David Bowie - "The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust"

you should be a huge fan of bowie! I personally am a big fan of Ziggy, Hunky Dory, The Man Who Sold the World, Heroes, Low, Lodger and Scary Monsters, Super Creeps, and would recommend the last few especially to anyone with any sort of interest in post-punk/new wave such as yourself, as well, that's where a lot of it came from.

Well all I can say is a long time ago (over ten years) there was this girl who gave me all of her David Bowie records. Nothing much came of it, except I felt Ziggy was my favourite.

what dan said. don't forget alladin sane and station 2 station.

i think that, of all people, mark prindle made one of the most insightful comments about ziggy stardust when he wrote that it's mostly "piano-heavy theatrical Elton John-style stuff." which is true, of course (and makes one appreciate elton a little bit more) (shame about bernie's lyrics, still, but i digress). when i first listened to ziggy some 20 odd years ago, i remember expecting more balls-out rockers like "moonage daydream," "ziggy stardust," "suffragette city," and "hang on to yourself." granted, bowie as ziggy as a stage spectacle was pretty odd -- as a musical "oddity," though, it doesn't really compare to the eno-berlin stuff, or the bowie-channels-ozzy vibe on "the man who sold the world." the aforementioned rockers notwithstanding, the piano-theatrical stuff sounds more like a continuation of hunky dory than any sort of glam-metallic/proto-punk masterpiece.

i don't mean this as a criticism -- i am as fond of ziggy as many others (though it isn't my favorite bowie record, not by a longshot).

lodger is the totes jam.

i like a lot david bowie albums.