David Bowie (89,96 %)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (91,05 %)
In collection
Released: 1972-06-16
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
4
Year (1972):
3
Decade (1970's):
12
Overall:
42
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1.
Five Years
 04:43
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2.
Soul Love
03:34
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3.
Moonage Daydream
 04:37
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4.
Starman
04:16
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5.
It Ain't Easy
 03:00
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6.
Lady Stardust
03:21
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7.
Star
02:47
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8.
Hang On to Yourself
 02:39
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9.
Ziggy Stardust
03:13
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10.
Suffragette City
03:26
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11.
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
03:02
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Album length:
38:38
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Lyrics |
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1.
Five Years
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Pushing through the market square, so many mothers sighing News had just come over, we had five years left to cry in News guy wept and told us, earth was really dying Cried so much his face was wet, then I knew he was not lying I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies I saw boys, toys, electric irons and T.V.'s My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare I had to cram so many things to store everything in there And all the fat-skinny people, and all the tall-short people And all the nobody people, and all the somebody people I never thought I'd need so many people A girl my age went off her head, hit some tiny children If the black hadn't a-pulled her off, I think she would have killed them A soldier with a broken arm, fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest, and a queer threw up at the sight of that I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour, drinking milk shakes cold and long Smiling and waving and looking so fine Don't think you knew you were in this song And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there Your face, your race, the way that you talk I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk We've got five years, stuck on my eyes We've got five years, what a surprise We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot We've got five years, that's all we've got |
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2.
Soul Love
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Stone love, she kneels before the grave A brave son, who gave his life to save the slogans That hovers between the headstone and her eyes For they penetrate her grieving New love, a boy and girl are talking New words, that only they can share in New words, a love so strong it tears their hearts To sleep, through the fleeting hours of morning Love is careless in its choosing Sweeping over cross a baby Love descends on those defenseless Idiot love will spark the fusion Inspirations have I none Just to touch the flaming dove All I have is my love of love And love is not loving Soul love, the priest that tastes the word and Told of love, and how my God on high is All love, though reaching up my loneliness evolves By the blindness that surrounds him Love is careless in its choosing Sweeping over cross a baby Love descends on those defenseless Idiot love will spark the fusion Inspirations have I none Just to touch the flaming dove All I have is my love of love And love is not loving |
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3.
Moonage Daydream
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I'm an alligator, I'm a mama-papa coming for you I'm the space invader, I'll be a rock 'n' rolling bitch for you Keep your mouth shut, you're squawking like a pink monkey bird And I'm busting up my brains for the words Keep your electric eye on me, babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah Don't fake it baby, lay the real thing on me The church of man love, is such a holy place to be Make me baby, make me know you really care Make me jump into the air Keep your electric eye on me babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah Freak out, far out, in out |
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4.
Starman
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Didn't know what time it was and the lights were low I leaned back on my radio Some cat was laying down some rock 'n' roll 'lotta soul, he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase That weren't no D.J. that was hazy cosmic jive There's a starman waiting in the sky He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it 'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie I had to phone someone so I picked on you Hey, that's far out so you heard him too Switch on the TV, we may pick him up on channel two Look out your window I can see his light If we can sparkle he may land tonight Don't tell your poppa or he'll get us locked up in fright There's a starman waiting in the sky He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a starman waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it 'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie |
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5.
It Ain't Easy
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When you climb to the top of the mountain Look out over the sea Think about the places perhaps, where a young man could be Then you jump back down to the rooftops Look out over the town Think about all of the strange things circulating round It ain't easy, it ain't easy It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down Well, all the people have got their problems That ain't nothing new With the help of the good Lord, we can all pull on through We can all pull on through Get there in the end Sometimes it'll take you right up and sometimes down again It ain't easy, it ain't easy It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down Satisfaction, satisfaction Keep me satisfied I've got the love of a hoochie koochie woman, she calling from inside She's a-calling from inside Trying to get to you All the woman really wants you can give her something too It ain't easy, it ain't easy It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down |
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6.
Lady Stardust
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People stared at the makeup on his face Laughed at his long black hair, his animal grace The boy in the bright blue jeans Jumped up on the stage And lady stardust sang his songs Of darkness and disgrace And he was alright, the band was altogether Yes, he was alright, the song went on forever Yes, he was awful nice Really quite out of sight And he sang all night long Femme fatales emerged from shadows to watch this creature fair Boys stood upon their chairs to make their point of view I smiled sadly for a love I could not obey Lady stardust sang his songs Of darkness and dismay And he was alright, the band was altogether Yes, he was alright, the song went on forever And he was awful nice Really quite paradise And he sang all night long Oh, how I sighed when they asked if I knew his name For he was alright, the band was altogether Yes, he was alright and the song went on forever He was awful nice Really quite paradise And he sang all night long |
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7.
Star
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Tony went to fight in Belfast Rudi stayed at home to starve I could make it all worthwhile As a rock 'n' roll star Bevan tried to change the nation Sonny wants to turn the world, well he can tell you that he tried I could make a transformation as a rock 'n' roll star So inviting, so enticing to play the part I could play the wild mutation As a rock 'n' roll star I could do with the money I'm so wiped out with things as they are I'd send my photograph to my honey And I'd come on like a regular superstar I could make a transformation as a rock 'n' roll star So inviting, so enticing to play the part I could play the wild mutation As a rock 'n' roll star I could do with the money I'm so wiped out with things as they are I'd send my photograph to my honey And I'd come on like a regular superstar I could fall asleep at night as a rock 'n' roll star I could fall in love all right as a rock 'n' roll star |
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8.
Hang On to Yourself
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Well, she's a tongue twisting storm, she will come to the show tonight Praying to the light machine She wants my honey not my money she's a funky-thigh collector Laying on electric dreams So come on, come on, we've really got a good thing going Well, come on, well come on, if you think we're gonna make it You better hang on to yourself We can't dance, we don't talk much, we just ball and play But then we move like tigers on vaseline Well, the bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar You're the blessed, we're the spiders from Mars Well, come on, come on, we've really got a good thing going Well, come on, well come on, if you think we're gonna make it You better hang on to yourself |
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Ziggy Stardust
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Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with Weird and Gilly And 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 to break our balls Just the 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 were voodoo The kids were 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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10.
Suffragette City
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Hey man, leave me alone you know Hey man, Henry, get off the phone, I gotta Hey man, I gotta straighten my face This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place Hey man, my schooldays insane Hey man, my work's down the drain Hey man, well, she's a total blam-blam She said she had to squeeze it but she, then she Oh, don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket I'm back on Suffragette City Oh, don't lean on me man, 'cause you ain't got time to check it You know my Suffragette City Is outta sight, she's all right Hey man, Henry, don't be unkind, go away Hey man, I can't take you this time, no way Hey man, droogie, don't crash here There's only room for one and here she comes, here she comes Oh, don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket I'm back on Suffragette City Oh, don't lean on me man, 'cause you ain't got time to check it You know my Suffragette City Is outta sight, she's all right Oh, hit me Oh, don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket I'm back on Suffragette City Oh, don't lean on me man, 'cause you ain't got time to check it You know my Suffragette City Is outta sight, she's all right Oh, wham bam thank you ma'am! |
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11.
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
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Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth You pull on your finger, then another finger, then your cigarette The wall-to-wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget You're a rock 'n' roll suicide You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it And the clock waits so patiently on your song You walk past a cafe, but you don't eat when you've lived too long No, no, no, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide Chev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road But the day breaks instead so you hurry home Don't let the sun blast your shadow Don't let the milk float ride your mind You're so natural, religiously unkind Oh no, love, you're not alone You're watching yourself but you're too unfair You got your head all tangled up But if I could only make you care Oh no, love, you're not alone No matter what or who you've been No matter when or where you've seen All the knives seem to lacerate your brain I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain You're not alone Just turn on with me and you're not alone Let's turn on with me and you're not alone (Wonderful) Let's turn on and be not alone (Wonderful) Gimme your hands cause you're wonderful Oh, gimme your hands |