David Bowie misremembered: when Ziggy played with our minds | Joe Moran

Bowie was a Starman on Top of the Pops 40 years ago. But whether he created havoc in our living rooms is another matterDavid Bowie's performance of Starman may not have changed anything, but it's still an extraordinary piece of television. On Thursday 6 July 1972, halfway through an edition of Top of the Pops, David Bowie performed his new single, Starman. Dressed in a multicoloured lycra jumpsuit, he put his arm languidly round his guitarist Mick Ronson and looked seductively into his eyes. Now...

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