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Ziggy Stardust Lyrics
Artist: David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie
Changes Bowie
Ziggy played guitar, jammin' good with Weird and Gilly,
The spiders from Mars, he played it left hand
But made it too far
Became the special man, then we were Ziggy's band
Ziggy really sang, screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo
Like some cat from Japan, he could lick 'em by smiling
He could leave 'em to hang
Came on so loaded man, well hung and snow white tan
So where were the spiders while the fly tried th break our balls
Just a beer light to guide us
So we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands?
Ziggy played for time, jiving us that we was voodoo
The kids was just crass. He was the nazz
With God given ass
He took it all too far, but boy could he play guitar
Making love with his ego, Ziggy sucked up into his mind
Like a leper messiah
When the kids had killed the man I had to break up the band
Ziggy Played Guitar
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Comments/Interpretations
this song kicks ass!!!!
i love it
This song is awsome! The pictures I have drawn while this song played are my best! Long live Ziggy Stardust!
luv this song..
i love it! this song is the best song ever! bowie rock!
dude this song is f effin awesome i love, GO DAVID BOWIE :)
I LOVE TO PLAY THIS SONG ON GUITAR HERO 1!!! i try to convince my sister that david bowie posseses me before i play.
Bowie is unbelievable. He is better than anyone from the 60's on. Brilliant songwriter, musician, and artist. He is the best ever and that's all there is to it.
Awesome Glam Rock song. Love it!
this song rocks
i just simply love this song
i swear this is one of the bast songs of all time!!!!!
ZIGGY RULES!!!!!!!!!
phwoah i love Bowie!!!
I don't get it.
I really don't get this song, ...but at the same time it is awesome.
this is a great song but then he had to turn all gay when he thought he was a girl. but he is still amazing!!
I LOVE THIS SONG
my dad got me into this song. this amazingly cool.
Bowie is God.
i love olaying this song on the original guitar hero
i LOVE this songg!!!!!
itz a really good description of what can happen to ppl when too appreciated, we should all remember this song.
I love this song SO much I named my new kitty Ziggy Stradust!
This is such a great song, that I had it stuck in my head for a week! I even accidentaly said 'Ziggy Stardust' while my teacher asked me a question at school. Embarresing, but who couldn't help it XP?? :P we love you, Dave! :3
When I hear this song,I come aut from me. I want to dance and do happy things. David Bowie is the nicest man I ever saw. His Smile is like the sun. My biggest dream is, to meet him. hey twistedbeauty! That was the best idea, you ever had! ;) I want to be near David Bowie, too. I saw all his films. The best films of him were "The Labyrinth" and "The Man who fell to earth". I love David Bowie and Ziggy Stardust looked perfect. He was very pretty and Thin White Duke was very pretty, too. I hope he has a very long life...
bostonray20 doesn't know how to live. guitar hero is a joke. if you think playing it on some little toy guitar is fun, get a real guitar and THEN play it, you'll have a heart attack.
Oh my GOD what an AWESOME song!!! I know David Bowie is a real person, but he's the closest thing to an "idol" I can imagine... So mysterious, constantly reinventing himself, and come on, the guy can play over 80 instruments!!! Long live Bowie!!!
love ya Ziggy
I love this song.
...nuf said ;P
OMG!!!!!! I love this song sooooooo much!!!!! ESP. Playing it on gutiar hero 1. I finally beat it on expert today. This is my favorite song!!
David Bowie does have a nice ass... lol. Isn't this song about Jimmi Hendrix?
YOU'RE ALL SORRY TWATS.
BOWIE IS AN EFFETE FREAK WITH NO TALENT OR BRAINS
Good song ,i loved. . .
Briliant lyrics...
and when is he gonna tour again??
hia name is robbert zimmerman
This song sux!
I just dont get the meaning. can someone explain me????
poo
Best Bowie-song ever!
Bowie was just brilliant as a writer and artist!!!
DB is a god of guitar
i think this one is about a man, who was a guitar god, him and his band got famous, than uber-famous, as a result ziggy lost track of what made him. he alienated his band and fans, he introverted and the band broke up.
I think this song refers to Hendrix
ya basicly thats what its about
love the drums on this one
such a good one!!!!!!!
the bauhaus cover for this song is good too, believe me!!!
It's a great song. Perfect telling of his life as Ziggy Stardust. Of course, the whole ChangesBowie album details his life from the beginning to the point it was put together. He does rather brag about himself, though, doesn't he. Well hung, God given ass... Of course, The Labyrinth bears both statements out to be true. Not my favorite Bowie song, but one of the top.
Lyrics are " Like a Leather Messiah" not leper
this song s awsome p.s may david bowie live for ever and ever
it's awsome
The best song of all time by the most under rated rock star of all time. He is a genious
Bowie inspired me to start writing songs back in '79 and he still inspires me to this day. He's the real deal: a larger than life rock star, not just a wannabe. I just hope he comes out of retirement. I can just see the cover of Rolling Stone: " Bowie is Back!"
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its about db band called spiders from mars! duh! Google it! loved the song. my neighbor named her dog Ziggy stardust! hes adorable!@!! rock on
No offense to the people who've said that Bowie's crap...
But you obviously don't know anything about him ;)
David Bowie is a legend. He excels in everything he's ever done, and will continue to do so. He's an inspiration, and an idol to so many people. His career has spanned 5 decades so far. He's an incredible singer, he plays guitar, piano, saxophone, he is a fantastic actor - what a talented man :)
Ziggy Stardust is one of his best songs... it shall be played forever :)
Long live David Bowie <3
Bowie is a legend, yes.
But he should never have had his teeth fixed - spoilt his look and his voice. :(
So where were the spiders while the blight tried th break our bones
Just a beer light to guide us
So we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands?
Break our balls? I thought it said raid our bowls! :/
This is retarded. This song is NOT about Hendrix, it wouldnt make any sense to refer to his snow white tan! The song is about Alice Cooper, who had a band called The Spiders and also at one point The Nazz! It all makes sense with Alice Cooper. Also a lot of the album was inspired by Marc Bolan, who Bowie had a strong relationship with and who helped Bowie out with his career and is probably a big reason why Bowie got so much success. The song Lady Stardust is about Marc Bolan, the king of glam rock. Bowie is nothing next to Marc, but I guess most of you havent even heard of him, which leads me back to where i started; This is retarded.
This song rocks!
I'm being Ziggy Stardust for halloween this year, and I wanted to see if I could memorize the lyrics for this song. Long live Bowie!
I love how he sings about a man's ass.
I love how nobody here seems to know what the song is about. It's not about Bowie's life, it's not about Hendrix, it's not about Alice Cooper. It's about a fictional character aptly named Ziggy Stardust.
It's meant to be a storytelling piece, like the rest of the album it details the legend of Ziggy Stardust. Ziggy was not Bowie but a character he created and portrayed on stage.
The story of Ziggy is quite fucked up actually, it's a big Science Fiction tale that involves him speaking to alien beings and thinking himself a prophet. He eventually explodes and the beings absorb his essence on stage to enter the physical realm. Like I said it's really fucked up.
this song is about davis b wen he was in the band called spiders from mars and wen someone in the band was shot, Ziggy(bowie) had to break up the band.
long live bowie
amazing song but don't listen to it on gutiar hero
The song is about Syd Barrett, Former lead singer of Pink Floyd, Syd went insane "Making love with his ego, Ziggy sucked up into his mind"
Syd was a leader in psychedelic guitar composition. Look him up on wikipedia
Ya.
This song is.
This song is about whatever you want it to be about.
This song is.
not very difficult to play
Bowie is above brilliant and his lyrics make the people who feel different somehow know that he gets it and sends a message that they are ok. And the total genius of his lyrics when he addresses addiction in ashes to ashes and space oddity is phenomenal. He is a classic
seriously all of bowies songs are symbolic including this one its not about hendrix or alice cooper please for those of u that cannot comprehend the deep meaning of his lyrics and say u dont get it u have no business listening to bowie. i suppose u think all the young dudes carry the news is about paper boys. please
So much crap about Hendrix, Alice Cooper etc, argh!! The song is about the alter ego character he made up, called Ziggu Stardust, and his band at one time were also called The Spiders From Mars, they played like this for a while. Some of the best Bowie songs ever are from Ziggy and Spiders era. My mom was a teenager at the time, a huge fan, and brought me up on Bowie. May he rock on eternally!!
I agree with Pam and Hailz, I was into Bowie in the early years when his first stuff came out. When Ziggy Stardust was born it was another brilliant idea that he had. Lucky to see him as Ziggy in full costume over 40 years ago!Been to more of his concerts in the past years but that one was by far the best !
Love Bowie. Grew up listening to him. But Bauhaus version kicks ass. And Pete Murphy is beautiful ;-)