Fu Manchu is a fictional archetypical villainous (lacking in morals, greedy etc.) character in a novel from around the 50's. So my guess is that the "this is the face of Fu Manchu" part of the song is a way to say that bragging about what your past accomplishments and your money is immoral, and that your accumulayed wealth you're bragging about doesn't mean anything beacuse those things doesn't automatically make a good, decent person. It's not the material things which you posses that makes you a "man", but rather what have on the...
Fu Manchu is a fictional archetypical villainous (lacking in morals, greedy etc.) character in a novel from around the 50's. So my guess is that the "this is the face of Fu Manchu" part of the song is a way to say that bragging about what your past accomplishments and your money is immoral, and that your accumulayed wealth you're bragging about doesn't mean anything beacuse those things doesn't automatically make a good, decent person. It's not the material things which you posses that makes you a "man", but rather what have on the inside (in the fom of character and virtue, rather than material possessions and what kind of profession you're in)
That's pretty much my interpretation of this song atleast, I might be wrong though!
ahh shucks this song hasn't got any comments ! it's such a wonderful song ! not sure what it means, though... :\
@nooooooooo Here I come, 10 years later
@nooooooooo Here I come, 10 years later
Fu Manchu is a fictional archetypical villainous (lacking in morals, greedy etc.) character in a novel from around the 50's. So my guess is that the "this is the face of Fu Manchu" part of the song is a way to say that bragging about what your past accomplishments and your money is immoral, and that your accumulayed wealth you're bragging about doesn't mean anything beacuse those things doesn't automatically make a good, decent person. It's not the material things which you posses that makes you a "man", but rather what have on the...
Fu Manchu is a fictional archetypical villainous (lacking in morals, greedy etc.) character in a novel from around the 50's. So my guess is that the "this is the face of Fu Manchu" part of the song is a way to say that bragging about what your past accomplishments and your money is immoral, and that your accumulayed wealth you're bragging about doesn't mean anything beacuse those things doesn't automatically make a good, decent person. It's not the material things which you posses that makes you a "man", but rather what have on the inside (in the fom of character and virtue, rather than material possessions and what kind of profession you're in)
That's pretty much my interpretation of this song atleast, I might be wrong though!