Apr 22, 2021
Today I’m joined by Australian music legend Murray Cook (The
Wiggles, The Soul Movers) to discuss David Bowie’s nailed-on glam
rock classic ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders
from Mars’.
Murray tells the tale of how he traded away a Slade LP for this
album, we debate its ‘concept album’ bonafides, we gush over the
greatness of Spiders guitarist Mick Ronson, why the record was more
successful than Hunky Dory, the unique sequencing of the album, how
Bowie stayed cool til the end, his “cut up” method of writing
lyrics, why he was such an effective collaborator and more.