Just re-read lyrics and did a search on "les tricoteuses". I got:
"During the French Revolution, when guillotine was a staple of public life, a group of women known as les tricoteuses became famous for knitting while they watched the beheadings. The image is often used to symbolize how numb the French people had become to the grisly executions. But this research suggests that the women may have been undisturbed by the guillotine because they knit, not the other way around."
Who knew David Bowie lyrics could be educational?!
Just re-read lyrics and did a search on "les tricoteuses". I got:
"During the French Revolution, when guillotine was a staple of public life, a group of women known as les tricoteuses became famous for knitting while they watched the beheadings. The image is often used to symbolize how numb the French people had become to the grisly executions. But this research suggests that the women may have been undisturbed by the guillotine because they knit, not the other way around."
Who knew David Bowie lyrics could be educational?!