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| The Chameleons – Tears (Full Arrangement) Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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hey fellow hairy man, on the chameleons' website it says that it's about Mark's dear departed pet dog named Sandy. I think it's a beautiful expression of the love between a boy and his dog (Does anybody have kinder eyes than a dog's?). It also makes sense as a song about someone lost to cancer. Really it's just an awesome song about loss and remembrance. |
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| David Bowie – Cygnet Committee Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I disagree. I think that this is about David realizing just how bigoted and self-destructive the hippy movement really was. He puts himself in the role of the one who sacrificed so much to make a change, yet was betrayed by the very people who were his compatriots in the cause. This was the feeling of many women who were part of the hippy movement, when they realized that the men who they protested and fought alondside didn't care if their newfound freedoms extended to women or not, hence the feminist movement didn't really get off the ground until the late 60's/early 70's. This feeling of betrayal is why so many feminists were/are so hateful. David is the Thinker who sits alone growing bitter as he reflects on all the sacrifices he made for a bunch of ingrates. His verses all start out by saying "so much has gone and little is new" meaning that while he thought that the hippies were different and sought a new way of life, in actuality they were no different than the "old rich" they tried to cut down, much like Robespierre and his band of butchers in France. He recants for us the attitudes of the hippies as they speak of someone who they don't really like or think much of, but because they are useful, they will use him and drain him as long as they are able. David goes on to describe the ironies of the hippy message of love and peace. He they used this front to attack and degrade their opponents and try to claw their way up. He uses the phrases "stabbed the backs of fathers" and "stoned the poor" which clearly show his condemnation of their actions. The slogans he quotes are increasingly ironic, going from the seemingly benign, "Wish you could hear" to the blatantly hostile "Screw up your brother or he'll get you in the end." With this progression, he is illustrating how step by step, the hippies got further and further away from their ideals and eventually completely rejected with their actions the ideals they once held dear. The hippy movement became the "love machine,... ploughing down man, woman,... but not hearing anymore" How ironic that the hippy movement, which had such loftly aspirations, degraded into a corrupt "love machine" in the course of just a few years. David feels betrayed and he wants to believe, but he can't anymore. "I bless you madly, sadly as I tie my shoes." An expression of tired irony. A man who is drained and exhausted moves on. |
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| David Bowie – I'm Afraid of Americans Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Seriously though folks. I saw David Bowie perform this song live twice on the Reality tour. The whole time the screen behind him was playing a scene of teenagers dancing VERY violently with each other. I think he's trying to comment on the self-destructive behavior of americans in general and how he thinks it will affect the rest of the world. I also agree that his line about god being an american is simply a manifestation of his animosity in general toward diety. Considering he's spent his life in fear that he was going to go crazy (maybe he did and nobody realized it) it's not hard to imagine why he'd feel that way. |
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