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Saturday, June 22, 2013

The Weirdest and Most Complicated Rock Album's Titles Ever, Can You Figure out What They are Telling You? : 1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: David Bowie

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust) is a 1972 concept album by English musician David Bowie, which is loosely based on a story of a fictional rock star named Ziggy Stardust. It peaked at #5 in the UK and #75 in the US on the Billboard Music Charts.
The album tells the story of Bowie's alter-ego Ziggy Stardust, a rock star who acts as a messenger for extraterrestrial beings. Bowie created Ziggy Stardust while in New York City promoting Hunky Dory and performed as him on a tour of the UK, Japan and North America. The album, and the character of Ziggy Stardust, was known for its glam rock influences and themes of sexual exploration and social commentary. These factors, coupled with the ambiguity surrounding Bowie's sexuality and fuelled by a ground-breaking performance of \'Starman\' on Top of the Pops, led to the album being met with controversy and since hailed as a seminal work.

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