Posts Tagged: Space Oddity

David Jones – born on January 8, 1947 in Brixton, London – recorded his first disc in 1964. The popularity comes with the single “Space Oddity” in 1969, a brilliant song vaguely psychedelic sci-fi to the arrangement. The triumph of the year 1972, that of the famous ZIGGY STARDUST – album populated with evergreen songs like “Rock’n'roll suicide,” “Starman,” “Suffragette City”, “Five Years” – which reached fifth place in Great Britain. ALADDIN SANE, released in April 1973, is a hard transition, although corroborated by songs like “Panic in Detroit”, “The Jean Genie” and the gorgeous “Time.” In the same year is also PIN-UPS, covers album. (more…)