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I get shivers too, but I think the song ends on a very different note. The whole video, for example, you see Bowie creating all these illusory fears for himself. About US violence, about the things Americans are interested in and pursue. Then whenever he brings himself back to reality (taking a second look, maybe that means thinking for himself rather than listening to the media), he sees that the fears are irrational. That Americans are not gun-loving nuts (at least not the ordinary Americans, the people he sees in the video). The priests and the police (societal order) do their job, citizens (the young African kids, the old man, the girl who is doing spray paint art) are all reasonable. Each time, they look at Bowie like HE is the weirdo (and they do this, because HE IS). At the end, the "Day of the Dead" is probably the heaviest part of the whole song. As here you can see all the people Bowie thought were violent (the priest, Jonny, the others), having what you could understand as a celebration of life. I'd say the most cool thing about the end is Trent carrying his own cross. And don't put religion into that either. Just look at it as a symbol. Trent could be carrying nothing more in opposition to what Bowie's prejudices were.">
I'm Afraid of Americans Meanings & Lyrics Discussion | SongMeanings
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I get shivers too, but I think the song ends on a very different note. The whole video, for example, you see Bowie creating all these illusory fears for himself. About US violence, about the things Americans are interested in and pursue. Then whenever he brings himself back to reality (taking a second look, maybe that means thinking for himself rather than listening to the media), he sees that the fears are irrational. That Americans are not gun-loving nuts (at least not the ordinary Americans, the people he sees in the video). The priests and the police (societal order) do their job, citizens (the young African kids, the old man, the girl who is doing spray paint art) are all reasonable. Each time, they look at Bowie like HE is the weirdo (and they do this, because HE IS). At the end, the "Day of the Dead" is probably the heaviest part of the whole song. As here you can see all the people Bowie thought were violent (the priest, Jonny, the others), having what you could understand as a celebration of life. I'd say the most cool thing about the end is Trent carrying his own cross. And don't put religion into that either. Just look at it as a symbol. Trent could be carrying nothing more in opposition to what Bowie's prejudices were." />
Sends shivers down my spine each time I hear it. Just totally captures how egocentric the average U.S. citizen can be.
I get shivers too, but I think the song ends on a very different note. The whole video, for example, you see Bowie creating all these illusory fears for himself. About US violence, about the things Americans are interested in and pursue. Then whenever he brings himself back to reality (taking a second look, maybe that means thinking for himself rather than listening to the media), he sees that the fears are irrational. That Americans are not gun-loving nuts (at least not the ordinary Americans, the people he sees in the video). The priests and the police (societal order) do their job, citizens (the young African kids, the old man, the girl who is doing spray paint art) are all reasonable. Each time, they look at Bowie like HE is the weirdo (and they do this, because HE IS). At the end, the "Day of the Dead" is probably the heaviest part of the whole song. As here you can see all the people Bowie thought were violent (the priest, Jonny, the others), having what you could understand as a celebration of life. I'd say the most cool thing about the end is Trent carrying his own cross. And don't put religion into that either. Just look at it as a symbol. Trent could be carrying nothing more in opposition to what Bowie's prejudices were.
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"God is an American..."
Sends shivers down my spine each time I hear it. Just totally captures how egocentric the average U.S. citizen can be.
I get shivers too, but I think the song ends on a very different note. The whole video, for example, you see Bowie creating all these illusory fears for himself. About US violence, about the things Americans are interested in and pursue. Then whenever he brings himself back to reality (taking a second look, maybe that means thinking for himself rather than listening to the media), he sees that the fears are irrational. That Americans are not gun-loving nuts (at least not the ordinary Americans, the people he sees in the video). The priests and the police (societal order) do their job, citizens (the young African kids, the old man, the girl who is doing spray paint art) are all reasonable. Each time, they look at Bowie like HE is the weirdo (and they do this, because HE IS). At the end, the "Day of the Dead" is probably the heaviest part of the whole song. As here you can see all the people Bowie thought were violent (the priest, Jonny, the others), having what you could understand as a celebration of life. I'd say the most cool thing about the end is Trent carrying his own cross. And don't put religion into that either. Just look at it as a symbol. Trent could be carrying nothing more in opposition to what Bowie's prejudices were.