| Manic Street Preachers – Peeled Apples Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Regarding the line: "The Levi jean is always stronger than the Uzi" - in Soviet Russia before the collapse of Communism, Levi jeans became a valuable commodity because they represented the perceived 'freedom' of life in Western capitalist democracies, particularly of course the USA. I think the song is saying that cultural and economic dominance (the Levi jean) is a far more powerful way for one culture to subjugate another than brute force (the Uzi). In other words, its a comment on the gradual but unstoppable Americanisation of the rest of the world, which would tie in nicely with the themes running throughout the song. |
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