burroughs (best known book, the Naked Lunch). To do a cut-up, take a finished linear line, and cut it in pieces, randomly or not, and put some new words in between the pieces and then you rearrange the line(Best known line in Jean Genie, he loves chimney stacks). The Dadaists used this technique. It's inspired by psychoanalysis, where what you seems to do automatically is in fact a result of what you have in your inconscious mind. When Bowie found that guitarist, Mick Ronson, he said that he got a Jeff Beck kind of guitar player.Me,I'm a big fan of Ronson

[@thancrow]

Rock and Roll Suicide. That and Ziggy Stardust are my 2 favorite songs on the lp.

[@steevenfrost]

ooooh, Wham,Bam ,Thank you Mam! What does that mean? listen and find out.

[@balloonfarm5903]

I guess it’s from before your time; it deals with a quick meaningless f**k, then leaving and forgetting about her , which is kind of at odds with suffragette.😎✌🏽☮️🎸

[@johnwaga3702]

I grew up listening to Bowie! He is missed!

[@ptolemyauletesxii8642]

This song is almost never played without 'Ziggy Stardust' preceding it, much like 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions'.

[@RockyMtnRebecca]

Awwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM!!! Thank you gentlemen! ♥♥♥♥♥

[@wobrien007]

Great song, but "Young Americans" is one of the most perfect pop songs ever.

[@bjs301]

Mick Ronson was one of the most underrated guitarists around. He also played with Mott the Hoople, before hooking up with Ian Hunter. Welcome to the Club is one of the greatest albums ever made. Listen to Ronson's work on F.B.I., from that album, and you'll be sold. Then listen to Once Bitten Twice Shy, Just Another Night, and Cleveland Rocks, all from the that album..

[@stevegreen5552]

Agreed. Personally, I prefer the dynamics on the studio version of Once Bitten Twice Shy, but it's not worth quibbling about. Ronno is a grievous loss, but we can be thankful for the work he produced. I also believe his contribution to Bowie's early output was so so important.

[@bjs301]

@@stevegreen5552 I started my comment that I first heard him with Bowie. I must have accidentally erased it. I'm getting old. But you are absolutely right. WMMS radio in Cleveland was probably the first U.S. station to start playing the Ziggy Stardust album. My brother heard the album and bought it when it first released, and it blew me away. I knew he played with Mott early on, but it was only years later I learned he played on Pure Prairie League's Bustin' Out album. And it was years after that that I learned of his contributions as an arranger and producer. No question his passing was was a grievous loss.

[@stevegreen5552]

I wasn't implying that you were unaware of his Bowie connection; sorry if that was the impression I gave. I think most people who know of Ronno will know of his work with Bowie. I meant to say that his contribution was such that I wonder if Bowie would have had the same success without the strong support of Mr Ronson and his skills. Would we have had Man Who Sold the World and Hunky Dory (and Ziggy)? Possibly, but it wouldn't have been the same, I suspect. Maybe not reverting to Antony Newley tweeness, but how different a direction would he have taken? Still, no point in going down that hypothetical rabbit hole! I'm just thankful that Ronno's influence helped shape my musical journey.

[@bjs301]

@@stevegreen5552 No offense taken. I was just embarrassed at myself that I didn't mention Bowie in my comment. You're right. I couldn't imagine Bowie's early stuff without Ronno.

[@thetomgibson]

I don’t know if I could have done reaction videos when I was discovering music at that age. I used to buy an album of a group and listen to it from beginning to end in one sitting, but it’s great to see how others react to hearing these songs for the first time.

[@susanklasinski1805]

That was really the only way to discover music. You had to buy it. Some record shops let you listen before you buy, but those we few and far between. Most of the time you had to buy it, and if it was new and the plastic film was opened you couldn’t return it. But that’s how I found some of the best music. By listening to the whole album because it was a good investment.

[@thetomgibson]

@@susanklasinski1805 At some point I learned that a group might have a lot more great songs than what I heard in the radio so I just go in the habit of buying albums of groups I knew had one song I liked and listen to all of them. I found so many great songs that way.

[@GT-mq1dx]

If you want to check out a reaction channel, the only reaction channel that’s going through entire albums, it’s Out Loud Reactions and he’s doing all Rush, beginning at their first album and moving forward, including their live albums. Tim is currently working his way through All The World’s A Stage. I highly recommend watching the channel.

[@rafijaxsen7227]

Alex is rocking along, while Andy looks like his headphones are unplugged.

[@itzel1735]

Bowie is an artist whose work I respect more than I like.

[@Lightmane]

Yep

[@xIBEASTYFUNK]

I like

[@steroberts]

Same! Not a huge fan of his music, but grateful for what he did for Lou Reed & Nile Rogers.

[@rolfana23]

When you say that, do you like his music at all, or absolutely not? I like his music a lot, but there are a few albums I have listened to several times, but just had to let go.

[@sallybannister6224]

I admire and applaud you for your comments about admiring his work, but not so much liking it. How refreshingly honest 👏❤️

[@kelsowins]

My favorite cut off "Ziggy Stardust" from back in the day!!! Absolutely awesome energy!!

[@betsyduane3461]

Ziggy Stardust/Suffragette City are meant to be played together. The lead into each other.

[@IZZY_EDIBLE]

In the title track to ZIGGY STARDUST, Bowie plays several characters, one after another. One of the great riffs of all time from Mick Ronson. ZIGGY STARDUST: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXyon2OrhKp8gtU

[@DSK658]

Went to a planetarium on a High School field trip at the Zoo in Portland around 1976. Major Tom was the the background music to a collage of rockets, space and planetary images...the song set the perfect mood to support their presentation and I’ve been a fan of Bowie ever since. RIP. Thanks for the memory and also thanks for the second BTO song You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet. You will likely be getting around to their big hit “Takin’ Care of Business”. This song may pose a challenge to you guys, as far as first time listen anyway, as it has been used countless times in ads. Keep up the excellence.

[@gregsager2062]

"Space Oddity" = David Bowie song released in 1969 about a character named Major Tom "Major Tom" = Peter Schilling song released in 1983 about the same character

[@DSK658]

@@gregsager2062 ty...oops, I even had the album.

[@franklinden3497]

So raw and yet so cheeky and sophisticated ...and yes Gnarly with the sax!

[@johnnymartin49]

Hold it!!!! Did Alex just say that he didn't know what "Wham Bam, Thank You Mam " means??? Boy, now I know I'm old... 😎

[@jerryheadley8089]

The Ziggy Stardust Album was mad to be listened to from beginning to end. Yes there are good individual songs...but you need to hear the story. Good job guys.