Well.. I have to say, I read most of the comments above and I think it's a combination of many things: heroin (used to control Nazis?), imperialism (walking in like a sacred cow ya know... ).. So I think Iggy was thinking about what heroin feels like (stars crashing) and then refers to the drug itself (China Girl) and makes it a tricky and double edged meaning to actually mean imperialism in the Orient and the East in general (sacred cow)... Then this China Girl is fragile, sure. yes.of course, it's made of china! So this type of behavior (addiction or imperialism/control) wont last. It's going to break. Yes and the eyes of blue is definitely the dilution of the Easterners with the Westerners. I like this song. It's amazing. I am a big Bowie fan but seriously just realized Iggy wrote this. Props to the shirtless man as well!
Both Iggy and David (but especially Iggy) were addicts, at one point.
Both Iggy and David (but especially Iggy) were addicts, at one point.
The comment about swastikas, to me, seems to me maybe to be less a comment about any form of Imperialism than maybe simply a reference to the Deutsche National Socialiste Party's own leader's struggles with opiate addiction -- among a variety of other drugs, most notably methamphetamine -- administered to him by the equally infamous Dr. Theodor Morell.
The comment about swastikas, to me, seems to me maybe to be less a comment about any form of Imperialism than maybe simply a reference to the Deutsche National Socialiste Party's own leader's struggles with opiate addiction -- among a variety of other drugs, most notably methamphetamine -- administered to him by the equally infamous Dr. Theodor Morell.
Well.. I have to say, I read most of the comments above and I think it's a combination of many things: heroin (used to control Nazis?), imperialism (walking in like a sacred cow ya know... ).. So I think Iggy was thinking about what heroin feels like (stars crashing) and then refers to the drug itself (China Girl) and makes it a tricky and double edged meaning to actually mean imperialism in the Orient and the East in general (sacred cow)... Then this China Girl is fragile, sure. yes.of course, it's made of china! So this type of behavior (addiction or imperialism/control) wont last. It's going to break. Yes and the eyes of blue is definitely the dilution of the Easterners with the Westerners. I like this song. It's amazing. I am a big Bowie fan but seriously just realized Iggy wrote this. Props to the shirtless man as well!
It's obviously about heroin.
It's obviously about heroin.
Both Iggy and David (but especially Iggy) were addicts, at one point.
Both Iggy and David (but especially Iggy) were addicts, at one point.
The comment about swastikas, to me, seems to me maybe to be less a comment about any form of Imperialism than maybe simply a reference to the Deutsche National Socialiste Party's own leader's struggles with opiate addiction -- among a variety of other drugs, most notably methamphetamine -- administered to him by the equally infamous Dr. Theodor Morell.
The comment about swastikas, to me, seems to me maybe to be less a comment about any form of Imperialism than maybe simply a reference to the Deutsche National Socialiste Party's own leader's struggles with opiate addiction -- among a variety of other drugs, most notably methamphetamine -- administered to him by the equally infamous Dr. Theodor Morell.