Euroman Goeth #1: The European Cannon
Posted on | January 13, 2012 | No Comments
It all starts here, as far as I can tell. I don’t listen closely to lyrics. One advantage is that you can hear what you want and what I always heard was “The European Man is here”. Regardless…. I think the song still fits the theme. Alex Needham seems to agree:
The Thin White Duke was Bowie’s final persona, a character who embodied the allure of evil, immaculately dressed in waistcoat and Oxford bags, crooning rather than rocking out, determinedly European.
The Internet’s crappy lyric sites can’t decide if it’s “canon” or “cannon”. Needham says “cannon” so I’ll accept that. The mood of the album, the song, the persona is not optimistic but it was something new and symbolic of the future. This new identity certainly inspired the next song in our list.
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