This is a song about a ball-busting feminist (i.e. Suffragette) who takes over a college-student's life and kills his dreams and friendships, with the promise of easy sex, until she's got him completely whipped.
LYRICS:
“Hey man, oh leave me alone you know
Hey man, oh Henry, get off the phone, I gotta
Hey man, I gotta straighten my face
This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place”
MEANING: He’s become spineless for the sake of sex, and thus he’s shutting out his friend Henry.
"Mellow-thighed" = "easy sex"
”Hey man, my schooldays insane
Hey man, my work's down the drain
Hey man, well she's a total blam-blam
She said she had to squeeze it but she... then she...”
MEANING: His liberated girlfriend is ruining his life with her demands on his time; but she puts out sex easily, so he puts up with it since she's in a "steady relationship" with him.
Oh don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket
I'm back on Suffragette City
Oh don't lean on me man
Cause you ain't got time to check it
You know my Suffragette City
Is outta sight...she's all right
MEANING: He’s whipped, i.e. she's controlling him with sex, over his friends; and he doesn't want his friends complaining about it. The "ticket," is the cost of him doing without sex if he doesn't do what she says.
"Hey man, Henry, don't be unkind, go away
Hey man, I can't take you this time, no way
Hey man, droogie don't crash here
There's only room for one and here she comes, here she comes"
MEANING: He won’t let his friend hang out with him or stay over, in order to make room for his Suffragette girlfriend; she's basically squeezing Henry out of the guy's life.
"Oh hit me!
I'm back on Suffragette City, I'm back on Suffragette City
Ooo, Sufraggete city, ooo, Suffragette City
Oooh-how, Sufragette City, oooh-how, Sufragette City, oooh-how
Sufragette
Ohhh, Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am!
MEANING: Sex with his Suffragette girlfriend.
In essence, "Suffragettes" at college would simply use sexual liberation to control and manipulate their boyfriends into killing their dreams and friendships, with the promise of easy sex.
lest any Rush Limbaugh devotee thinks otherwise, Bowie is clearly making fun of the ball-bustee, w/the 'Henry' reference. showing the weakness of men not wanting to give up power as being a hindrance to the progress of women.
lest any Rush Limbaugh devotee thinks otherwise, Bowie is clearly making fun of the ball-bustee, w/the 'Henry' reference. showing the weakness of men not wanting to give up power as being a hindrance to the progress of women.
This is a song about a ball-busting feminist (i.e. Suffragette) who takes over a college-student's life and kills his dreams and friendships, with the promise of easy sex, until she's got him completely whipped.
LYRICS:
“Hey man, oh leave me alone you know Hey man, oh Henry, get off the phone, I gotta Hey man, I gotta straighten my face This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place”
MEANING: He’s become spineless for the sake of sex, and thus he’s shutting out his friend Henry.
"Mellow-thighed" = "easy sex"
”Hey man, my schooldays insane Hey man, my work's down the drain Hey man, well she's a total blam-blam She said she had to squeeze it but she... then she...”
MEANING: His liberated girlfriend is ruining his life with her demands on his time; but she puts out sex easily, so he puts up with it since she's in a "steady relationship" with him.
Oh don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket I'm back on Suffragette City Oh don't lean on me man Cause you ain't got time to check it You know my Suffragette City Is outta sight...she's all right
MEANING: He’s whipped, i.e. she's controlling him with sex, over his friends; and he doesn't want his friends complaining about it. The "ticket," is the cost of him doing without sex if he doesn't do what she says.
"Hey man, Henry, don't be unkind, go away Hey man, I can't take you this time, no way Hey man, droogie don't crash here There's only room for one and here she comes, here she comes"
MEANING: He won’t let his friend hang out with him or stay over, in order to make room for his Suffragette girlfriend; she's basically squeezing Henry out of the guy's life.
"Oh hit me! I'm back on Suffragette City, I'm back on Suffragette City Ooo, Sufraggete city, ooo, Suffragette City Oooh-how, Sufragette City, oooh-how, Sufragette City, oooh-how Sufragette Ohhh, Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am!
MEANING: Sex with his Suffragette girlfriend.
In essence, "Suffragettes" at college would simply use sexual liberation to control and manipulate their boyfriends into killing their dreams and friendships, with the promise of easy sex.
lest any Rush Limbaugh devotee thinks otherwise, Bowie is clearly making fun of the ball-bustee, w/the 'Henry' reference. showing the weakness of men not wanting to give up power as being a hindrance to the progress of women.
lest any Rush Limbaugh devotee thinks otherwise, Bowie is clearly making fun of the ball-bustee, w/the 'Henry' reference. showing the weakness of men not wanting to give up power as being a hindrance to the progress of women.