Product: Ziggy Stardust [VHS]
Rating: 4.0
The final appearance of Ziggy Stardust on Planet Earth
"Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" takes us back to the height of the Glam Rock movement with David Bowie at his most outrageous in his Ziggy persona. This 1973 concert was filmed in London in what proved to be Bowie's last performance as the king of androgynous rock and roll. All of the songs you want to hear are on this one--"Space Oddity," "Changes," "All the Young Dudes," "Suffragette City"--and whatever the limitations of the film and its transfer to DVD, there is something to be said for seeing Bowie do these songs instead of just hearing them on CD. Of course, when he was dolled up as Ziggy Stardust, that was exactly the point. If you have ever enjoyed Bowie, then you want to at least give this film the once over.