According to Visconti it's about a European ruler in the Middle Ages:
"Bowie wails and at times approaches hysteria as his dark lyrics, which according to producer Tony Visconti reference a late medieval period European tyrant, allude to the hypocrisy of the church (“They can work with Satan while they dress like the saints/ They know that god exists for the devil told them so”) and recall the bleak Orwellian post-apocalyptic imagery used on Diamond Dogs (“He drags them to the river‘s bank in the cart/ Their soggy paper bodies wash ashore in the dark…”)"
I would also say it's metaphor for his career as well.
sitting here with a lot of vodka and weed and was just thinking the same thing......it's diamond dogs lyrics with scary monsters style accompaniment (sp?) ......thank you david.....xxx
sitting here with a lot of vodka and weed and was just thinking the same thing......it's diamond dogs lyrics with scary monsters style accompaniment (sp?) ......thank you david.....xxx
According to Visconti it's about a European ruler in the Middle Ages:
"Bowie wails and at times approaches hysteria as his dark lyrics, which according to producer Tony Visconti reference a late medieval period European tyrant, allude to the hypocrisy of the church (“They can work with Satan while they dress like the saints/ They know that god exists for the devil told them so”) and recall the bleak Orwellian post-apocalyptic imagery used on Diamond Dogs (“He drags them to the river‘s bank in the cart/ Their soggy paper bodies wash ashore in the dark…”)"
I would also say it's metaphor for his career as well.
sitting here with a lot of vodka and weed and was just thinking the same thing......it's diamond dogs lyrics with scary monsters style accompaniment (sp?) ......thank you david.....xxx
sitting here with a lot of vodka and weed and was just thinking the same thing......it's diamond dogs lyrics with scary monsters style accompaniment (sp?) ......thank you david.....xxx