When Ziggy Played Guitar

David Bowie and Four Minutes that Shook the World

Dylan Jones

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Windmill Books
03 December 2018

Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography: arts & entertainment

GQ Editor Dylan Jones' classic account of David Bowie's legendary appearance as Ziggy Stardust on Top of the Pops in 1972.

6 JULY, 1972

David Bowie appears on Top of the Pops for a third time.

His quiff is big, bold, and the colour of fire. His make-up is lavish. His jumpsuit is a wild burst of colourful patterns, like a fluorescent fish skin. He carries a brand-new blue acoustic guitar. There's excitement, mixed with incredulity. And then he begins to play.

It's a moment that will change the world of music forever.

This is Ziggy Stardust, what would become Bowie's most famous persona. It's an instant seismic shift in the zeitgeist. This one performance embeds Ziggy Stardust into the nation's consciousness, and music will never be the same again.

In When Ziggy Played Guitar, Dylan Jones looks back at one of the most influential moments in pop history,the birth of an icon, and the myriad unexpected ways that David Bowie reshaped pop culture.

By: Dylan Jones
Imprint: Windmill Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 209g
ISBN: 9781786090638
ISBN 10: 1786090635
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 03 December 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dylan Jones is the multi-award winning editor of GQ magazine.He has been an editor at i-D magazine, The Face, Arena, the Observer and the Sunday Times. He is a Trustee of the Hay Festival, a board member of the Norman Mailer Foundation and was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to publishing. He has written twenty books including the critically aclaimed When Ziggy Played Guitar and From the Ground Up, U2's celebration of their record-breaking 360 tour.

Reviews for When Ziggy Played Guitar: David Bowie and Four Minutes that Shook the World

This excellent book looks at the background to that memorable TV event, and its enduring legacy. * Choice Magazine * Dylan Jones's account of David Bowie's rise to superstardom. We'll eat up anything about the greatest pop star who ever walked this planet. * The Herald Magazine * Jones is a wonderfully fluent writer, with a terrific knack for atmospheric phrasemaking, period detail and juicy factoids. * Daily Telegraph * His blow-by-blow account of the performance is breathless in its fan-boy enthusiasm and much of the rest of When Ziggy Played Guitar is rooted in its personal impressions. The by-product of Ziggy's success was the validation of identity, our identity , Jones writes, and it's hard not to be moved by his hero worship. * New Statesman * The best music book I have ever read, dislodging Revolution in the Head and England's Dreaming. Superb in every way. -- Matthew d'Ancona