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

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You really should see my notebook. A list of 50 songs, many of them crossed out, a list of songs already used beside it. It's a mess! And we're only at #26b, the "cover" portion of today's Play it Again, Sam: Bauhaus' cover of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust." One of my all-time favorite bands, Bauhaus regularly shows up in my music series' here, and the Band That Invented Goth are back again today with their cover of "Ziggy Stardust." Bauhaus' 1982 version of Bowie's classic was recorded as a standalone single (the B-Side, a cover of Brian Eno's "Third Uncle," is really good, too!) Decidedly "not goth" (don't listen to this expecting a bunch of dark gloom and doom. This thing rocks: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" it ain't!,) the single reached #15 on the UK Singles chart, and #13 in Ireland. (Fun Fact: If you have time, look up the video for Chicago's 1984 hit ballad, "You're the Inspiration." Yes, that is indeed a Bauhaus T-shirt that vocalist Peter Cetera is wearing!) (Info verified by Wikipedia)