| David Bowie – Breaking Glass Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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My understanding, is Breaking Glass was written during Bowie's residence in Berlin (the "Low" album on which it appears being one of the three albums written & produced there - Station to Station, Low & Heroes. Three of Bowie's most introspective albums, sometimes referred to as "The Berlin Trilogy" ), during which time, it is well documented, Bowie developed a fascination with fascism. "The Night of Breaking Glass" was a turning point for Hitler's Nazi party (not in their ideology), rather in their process - it was sudden, brutal and, at that point, for the first time demonstrated to the German people. I believe, rether than drug references, etc, it's a reference to a sudden, dramatic & demonstrative change in how Bowie was behaving. |
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