Fashion Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mumajor 

Cover art for Fashion lyrics by David Bowie

I love this song. Ridicules slavish following of ANY kind of fashion, be it musical, clothing, political, etc.

Fashion! Turn to the left Fashion! Turn to the right

The fashion politizia tell you what to do

Oooh, fashion! We are the goon squad and we're coming to town Beep-beep Beep-beep

Get out of the way, old timers, the new fashion is taking over!

I love how the opening beats are on the upbeat compared to the main beat of the song. You hear it and start adjusting to it... then the rest of the song comes in and you realize you're out of step... out of FASHION!!! Also, the "turn to the left, turn to the right..." second time you hear it, you're expecting "turn to the right", but IT DOESN'T COME... Whoops! Gotta stuck with the FASHION! Can't turn right this time...!!!!

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so vulgar we have to change it every six months" - Oscar Wilde

Anyway, if you can't tell yet, I love this song. Very much on target.

@mumajor I think you got a tad lost in your enthusiasm, like the object of TVC15 did with their television. It's a very cool song, but your 'upbeat' and 'change of the second turning' is a bit much. I'm all for analysing a lyric, and I appreciate the witticism of Mr. Oscar, but sometimes it's left for a 15 years on reply to think about it in another way. Nice comment, regardless and I hope you're well