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I'm on a helicopter ride through Vietnam.
I'm the Leicester Squarekid I'm superman.
I'm putting weight for the Oscar.
Man gonna get through anyway I can.
Hey hey hey we're in the movie.
I feel up and I feel groovy.
Let's go out and get some of that.
Gimme gimme gimme some Russian Roulette
Everywhere everyone is red and green.
I gotta lust for glory and a tape machine.
I'm living out Frank Coppola's dreams.
Outta my mind I'm feelin' mean.
Hey hey hey, we're in the movie.
I feel up and I feel groovy.
Let's go out and get some of that.
Gimme gimme gimme some Russian Roulette
I'm Nuremberg Stepper blowin wets away.
I gotta headful of Hendrix, I'm feelin OK.
I'm a late night thriller, I'm miss La Ray.
Outta my mind. Can I come to play?
Hey hey hey, we're in the movie.
I feel up and I feel groovy.
Let's go out and get some of that.
Gimme gimme gimme some Russian Roulette
La la la.. I said hey.
I'm the Leicester Squarekid I'm superman.
I'm putting weight for the Oscar.
Man gonna get through anyway I can.
I feel up and I feel groovy.
Let's go out and get some of that.
Gimme gimme gimme some Russian Roulette
I gotta lust for glory and a tape machine.
I'm living out Frank Coppola's dreams.
Outta my mind I'm feelin' mean.
I feel up and I feel groovy.
Let's go out and get some of that.
Gimme gimme gimme some Russian Roulette
I gotta headful of Hendrix, I'm feelin OK.
I'm a late night thriller, I'm miss La Ray.
Outta my mind. Can I come to play?
I feel up and I feel groovy.
Let's go out and get some of that.
Gimme gimme gimme some Russian Roulette
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I take this song to be about watching movies, possibly, but not neccessarily, while stoned off your ass. Most every line is a refference to a movie of some sort, even the title and refrain can be seen as a refference to "The Deer Hunter". That said, I have no idea what is meant by the lyric "I'm the Nuremberg Stepper Blowin' Wets Away"; it doesn't make a lick of sense...
i'm amazed nobody else has commented on this, which is quite possibly the lords most famous song!
i'm amazed nobody else has commented on this, which is quite possibly the lords most famous song!
anyway, i see what you mean about movies. i heard somewhere that this song was inspired by the movie Appocalypse Now. i've never seen the Deer Hunter but i've just read a review of it, so i see the connection.
anyway, i see what you mean about movies. i heard somewhere that this song was inspired by the movie Appocalypse Now. i've never seen the Deer Hunter but i've just read a review of it, so i see the connection.
i'd always thought the chourus was making a refrence to drugs: cocaine, LSD maybe ("i feel up/groovy")
i'd always thought the chourus was making a refrence to drugs: cocaine, LSD maybe ("i feel up/groovy")
Nuremberg stepper blowing wets away - i spent hours goolgling that once. lol.
Nuremberg stepper blowing wets away - i spent hours goolgling that once. lol.
who's Miss La Ray??
who's Miss La Ray??
great song anyway. and that na...
great song anyway. and that na na na na na na naa naaa riff is unforgettable.
re: Miss La Ray, could that possibly be miss Loren, as in Sofia Loren?
re: Miss La Ray, could that possibly be miss Loren, as in Sofia Loren?
A Nuremberg stepper is a Nazi or a fascist whichever you fancy. "blowin' wets away" I assume he means "wetbacks" which is a rascist term for someone who enters the states illegally.
A Nuremberg stepper is a Nazi or a fascist whichever you fancy. "blowin' wets away" I assume he means "wetbacks" which is a rascist term for someone who enters the states illegally.
@Red October It's mostly about psychological dissociation.
@Red October It's mostly about psychological dissociation.
The Coppola line is a reference to Apocalypse Now and if you watch it you'll see that the dreams are nightmares and the main character suffers throughout.
The Coppola line is a reference to Apocalypse Now and if you watch it you'll see that the dreams are nightmares and the main character suffers throughout.
I posted a comment with more context which I'd not expect younger people to know and that's why it's so easily misunderstood.
I posted a comment with more context which I'd not expect younger people to know and that's why it's so easily misunderstood.
can anybody else hear the similarities between this song and kylie minogue's "can't get you out of my head" song. sounds pretty damn similar to me.
This song was from the early 80s. Kylie Minogue's song was in 1999-2000. If you're implying someone ripped off something, it would be Kylie.
This song was from the early 80s. Kylie Minogue's song was in 1999-2000. If you're implying someone ripped off something, it would be Kylie.
The song is about the Vietnam war. It's from the perspective of a probably drafted young man. For context drug use was rampant. Doing pot was really common and the army gave soldiers speed like it was candy. 2.5 million doses officially. LSD, heroin and cocaine were also around. And adrenaline is a helluva drug.
It was a 365 day rotation so that's "I'm gonna get through any way I can"
It's about being high af and feeling groovy sometimes. Other times feeling mean, so pick your drug here but speed can do that especially if you're coming down off it and want more.
"I'm in the movies" is about psychological dissociation. Feeling out of body and none of this is real and I'm not real. It's really common in trauma victims.
"I'm a Nuremberg stepper blowin' wets away" - represents losing all sense of morality and wets are the sweaty people who live here. A lot of times in Vietnam there were no rules, shoot civilians and just add it to the body count figures and pretend they were enemy combatants as they say today. Body count was how the US measure success during the war. Officer reports his boys killed civilians it's a problem says they killed Viet Cong he gets a pat on the back. So no rules in the field.
Gimme gimme some of that is the adrenaline rush and being high on I can do anything I want here feeling.
Russian roulette was also used as a way to try to get prisoners to talk and give up intel.
It's actually a brilliant and nuanced song. The music la la la you into feeling high and then the chorus and guitar work create the feeling of being mean and powerful and alive.