First let's talk about music and specifically the song, “Starman” by David Bowie has a whole story and reason for its inclusion on the great album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars”. Since 1972. And this album expressed a complete concept that no other artist had explored before, and it was an unprecedented concept album in rock history. Track by track, the album tells the story of Ziggy Stardust, an androgynous, bisexual, alien-prone character who promises salvation after declaring the end of the Earth within five years.
In reality, the character goes through several transformations, but as the album progresses, it is revealed that this being is much more human than any other character on Earth and he falls back into a life of excess, drugs, sex and misery. The result of becoming a rock and roll star and attempting suicide.
American writer William S. Borough of Rolling Stone magazine talked about David Bowie's character Ziggy Stardust, who became his alter ego at the time. The singer explained that he was not "Starman's" earthly messenger, but was actually a character sent to Ziggy Stardust. air. Although he was warned about a rescue on another planet, Ziggy manipulated the young man into following him with a bunch of lies.
In fact, this song is only part of the overall story of Bowie's creation and represents an overall aesthetic shift in terms of live performance. This album had concerts and shows where people wanted to wear silver suits and look like they were in a 50's sci-fi movie.