1984 Lyrics
The times, they are a-telling, and the changing isn't free
We've read it in the tea leaves, the tracks are on tv
Beware the savage jaw of 1984
They'll split your pretty cranium, and fill it full of air
They'll tell that you're eighty, but brother, you won't care
You'll be shooting up on anything, tomorrow's never there
Beware the savage jaw in 1984
Come see, come see, remember me?
We played love all my movie roll
You said it would last, but I guess we've grown
In 1984, who could ask for more
1984, who could ask for mor-or-or-or-ore
Mor-or-or-or-ore
I'm looking for a vehicle, i'm looking for a ride
I'm looking for a party, i'm looking for a side
I'm looking for the treason that I knew in '65
Beware the savage jaw of 1984
Come see, come see, remember me?
We played love all my movie roll
You said it would last, but I guess we've grown
In 1984, who could ask for more
1984, who could ask for mor-or-or-or-ore
Mor-or-or-or-ore
1984
1984
1984, more
1984,
1984, more
1984
BEWARE THE SAVAGE JAW OF NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR!! Ahem. regains composture I just got the album. This is the best song off it, even better than Rebel Rebel. Bowie is fuckin' awesome.
I prefer Side B also, contrary to most.
I prefer Side B also, contrary to most.
@Child Of Music your opinion is noted and disagreed with - 1984 is just a relic of the albums supposed premise which never eventuated due to the Orwell's estate- this song and Diamond Dogs [song] are almost interminable and spoil an otherwise brilliant album - WE ARE THE DEAD
@Child Of Music your opinion is noted and disagreed with - 1984 is just a relic of the albums supposed premise which never eventuated due to the Orwell's estate- this song and Diamond Dogs [song] are almost interminable and spoil an otherwise brilliant album - WE ARE THE DEAD
You just got the album, and I just re-listened to it after yearssszz.
It is awesome. My new favorite off it is the bridge from Diamond Dogs to Rebel Rebel - or the Sweet Thing-Candidate-Sweet Thing Reprise portion.
Really side A is just amazing. What an intro Future Legend is! A perfect album side.
@coo2kachoo Future Legend is a great prologue SPOILED by that stupid song it bleeds into
@coo2kachoo Future Legend is a great prologue SPOILED by that stupid song it bleeds into
Admittedly the Sweet Thing Suite is untouchable in its UTTER perfection and erses any other impurities the LP may have
Admittedly the Sweet Thing Suite is untouchable in its UTTER perfection and erses any other impurities the LP may have
imagine 1984 as a disco musical
whoohoo! the best year ever!! i was born that year!
^now that's funny.
The entire Diamond Dogs album was meant to be based on George Orwell's novel, "1984", about a totallitarian society. (I've heard that he couldn't get the rights, though.)
meh!
What Anadine said is true: he actually wanted "Diamond Dogs" to tour as a musical about "1984," and when he named the tour "1980 Floor Show," it was a play on "1984 Show." There are all kinds of references to the book on the album, including "We Are the Dead" (apparently a dialogue between Winston and Julia, the novel's main characters) and "Big Brother", the iconic despot in the novel who is worshipped as a hero by the mindless hordes.
Ummmm.... it's "beware the savage LURE!" not jaw.
Funny he wasn't able to obtain permission for the "1984" theme but its so obviously based on that what with "We are the Dead," "1984," and "BIg Brother"
This is by far one of the best songs of the album.
imagine 1984 as a disco musical