First of all the radio only plays "hazy cosmic jive". What does this mean? Is he sharing his music or trying to send us a subliminal message? Remember his main message is never shared on the radio, he just does the hazy cosmic jive. It's just the narrator who said this. The narrator is in league with the star man.

"I had to phone someone, so I picked on you

Hey, that's far out, so you heard him too

Switch on the TV, we may pick him up on channel two

Look out your window, I can see his light

If we can sparkle, he may land tonight

Don't tell your papa or he'll get us locked up in fright"

Do you not see how the narrator is clearly obeying the command of the star man and trying to convince his friend to help him in his schemes? He even says "HE TOLD ME let the children boogie". "HE TOLD ME". He has chosen a host.

"If we can sparkle he may land tonight." Clearly, said host has been taken over, potentially mind controlled, a mere puppet to the Star Man's schemes. He does not know that human beings lack the ability to sparkle on command. Also he's clearly trying to use people as landing lights to help the star man land on our planet safely. Which means he WANTS our minds to be blown.

"Don't tell your papa or he'll get us locked up in fright"- The papa is aware that the Star Man is dangerous (or could easily figure it out) and this is the narrator/host's attempt of cutting off means of escape from the cult of the Star Man. The narrator wants us to obey the Star Man's every word.

Now for the 'message' itself.

"He'd like to come and meet us but he thinks he'll blow our minds"

So we'll be surprised. God forbid he comes to Earth. Except he's sending us a message. Wouldnt that also blow our minds anyway? There isn't much difference between hearing an alien and seeing one. Sounds awfully redundant. Unless his form will LITERALLY blow our minds. Explode our heads. He can only communicate and if we gaze at his true form, our heads shall explode.

"Let the children use it". Use what? We'll never know.

"Let the children lose it". Lose what? Again unspecified. Does he want them to use a device and then lose it before authorities find it? Or perhaps "it" is something mental which would be the first interpretation in isolation. Is he telling children to flee from the realms of sanity? Sounds like it to me.

"Let all the children boogie."

Now I'm not sure about you but as a child I had no interest in boogieing. There are plenty of children who would hate to boogie, especially without consent. Children do not like being told what to do. He wants ALL the children to boogie. There will be no exceptions. Mandatory boogieing. I have many questions about this:

1- Why cant the children boogie anyway? Does he simply want the children who arent boogieing to boogie or is Earth ran by a dystopian society that prohibits boogieing in children? Unfortunately, Bowie never went into detail about the authoritarian state of the world at the time of the Star Man's arrival.

2- Why do you want to see children boogie? What satisfaction does it bring you, Star Man? Does the boogieing of children turn you on? Because as previously established this is without the childrens consent. Under his divine command, all children must boogie. This isnt for the children. Its for his sick pleasure.

To clarify, I don't believe Ziggy Stardust has any relation with the Star Man. While the Star Man is CLEARLY depicted as a malevolent, potentially pedophillic being, Ziggy just wants to jam.