Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
You killed your European son
You spit on those under twenty-one
But now your blue car's gone
You better say so long
Hey hey, bye bye bye
You made your wallpapers green
You want to make love to the scene
Your European son is gone
You'd better say so long
Your clown's bid you goodbye
You spit on those under twenty-one
But now your blue car's gone
You better say so long
Hey hey, bye bye bye
You made your wallpapers green
You want to make love to the scene
Your European son is gone
You'd better say so long
Your clown's bid you goodbye
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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Ha, a friend of mine who turned me onto VU used to laugh at me for listening to metal when I was younger, calling it 'men masturbating with guitars'.
He stopped after I reminded him of this song. Great one though. Apparently the 'explosion' is John Cale hitting a stack of plates with a chair.
Delmore Schwartz also had a hatred for pop music forms, reflected in the song's cacophony.
i think it takes a different kind of person to listen to the velvet underground and actually hear what they're putting accross...you either have to be totally high...or have a more open mind then most...this song is the perfect example with its mixed melodies and untamed perfection. brilliant song.
The lyric is definitely 'now your blue collar's gone'. No one can touch this song. It breaks pop and rock as literally as they can be broken.
@Renaissance Dan "The lyric is definitely 'now your blue collar's gone' "<br /> <br /> -- This is incorrect. Every available source has 'blue car' or 'blue cars.' Lou clearly sings "your blue cars are gone." The recent Iggy cover of it sounds more like "your blue car's gone."<br />
...the last line is 'your clouds driftin goodbye'...and as for the meaning...lou reed dedicated this song to one of his professors at syracuse...just like the lyrics point out, its a plee against the white collard squares of our past and future...ruining everything freedom really stands for...(control to the free will)...wdc
The professors name is Delmore Schwartz, an excellent American poet. European Son was dedicated to him shortly after he died. Schwartz didn't like rock lyrics that much so the song has the least lyrics in the entire album.
excellent noise rock song.
the sort of 'explosion' after the final lyrics, made me laugh out loud, it came out of nowhere, such an interesting song, great way to finish off this sort of album
wow this is an amazing song and an amaing album! This was my first time hearing it.
The breaking plates is great, but I don't think it would be as effective without the 4-second roar that precedes it. I can't even speculate what the source of that noise might be... anyone ?
Apparently that's John Cale sliding the chair on the floor before he hits the plates with it.