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Now we can talk in confidence
Did you guess that we've been done wrong
Lies jumped the queue to be first in line
Such a shameless design
He thinks he's well screened from the man at the top
It's a shame that his children disagree
They cooly decide to sell him down the line
Daddy's brainwashing time
He's a dodo, no no didn't hear it from me
He's a dodo, no no didn't hear it from me
She's quite enthralled with the childhood of yore
When a unit was a figure not a she
When lovers chose each other now the perk's are due
Another memo to screw
She's a dodo, no no didn't hear it from me
She's a dodo, no no didn't hear it from me
Can you wipe your nose my child without them slotting in your file a photograph
Can you sleep alone tonight wake to find the scorching light of neighbour jim
He's come to turn you in
Another dodo, no no, didn't hear it from me
Another dodo, no no, didn't hear it from me
Another do, do
Didn't hear it from me
Did you guess that we've been done wrong
Lies jumped the queue to be first in line
Such a shameless design
It's a shame that his children disagree
They cooly decide to sell him down the line
Daddy's brainwashing time
He's a dodo, no no didn't hear it from me
When a unit was a figure not a she
When lovers chose each other now the perk's are due
Another memo to screw
She's a dodo, no no didn't hear it from me
Can you sleep alone tonight wake to find the scorching light of neighbour jim
He's come to turn you in
Another dodo, no no, didn't hear it from me
Another do, do
Didn't hear it from me
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Submitted by
djgif On Jun 16, 2009
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Not completely sure what this is about. But it might be calling people who follow the law/rules idiots. Being a good citizen under fascism is stupidity. Neighbor Jim turning you in and is a dodo because of it. Daddy being viewed well by the elite/rulers. It reminds me of a later song by the Clash called "Cheat": "Don't use the rules, They're not for you, they're for the fools"
Indeed this song, like many others from Diamond Dogs, is a reference to Orwell's 1984. The lines
He thinks he's well screened from the man at the top It's a shame that his children disagree They coolly decide to sell him down the line Daddy's brainwashing time
may well refer to Winston's neighbour Parson, who is a loyal Party member, but in the end is turned in by one of his children (and even thinks that's okay because, in his brainwashed mind, he thinks it is his own fault and the child was right in turning his own father in).
Come on people, crack a book now and then. The album's called 1984, no? So, -going out on a limb here- wouldn't it make since that this is all about the Thought Police, and the ordinary, everyday snitches - " He thinks he's well screened from the top. It's a shame his children disagree. They coolly decide to sell him down the line. Daddy's brainwashing time. "
In 1984 the children are most people's inevitable snitch, who turn them in for suspected "treason".
... Come on people, a little thing called literacy.
The album is called "Diamond Dogs" not "1984"
The album is called "Diamond Dogs" not "1984"
The album is called "Diamond Dogs" not "1984" but it's based on the book.
The album is called "Diamond Dogs" not "1984" but it's based on the book.
Actually, the album is called Diamond Dogs. Come on Sadwednesday, a little thing called literacy!
Actually, the album is called Diamond Dogs. Come on Sadwednesday, a little thing called literacy!
Be careful who you belittle when you don't know what you are talking about yourself.
Be careful who you belittle when you don't know what you are talking about yourself.
@sadwednesday Even well read people may not have read that particular book you arrogant prick!!
@sadwednesday Even well read people may not have read that particular book you arrogant prick!!