| Dire Straits – The Man's Too Strong Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The song seems to reference Germany and Hitler fairly well. I always felt the song was a view back from Rudolf Hess. He helped put Hitler into power and was beside him all the way. He left him to cut a deal with Britain (didnt make much sense to anybody but didnt say he was sane) and was put in jail. After the war he was convicted of war crimes and put in prison. He died in Spandau prison, I believe in the early 80's but not really sure. Of all the high ranking Nazis he was the only one to not get the death penalty at Nurmburg. People did speculate about what Hess know about deals cut between governments (like the deal between Hitler and Stalin that divided up Poland and gave the Baltic States to the USSR). If the story is being told to You (either the UK or the US) then your sister would the the USSR and your wife (either the UK or the US). Haunting song with a lot to build on. Let me know what you think. | |
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