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| David Bowie – It's No Game (Part 1) Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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One thing I just noticed: the only English lyrics that were not translated into Japanese are "It's no game," plus the opening and closing "One two one two two" and "Shut up!" |
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| David Bowie – It's No Game (Part 1) Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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By the way, I notice a missing lyric: right after Bowie sings, "Put a bullet in my brain, and it makes all the papers," and before the short musical break, the female vocalist shouts, "Shimbun wa kaki tateru sa!" |
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| David Bowie – It's No Game (Part 1) Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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One of my favorite Bowie songs, for some reason.
I find the line, "Put a bullet in my brain, and it makes all the papers" interesting in conjunction with the female singer's use of very masculine Japanese (using "ore" for "I"). It puts me in mind of the scene in Rashomon where a female medium channels the testimony of a dead samurai, suggesting to me that the whole song is being sung from the perspective of a dead person. Her tone of voice also seems supportive of this interpretation. No idea if that effect was intended or not, but it appeals somehow. |
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