David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust

00:00:01 40 years ago, in millions of living rooms across the British Isles

00:02:32 or copycat artists struggling to keep up.

00:04:28 with Anthony Newley.

00:06:35 to London's gay intelligentsia.

00:08:47 he was damned to be a one-hit-wonder.

00:10:51 And it's hard to think now how shocking that actually was.

00:13:26 And everything was getting very bizarre.

00:15:58 by the German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche.

00:18:36 We only had a two-week break between Hunky Dory and starting Ziggy.

00:21:45 ♪ We've got five years

00:24:37 Part of that concept was the creation of a new image

00:27:26 and we were ripe for exploitation. Then suddenly there was David Bowie.

00:30:23 and we hadn't spent a penny.

00:33:41 For me, he was the best guitarist around in those days.

00:36:38 everything paid for around the world. It was madness.

00:39:56 but it just worked beautifully it really did.

00:42:16 But they were not that interesting.

00:44:55 I think that is the genius of David, he could write and play

00:47:46 ♪ She'll come, she'll go

00:50:08 The next month, the momentous tour

00:52:36 The BBC was there too

00:54:59 Everybody knew except for Woody and Trevor. I knew.

00:57:21 But that's because I was so lost in Ziggy, I think. Again.

12:00:00 than that? I don't know.