Well I'm from Germany, from the west part of Berlin and this song really REALLY resonates with me. I was born in 1970 during the height of the Cold War and I grew up with the spectre of nuclear war always overhead. While a lot of the younger generation who didn't live through the Cold War see this as more of a graduation song, for me it's really about living life to the fullest because during those days when i was 12, 15, 18, we knew that if the US and USSR ever went to war our country would be the first to get bombed. That's what this song is about, about the fragility of life under the shadow of two superpowers. Also it should say "if this race is won" because "turn our golden faces to the sun" is an allusion to a nuclear explosion which for a split second can rival the heat of the sun.
Essentially it is saying, we don't want to live under this shadow for our whole lives...better we be bombed so that our youth remains forever, like diamonds, than to be put down like an old racehorse.
This is the only response we need. I grew up in the UK around the same time. I dont think British kids knew how close things were. I cant imagine the fear you felt.
This is the only response we need. I grew up in the UK around the same time. I dont think British kids knew how close things were. I cant imagine the fear you felt.
Well I'm from Germany, from the west part of Berlin and this song really REALLY resonates with me. I was born in 1970 during the height of the Cold War and I grew up with the spectre of nuclear war always overhead. While a lot of the younger generation who didn't live through the Cold War see this as more of a graduation song, for me it's really about living life to the fullest because during those days when i was 12, 15, 18, we knew that if the US and USSR ever went to war our country would be the first to get bombed. That's what this song is about, about the fragility of life under the shadow of two superpowers. Also it should say "if this race is won" because "turn our golden faces to the sun" is an allusion to a nuclear explosion which for a split second can rival the heat of the sun.
Essentially it is saying, we don't want to live under this shadow for our whole lives...better we be bombed so that our youth remains forever, like diamonds, than to be put down like an old racehorse.
This is the only response we need. I grew up in the UK around the same time. I dont think British kids knew how close things were. I cant imagine the fear you felt.
This is the only response we need. I grew up in the UK around the same time. I dont think British kids knew how close things were. I cant imagine the fear you felt.
Beautiful, the way and the soul
Beautiful, the way and the soul
@Nachtrafe wow. As a kid born in 73' in the US, I never saw that of this song. Wow. Thank you for your insight.
@Nachtrafe wow. As a kid born in 73' in the US, I never saw that of this song. Wow. Thank you for your insight.