- tell us ziggy, tell us! - i'm trying to! - where are our toys? - come on, ziggy! - come on, let's go! - let's get your toys back! - yeah. go, sportacus, go! - what-- who's on there? - come on, guys-- come on! - what's going on? - come on, sportacus! - everything is stuck! - what?! - whoa! - yeah! - go away-- no! - no-- no! (ugh.) resolve it. our formula with a special conditioning ingredient, with every use. it's resolve, it cleans and freshens. but it also softens. resolve. welcomes you. and to clean pet messes, try resolve pet expert. with animals and fun all around so discover the forest and explore all the wonder that's there visit discovertheforest.org to find a forest near you - oh, hey. oh, uh... wanna get more out of your walks? then plug the sounds of your favorite band in your ears and pick up the pace. it' s an easy way to turn plain old walking into a workout. get me out! - grab my hand! - robbie rotten! - hello! - i knew it! - most of the toys are broken! - oh no! - how are we going to play? - i have an idea-- wait, wait! - no more playing in lazytown

yeah, i just went up in the air and-and-and-- - ziggy. - whoa! - ziggy! - ziggy! - oh, no-no-no-no! - again? - whoa! help! - i'm coming. [grunting] - sportacus! - oh, my! [panting] - whoa! - hero time for roboticus. - are you okay? - yeah. [beeping] - yes! - wow! - whoa! - oh, my! what do we got here? an extremely fast superhero? tell me, mayor, whaado the lazytown rules say about two superheroes in one town? - well, i don't have the rule book here-- - i have it. twenty-six, section 'c'-- would you be so kind? - section 'c'? - yes, of course. - thank you. - "there can only be one superhero in lazytown." - yes! - huh? - what? - i mean... oh, no! - oh, no. - but-but that's-- - only one? then he should stay, and the other one should-should-should-should-- - quit? - no! - oh, no. - shh. - no! - that's what the rule book says, right? - it's okay, mayor-- i understand. i mean, this superhero, is strong. - i think his name is roboticus. - roboticus? - and roboticus was faster than me. - no. - so, i just have to go and practice a little bit more, so i can be faster. - mmm-hmm. - but-but, sp

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was his clue to listeners who launched him into the american spotlight,r this costume is from hisg ziggy stardust daysr in 1972, he likely were there sat his first concert in us here in cleveland, i talked toke billy bass this morning, who was there when it was all happening. >> music was fresh and so new and different from anything you can hear on the radio . it was perfect for our alternative audience .. >> his response was, thanks i'm coming back,. >> his response was to come two cleveland before he went anywhere else.is >> radio station is looking for a new sound, and his s ziggy stardust was everything that they were looking for . rock 'n roll hall of fame about the death of david lowey . no headlines, investigation, in akron after police discovered a human skull on the sidewalk friday .n an this weekend they were there at this abandoned home on marshall street looking to find more evidence the home caught fire four years ago it appears that the school found friday was burned by an usher the victim t was dead before or after the fire,, they say a lot of testing needs to be dones bef

bursting on to the scene as ziggy stardust. bowie was the embodiment of glam rock, whose innovations redefined pop culture. >> we turn now to mark radcliff of the bbc whoho looks back on bow bowie's illustrious career. >> it's the last show that we'll ever do. >> reporter: when bowie made this announcement in 1973, many in the audience assumed he was quitting music. it was only his alter ego ziggy stardust who bowed out that night. this is ground control to major tom >> reporter: it was just the first of a series of changes of persona which would both entrance and bewilder his fans. born david jones in south mime before a psychedelia-tinged folk number that gave him his first hit. it was the birth of ziggy stardust, the androgynous star from another planet, that brought him star status and oke him in america. >> i felt really comfortable going on stage as somebody else. and it seemed -- a rational decision to o keep on ing that. and so i got quite besotted with the idea of creating character after character. >> reporter: he mov

. >> we say good-bye to ziggy stardust.hat's the alter ego that took a generation grounded in the turmoil of the 1970s and launched it into an other worldly space odyssey above the status quo ♪ i'm stepping through the door ♪ >> rolling stone credits him for making rock and roll safe for glitter gods, under titles lady gaga, boy george, marilyn manson and countless others. >> he was the ideas guy. he dreamt all that up. he dreamt up a persona. that was never done before. >> today we say farewell to the thin white duke. who's decidedly less flamboyant introduced to mainstream america in 1975. three decades later bowie had sold 150 million albums ♪ this is ground control to major tom ♪ >> today we bid adieu to the man who provided an anthem for astronauts. the stars do not get much brighter. we say good-bye today to the labyrinth's goblin king who showed audiences how to break through the maze between music and film, tallying more than 450 sound track contributions and nearly 40 acting credits including a comedic twist on hbo

rocked on to the scene with space odyssey in 1969, and his artistic expression pushed the envelope with ziggy stardust, creating his alter ego. as a publicity stunt, he even claimed he was gay. he saw much of his success in the 70s and 80s, including his hit fame.

at one point his new album out just a week ago along with the greatest hits album and ziggy starduste all in the top ten, and even knocked adele from the top spot. >>> well, news4 your health tonight that could make one of the most confusing and controversial questions in women's health care even more confusing and controversial. when should you start getting regular mammograms? the american cancer society recommends yearly screenings beginning at age 45. but now the u.s. preventative services task force is recommending that you start at age 50 with a screening only every other year after that. while screenings for women in their 40s can be effective, that age bracket is known to be at higher risk for false positives. as always, your health and individual risk factors are important, and you should talk to your doctor about what is right for you and figure this out. >>> a warm bonfire or fire pit sounds pretty good on a cold night. and more and more products make it easier to light up in your own backyard. but news4's erika gonzalez has a warning tonight about more and more people get

also known for his "ziggy stardust" persona ... died yesterday.. just days after releasing a surprise, critically-acclaimed album. benjamin hall is in london with more. haunting images and lyrics from david bowie's final album. the rock star dying at age sixty-nine after an 18-month battle with cancer. after his birthday, which was also the release date of his final album, "blackstar." leigh says: "..he was a songwriter, he was a singer, he was an actor, he was a composer, he was an impresario, he was an artist, he was a poet." born as david jones in london, bowie's recording career spanned nearly 5- decades. he's known for his androgynous look and his seventies era "ziggy stardust" alter-ego. he married supermodel iman in 19-92... and is survived by two children. bowie says: ".."it's a struggle to understand how i am no longer 20, i don't anybody else that this has ever happened to. most people they get to 20 and then they stay 20. it didn't happen for me though, i just went on and on and on." fans around the world mourning bowie's death. folks in

but i think the ziggy star dust. he's one of the most memorable characters from the twentieth century pop culture. >> i have to agree. what was so extraordinary about david bowie is his ability to reinvent himself, and madonna was able to do the always changing persona to reinvent yourself and reinvigorate your artistry. talk about how oucften he wouldo that, dig deep and find his new personas. >> reporter: yeah. i think you can sort of track -- again, i think the longevity of his career mirrors to changing trends, many of which he was driving himself, throughout pop music through the decades. going from disco and morphing into glam rock and then sort of a stripped down and sort of his elder statesman years where he continue wearing makeup and outlandish clothing but instead was a tailored, you know -- such a handsome man, right? but he matured, himself, a long with his sound, along with his look, and i think that was vital to continuing to be a relevant artist while maintaining that sort of iconic legend status. you

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you can see him right there from the ziggy stardust era and in the '80s with "let's dance." out and out pop star. so creative. >> through collaborations and reinventing himself and solo work. reinventing himself all along the way. a testament to his creativity and lesson for other artists. >> he invented the cool. he was cool in a way that no one else was. unique cool. one thing that people kept saying he was a chameleon. a chameleon fades into the background. he did not fade in the background. he popped in every sense of the word. >> watching the clips. you say he is cool and

for him, so much of his ziggy star dust and alter egos was sort of this alien creature. someone who seemed like he could be somewhat fantastical. we know he's just a man like any of us, but it's just -- i don't think we were prepared for it. 69 is not really that old. >> yeah. i think we're just, all of us are trying to absorb this. let's talk about his newest album that was released friday, black star. what do we know about that? it was met with critical acclaim, as we've just reported. >> reporter: that's right. what's interesting about black star is knowing -- even before, you know, what we know now, the reviews of it, it was -- the songs in that album were really a meditation on death and dying, executions. it was a very -- death is a very strong theme throughout the album. he has one song on it called lazarus which is a character from the bible who jesus raised from the dead, so a lot of themes about mortality, and, again, you know, if you revisit that now, knowing that he wrote this, likely, concurrently while he was battling cancer, while

. >> saying goodbye to ziggy stardust we are mourning the lossr of the one and only david bowie and it turns out the rock 'n roll hall of famer had some special connections to northeast ohio and a member al of the force putsem his life on the line height local police departmentfe plans to honor a falling canine just how big is a billion dollar jackpot we are breaking down what a record-breaking powerball win j could really buy you for some turkey trot this bird flies coach the story behind of us >> all the ways are 8:00 o'clock> in the morning on wednesday already the clippers snow this general light snowfall that will take over northeast ohio overnight tonightfa following in the western suburbs including areasas out it was in dusky counties even went out crawford moving into richmond and ashlandt county's four reasons new showers are beginning to fly around there is the main batch of snow and her callsb and curls and from this clipper systemr i expected to become more pronounced overnight tonight after midnight as well as during the morning commute hours especially through cleveland a

>> reporter: i know when he was in the ziggy stardust phase, i know he was the ideas guy. he dreamt all that up. >> reporter: life on mars from 1973. ♪ >> i'd say his strength is he's always making a movie in a sense. he's like a director. he sees something. he's got a vision of a new kind of sound and a new direction, and he goes for it. >> nothing you have seen or heard about david bowie will prepare you for the impact of his first dramatic performance in the man who fell to earth. >> reporter: in the movies it was a great entrance. ♪ >> just when you think you have him figured out, he comes out and he's an actor. he's a musician. he's an artist. and he puts them all together. and he does whatever he wishes whenever he wishes. >> as a teenager, he signed his name with a florish of a born star, davey jones, the name he was born with. his greatest talent was always his voice, and his ability to write songs for that voice. there were 27 studio albums in all. >> i wanted something that kind of sparks me off and gets me thinking, and one tends to find that on the outside of t

hit the same year of the moon landing with "space oddity" to constructing his glam rock alter ego ziggy stardust to a slew of pop hits. fame was his first number one in the u.s. bowie fans delighted in his ability to surprise, whether it was singing christmas carols with bing crosby or poking fun at ricky gervais on "extras." please look that up on google. but his parting gift to the world was one final album released last friday on his 69th birthday. tlibts have been pouring in from aund the globe from flowers laid near his birth place in lontd to his apartment in manhattan. his fans remember the man not only for his music but for social causes. bowie recorded three albums in berlin in the late '70s, prormg the song "heroes" in the divided city in 1987 and telling the crowd "we send our wishes to all our friends who are on the other side of the wall." earlier that decade david bowie took on the apparent racial divide on mtv asking vj mark goodman why the network was not highlighting the work of black musicians. >> it occurred to me having watched mtv over the last few months that it's

the bowie medley, three songs fr the ziggy album were our staple for about five years. you couldn't come and see listening to those songs from that album. it was as simple as that. >> bowie's career stretched across five decades. perhaps the only artist to ever do a duet with bing crosby and with mick jagger. >> and what a career. >> our condolences to his family right now. >>> hopefully better news is traffifi wet roads. >> i'm feeling under pressure to give you a good traffic report guys and you are not going to get one. i-95 and state road 84, it is soaked out there look at the drive northbound and southbound south florida. it is a wet one in broward this is a live shot on i-85 right before you hit 836. >> check out the radar behind me. we are seeing widespread rain across portions of south florida. roads are wet leave early. grab your sweat enters jackets. it is even cooler this morning with mostly 50s. we will see clearing later more on pepper discovers a wholesome breakfast with jimmy dean delights, made with real egg whites, lean cut meats, and whole grains. an e

. >> saying goodbye to ziggy stardust we are mourning the lossr of the one and only david bowie and it turns out the rock 'n roll hall of famer had some special connections to northeast ohio and a member al of the force putsem his life on the line height local police departmentfe plans to honor a falling canine just how big is a billion dollar jackpot we are breaking down what a record-breaking powerball win j could really buy you for some turkey trot this bird flies coach the story behind of us hey buddy, let's get these dayquil liquid gels and go. but these liquid gels are new. mucinex fast max. it's the same difference. these are multi-symptom. well so are these. this one is max strength and fights mucus. that one doesn't. uh...think fast! you dropped something. oh...i'll put it back on the shelf... new from mucinex fast max. the only cold and flu liquid gel that's max-strength and fights mucus. ditch the misery. >> all the ways are 8:00 o'clock> in the morning on wednesday already the clippers snow this general light snowfall that will take over northeast ohio overnight tonightfa f

. @>> reporter: the world is @mourning david bowie, @can take credit for launching @ziggie star dust's career. @when david bowie stepped on @stage wearing a leotard and and roll changed @forever and brought art to the @genders, a camellian crpersonification from ziggie @star dust to major tom to the @thin white duke. @bill lybass says bowie's music the station's @direction. @>> we tried to play hip stuff, @our audience, the cleveland @audience were trend setters. @>> reporter: when he was ready @to cross the pond @america, he convinced him to @launch in cleveland. @>> he sold out the music hall. @the bell t @him back and he sold out two at @the hall. @that's how big he was before @anybody else in the united @states knew what was going on. @>> we are going back @bowie's first concert here at @public hall, 1972. @>> reporter: dedicating air @>> he brought theater to rock @and roll and an art form xist. @>> reporter: clevelanders put @bowie on the road to legend. @>> he never forgot cleveland. @he knew where he would grow. @>> reporter: for me and @thousands of others, david @bowie was an

it was the birth of ziggy stardust that broke him in america. ♪ >> i felt really comfortable going ons somebody else. and it seemed -- a rational decision to keep on doing that. and so i got quite besotted with the idea of creating character after character. >> reporter: he moved to germany where he teamed up with brian ena. three critically acclaimed albums were the result. ♪ we'll be heroes just for one day ♪ ♪ put on your red shoes and dance the blues ♪ >> reporter: let's dance became his most successful album. the 1990s saw a revival. he sea the potential of the internet to deliver music very early on. releasing "lies" as a download. ♪ it was another example of how this multitalented performer was always ready to strike out in new directions. and reinvent himself and his music. >> his new album i hope it >>> we're following breaking news, monday, january 11. >>> a popular bucks county buffet restaurant went up in smoke. other businesses were damaged. >>> philadelphia police are on alert across the city after a tip comes in claiming a group of radicalized muslim men plan to target

from the glam rock ziggy stardust to the cool-suited thin, white dude. he spans decades from young americans, rebel, rebel, changes, and then hot hits like modern love, and let's dance. at the nnw yinork theater workshop where the music laz reduce, fans began to leave flo twers before sunrise, shortly after receiving word of his death. never one to be tight cast, t he seemingly wild rocker performed the little drummer boy with ben crosby in 1977. >> reporte david bowie's final album was released just three days ago. last friday, and this video for the song, he's seen with his eyes band anled in of a hospital bed. look up here, i'm in heaven. and bringing you back live now to soho where that memorial continues to grow. david bowie was married to iman since 1992. he is survi ved by two children. now he was set to be honored at a concert at carnegie hall at the end of march. and those tickets went on steal today. live in soho, news 4 new york. >> tracie, thank you. >>> across the pond in london, fans began lising tributes just hours after news of his death

ziggy stardust, aladdin sane, the thin white duke.also reinvented himself as an artist, painter, and sculptor during a stint in berlin. also as an occasional thespian with roles on broadway and the 1976 film the man who fell to earth. and more recently in movies like the prestige and zoolander. he did keep a low profile in the later years. in last live performance was 2006 at a charity concert in new york. genie: thank you so much. age 69.wie, died at in, eight convoys are making their way to a besieged town. -- in syria, eight convoys are making their way to a besieged town. reports say people have been eating grass and their pets to survive. let's bring in our regional correspondent. can you confirm the convoy has reached the town? reached they has town. some 50ff from damascus kilometers away. there was another convoy earlier in the day on a much longer journey. ,p into the north province where two towns are under siege by opposition forces. is to just get food into those affected areas for some 40,000 people. in the next couple of

it was only his alter ego ziggy stardust who boud out that night. this is ground control to major tom >> it was the first of a sere roifs changes of persona that would entrance andhis fans. born as david bowie. his psychedelic number gave him the first sit. it was the birth of ziggy stardust that broke him in america. going on stage as somebody else. and it seemed -- a rational decision to keep on doing that. and so i got quite besotted with the idea of creating character after character. >> reporter: he moved to germany where he teamed up with brian ena. three critically acclaimed albums were the result. we'll be heroes just for one day put on your red shoes and dance the blues >> reporter: let's dance became his most successful album. the 1990s saw a revival. he sea the potential of the internet to deliver music very early on. releasing "lies" as a download. it was another example of how this multitalented performer was always ready to strike out in new directions. and reinvent himself and his

i'm an actor. ♪ changes ♪ >> when bowie became ziggy, flamboyant bowie never stood still.nstantly transformed his image, he also carved out a successful career in film and on the stage. >> what is remarkable as well about this extraordinary trajectory is that it's basically it's an album every year an album every 18 months. so he's writing, recording touring and at the same time, you know, moving on to the next project. i mean it's incredible, incredible speed, incredible kind of dedication to himself and to his conceptual ideas. >> ♪ put on your red shoes and dance the blues ♪ >> in all, bowie release25 albums. helping him keep one step ahead of his rivelings. david bowie was 69. he's released on his final album black star on friday. >> the top of the world - the arctic circle. an environment that is at the same time hostile and fragile. warming temperatures are warming ice at historic rates... adding to its distress, man's unquenchable desire for fossil fuel. the quest to retrieve arctic oil is underway, but how prepared is the world to handle a catastrophic spill. aroi

most famously the glam rock star ziggy star dust. and he made new york his home for decades. married supermodel iman, father of two. >> this is a sad day for all of us. i was a great fan. from -- i was 12. >> reporter: at the new york theater workshop in the east village, bowie jknt helped create the musical lazarus, and a tribute to his music planned for carnegie hall had been in the works for months. >> see david going off into space, that line, may god's love just takes on a lot more meaning for me, and i'm sure for a lot of people listening. may god's love be with you >> more about that haunting song, we spoke with a fordham professor who talked about why that resonate sochs with new york. behind me, this crowd has started to sing some of bowie's best known songs. more coming up at 6:00. live in soho, andrew siff. our coverage conti'ves online. we have coverage with fans and pictures. >>> a big development in the shooting of an nypd offeaicer just minutes ago we learned that the bullet that injured him came from another officer. news 4's lori bordonaro has new information

i liked ziggy. >> i loved ziggy. [mother] yeah but this neighborhood,i feel like it's got a lot of what we were kinda talking about. we should definitely go see it. [agent] hi. melanie. maggie. living room. [dad]what about this? this looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isn't it great? [agent] hey brendan,you might like this room. [announcer]redfin pays its agents based on your happiness... that's real estate, redefined. >> today on "tmz" -- harvey: the best thing at the golden globes last night as far as i'm concerned, cuba gooding jr. he's really drunk. >> they're like, how do you feel about sty stallone just winning best supporting actor. >> i love black people! >> then he makes a u-turn. comes back. [laughter] >> not so much with white people! >> ricky gervais had a hilarious moment with mel gibson last night at the golden globes. >> [bleep], [bleep]. >> mel gibson says, ask the guy who said it. it wasn't me. >> you heard all of the tapes of mel gibson when he went into the crazed rants. >> oksana said he wanted to

now ziggy played guitar >> i felt really comfortable going on stage as somebody else. and it seemed a rational decision to keep on doing that. changes >> reporter: like his anthem "changes," bowie was famously hard to pin down. that chameleon persona in turn inspired generations of performers from kiss to kanye to today madonna posted, "david bowie the course of my fame bowie co-wrote "fame" with john lennon and "under pressure" pressure >> reporter: today, mick jagger tweeted this picture, calling bowie "an inspiration and a true original." his final album, number 26, released just last week. the songs and videos recorded while bowie was fighting his mysterious illness. look up here i'm in heaven >> reporter: this song, "lazarus," in retrospect sounds like good-bye. the song now rising up the charts after bowie is gone. david wright, abc news, new york. >> david wright on the loss of a music legend tonight. david, thank you. >>> we turn now to the race for iowa now, and major developments on both sides tonight. first, the new numbers out from iowa. donald trump in the

david bowie, 1972, and this was his game changing alter ego, ziggy stardust. ♪ >> i'm only using rock as a medium. i wanted to be the instigator of new ideas. i wanted to turn people on to new things and new perspectives. i always wanted to be that catalystic kind of thing. >> ♪ ground control to major tom ♪ >> born david jones and brought up in suburban london, he refashioned himself as david bowie and in 1969 presented his strange world full of alienation and sexual ambiguity. the older generation was amused. the rockers dismissed him. teenagers in bedrooms were transfixed. at last, he was somebody who understood them. >> ♪ is there life on mars >> he would try things. people laughed about his cross-dressing effect. he did it because he wanted to know what he was like. i had so much admiration for him. he also had that clever thing of creating a persona on stage, which was fantastic, because when he had had enough of that person, he could bring another one on board. will: he made plain his artistic modus operandi with "changes." turn and face the strange, he sang. just going to have

his leap from pulp figure to bouyant rock star was cemented in his alter ego ziggy stardust. the character was all about wild costumes, avant garde sounds and decadence. david bowie had invented rock style. but the musical chamaeleon was never one person for very long. over the years bowie would transform himself repeatedly through his image and his work. and in an interview in 2003 he acknowledged what this meant for the evolution of his music. >> most people, they get to 20, and then they stay 20. it didn't happen for me. i went on and on. suddenly i'm 56. i have to write from this unique perspective of somebody who never stopped being 20. i went on. isn't that weird? >> through the 1980s bowie alternated between music and acting, gaining success on stage and in film. [ music ] >> it was his ability to embrace new forms each decade with such smash albums as "diamond dogs," how heroes," and many more that kept him in the front and center of pop culture. bowie was inducted in the rock-n-roll hall of fame in 1996. he died after an 18-month battle with cancer. social media is i

. >> not more than as ziggy stardust. >> i'm an actor. >> changes notes. >> with bowie became ziggy one of many of his incarnations, flamboyant bowie never stood still. he constantly transformed his image and reinvented himself musically. he also carved out a successful career in film and on the stage. >> what is remarkable as well about this extraordinary trajectory is that it's basically, it's an album a year, an album every 18 months. so he's writing, recording, touring and, at the same time, moving on to the next project. it's incredible, incredible speed, incredible kind of dedication to himself and to his conceptual ideas. ♪ put on your red shoes and dance the blues ♪ >> in all david bowie released 25 albums can, a string of new material brought limb new fans, helping him stay one step ahead of his rivals. david bowie was 69, released his final album, black star, on friday. emma hayward, al jazeera in london. >> joining us now is matt penfield, now has a show on serius xm radio. >> what was david like? >> david was a gentleman, he was a very intelligent man. he also he had that gr

with his bowie created the alter ego ziggy stardust. >> ♪ changes ♪ >> as a publicly tis stunt, evened he was gay, bowie saw much of the success in the 70s, 80s, including his hit fame. over 40 plus year career, bowie released 25 albumns and even act in the several movies. his latest albumn black star was just released on friday, which was his 69th birthday, bowie's artistry, still shines through. >> married to international model iman, inch adult intoed the rock-and-roll hall of fame in 1996. in a facebook post, his family said, he died after 18 month bat many with cancer. bowie certainly had hit after hit and sold more than 140 million albumns world-wide. he was set to be remembered in a cash gee, excuse me, he was going to be honored during cash gee hall concert in march. oaf night two tweet, called him a genius, and said his death was a huge loss. erika? >> he touched so many generations, i know him of course lab rent, but flight of the concords, so many people new and loved him. >> don champion for us up in new york. >> yes, personally one of the first artists i remember. >> tha

the words are filling up the marquee at the theater where he performed his last gig as ziggy stardust. it was a line referencing his 1977 song heroes. the day started with the sad news of the loss of the legend, and at this hour, all around the world, fans are paying tribute to bowie, a man of music, art, fashion, and fame. ♪ [music] ♪ >> reporter: from ziggy stardust to the thin white duke, bowie would reinvent himself. >> it's one thing to another. it's like flip. it's the '70s. >> reporter: he made a rare effort to explain himself on the dick cabbet show. >> i decided i was writing instead of performing as myself. >> reporter: even his stage name was an invention. born david jones in britain. he changed his last name to avoid confusion with the star of the monkeys in 1975, fame written with john lennon gave bowie his first number one single in the u.s. in the '80s, he would top the charts again. ♪ [music] ♪ ♪put on your red shoes >> reporter: for bowie it was always about more than just music as he told charlie rose in 1998. >> i find the idea of having to say i'm a musician in any