tell me what this song is about

[FoBoT]

:music:

(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

(hey man) my schooldays insane
(hey man) my works down the drain
(hey man) well shes a total blam-blam
She said she had to squeeze it but she..and then she..

Oh dont lean on me man, cause you cant afford the ticket
Im back from suffragette city
Oh dont lean on me man
Cause you aint got time to check it
You know my suffragette city
Is outta sight...shes all right

(hey man) ah henry, dont be unkind, go away
(hey man) I cant take you this time, no way
(hey man) droogie dont crash here
Theres only room for one and here she comes, here she comes

Oh dont lean on me man, cause you cant afford the ticket
Im back on suffragette city
Oh dont lean on me man
Cause you aint got time to check it
You know my suffragette city
Is outta sight...shes all right

Oh hit me!

Oh dont lean on me man, cause you cant afford the ticket
Im back from suffragette city
Oh dont lean on me man
Cause you aint got time to check it
You know my suffragette city
Dont lean on me man, cause you cant afford the ticket
Im back from suffragette city
Oh dont lean on me man
Cause you aint got time to check it
You know my suffragette city
Is outta sight...shes all right

A suffragette city, a suffragette city
Im back on suffragette city, Im back on suffragette city
Ooo, sufraggete city, ooo, suffragette city
Oooh-how, sufragette city, oooh-how, sufragette,

Ohhh, wham bam thank you maam!
A suffragette city, a suffragette city
Quite all right
A suffragette city
Too fine
A suffragette city, ooh, a sufragette city
Oh, my sufragette city, oh my suffragette city
Oh, suffragette
Suffragette!

:music:

who uses big fancy words like suffragette in a song? especially this many times

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/suffragette

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Wikipedia says:

"Suffragette City" is a single by David Bowie.

Originally recorded towards the end of the Ziggy Stardust sessions, "Suffragette City" is a trademark piece of early 1970s Bowie glam, with a piano riff heavily influenced by Little Richard, a lyrical reference to A Clockwork Orange (the word "droogie") and the sing-a-long hook "Wham bam thank you ma'am!" the song had become a fixture of Bowie?s live shows, and one of his best known album cuts.

The song is about how a man would rather have sexual encounters with women than help his friends. The word "suffragette" is often seen as a pejorative term from its origins in the early twentieth century, separate from the more positive, all-encompassing term "suffragist." In the song, this usage could reflect the narrator's attitudes towards women as purely sexual and without any other significant value.

I say:

David Bowie was very high when he wrote this song.

 

[Nitemare]

sex, drugs and rock and roll

 

[bolomite]

playing Rock Band, yes?

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
I say:

David Bowie was very high when he wrote this song.

well, the best music from the time period all seems to be draped in drugs, so I'm fine with that. That's why I support them.. gives me good music to listen to.

 

[imported_Imp]

I like some of Bowie's stuff... and pictures of him in the 70's still scare the hell out of me.

 

[FoBoT]

i see, so suffragette is used as a derogatory term, like a groupie chick


he is a rock star wanting to get laid, got it

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
I say:

David Bowie was very high when he wrote this song.

well, the best music from the time period all seems to be draped in drugs, so I'm fine with that. That's why I support them.. gives me good music to listen to.

:thumbsup:

 

[sandorski]

Bowie rulez!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[meltdown75]

ziggy played guitar.

 

[nakedfrog]

It's about three and a half minutes.

 

[BudAshes]

Anyone remember "The Man Show" boy getting people to sign a petition to end womans suffrage? Completely off topic, but this made me think of that and laugh.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: BudAshes
Anyone remember "The Man Show" boy getting people to sign a petition to end womans suffrage? Completely off topic, but this made me think of that and laugh.

yeah, peoples are sheeple

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: BudAshes
Anyone remember "The Man Show" boy getting people to sign a petition to end womans suffrage? Completely off topic, but this made me think of that and laugh.

Yes, that was funny as hell. :laugh::thumbsup:

 

[moshquerade]

Bowie's got that weird 2 eye color thing going.