In the stage show, one of them resembles Brando, another one is a Black New Yorker. Their whole life is travelling from universe to universe. They just happened to stumble into our universe by black hole jumping. They don't have a care in the world and are of no possible use to us.
They arrive somewhere in Greenwich Village. Ziggy has been talking about this amazing spaceman who will be coming down to save the earth. So they latch onto it immediately.The starmen that he is talking about are called the infinites, and they are black-hole jumpers. Ziggy is advised in a dream by the infinites to write the coming of a Starman, so he writes 'Starman', which is the first news of hope that the people have heard. They really are a black hole, but I've made them people because it would be very hard to explain a black hole on stage. It's no hymn to the youth as people thought. 'All the young dudes' is a song about this news. So Ziggy does this and there is terrible news. Ziggy's adviser tells him to collect news and sing it, 'cause there is no news. Ziggy was in a rock-and-roll band and the kids no longer want rock-and-roll. The older people have lost all touch with reality and the kids are left on their own to plunder anything. Ziggy is in a position where all the kids have access to things that they thought they wanted. It has been announced that the world will end because of lack of natural resources. "The time is five years to go before the end of the earth. It runs the gauntlet from anomic grey to bittersweet vermillion without missing a shade in between. Starting with a lazy beat and brief, semi-apathetic statements, it subtly comes to an emotional crescendo in the final few verses. One of the most exhilarating aspects about Bowie's songs is the way they creep up on you, and Five Years is an excellent specimen. Still, they were both mediums of a sort, and both sacrificed their lives for what they wholeheartedly believed in. Ironically, Jesus died to give hope to humanity, while Ziggy's death was simply a confirmation that hope had well and truly left the building. In relation to Bowie's in depth explanation of the Rise and Fall concept (see below), Ziggy does indeed play a similar role to Jesus Christ. General CommentI don't know how much religion has to do with the entire Stardust saga, but I can certainly see where people are drawing their comparisons from.
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk Your face, your race, the way that you talk I had to cram so many things to store everything in thereįixed his stare to the wheels of a CadillacĪ cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priestĪnd a queer threw up at the sight of thatĭon't think you knew you were in this songĪnd it was cold and it rained, so I felt like an actorĪnd I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare I saw boys, toys, electric irons and TV's I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies We had five years left to cry in (cry in)
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