Introducing The Band

What an opening for an album. Anderson really Introduces the Band and prepares the listener to the songs that will follow. You have references to pills, sex, violence that are all over Suede's universe that Anderson stabs with his curious quill. There's the stutter, the Heavy Metal Machine from flashboy (unfortunately left out of the album), there's the ever-mentioned suburbia and there's the imagery of BDSM where the subservient son is shacked-up, bloodied-up and sucking on not exactly that kind of gun, if you know what he means... The violent hands taking the power and watching them burn. Maybe the sci-fi lullabies really started to be built here.

On a final note, only flashboy Anderson could say he wants the style of a woman and the kiss of a man and drive women crazy. The melody is hypnotically sexy. Never heard a better opening.

Curious lyrics... It seems to vaguely suggests of starting of some sort of a sci-fi totalitarian regime as an introductory album opener on this concept album "Dog Man Star".

"Chic thug stuttered through a stereo dream A fifty knuckle shuffle heavy metal machine

So steal me a savage, subservient son Get him shacked-up, bloodied-up and sucking on a gun"

Those violent lyrics and imageries are some of the best lines IMO. It seems to convery a vague feeling of violence, dictatorship and delirium. It sure is hell of an opener for this excellent album.

Well said, Eatcarpet, exactly my thoughts. It actually reminds me of Pink Floyd's 'In the Flesh?' and 'In the Flesh' song in those same ways, that and they're "introducing the band".