Play it Again, Sam #26a - "Ziggy Stardust"

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It's a very late start for Play it Again, Sam today, because frankly, I've been really, really busy sitting around doing a whole lot of nothing. For the uninitiated, Play it Again, Sam is a two part discussion consisting of an original song followed by a cover of that song. We are at #26a: "Ziggy Stardust" by the legendary, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, David Bowie. In 1972, David Bowie was well into his glam rock phase, personified by his classic concept album from that same year, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, a story about an alien rock star that acts as a messenger for other extraterrestrials. Bowie reportedly based the character on Playboys frontman Vince Taylor, psychobilly performer the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, and his own costume designer, Kansai Yamamoto. He used the name "Ziggy" because "It was one of the few Christian names I could find beginning with the letter 'Z.'" "Ziggy Stardust" was not released as a single, and, as such, is merely Track Seven on the album. Except that it's Classic Bowie. And a classic piece of rock and roll, as well, ranked at #282 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and is part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll exhibit. And it was covered by one of my all-time favorite bands. Stay tuned! (Info verified by Wikipedia)