This song is the 1984 imagery taken to its logical end. The world has gone to the dogs - and this fits in well with the whole imagery and dirty guitar (Bowie playing) in the album. Almost every song on the album (Sweet Thing/Candidate, Rebel Rebel, We Are the Dead, Big Brother, 1984 etc.) carry on this imagery of the Future Legend. Bowie tried to buy the rights to make this an official 1984 album, but was unable to swing the deal. What a great use of sax and guitar to enhance this image of the world gone to the dogs. Love the "mannequins with kill appeal" line. What artist today would make an album like this? No one.
This song is the 1984 imagery taken to its logical end. The world has gone to the dogs - and this fits in well with the whole imagery and dirty guitar (Bowie playing) in the album. Almost every song on the album (Sweet Thing/Candidate, Rebel Rebel, We Are the Dead, Big Brother, 1984 etc.) carry on this imagery of the Future Legend. Bowie tried to buy the rights to make this an official 1984 album, but was unable to swing the deal. What a great use of sax and guitar to enhance this image of the world gone to the dogs. Love the "mannequins with kill appeal" line. What artist today would make an album like this? No one.