Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

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The other thing I did this weekend was finally watch Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture, which is a film of Bowie’s final concert as Ziggy Stardust in 1973. I waited a few months to watch it because I liked having something to look forward to, and despite all my built-up anticipation, it turned out to be even better than I expected.

It’s one of the best filmed concerts I’ve ever seen–it’s so atmospheric and immersive that you feel like you’re there. And the performance is just… beyond words. The songs are brilliant, Mick Ronson is a guitar GOD, and most of all Bowie is perfect. His voice, his costumes and makeup, and his charisma, his ability to enthrall the audience, his entire way of moving, like every movement is graceful and deliberate and adds to the show… and that whole alien/otherwordly quality he has… it’s just stunning.

Here’s his cover of “My Death,” which I’ve been listening to all day:

This would be such a wonderful thing to watch in a dark theater with a huge screen and an audience of Bowie fans.

Current Mood: enthralled

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