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ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS March 2nd at Schlafly Bottleworks
“My Mother saw her first spaceship today… “
ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS screens Wednesday night March 2nd at Schlafly Bottleworks at 8pm as part of the Award-Winning ‘Strange Brew’ film series
Acclaimed documentarian D. A. Pennebaker had already filmed music icons like Bob Dylan and John Lennon before getting the gig to film David Bowie’s “farewell” concert at London Hammersmith Odeon in July 1973. Bowie was huge in Britain at the time but had yet to break out in America.The result was the 1973 concert film ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS.
Pennebaker’s approach to the concert is pretty conservative actually as we get a little bit of pre-show scene-setting, with Bowie getting made-up in his dressing room, chatting to his wife Angie, while cutting in scenes of his adoring, often lookalike fans outside. Without too much delay, however, the show’s on and Bowie and his band, led by Mick Ronson on lead guitar, tear into a great set, culminating in the famous, if misleading “This is our last show” quote and the audience euphoria which greets final song “Rock and Roll Suicide”. In between, we get four costume changes, a goodly selection of numbers from his just-released “Aladdin Sane” album (but no “Jean Genie”), plenty from the “Ziggy Stardust” album, tracks from some of his earlier albums, a somewhat ridiculous mine sequence during an almost never-ending version of “Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud”, and Ringo Starr appearing in Bowie’s dressing room between songs.
So catch an exciting glimpse of a top artist on top form, masterminding his destiny to a “T”, and delivering a great rock and roll show in the process. ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS screens Wednesday, March 3rd at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, MO 63143) as part of their Strange Brew film series . The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $5. A yummy variety of food from Schlafly’s kitchen is available as are plenty of pints of their famous home-brewed beer.
A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE
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